2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

DOOR HANDLES BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE ON MY 2001MAZDA TRIBUTE ARE BROKEN.THIS PREVENTS ME FROM ENTERING MY VEHICLE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE.I REPLACED THE INSIDE HANDLE BUT NOW THE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY INSIDE THE DOOR THAT OPENS THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE IS BROKEN.THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INSIDENT.THERES A LOT MORE MAZDA OWNERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS IDENTICAL MALFUNCTION.THERE NEEDS TO BE RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM.IN ORDER FOR ME TO ENTER MY VEHICLE I HAVE TO OPEN THE BACK DOOR TO OPEN THE FRONT DOOR FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE.I GUESS SOME ONE HAS TO BE HARMED BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET IN THEIR VEHICLE QUICK ENOUGH TO ESCAPE HARM.I GUESS RECALLS ARE ONLY GENERATED WHEN THERE'S BODILY HARM,THEN IS TO LATE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER, FRONT PASSENGER, AND REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOORS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE DOORS COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM WITHIN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE FRONT DOORS COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MAZDA DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IT WOULD COST $400 TO REPAIR THE REAR DOORS AND $500 FOR THE FRONT DOOR. IN ADDITION, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BEGAN STICKING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

INDIVIDUAL COIL OVER PACK FAILURE. THIS WILL BE THE 3RD COIL PACK FAILURE IN 3 YEARS. SYMPTOMS ARE MISSING OR BAD IDLE AT LOW RPM. *TR

BOTH FRONT DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKE AND CANNOT GET OUT OF CAR UNLESS SOMEONE LETS YOU OUT OR YOU ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND LET YOURSELF OUT. *TR

WAS STOPPED AT LIGHT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKES WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. TESTED BRAKES WHEN LIGHT CHANGED AND NO BRAKES AT ALL. HAD JUST RECENTLY BEEN DRIVING ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR. DROVE VERY SLOW INTO PARKING SPACE AND FOUND OUT BRAKE HOSE HAD BROKE. *TR

DOOR HANDLES ON ALL 4 DOORS HAVE BROKEN AT DIFFERENT TIMES, FRONT AND BACK PASSENGER DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN A SECOND TIME. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FIRST TIME, CURRENTLY DRIVING WITH BROKEN DOORS AND NO WAY TO GET OUT UNLESS SOMEONE OPENS THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT THE CAR QUITS AND WHEN YOU FIRST START THE CAR THE VEHICLE RUNS RUFF UNTIL IT WARMS UP. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE TO WORK ON THE FREEWAY AT 60 MPH. TRAFFIC WAS SLOWING AHEAD AND I APPLIED THE BRAKES. A SECOND AFTER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I LOST ALL BRAKE OPERATION. I WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND DOWNSHIFT THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT CAME TO A STOP. IF I WAS NOT IN THE FAR LEFT OR FAR RIGHT I WOULD HAVE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH BECAUSE I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAFELY VEER OFF THE ROAD. I GOT THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AND THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKE HOSE BURST, CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. I SAVED THE PARTS IF A REVIEW IS REQUIRED. *TR

ON SUNDAY 12/21/08, WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE ON LOCAL FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, IN CLOSE TO 0 DEGREE FAHRENHEIT WEATHER, I EXPERIENCED STUCK THROTTLE. GAS PEDAL AND THE PORTION OF ASSOCIATED LINKAGE VISIBLE FROM PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WERE NOT OBSTRUCTED IN ANY WAY. ALL EFFORTS TO RETURN ENGINE TO IDLE SPEED, INCLUDING RAPIDLY DEPRESSING GAS PEDAL TO NEAR THE FLOOR AND THEN RAPIDLY RELEASING IT, WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THROTTLE WAS STUCK AT 4000 RPM. HAD TO PUT TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN COAST TO A STOP ON AN OFFRAMP. ONCE STOPPED, I TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED ENGINE SEVERAL TIMES. AT RESTART, ENGINE WOULD IMMEDIATELY RACE UP TO AND STAY AT 4000 RPM, EVEN THOUGH I DID NOT EVEN TOUCH THE GAS PEDAL. WOUND UP HAVING TO GET VEHICLE TOWED TO A MAZDA DEALER REPAIR FACILITY, WHICH WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME DUE TO IT BEING SUNDAY. THE DEALERSHIP REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT, UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE THE NEXT DAY, THE THROTTLE WAS NO LONGER STUCK. SAID THE LINKAGE "PROBABLY FROZE UP" DUE TO THE PREVIOUS DAY'S COLD WEATHER BUT HAD "THAWED OUT". HE RECOMMENDED LUBRICATING IT, WHICH I AUTHORIZED. ON 1/1/09, I DROPPED THE VEHICLE AT A DIFFERENT MAZDA REPAIR FACILITY BECAUSE OF AN UNRELATED PROBLEM. THE DEALER REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT, WHEN HE DROVE THE VEHICLE INTO THE GARAGE FROM OUTSIDE (WHERE IT HAD SAT OVERNIGHT IN NEAR ZERO WEATHER), THE THROTTLE STUCK. THE THROTTLE STUCK A FEW TIMES LAST WINTER IN 10 DEGREE OR BELOW WEATHER BUT ONLY MOMENTARILY. I NOTED TODAY, ACCORDING TO YOUR WEBSITE, THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2001MAZDA TRIBUTES EQUIPPED WITH "SPEED CONTROL" BECAUSE OF A DEFECT THAT CAUSED THROTTLES TO STICK. I AM NOT SURE WHAT "SPEED CONTROL" IS. MY TRIBUTE, WHICH I PURCHASED USED, DOES NOT HAVE "CRUISE CONTROL." WHETHER IT ORIGINALLY HAD "CRUISE CONTROL", WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN REMOVED BY SOMEONE PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE, I DO NOT KNOW. *TR

2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE - DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE DOES NOT WORK AND FINDING MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. THE CAR ONLY HAS 76,000 MILES. *TR