Vehicle report
1986 MAZDA B2000
This model year
What the record shows
The 1986 Mazda B2000 is a small pickup truck, and the 9th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1978 to 1989.
The EPA rated two configurations: a single 2-litre four-cylinder engine, rear-wheel drive only, two transmissions and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy is 21 mpg.
The federal record holds 8 owner complaints and 2 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.