1993 Mazda B2200 review from North America

Very little has gone wrong with my truck since I bought it 15 years ago.

The vinyl seat started to look bad after about 6 years.

Last year (after 14 years), one of the links from the front sway bar rusted in two, resulting in an occasional popping noise when I drove over railroad tracks or something like that. It was easily fixed.

The front bumper developed a severe rust problem and pretty much disintegrated. I replaced it with a $90 bumper I bought online.

The back bumper looked fine for 12 years, until I installed a ball hitch on it and pulled my (~2000 lb.) camper to the lake one summer. By that point, the bumper was essentially a cake made completely out of rust, with a nice-looking painted shell. The twisting and pulling associated with towing the camper caused the bumper to disintegrate.

Once, immediately after an oil change, I started it up, and noticed a loud ticking sound coming from a lifter. I shut it off and restarted it, and the noise never reappeared.

This is one of the coolest vehicles I have ever owned. It's slow as dirt, barely able to maintain a speed of 70mph without feeling like its straining. It gets about 22mpg, and isn't the most comfortable ride. But I really like it.

I put it into semi-retirement about 6 years ago when I bought a better car for my highway commute. It doesn't see much action now, but it's still a favorite car for not only me, but my wife and my son. It's the vehicle we choose when going out for a nice drive in the evening. Especially now that the muffler has rusted off. It's very entertaining to drive with all of the cool rumbling and backfiring on the overrun.