2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

GAS PEDAL STICKS IN THE UP-POSITION. NO MATTER HOW HARD I STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL, IT WILL NOT UNJAM UNTIL IT'S READY TO. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 50 TIMES, BUT THE WORST WAS YESTERDAY WHEN IT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. I WAS ALMOST STOPPED BY THE TIME THE ACCELERATOR BECAME UNSTUCK, AND THE PRESSURE I WAS APPLYING CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JUMP FORWARD, SQUEALING THE TIRES. UNNERVING AND DANGEROUS! *TR

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE GAS PEDAL STICKS, NO RHYME NOR REASON......CIRCUMSTANCES ARE NEVER THE SAME, SO IT IS SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENS. I PRESS THE GAS AND THINK THAT THE TRIBUTE IS GOING TO MOVE, AND NOTHING HAPPENS. THANKFULLY, I'VE NEVER BEEN HIT! ( YET) . DEALER REPAIR SHOP WAS OF NO HELP. CLICK AUTOMOTIVE ( WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE ) , TELLS ME TO" BRING IT IN WHEN IT'S HAPPENING" . STOMPING ON THE PEDAL DOESN'T CURE IT, IT RESUMES WORKING WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT. I TRY SHIFTING FROM GEAR TO GEAR........REVERSE, NEUTRAL ETC. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT RESUMES WORKING LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS AT LEAST. *TR

I OWN A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHEN PROCEEDING FROM A STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WILL NOT DEPRESS. I HAVE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NO MATTER HOW HARD I STOMPED ON THE ACCELERATOR, IT WOULD NOT DEPRESS. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME ESPECIALLY IN COLD WEATHER. I SEE WHERE THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ON 2004 MODELS. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL ON THE 2005 TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS AND POSSIBLE DEATH. *TR

VEHICLE: 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE ALL WHEEL DRIVE WITH 36,937 MILES - EQUIPPED WITH 16 INCH ALLOY WHEELS. PROBLEM: TWO OF THE FOUR WHEEL RIMS ARE CRACKING AT THE LUG NUT HOLES (RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE), THE LEFT SIDE WHEELS HAVE YET TO BE INSPECTED. WHEN A ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION WAS PERFORMED, THE WHEELS WERE REINSTALLED AND TORQUED (USING A CLICK TYPE TORQUE WRENCH) TO THE MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATION OF 100 FT/LBS. AS TORQUE WAS APPLIED, THE LUG NUTS FELT AS THOUGH THEY WERE STRIPPED, AND SOME LUG NUTS ACTUALLY PULLED THEMSELVES FURTHER INTO THE RIM THAN THE OTHERS AS TIGHTENING OCCURRED. SUBSEQUENT REMOVAL OF THE RIGHT SIDE WHEELS REVEALED DEFORMED LUG NUTS, AND CRACKS ON BOTH RIMS AT THE LUG NUT HOLES, FROM 1/4 LONG, DESCRIBED BY THE EXAMINING TECHNICIAN AS MAKING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE. THE WHEELS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE HAVE YET TO BE INSPECTED. MAZDA USA NOTIFIED, THEY WILL TOW THE VEHICLE TO A MAZDA DEALER FOR AN EVALUATION. I HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER TO MAZDA USA OUTLINING THE PROBLEM IN MORE DETAIL, COPY WILL BE SENT TO NHTSA/ODI UNDER SEPARATE COVER. UPDATED 05/06/10.*JB

DRIVER POWER WINDOW FAILURE. NO CAUSE OR RELATED EVENT TRIGGER. OTHER WINDOWS CONTINUE OPERATING NORMALLY. CONSEQUENCE: POTENTIAL DEATHTRAP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND THE CONTACT ALMOST DROVE ONTO A CURB. SHE WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN; HOWEVER, WHEN SHE ENGAGED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, IT FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE DRIVER PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND WAS THEN ABLE TO ENGAGE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MORE THAN 20 TIMES. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING 35 MPH. WHEN SHE TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL IT DIDN'T CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,020.

FILLING THE GAS TANK BECAME A PROBLEM AS WEATHER BECAME COLDER. IT FILLS SLOWLY AND BACKS UP. IF NOT ANTICIPATING IT FUEL WILL SPRAY BACK AT YOU AN RUN BACK OUT FILLER TUBE IN FACT IT IS HARD NOT TO HAVE SOME FUEL SPILL DURING THE FILL. I SAW TSB ON THE ISSUE AND CONTACTED DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED ,A FORD DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET INFORMATION ON THE PROBLEM AND SAID THAT I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO PAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM ANYWAY AND WOULD HAVE TO GO TO A MAZDA DEALERSHIP TO GET IT DONE. I CONTACTED MAZDA USA BY PHONE AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY OR RECALL. THEY REFUSED TO PAY FOR ANY REPAIR. WITH PERSISTENCE THEY SAID IF I TOOK IT TO THE NEAREST MAZDA DEALERSHIP AND PAID FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AND RESULTS WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE TSB THAT THEY MIGHT HELP WITH THE REPAIR UNDER A "GOODWILL" PROGRAM. I REQUESTED TSB FIX INFORMATION SO I COULD CONSIDER WHAT WAS NEEDED TO FIX SO I COULD DECIDE MY MOST ECONOMICAL ROUTE TO GET IT FIXED BUT THEY REFUSED. THEY SAID THAT INFORMATION WOULD ONLY BE GIVEN TO MAZDA MECHANICS DUE TO "LIABILITY" CONCERNS. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES AND IT NOW OCCURS AT EVERY FUEL FILL, THE COLDER IT IS THE WORSE IT IS BUT IT OCCURS EVEN WHEN IT IS ABOVE FREEZING. I HAVE A COWORKER WITH A 2006 TRIBUTE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. NO SERIOUS EVENT TO US YET BUT MY SON BORROWED THE CAR ONCE AND I WAS UNABLE TO WARN HIM AHEAD AND HE WAS DOUSED IN GAS. ANY STATIC SPARK OR OTHER IGNITION SOURCE AND THERE WILL BE A TRAGEDY. REMEMBER THIS IS OCCURRING AT A GAS PUMP AT A GAS STATION WITH FUEL TANK DOOR AND CAP OPEN WITH GAS PUMP RUNNING. IT IS AT IT WORSE AT THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR A STATIC ELECTRIC SPARK ( DRY AND COLD). MAZDA SHOWED NO INTEREST OR CONCERN TO DEAL WITH THIS. THEY KNOW OF THE DEFECT AND FIRST TSB ON IT WAS ISSUED IN 2005. HELP! *TR

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN ACCELERATING. THIS OCCURS ALWAYS. RESULTS IN LURCHING OF VEHICLE AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHEN PROCEEDING FROM A STOP LIGHT THE ACCELERATOR PETAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS . AFTER SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,SHE WAS ABLE TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPAIRED AT AN EXPENSE OF $ 325.00 DOLLARS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE FOR HER MODEL TYPE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. SHE APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BETWEEN 10-15 MPH TO LEAVE A STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, UNTIL SHE EXERTED A GREAT AMOUNT OF FORCE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TEN SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000. THE VIN NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.