2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

MAZDA TRIBUTE DIED ON A BUSY ROAD DURING A RAINSTORM, WOULD NOT CRANK, WINDOWS AND GAUGES ON DASH INTERMITTENTLY WORKED AS WE WAITED FOR A TOW -- TOWED TO A SHOP,ENGINE STILL WON'T CRANK. THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP TECH BELIEVES IT IS TSB: 01-047/06. LOOKING LIKE A $1,200 BILL COMING (PCM, LABOR TO TROUBLESHOOT AND REPAIR...AND A NEW BATTERY)..WENT TO MAZDA AND THEY SAY THE TSB HELPS A TECH TROUBLESHOOT A PROBLEM.. MY QUESTION IS THAT IF MAZDA HAS HAD ENOUGH OF THESE ISSUES TO WRITE UP A TSB THEN IT MUST BE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE CAUSED BY A MAZDA DESIGN DEFECT, SO WHY IS MAZDA NOT BACKING IT UP AND FIXING FOR FREE AS A RECALL OR REIMBURSING IF THE FIX IS PERFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP? (THE PART ALONE IS ~$700)? NEED VEHICLE SO HAVING IT FIXED AND WILL ASK FOR THE REPLACED PART (POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE - PCM). *TR

DRIVERS DOOR LATCH STOPPED WORKING IN MAY 2008, HAVE TO OPEN DOOR BY ROLLING DOWN THE WINDOW AND OPENING FROM OUTSIDE. DIDN'T GET REPAIRED. NOW FRONT PASSENGER DOOR HAS SAME ISSUE. *TR

DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE STOPPED OPERATING. DRIVERS DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE....OUTSIDE HANDLE WORKS OK. IT STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. I AM NOT ABLE TO OPEN THIS DOOR UNLESS I PUT THE WINDOW DOWN AND OPERATE THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE. NOTHING OCCURRED OTHER THAN NORMAL DAILY USE PRIOR TO BREAKING. VEHICLE IS DRIVEN ONLY BY ADULTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE VEHICLE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED ONTO THE ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE CONNECTOR WHICH RESULTED INTO A FIRE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE AND WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. ALSO, AFTER THE SECOND OCCURRENCE THERE WAS A DISCONNECTION OF THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY SERVICED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY, ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V157000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK: CONTROL UNIT/MODULE). THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD PRIOR RECALL REMEDY PERFORMED AND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

VEH.WAS JUST FIXED BY MAZDA 3 WEEKS EARLIER FOR THROTTLE DAMAGE CABLE DAMAGE/ IAC VALVE DEF. &WIDE OPEN "SEE REF #10289784 10/26/09" WHEN SAME ISSUE OCCURED. THROTTLE STUCK AND CAR RACED FORWARD HITTING PARKED CAR AND RIPPING GUARD RAIL 2 FT OUT OF GROUND. CAR FLOORED DISTANCE APPROX.15 FT. WIFE WAS INJURED AND TAKEN BY AMB TO HOSP. POLICE/FIRE CALLED BY WITNESSES. CAR TAKEN BACK TO SAME MAZDA DEALER WHERE THEY CALLED MAZDA HDQTRS FOR HELP. CAR SAT UNTOUCHED FOR 9 DAYS BEFORE MAZDA DECLINED TO SHOW @ DEALERS,TELLING THEM TO TOTAL CAR. I GOT MAD W/DEALER AND HAD CAR TOWED TO ANOTHER MAZDA DEALER WHO SAID THEY WOULD HAVE MAZDA REP LOOK INTO TRBL. AFTER 3 DAYS MAZDA DECLINED TO COME OUT AGAIN STATING CAR HAD BEEN TOTALED AND WOULD NOT LOOK ANY FURTHER. INSURANCE CO. SENT INDEPENDENT INVEST OUT WHO SAID CAR /SCENE HAD BEEN DISTURBED AND REPORTS VARY . CASE APPEARS TO BE COMP BY INSURANCE .MAZDA INSISTS THAT I AM ONLY PERSON IN ENTIRE U.S. TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. RECALL FOR EXACT SAME DEFECT WAS DONE 2/05 AND REPAIRED,NEVER TO COME BACK. THEY PUT BACK SAME TYPE/MODEL PARTS EVERY TIME BUT STILL REFUSED TO LOOK INTO FAILURE AFTER TWO MAZDA DEALERS CALLED TO REPORT. *TR

2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE. A RECALL WAS ORDERED BY NHTSA ON 95,000 VEHICLES. MAZDA RECALL #07V15700 IN APRIL 2007. THE RECALL, ACCORDING TO MAZDA DID NOT INCLUDE MY VIN#. HOWEVER THE CAUSE OF THE RECALL HAS PLAYED OUT WITH MY DAUGHTERS VEHICLE AND NOW IT APPEARS THAT I AM GOING TO BE STUCK FOR THE COST TO REPAIR. THE RESULT OF THIS EQUIPMENT FAILURE DID NOT RESULT IN BODILY HARM BUT IT WILL RESULT IN OVER $2,000 IN REPAIR COSTS. HOW DID NHTSA ARRIVE AT THE CONCLUSION THAT THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN RESOLVED BY THE MANUFACTURER? WHY WOULD MY DAUGHTERS VEHICLE NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE CONTROL MODULE FAILS RESULTING IN A FAILURE OF THE CARS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE ANTI-LOCK BANKING SYSTEM. THE SAME SMOKING AND ELECTRICAL DRAW THAT NECESSITATED THE RECALL REFERENCED ABOVE WAS OBSERVED BY MY MECHANIC. WE LIVE IN A FAIRLY RURAL AREA AND THIS DEFECT WHICH LED TO A FAILED BATTERY AND A FAILED ALTERNATOR COULD EASILY HAVE PLACED MY DAUGHTER IN A BAD SITUATION. MAZDA DENIED THAT THIS VEHICLE IS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *TR

MY CAR WAS PARKED FOR TWO DAYS WHEN A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE STARTED ON THE ABS MODULE AND BURNED THE WIRE HARNESS ATTACHED TO THE ABS MODULE. I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT BEFORE THE FIRE DID MAJOR DAMAGE WAS DONE, HOWEVER, I HAD TO COVER THE DEDUCTIBLE AND INSURANCE HAD TO COVER THE REST OF THE COST. THIS CAR HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR THE ABS AND I HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN RECALLED. AFTER SERVICE, I CONTINUED TO RECEIVE RECALL NOTICES, THOUGHT I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE SERVICED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON SINCE THE WIRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; THEREFORE, THE AIR BAG IS INOPERABLE IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE WIRING IN THE VEHICLE. THE MAZDA MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES FOR THE AIR BAGS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,900.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS MODULE CONNECTION IS CORRODED AND CAUSING NO ABS BRAKES AND THE WARNING LIGHTS STAYS ON CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY UNDER RECALL NHTSA# 07V157000, COMPONENT: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY A DIAGNOSTIC FEE OF $125 TO CHECK THE VEHICLE AND IF IT IS THE SAME ISSUE AS THE RECALL HE WOULD HAVE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE TO A COST OF $1,200. CONTACT HAS NOT CALL THE MAZDA MANUFACTURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 70,000. UPDATED 1/11/09 *CN THE ABS AND SERVICE SERVICE BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON. UPDATED 01/14/10

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHEN THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO PARK WHICH CAUSED HER TO LOSE CONTROL. SHE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, CRASHED INTO THE PARKING LOT WALL AND TWO PARKED VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR CABLE WAS STUCK BETWEEN THE ENGINE CONTROL MOTOR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ACCELERATOR CABLE, GASKET, AND THE IAC VALVE. THE REPAIR COST WAS $4,100. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED IN 2005 UNDER RECALL 04V583000 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: CABLES; THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CRASH CAUSED HER HEAR HEART TO RACE AND GO INTO SHOCK. A POLICE REPORT IS AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 89,000.