2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

FRONT DISC BRAKES - ALLEGEDLY WORN OUT AT 22,000 MILES AND NOW AT 34,000 MILES. 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS HAVE LOOKED AT PROBLEM AND DECLINED TO MAKE A WARRANTY CLAIM. NOW BEING TOLD BY 2ND DEALER THAT ROTORS ARE "THROW AWAY" AND NEED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH DISC PADS. I'VE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES ON ANY CAR WITH LESS THAT 60,000 MILES. *LA

2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE POWER CONTROL MODULE RE-CALIBRATION.*MR . THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON MAY 7 REGARDING THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE RE-CALIBRATION. FOUR DAYS AFTER THE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. THE CONSUMER HAD MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR MAY 13 BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS TOO LATE. *NM

I OWN A 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE AND UPON TAKING MY VEHICLE IN FOR THE STATE SAFETY INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT MY BRAKES AND ROTORS WOULD NOT PASS. I THEN BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO MAZDA FOR INSPECTION AND THEY AGREED THAT THE BRAKE PADS WERE WOR, YET NOT COMPLETELY GONE, BUT MORE SERIOUSLY THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. OUR SERVICE REP STATED THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM ON MANY TRIBUTES, YET MAZDA HAS NOT AUTHORIZED THEM TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. IN ALL MY YEARS OF CAR OWNERSHIP AND WITH EVERYONE I HAVE TALKED TO, ROTORS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED ON A TWO YEAR OLD CAR.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. THIS CAUSED CONSUMER TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE VEHICLE SHUTDOWN SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER STEERING OR NO BRAKES. THE DRIVER HAD TO USE BOTH FEET TO APPLY THE BRAKES SO THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD COME TO A STOP. *AK

OUR 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A PERIOD OF STALLING, WHERE TOTAL POWER IS LOST IN THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. SIX MONTHS INTO OWNING THE CAR, MY WIFE TOOK IT IN FOR A CHIP UPGRADE AND THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WELL, A MONTH AGO, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. MY WIFE HAD THE VEHICLE SCANNED AND IT CAME UP WITH NOTHING. AGAIN, THIS MORNING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT A TWO YEAR OLD CAR SHOULD HAVE THESE PROBLEMS, AND NO ONE CAN SOLVE IT! I AM FRUSTRATED, AND COULD USE SOME GUIDANCE ON WHERE TO GO WITH MY PROBLEM. MY WIFE DRIVES IT DAILY FOR WORK, AND I FEAR THAT IT WILL KILL OUT WHEN SHE IS DOING 65 ON THE INTERSTATE. HELP PLEASE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE LX 4WD SUV, 3.0 L ENGINE: MY WIFE'S CAR STALLS FOR NO APPARENT REASON PERIODICALLY WHILE IN DRIVE. RETURNED VEHICLE TO LOCAL MAZDA DEALER SERVICE SHOP TWICE OVER PAST TWO MONTHS, AND AM TOLD THAT CAR CHECKS OUT AND IS FINE. LATEST INCIDENT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.*AK

VEHICLE CUTS OFF AT LOW SPEED (<35) MPH, NO ENGINE LIGHT. ALSO VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATOR PUSHED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING @ 50 MPH ON INTERSTATE @ RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC MY MADZA TRIBUTE 2002 STALLED WITHOUT WARNING! CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES. PUT ON EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE NOT BEFORE VEHICLES BEHIND ME WERE HITTING BRAKES AND TRYING TO AVOID HITTING ME. ONE VEHICLE HAD TO GO INTO MEDIAN TO AVOID HITTING ME. TAKEN TO DEALER AND HE PLACED WHAT WAS STATED IN TECH BULLETIN 01-04-02R, BUT CAN'T ASSURE ME THIS WILL RESOLVE PROBLEM. WHY HAS NOT THIS PROBLEM BEEN A RECALL!!! ACCORDING TO THIS WEBSITE THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THE TRIBUTES. I HAVE ONLY 26,000 MILES ON TRIBUTE BUT AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS MY HUSBAND HAS SUGGESTED WE TRADE IT IN. WE HAVE ENJOYED OUR PREVIOUSLY MAZDA'S (3) BUT MY NEXT VEHICLE WILL NOT BE A MAZDA DUE TO THE FACT MAZDA SEEMS TO BE INDIFFERENT TO THIS DEFECT AND RECALLING ALL VEHICLES INVOLVED. WILL TAKE NUMEROUS DEATHS AND LAWSUITS BEFORE MAZDA FIXES THIS PROBLEM?*AK