Overview & Reviews

User Reviews:

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  Great Truck - 2001 Mazda B-Series
  By jas1229 - October 10 - 2:00 am

  I really like this truck I think its a great truck, It has a great V6 in it.

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  Pleasantly Surprises - 2001 Mazda B-Series
  By Doug Atkins - April 15 - 10:00 am

  I purchased this truck brand new last summer. Have not driven many of my other cars since then. I drive it everywhere. The ride is typical for a small compact truck but improves dramatically with a load. Also, the tonneau cover adds about 3 mpg to your gas mileage which is a really disappointing 17 mpg with the V6. No complaints other than that.

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  Glenn - 2001 Mazda B-Series
  By glenn05 - December 2 - 2:00 am

  I like the truck, but it has had some reliability issues. At 30,000 miles a windshield washer fluid hose busted, and my main seal was leaking. After I got it back a couple sensors failed and caused my check engine light to come on, and my maifold was leaking. When I took it back in the dealership replaced the sensors, manifold and they found that my main seal was still leaking and they had to replace it again. Because of all these things my truck was in the shop about 4 times in 2 months. I also do not like the brakes on this truck. I had a few occasions were when I needed to stop, Id slam on the brakes and there would be very little braking action.

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  Good all around pickup - 2001 Mazda B-Series
  By Bob Mazdaman - March 3 - 10:00 am

  After shopping around, found this vehicle to be the best for the money by far. Was only lacking skid plates and limited slip rear. Added a few details and everyone admires its appearance!V6 lacks in the mileage, but they all do once away fromthe 4 bangers. Overall good truck. 76K now and going for 200K+ miles.

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  Worst Performance ever for truck - 2001 Mazda B-Series
  By William Bartusek - February 20 - 2:00 am

  Often cannot go more than 35-45 mph city, 55 mph highway driving. Against 15-20 mph wind on interstate, max speed is 65-72 mph. Dynomometer test shows 27% power/torque (109.7 hp, 135 ft-lb torque--35% greater drive train inefficiency than competive trucks. Fuel consumption is 12-17 mpg, averaging 14-15 in winter and 15-16 in summer. Mazda notified me that fuel consumption sticker values were determined by mathematical algoritms and had no empirical evidence to support the fuel consumption claims. Mazda claims that the vehicle "performs according to specifications", which is the only answer that I ever get from them.

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  B4000 is a great truck - 2001 Mazda B-Series
  By blackromeo - July 31 - 10:40 am

  Ive only had this truck a month; bought it used at 46,000 miles and it has been working well though the dashboard lights seem to come on sometimes when nothing is wrong - i.e. door ajar when not ajar, etc. But overall this is a great truck.

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  dependable - 2001 Mazda B-Series
  By DAVE - July 20 - 10:03 am

  I bought this truck with 68k on the dash. Now the truck has 98,450 and still kicking hard like the day I bought it. Nothing has gone wrong with it; it has held up very well. expecting another 100k out of her.

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  Somewhat Costly To own - 2001 Mazda B-Series
  By palmettophil - October 6 - 10:48 pm

  Had the car since it was new and now has 70000 miles on it. Had to replace the factory tires at 25000 miles and did not think much of it. I use this for light duty personal use with no off road or hauling. The original ball joints cracked at 40000 miles and were upgraded to better ones with grease fittings. The transmission was rebuilt at 69990 miles. The steering wheel cruise control was replaced due the disintegration of the original equipment (Common across ford and Mazda trucks).

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  Pretty truck, great price, average mpg. - 2001 Mazda B-Series
  By Bryan Jones - August 30 - 10:00 am

  A good-looking, tough truck at a better price and warranty than a Ranger(same truck). 3.0 needs better mpgs. Engine has periodic rough idle and engine pings easily (many posts in forums regarding these so they are common and can be fixed). Rides stiff but handles very well. Good brakes. Check interior/exterior build quality and paint before buying VERY CAREFULLY- mine had trash and runs that needed to be fixed (never as good as factory paint). Chrome around windows causes wind noise for looks only (to be dif than Ranger).

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  Damn good truck - 2001 Mazda B-Series
  By Happy Zoomer! - June 11 - 10:00 am

  The truck is tall! I like being up just a little bit in a pickup that is sold as small. I find the truck is a smooth ride with the michelins that replaced the FS that were on it when I bought it.The transmission is smooth, and the power is enough for me (I traded in a 95 Isuzu Pup) I havent done any off road stuff and proably wont since that isnt my life style.