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Service Brakes, Hydraulic, engine And Engine Cooling
06/07/2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MAZDA B2500. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO DECELERATE, THE CONTACT MUST PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN TURN OFF THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE OVERPOWERS THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE STOPPED BY APPLYING THE BRAKES. IN ADDITION, THE THROTTLE STICKS AND REMAINS OPEN. THE BRAKE FAILURE HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP THREE TIMES REGARDING THE FAILURE, BUT NO FAILURE WAS IDENTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.
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Structure
08/05/1986
WITH 80K ON THE TRUCK THE LEAF SPRING MOUNTS HAD BECOME OXIDIZED TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. WHEN THIS HAPPENED MY SPRING CAME THROUGH MY BED. THERE IS NO BODY RUST, OR BED RUST. AFTER READING FORUMS I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THE PROBLEM. WITH 90K ON THE TRUCK THE FRAME RUST THROUGH AND CRACKED. THERE WAS NEVER A LARGE PROBLEM WITH FRAME RUST BEFORE 98 AS I HAVE TWO BRONCO IT'S. FORD MUST HAVE CHANGED STEEL BECAUSE THERE ARE PLENTY OF GUYS PUZZLED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME STANLEY SHAFFER *TR
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Vehicle Speed Control
07/28/1998
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE 89 MADZA B-2500 WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. THIS MODEL WAS MADE BY FORD ALONG WITH THE RANGER PICKUPS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. THEY REPLACED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WHEN THE RECALL WAS OPEN. *TR
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Vehicle Speed Control
02/01/2005
I HAVE HEARD THAT FORD HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CRUISE CONTROL SWITCHES. I HAVE A 1998 MAZDA 2500 PICKUP, SO MY TRUCK MAY HAVE SOME OF THE SOME PROBLEMS. LAST YEAR THE CRUISE CONTROL "ON" AND "OFF" BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH ARE BACK LIT, BECAME VERY HOT WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ON, REGARDLESS OF THE CRUISE CONTROL BEING ENGAGED OR NOT. THE CONTROL LIGHTS HAVE SINCE BURNED OUT. THIS IS A MINOR INCONVENIENCE IF IT IS ONLY A BURNED OUT LIGHT. IF THIS IS A PART OF A LARGER ELECTRICAL PROBLEM I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AND IF OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *JB
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Vehicle Speed Control
11/20/2005
DT: CONSUMER WAS PULLED OVER FOR THE BRAKE LIGHTS NOT WORKING. HE CHANGED THE FUSE. WHEN CHANGING THE FUSE HE NOTICED SMOKE, AND FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE SWITCH. THE SWITCH WAS CORRODED. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING. THE DEALER HAD NOT LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH AS STATED IN THE FORD RECALL EVEN THOUGH HIS VEHICLE IS NOT A FORD, HOWEVER FORD DID MANUFACTURER THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 12/07/05. *JB
