2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

VEHICLE STARTED TO STALL, AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD STALL ONLY WHEN DRIVING DOWN HILLS. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER AND PROBLEM REOCCURRING. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLED THREE TIMES BEFORE CONSUMER TOOK TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED CONSUMER THAT ONCE THE COMPUTER WAS REINSTALLED OR REPROGRAMMED IT STUCK. NO ONE NEEDING THIS REPAIR HAS BEEN BACK WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THE VEHICLE STALLED, THIS TIME ON A FLAT ROAD. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK AND WAS INFORMED MAZDA AND THE DEALERSHIP WOULD BE WORKING ON A RESOLUTION. THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE PROBLEM IS STILL REOCCURRING. *JG

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A DEEP HILL, ENGINE CUTS OFF.*AK VEHICLE ALSO FAILED ONCE ON FLAT SURFACE. *JG

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY AROUND 40 MPH. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, CANNOT FIND CAUSE.*JB

WHILE GOING DOWNHILL AT APPXIMATELY 40 MPH, ENGINE STALLED. LOST POWER BRAKES AND STEERING. ABLE TO STOP CAR SAFELY (BARELY). TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. HAD INITALLY MADE AN APPOINTMENT SINCE MY ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON 4 DAYS BEFORE THIS STALLING INCIDENT. I ASKED THE DEALER IF I SHOULD STILL DRIVE MY TRIBUTE WITH THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ON, THEY SAID IT WAS SAFE AND NOT TO WORRY. DON'T KNOW IF THE TWO PROBLEMS ARE RELATED OR NOT.*AK

MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS STALLING WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF OVER 40 MPH. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED TO MY VEHICLE 4 TIMES OVER THE PAST 10 MONTHS. EACH TIME THE DEALER INSISTS THAT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED, BUT THEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN. ALL FOUR TIMES THAT IT HAS HAPPENED I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON THE SAME ROAD, WHICH IS A ONE LANE ROAD THROUGH A VERY HILLY AND CURVEY SECTION, AND HAVE ALMOST CAUSED A COLLISION EACH TIME. WHEN THE CAR STALLS, THE POWER BRAKES AND STEERING ARE LOST, MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP THE OUT OF CONTROL CAR. BECAUSE OF MY QUICK THINKING, I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL, RESTART THE CAR, AND PUT IT BACK INTO DRIVE IN ENOUGH TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE RIDING IN THIS CAR WITH MY CHILDREN, AND MAZDA HAS NO IDEA HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. TWO OF MY CO-WORKERS HAVE THE SAME VEHICLE. ONE OF THEM HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM FOUR TIMES AND FINALLY HAD TO GET RID OF THE CAR BECAUSE MAZDA COULDN'T FIX IT. MY OTHER CO-WORKER HAS ONLY HAD THE PROBLEM ONCE, BUT IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE I KNOW WITH THIS CAR ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. THIS CAR IS A HAZARD TO ALL DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.*AK

WHENEVER COASTING BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE GOING 35-40MPH DOWN LONG HILL ENGINE QUIT. STEERING AND BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER DOESN'T REMEMBER IF DASHBOARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE COASTED DOWN HILL WHILE STANDING ON THE BRAKES TO STOP. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM. DEALER RPLACED BYPASS AIR CONTROL VAVLE DUE TO VEHICLE IDLING TOO LOW. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, SHIFT CABLE CAME LOOSE FROM BACK OF THE SHIFT LEVER. UNABLE TO CHANGE GEARS.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND WOULD NOT RE-START. *YH

VEHICLE WILL CUT OFF WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER CLAIMS TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT GUARANTEE IT IN WRITING. *YH