Mazda Tribute Complaints

2,115 consumer complaints on file.

#567964October 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
THE ENGINE FAILED THREE TIMES WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY. CAUSE FOR THE FIRST FAILURE WAS THE PCM PROBLEM AND IT WAS REPROGRAMMED AND UPDATED EEC RELAY WAS ALSO INSTALLED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021458October 23, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE WILL CUT OFF CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT. THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE MAIN COMPUTER FAILING. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. THIS PART IS ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. MR THE DEALER IMPORTED A COMPUTER FROM CANADA. AFTER IT'S INSTALLATION, THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING NORMALLY. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021271October 21, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER AND IT WILL BE HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK STARTED. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768605October 18, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE FAILED AT 11,114 MILES. MAZDA CLAIMING NON WARRANTY DUE TO WATER INGESTION. VEHICLE HAD BEEN RUNNING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR ALMOST TEN HOURS. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND DRY AND A PORTION OF FAILED LOWER ROD CAP WAS RECOVERED. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020967October 16, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES THE TRANSMISSION ON VEHICLE CONSTANTLY STALLS AND JUMPS IN/OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING. TRANSMISSION HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED 2X AND IS CURRENTLY W/DLR FOR 3RD REPLACEMENT. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768407October 14, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE IS INTERMITTENTLY STALLING. AT LOW SPEEDS, UNDER 40 MPH, VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE IN MOTION CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. WHEN VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY DEALERSHIP RESULTING IN PROBLEM HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY THAN BEFORE. VEHICLE TENDS TO STALL ON SLIGHT INCLINES OR DECLINES IN THE ROAD. ONE STALL NEARLY CAUSED DRIVER TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO LOSS OF POWER BRAKES. VEHICLE IS BACK AT DEALER FOR SECOND ATTEMPT AT REPAIR OF PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP HAS PROVIDED ABOVE AVERAGE CUSTOMER SERVICE WHILE HANDLING PROBLEM HOWEVER REPAIR ATTEMPT HAS ONLY MADE PROBLEM WORSE. AFTER 1ST REPAIR ATTEMPT VEHICLE STILL STALLS AND HAS BEGUN HESITATING (NEARLY STALLING) UNDER ACCELERATION. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768445October 14, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WITHOUT WARNING MY BRAND NEW MAZDA TRIBUTE STALLED ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE POWER BRAKES AND STEERING BOTH GO OUT CAUSING IT TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STOP AND PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAVE BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO THE SERVICE CENTER TWO TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY TELL ME THAT THEY'RE PRETTY SURE THEY HAVE IT TAKEN CARE OF THIS TIME. THE SERVICE MANAGER ALSO TOLD ME THAT "MAZDA IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM." MAZDA IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER, THEY ARE UNWILLING TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE UNTIL THEY FIND A DEFINATE FIX. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT I BELIEVE MAZDA SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBLITY FOR BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED FROM THEIR CARELESS WAYS. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020361October 8, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020391October 8, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE HAS STALLED 4 TIMES AT SPEEDS OF 15-30 MPH, DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020443October 8, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE TRUCK SUDDENLY DIED OUT WITH NO WARNING WHEN OWNER WAS DRIVING THROUGH TOLL BOOTH. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *MR CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN AND WITHOUT WARNING.PH 09-DEC-2002
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768046October 3, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
COASTING DOWN HILL AND ENTERING A TURN TO THE LEFT WHEN VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING REDUCED STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY. HAVING READ ABOUT THIS VEHICLE PROBLEM, I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART THE VEHICLE BEFORE AN ACCIDENT HAPPENED. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768075October 3, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE ENGINE CUT OUT FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER BRAKES, STEERING ETC. LUCKILY, NO OTHER TRAFFIC WAS ON THE ROAD OR THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON THIS VEHICLE. ONE YEAR AGO, THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL, AND A MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT MAZDA TOLD THEM TO REPLACE THE "PCU" AT THE TIME, AND THEN CALLED ME BACK LATER TO CONFIRM THIS WAS INDEED THE FIX TO THIS REPORTED NATIONWIDE PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY, SINCE THE PROBLEM HAS NOW RE-OCCURRED ONE YEAR LATER, MAZDA'S INITIAL FIX WAS WRONG AND MAZDA STILL DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. YOUR WEBSITE REPORTS NUMEROUS SIMILAR CONSUMER COMPLAINTS, WHICH IS DISTURBING. WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT DOING TO PROTECT CONSUMERS? THERE SHOULD BE A FORCED RECALL. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE - A DOWNHILL STALL!!! MUST WE WAIT UNTIL DEATHS OCCUR? I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A RESPONSE FROM NHTSA. I PLAN TO FORWARD THIS LIST OF COMPLAINTS TO MY CONGRESSMAN. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767970October 1, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE QUIT WITH NO WARNING WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER PULLING OVER. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR AN INTERMITTENT ENGINE FAILURE IN HIGH TRAFFIC SITUATIONS. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767783September 26, 2002
TIRES
TIRES MAKING AN INCREASING LOUD "HELICOPTER" TYPE SOUND. ACCORDING TO DEALER THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OUT OF ALIGNMENT. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019553September 26, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TRUCK WILL STALL WITHOUT WARNING WHILE IN MOTION INTERRUPTING ALL THE MECHANICS OF THE TRUCK. OWNER HAS TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH INFORMED HIM THAT THEY CAN NOT REPLICATE THE FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767730September 25, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ENGINE STALLED TWICE IN 3 DAYS, ONCE WHILE I WAS SLOWING TO MAKE A TURN AND A SECOND TIME WHEN I WAS JUST COASTING WITHOUT STEPING ON THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE OKAY RIGHT AFTERWARDS. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THERE WAS TSB FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE FIX WAS TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER. IF THIS IS THE CASE, WHY DON'T THEY DO A RECALL AND REPROGRAM ALL OF THE TRIBUTES IF THIS IS SUCH A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM? I THINK THIS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO HAVE YOUR CAR STALL WHILE YOU ARE TURNING/STOPPING/COASTING. IF THIS DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, I WILL FILE ANOTHER REPORT WITH YOU. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567564September 23, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767612September 23, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. NO BRAKES, NO STEERING. GOING DOWNHILL 35-40 MPH. ENDED UP GOING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC UNTIL I WRESTLED CAR BACK INTO LANE. 3RD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. MAZDA SOLUTIONS ARE UNACCEPTABLE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767542September 21, 2002
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
POWER DRIVER'S SEAT SHIFTS WHEN BRAKES APPLIED OR AROUND TURNS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018950September 18, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN WHILE BEING DRIVEN WITH NO WARNING. DEALERSHIP HAS MADE THREE ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT FAILURE, BUT STALLING STILL PERSISTS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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