1997 MAZDA B-SERIES TRUCK Interior Lighting Problems

ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO SEVERAL DEALERS. THE DEALERS CAN NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS SYSTEM. IF VEHICLE IS STALLED AN THEN RESTARTED, ABS LIGHT WILL GO OFF. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKE TO 3 DEALERS. THERE IS NO PROBLEM. LIGHT SEEMS TO COME ON MORE OFTEN WHEN VEHICLE IS WARM. WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE TURNED OFF, OCCASIONALLY THEY WILL START OPERATING AT THE HIGHEST SPEED. TAKES SEVERAL TRIES OF TURNING THEM ON AND THEN OFF AGAIN TO MAKE THEM STOP. FRONT END OF VEHICLE SHAKES EXCESSIVELY WHEN GOING DOWN HILLS AND BRAKING. CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN FEBRUARY OF 1999. DOME LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON. PROBLEM IS REMEDIED BY REMOVING THE FUSE FOR THE DOME LIGHT OVER NIGHT AND THEN REPLACING THE NEXT MORNING.*JB

DOME LIGHT GOES OFF AND ON BY ITSELF WHEN DRIVING, DEALER KNOWS OF PROBLEM, SAID IT WAS SWITCHES, CHANGED , BUT PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN AS SOON AS I LEFT THE SERVICE AREA. MANY OTHER REPORTS OF THIS FAILURE ON THE WEB, THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM NOT A SWITCH PROBLEM, INTERFERES WITH MY ABILITY TO SEE, ESPECIALLLY BACKING UP , CAN'T SEE AT ALL.

DOME LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. WITH THE DOME LIGHT ON AT NIGHT, DRIVER IS NOT ABLE TO SEE OUTSIDE OF THE CAB. THIS PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT AT FIRST, BEGINNING IN APRIL OF 1998. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED 4 TIMES ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, DEALER HAS NOT ATTEMPTED TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. *AK WIPERS GO ON AND OFF WITH OUT THE DRIVER'S ACTION. THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE DRIVER SUSTAINED PERMANENT INJURIES. *YH