Mazda Tribute Complaints

2,115 consumer complaints on file.

#10758764August 24, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL VEERED TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A CURB. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SUBFRAME FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V174000 (STRUCTURE) BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO PREVENT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 91,800. MA 10/25/15 *CN
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758640August 23, 2015
SUSPENSION
WHILE TURNING INTO A BUSINESS THE LOWER CONTROL ARM MOUNT CAME APART AT THE SUBFRAME. THERE APPEARS TO BE SUBSTANCIAL RUST IN THE AREA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758552August 22, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, STRUCTURE:BODY
THE VEHICLE THAT I OWN HAS CORROSION AROUND THE LIFT GATE'S REAR WINDOW HINGES AND HAS COMPLETELY FELL OFF. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS I FEAR THE WINDOW WILL COMPLETELY FALL OFF. I'M NOT SURE IF ITS OK FOR THE REAR LIFT-GATE WINDOW HINGE TO BE FALLING OFF LIKE THAT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749802August 19, 2015
SUSPENSION
I WAS ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I HEARD A LOUD THUD THE WHEEL WELL ROTTED OUT SO BAD THAT BROKE THE SHOCK ON THE REAR BACK PASSENGER SIDE. THIS CAUSED ME TO SWERVE AND ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT.. YOU RECALL THE 2001 AND 2004 MODELS FOR THE SAME ISSUE WHY NOT ADD THE 2005 BECAUSE THERE IS BEEN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749039August 17, 2015
SUSPENSION, STRUCTURE:BODY
2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE, REAR WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED. WHILE DRIVING MY WIFE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD, SHE THEN TELLS ME THERE IS A RATTLE. SO I DRIVE IT THE NEXT DAY. THE RATTLE WAS VERY EASY TO HEAR. UPON INSPECTION THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL HAD DISINTEGRATED AND WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE, AND THE RATTLE WAS THE STRUT THAT HAD COME UNDONE HITTING THE CARGO COMPARTMENT. JUST HAD TIRES AND BRAKES REPLACED AND THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AS WELL ONLY 2 MONTHS PRIOR WITH NO MENTION OF ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. NOW IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. NO HELP FROM MAZDA, INSURANCE, OR THE SUPER WARRANTY THAT COVERS EVERYTHING BUMPER TO BUMPER(OR SUPPOSE TO). COME TO FIND OUT WHILE DOING SOME RESEARCH, THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM FOR MAZDA. THE 01-04 TRIBUTE HAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME THING EXCEPT CALLING FOR THE FRONT DRIVER WHEEL WELL. WHEN YOU TAKE IT IN THEY REPLACE ALL FOUR. IT ALSO SEEMS THAT THE 05 MODEL YEAR HAS JUST AS MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS AS WELL. BOTH OF US WORK AND HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE AS WELL AS GETTING THE CHILDREN TO MULTIPLE PLACES. WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE THINKING THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD AND SAFE WAY TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO GO. TURNS OUT IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME WITH THIS ISSUE. WE ARE LUCKY THAT IT WAS THE BACK I GUESS AND NOT THE FRONT AS SHE HAD THE KIDS WITH HER WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AND IF THE FRONT WOULD HAVE COME LOOSE AT HWAY SPEED IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT OUTCOME. I HOPE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE. 2 ESTIMATES TO REPAIR BOTH ARE $5-7000. CAN'T PAY TO FIX, AND CAN'T TRADE IT IN AS IT IS WORTHLESS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT THE NHTSA AND MAZDA NEEDS TO ADDRESS. IT IS NOT ONLY MONETARY BUT A SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL. WE WORK HARD FOR WHAT WE HAVE AND FEEL LIKE WE JUST GOT ROBBED OF OUR MONEY. THE DEALERS AND MAZDA GOT THEIRS THOUGH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747460August 10, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND CRASHED INTO A CURB. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A DEALER, WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V174000 (STRUCTURE) AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL A SECOND TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747201August 8, 2015
SUSPENSION, STRUCTURE:BODY
THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL WELL HAS BEEN COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT TO THE POINT THAT THE SUSPENSION BROKE THROUGH INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. THE LEFT REAR AND BOTH FRONT WHEEL WELLS LOOK TO BE IN PERFECT CONDITION WHICH SEEMS ABNORMAL FOR JUST ONE WHEEL WELL TO BE AFFECTED BY EXTREME RUST AND CORROSION. WE BOUGHT THIS MAZDA TRIBUTE LESS THEN A YEAR AGO FROM THE DAN WOLF CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN NAPERVILLE ILLINOIS, WITH IT "PASSING INSPECTION". SINCE THEN MY FAMILY AND I HAVE TREATED THIS CAR WITH EXTRAORDINARY CARE BY REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND OVERALL CLEANLINESS. THE MY FAMILY OF FIVE (THREE CHILDREN) HAVE USED THIS VEHICLE EVERYDAY TO DRIVE TO WORK AND SCHOOL NOT KNOWING THE DANGER IT APPOSED ON US AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. WHEN RESEARCHING THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM WE NOTICED THAT THIS VERY DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED TO OWNERS OF THE 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE ACROSS THE U.S. (HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/MAZDA/TRIBUTE/2005/BODY_PAINT/WHEEL_WELL_COMPLETELY_RUSTED_OUT.SHTML) THE DEALERSHIP NOR MAZDA HAVE BEEN ANY HELP TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT A RECALL FOR THIS CAR SHOULD BE MADE TO AVOID ANY HARM OR THREAT TO FAMILIES AND DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10747206August 8, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
MY MAZDA TRIBUTE V 6, 3.0 ALL OF A SUDDEN STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY SON'S HOUSE, THAN TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP. IT WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP WHEN I WAS TOLD WHAT HAD OCCURRED. MY COILS HAD BLOWN OUT AND DAMAGED MY (PCM)COMPUTER. THEY SAID IT WOULD COST $2689. I COULD NOT AFFORD THE DEALERSHIP'S COST SO I HAD IT TOWED AGAIN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE HE REPLACED THE COILS. I WENT ON EBAY AND FOUND A REASONABLY PRICED PCM WHERE IT WAS PROGRAMMED KEYS INCLUDED. MY RESEARCH HAS LED ME INTO WRITING THIS LETTER. I FOUND THAT FORD MOTORS AND THEIR AFFILIATES HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THE COILS BLOWING OUT THE PCM FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND HAVE NEVER TOLD THE OWNERS OF THEIR VEHICLES ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IF I HAD KNOWN I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10746152August 4, 2015
SUSPENSION
WHEN I TOOK MY TRIBUTE IN TO GET MY ANNUAL INSPECTION STICKER THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE RUST UNDERNEATH MY VEHICLE HE SAID IT WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE SHOCKS IN RESEARCHING THIS VEHICLE I FOUND THERE WERE 332 COMPLAINTS AND 53 WAS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE I THINK MAZDA SHOULD RECALL MY VEHICLE OR PAY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED OR I THINK ALL OF US SHOULD FILE A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST MAZDA OR FORD BECAUSE THEY OWN MAZDA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10746243August 4, 2015
WHEELS, SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD ABNORMAL SOUND. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL AND THE SHOCK TOWER WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,631. MA 10/25/15
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745429July 31, 2015
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE OF ENGINE RPMS AND THE THROTTLE AND POWER TRAIN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744364July 28, 2015
SUSPENSION, STRUCTURE:BODY
THE UPPER REAR SHOCK ABSORBER MOUNT CAME APART DUE TO RUST, THE SHOCK ABSORBER CAME LOOSE AND WAS HITTING AGAINST THE WHEEL WELL OR TIRE. REPAIRS WERE MADE AT A COST OF 4600. THE OTHER REAR SHOCK ABSORBER MOUNT ON THE DRIVER SIDE DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF RUST. UPDATED 09/29/15*JB... UPDATED 09/30/15*BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743700July 27, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY, SUSPENSION
RIGHT REAR SHOCK HAS BROKEN THROUGH WHEEL PANEL AND CAN BE SEEN FROM THE TRUNK AREA. LEFT REAR SIDE HAS STRESS FRACTURES AND I ASSUME WILL ALSO BREAK THROUGH EVENTUALLY. TOOK CAR TO BODY SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WHEEL PANEL HAS RUSTED THROUGH AND THAT IT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE TO FIX BECAUSE TO PROPERLY FIX THE CAR ONE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHEEL PANEL AND ANY OTHER METAL AREA ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR THAT IS RUSTED. IS NHTSA WILLING TO TAKE THE CAR TO TEST THE UNDERCOATING AND METAL TO DETERMINE IF THEY MEET PROPER STANDARDS? I WENT ONLINE AND HAVE SEEN THAT THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER MADZA TRIBUTES AND EVEN FORD ESCAPES. CAN YOU HELP?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743505July 26, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
RUSTED ON LEFT SIDE REAR WHEEL WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION NEW TIRES, BRAKES SPARK PLUGS AND PISTONS RIDES LIKE A DREAM BUT THE RUST WILL NOT SUPPORT THE SHOCKS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY MAZDA AN INFERIOR FORD BODY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10736139July 23, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE INITIALLY STARTED TO BE SPORADICALLY SLUGGISH/HESITATION WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS. IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS A DELAY FROM WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO WHEN THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY ACCELERATED. ON 6/4/15, A COUPLE DAYS AFTER FIRST EXPERIENCING THE SLUGGISHNESS/HESITANT ACCELERATION, THE VEHICLE STALLED/LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING 55 MILES PER HOUR ON A BUSY ROAD. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUE ON MY WAY. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO BE SLUGGISH AT ACCELERATION AND WOULD RANDOMLY STALL WHILE DRIVING AND/OR IDLING. AT THIS POINT WITH THE VEHICLE'S MECHANICAL ISSUES, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON- EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS SOMETHING MAJOR WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS I HAD THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME IN THE SHOP (6/6/15) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL NOT ON- -SO THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEY SHOP SUGGESTED REPLACING THE FUEL FILTER AND DO A FUEL SYSTEM CLEAN-- WHICH I DID. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO BE SLUGGISH/HESITANT WHEN ACCELERATING & RANDOMLY STALLED WHILE DRIVING AND/OR IDLING. ABOUT A WEEK LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FINALLY CAME ON. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOP & THEY INDICATED THE CODE WAS TELLING THEM THAT CYLINDER 2 WAS MISFIRING. NO OTHER CODES WERE READ. ALL THE SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED, COILS WERE CHECKED (IN GOOD CONDITION). THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN SLUGGISH AND STALL WHILE DRIVING (MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN I WAS GOING 55-65 MPH). ON 6/24/15 THE CAR STALLED AGAIN BUT THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE SHOP & THEY INDICATED THE COMPUTER WAS DEAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I CONTACTED MAZDA AND THEY DENIED THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE MAZDA TRIBUTE COMPUTERS AND SAID IT WAS JUST MY VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10734348July 15, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE FRAME OF MY 2003 MAZDA TRIBUTE RUSTED AND BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE LASTED SEVERAL MORE YEARS AND IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHEN I WAS GOING FASTER, I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733928July 14, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND NOT GO FOWARD AND HESITATED TO GO BACKWARDS. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO SHOP. THE SHOP MACHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS BUILT WITHOUT A PRESSURE RELEASE VALVE,AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSE IT TO MALFUNCTION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY YOU DON'T HAVE TRANSMISSION IN DROPDOWN BOX OF AFFECTED PARTS. MA 10/5 UPDATED 11/16/2017*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733458July 12, 2015
SUSPENSION
NO CRASH BUT THE UNDERSIDE IS RUSTED AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS IT DOES NOT SUPPORT THE SHOCKS THIS CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED I UNDERSTAND MAZDA RECALLED A LOT OF THESE CARS FROM 2001-2004 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM MY CAR HAS NEW TIRES NEW BRAKES AND NEW SPARK PLUS AND PISTONS ONLY 80,000 MILES AND RUNS GOOD BUT IT IS RUSTED MY DAUGHTER HAS A HONDA WITH 123,000 MILES AND IT RUNS PERFECT WITH NO RUST THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME THAT THE MAZDA IS RUSTED. I WOULD NOT ADVISE ANYONE TO BUY A MAZDA BECAUSE THEY DO NOT LAST VERY LONG.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733467July 12, 2015
WHEELS, SUSPENSION
THE CAR BEGAN MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE FROM THE RIGHT REAR. UPON INSPECTION BY OUR MECHANIC IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A COMPLETE RUSTING THROUGH OF THE RIGHT REAR WELL, CAUSING THE SHOCK TO NO LONGER BE ATTACHED TO THE FRAME. THE SHOCK WAS ACTUALLY VISIBLE FROM THE INSIDE REAR OF THE CAR. WE WERE TOLD THE CAR WAS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE. MAZDA WAS UNWILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE FAILURE, IN SPITE OF MY FINDING NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THE SAME FAILURE ON BLOGS. A FRAME SHOP HAD TO INSTALL A NEW INNER WHEEL HOUSE PANEL. COST OF THE REPAIR WAS $2000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733502July 12, 2015
AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO STOP BEHIND ANOTHER CAR AT A RED LIGHT AND MY CAR SLOWED DOWN BUT DID NOT FULLY STOP. I BARELY BUMPED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AT PROBABLY LESS THAN 5 MILES PER HOUR BUT MY AIR BAGS WENT OFF. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO MY CAR OTHER THAN THE AIR BAGS EXPLODING AND MY INSURANCE COMPANY WANTS TO TOTAL MY CAR BECAUSE OF THE AIR BAGS EXPLODING. I HAVE SECOND DEGREE BURNS AND A CUT FROM THE AIR BAG.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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