1998 Mazda B-SERIES Truck

FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM ENGAGED ON IT'S OWN, CAUSING SEVERE LEFT TURNS AS FRONT WHEEL LOCKS UP. HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES, EVEN THOU FIXED TWICE. THERE IS NO LOCKING HUB CONVERSION AVAILABLE FOR THIS MODEL OR THE FORD RANGER IT'S CLONE. WILL NOT DRIVE THIS ON SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS. FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM CONSISTENTLY DOES NOT ENGAGE WHEN YOU WANT IT TO. TRUCK BUILT BY FORD. *TR

HAD PUSHED CLUTCH ON WAY IN AND THEN RELEASED IT. TO ENGAGE, CLUTCH PEDAL WOULD COME ALMOST ALL WAY BACK BEFORE STARTING OR MOVING VEHICLE. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO 4 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS. AT TWO DEALERSHIPS, MECHANICS INDICATED NO PROBLEM. AT OTHER 2, MECHANICS INDICATED CLUTCH WAS BAD, AND WOULD NEED TO REPLACE OR REPAIR ENTIRE SYSTEM.*AK

TRUCK SHUDDERS 4 TO 5 TIMES COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND TAKING OFF FROM A COMPLETE STOP ALL THE TIME AND OCCASIONALLY ALSO SHUDDERS IN 2ND GEAR[TRUCK IS AN AUTOMATIC]. THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE 1ST DAY I PICKED UP THE TRUCK. IT HAS BEEN BACK TO 2 DIFFERENT MAZDA DEALERS AFTER I HAD THE TRANSMISSION CHECKED BY AN INDEPENDENT SHOP WHICH GAVE THE TRUCK A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH AND THEN TOOK TO INDEPENDENT SHOP FOR A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK WHERE THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE THE DRIVESHAFT. WITH THIS INFO I WENT BACK TO MAZDA WHERE THEY REGREASED AND REPACKED THE DRIVESHAFT. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. I CALLED THE REPAIR SHOP AFTER I PICKED UP THE TRUCK AND TOLD THEM THE TRUCK WAS STILL DOING THE SAME ONLY NOW WORSE. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY CALLED IN THE DSM FOR THE AREA MAZDA DEALERS AND HE STATED THIS WAS A "CHARACTERISTIC" OF ALL THE B4000 SERIES AND NOTHING MORE WOULD BE DONE. I HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY OF 6YR/100,000 AND IF I TAKE THE TRUCK FOR REPAIR BY OTHER THAN MAZDA THEN I WILL IFY THIS WARRANTY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. THE PROBLEM IS VERY ANNOYING ESPECIALLY IN ANY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC[CITY DRIVING INPARTICULAR] ALL I WANT TO DO IS HAVE THE TRUCK FIXED. ANY INFO OR HELP IN THIS MATTER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THE PROBLEM I EXPERIENCED WITH MY VEHICLE WAS SPORADIC. THE CLUTCH PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS AND I WAS UNABLE TO GET MY VEHICLE INTO ANY GEAR. IT DID NOT MATTER HOW FAST I WAS GOING OR WHAT GEAR I WAS SHIFTING TO. IN ORDER TO GET MY VEHICLE INTO GEAR I HAD TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, THEN SHIFT INTO GEAR AND RESTART THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED TO ME IN TRAFFIC AND ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN THIS OCCURRED I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE MY VEHICLE AND WAS AFRAID THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE WOULD HIT ME. MY VEHICLE HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED PER SERVICE BULLETIN 002/98 BUT I FEEL THAT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL DANGER THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. THANK YOU. *AK