2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

GAS PEDAL STICKS, PREVENTING YOU FROM ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE. SO WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD YOU MIGHT BE FINE, OR YOU COULD BE SITTING IDLE, UNTIL THE GAS PEDAL WILL FREE UP. THIS HAS PROBABLY HAPPENED 30 TIMES OR MORE. NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. ALSO AROUND 30,000 MILES THE PAINT STARTED COMING OFF ALL THE DOOR TRIM. *TR

2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE: ACCELERATOR STICKS IN THE UNACCELERATED POSITION. HAVE HAD I FIXED BEFORE AND THE MECHANIC NEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. HE FIXES AT LEAST TWO A WEEK. HE SAID THE THROTTLE CABLE RUNS THROUGH THE INTAKE AND IT ACCUMULATES GRIME UNTIL IT STICKS. COSTS ME $75 BUCKS EVERYTIME. ONE DAY MR MAZDA IS GOING TO BE SITTING INFRONT OF A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING EXPLAINING WHY A MOTHER AND HER KIDS COULDN'T GET OFF OF THE RXR TRACKS IN TIME. BECAUSE HER PEDAL STUCK. *TR

MY 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE AWD 4I GAS PEDAL STICKS IN COLD WEATHER AND SOMETIMES IN WARM WEATHER (EXACT PROBLEM COMPARED TO 2005 MODEL YEAR COMPLAINTS). IT HAPPENS USUALLY WHEN I GET INTO THE CAR ON A COLD MORNING AND HAVE NOT PROPERLY WARMED THE CAR UP. A FEW TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER I HAVE FULLY TAKEN MY FOOT OFF THE GAS (SAY TO BRAKE) AND THEN RETURN MY FOOT TO THE GAS PEDAL. THE PEDAL WILL REFUSE TO PUSH DOWN EVEN WITH MY FULL BODY WEIGHT (240LB MAN) ON THE PEDAL. I FIND I HAVE TO JIGGLE MY FOOT AND STEP ON THE PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET IT TO GO DOWN. A FEW TIMES I HAD TO PULL OVER AND PLAY WITH IT. EVERY TIME I GET IT TO THE DEALER, THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY AND THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT ALL THE COMPLAINTS FROM THE 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS WHAT I AM EXPERIENCING AND I AM WORRIED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT TOOK OFF AND THE ACCELERATOR GOT STIFF AND STUCK. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STIFF, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND NEARLY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DID NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

THE GAS PEDAL OF MY VEHICLE STICKS WHEN IT IS FIRST DEPRESSED, AFTER SETTING IDLE AT TRAFFIC STOPS. IT ALSO STICKS WHEN FIRST ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE ON MOST MORNINGS. THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAS BECOME VERY FREQUENT. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT WAS ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2010. *TR

THE GAS PEDAL STICKS. YOU MUST PRESS GAS PEDAL ABNORMALLY HARD AND THEN WHEN IT GIVES THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD DANGEROUSLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. REQUIRES REPEATED THROTTLE BODY CLEANING. DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDS REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY EVERY TIME--A $130 PART. *TR

GAS PEDAL STICKING INTERMITTENTLY & HAS OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY TYPICALLY DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65-70MPH. NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS DAILY. *TR

I TOOK MY 2008 TRIBUTE (PURCHASED IN JULY 2007) FOR SERVICE WHEN AT THE 50, 300 MILES. I REPORTED TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT MY VEHICLE DOES A MILD OR HARD JERK WHEN COMING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT I HAD A SMALL HOLE IN THE CONDENSER CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE TRANSMISSION OIL. I DO A LOT OF HIGHWAY DRIVING THUS THE HIGH MILEAGE SO THEY SURMISED THAT MAYBE A ROCK HIT IT. I THOUGHT THIS WAS OUTRAGEOUS BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE DURABLE SINCE IT IS A SUV. MY DRIVING IS NOT IN ROUGH TERRAIN JUST SMOOTH HIGHWAYS. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT TO ME THAT THE STYLE HAS THESE EXPOSED OR OPEN AREAS IN THE FRONT LOWER PART OF THE SUV SO BECAUSE THEY SAW A TINY ROCK EMBEDDED IN THE GRILL OF THE RADIATOR THAT POSSIBLY THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CONDENSER. I FELT IF I HAVE EXPOSED OR OPEN AREAS THEN THE PARTS EXPOSED SHOULD BE STRONG/DURABLE ENOUGH TO TAKE A ROCK HIT. I HAVE NO FRONT IN DAMAGE AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. A TRANSMISSION OIL LEAK WAS THE FARTHEST THING IN MY MIND, WHICH BY THE WAY WILL COST ME $580 TO FIX. SINCE THIS DISCOVERY WAS ON 12/15/09, TEN DAYS FROM XMAS, I DID NOT HAVE IT FIXED. MY FEAR IS THAT THERE ARE SUBSTANDARD PARTS THAT WERE PUT ON MY VEHICLE BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THE PARTS SHOULD BE DURABLE ENOUGH THIS IS AN 2008 VEHICLE I BOUGHT BRAND NEW SO IT IS NOT AN EARLIER MODEL AND THIS DID NOT HAPPENED FROM A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MODEL FOR SUBSTANDARD PARTS. I JUST KNEW THAT I WOULD HAVE THIS VEHICLE FOR A FEW MORE YEARS BEFORE ANY MAJOR WORK WAS DONE. *TR

REAR END COLLISION 10/4/09. STOPPED WITH TURN SIGNAL ON TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT. REAR ENDED, BOTH FRONT PASSENGERS HAD SEAT BELTS ON. WE WERE THROWN FORWARD AND THEN BACKWARD BREAKING BOTH FRONT SEATS. INJURIES BACK, HIP, BROKEN VERTEBRA IN NECK FROM BEING THROWN AROUND. VERY DISAPPOINTED AT THE SEAT BREAKING CAUSING US MORE BODY DAMAGE. ENTIRE BACK OF VEHICLE PUSHED IN AND BUCKLED ROOF. CAR WAS PURCHASED 4/19/08 AND HAD LESS THEN 6000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A DEFINITE FAILURE IN THE SEATS OR VERY POOR DESIGN ON BOTH SEATS.

1998 MAZDA TRIBUTE. HOOD LATCH DID NOT ENGAGE . MAZDA DEALER SAID LATCH WORKS AS PRESCRIBED. MAZDA "PEOPLE" SAID NO PROBLEM. COLLISION REPAIR SHOP UNDER CONTRACT WITH DEALER SAYS LATCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. FAILURE OF LATCH AND SAFETY CATCH CAUSED BLOWN UP HOOD. *TR