Faults:

Twice in 20 years I had to get a new muffler... Otherwise, other than regular maintenance, nothing at all has gone wrong with my B2200.

General Comments:

I bought this little gem new 21 1/2 years ago in September 1989, and still drive it everyday.

All I have spent is regular maintenance costs. The seat is extremely comfortable for me, and yet I have chronic back pain. In almost 22 years, I've had 2 mufflers, new brakes maybe 4 times, one new set of tires when the old ones started to fade (the last ones are still good), one new pair of headlights, and had the screen in front of the windshield repainted as its paint started peeling.

And that's it!!!

I traveled with a camper on it for 6 weeks, reaching the Yukon from my home on Vancouver Island, and driving over 7000 kilometers on isolated Northern roads, alone with my dog. I trusted my truck completely as I had it serviced before leaving at my local excellent Mazda dealership. The truck and service center are both simply awesome.

I believe that regular maintenance is the key here, and yes, I did get a good vehicle to start with and agree that sometimes, one gets the rotten apple, luckily, that's not me this time.

I really love my little truck and will use it as long as possible.

Faults:

Carburetor, manifold, and #3 cylinder.

General Comments:

I bought it and the dealer said it just needed some gas cleaner called "Seafoam".

The truck has to be started 5 - 6 times just to keep it running, and I have to ride around the block a couple of times to make sure it keeps running before I will take it on a main road.

I bought this for my son under the impression it was just old gas in the system; yeah right.

Now I've been told we needed a new carburetor, it has a cracked manifold, and the third cylinder is weak. I was told if we put a new carburetor in it, we may still have the problem of it trying to stall and spitting and sputtering; it could also be the computer. I was told it would be $1500.00 to install, and if it works, great, if not, then they would give me another price on the computer.

So now the vehicle I bought for $1700.00 so far has cost me another $1200.00 from taking it to different repair shops to get fixed, just to run worse than before.

I was told that Mazdas are great vehicles. My father in law even went out and bought a new one about the same time, because I told him they were great vehicles. I'm not really sure what to do at this point, any suggestions?

My 16 year old son bought this truck with his own money, and has not been able to drive it yet.