Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed May 27, 1998TX
JUST AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM WITH MAZDA/FORD MANUFACTURED 5 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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1997 Mazda B-Series Truck complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1997 record →
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Apr 7, 1998FL
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ABOUT 50 MPH. CONSUMER BUMPED THE IGNITION KEY AND TURNED KEY TO OFF POSITION, AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WITH KEY IN IT, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK
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