2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

THE EXTERIOR DRIVER SIDE MIRROR VIBRATES TO THE POINT THAT THE REFLECTION IS BLURRY AND DISTORTED AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH OR HIGHER. THE MIRROR HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP BUT I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS CONDITION IS DANGERIOUS IN BAD WEATHER AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED. THE DEALERSHIP HAS OFFERED NO HELP IN FIXING THIS PROBLEM NOR HAS SUPPORT IN CALIFORNIA.

THIS IS ABOUT OUR 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE LX , 4X4, V6. OUR VIN. # [XXX], BUT YOUR SYSTEM IS NOT ACCEPTING THIS NUMBER. OUR TRIBUTE HAS STALLED MORE THAN 5 TIMES OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS. WE HAVE CALLED THE MAZDA DEALER TO ASK IF THEY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH OTHER TRIBUTES. THEY CLAIMED THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THAT TYPE OF PROBLEM THREE OCCASIONS BETWEEN APRIL 2001 AND NOVEMBER 2001. SOMETHING WE WERE DOING WRONG. AUGUST 2002, AFTER ANOTHER STALLING EPISODE WE DECIDED IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS AND TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY THEN INFORMED US THAT THEY HAD A LOT OF OTHER 2001 AND 2002 TRIBUTES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY HAD OUR TRIBUTE AT THE DEALERSHIP REPAIR SHOP FOR 63 STRAIGHT DAYS BEFORE THE MAZDA H.Q. CALLED US FROM IRVINE, CA TO TELL US THAT OUR TRIBUTE HAD BEEN REPAIRED AND THEY WERE SURE THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO STALL AGAIN BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT HAD ANY OTHER TRIBUTES THAT WERE REPAIR FOR THE STALLING PROBLEM REPEAT THE PROBLEM. ABOUT A MONTH LATER OUR TRIBUTE AGAIN STALLED EXACTLY AS IT HAD DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE. I WAS ASKED TO COME TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT BUYING THE NEW 2003 MODEL TRIBUTE AT A REDUCED PRICE BECAUSE OF OUR TROUBLE. WHEN WE WENT TO THE DEALER TO DRIVE THE 2003 MODEL WE WERE TOLD THEY COULD NOT LET US DRIVE THE NEW MODEL BECAUSE IT WAS STALLING. DT INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

AT 30-50 MPH TRAVELING DOWN HILL ENGINE STALLED TWICE. CONSUMER LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE AND OIL LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL.PH *TT

WAS TRAVELING DOWN A STEEP, CURVEY HILL AT APPROXIMATELY 35-45 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. I LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AS WELL AS THE BRAKES. THE ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. I WAS MEETING A VEHICLE AT THE TIME AND LUCKILY MISSED RUNNING INTO THE ONCOMING VEHICLE DUE TO INCIDENT OCCURING IN A CURVE. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS OCCURING BEFORE NOW. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. GG--KY DT

WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE WILL CUT OFF CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT. THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE MAIN COMPUTER FAILING. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. THIS PART IS ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. MR THE DEALER IMPORTED A COMPUTER FROM CANADA. AFTER IT'S INSTALLATION, THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING NORMALLY. *JG

THE ENGINE FAILED THREE TIMES WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY. CAUSE FOR THE FIRST FAILURE WAS THE PCM PROBLEM AND IT WAS REPROGRAMMED AND UPDATED EEC RELAY WAS ALSO INSTALLED. *YH

CONSUMER STATES THE TRANSMISSION ON VEHICLE CONSTANTLY STALLS AND JUMPS IN/OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING. TRANSMISSION HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED 2X AND IS CURRENTLY W/DLR FOR 3RD REPLACEMENT. MR

VEHICLE IS INTERMITTENTLY STALLING. AT LOW SPEEDS, UNDER 40 MPH, VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE IN MOTION CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. WHEN VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY DEALERSHIP RESULTING IN PROBLEM HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY THAN BEFORE. VEHICLE TENDS TO STALL ON SLIGHT INCLINES OR DECLINES IN THE ROAD. ONE STALL NEARLY CAUSED DRIVER TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO LOSS OF POWER BRAKES. VEHICLE IS BACK AT DEALER FOR SECOND ATTEMPT AT REPAIR OF PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP HAS PROVIDED ABOVE AVERAGE CUSTOMER SERVICE WHILE HANDLING PROBLEM HOWEVER REPAIR ATTEMPT HAS ONLY MADE PROBLEM WORSE. AFTER 1ST REPAIR ATTEMPT VEHICLE STILL STALLS AND HAS BEGUN HESITATING (NEARLY STALLING) UNDER ACCELERATION. MR

THE ENGINE CUT OUT FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER BRAKES, STEERING ETC. LUCKILY, NO OTHER TRAFFIC WAS ON THE ROAD OR THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON THIS VEHICLE. ONE YEAR AGO, THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL, AND A MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT MAZDA TOLD THEM TO REPLACE THE "PCU" AT THE TIME, AND THEN CALLED ME BACK LATER TO CONFIRM THIS WAS INDEED THE FIX TO THIS REPORTED NATIONWIDE PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY, SINCE THE PROBLEM HAS NOW RE-OCCURRED ONE YEAR LATER, MAZDA'S INITIAL FIX WAS WRONG AND MAZDA STILL DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. YOUR WEBSITE REPORTS NUMEROUS SIMILAR CONSUMER COMPLAINTS, WHICH IS DISTURBING. WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT DOING TO PROTECT CONSUMERS? THERE SHOULD BE A FORCED RECALL. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE - A DOWNHILL STALL!!! MUST WE WAIT UNTIL DEATHS OCCUR? I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A RESPONSE FROM NHTSA. I PLAN TO FORWARD THIS LIST OF COMPLAINTS TO MY CONGRESSMAN. MR

TIRES MAKING AN INCREASING LOUD "HELICOPTER" TYPE SOUND. ACCORDING TO DEALER THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OUT OF ALIGNMENT. MR