2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

WITH JUST OVER 12000 MILES, THE THROTTLE BECAME VERY STICKY IN COLD WEATHER. THE BUTTERFLIES IN THE THROTTLE BODY HOLD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL CLOSED, REQUIRING EXCESSIVE FORCE TO PUSH (AND EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION). IN COLD WEATHER, THROTTLE WOULD STICK CLOSED WHENEVER THE PEDAL WAS RELEASED, NO MATTER HOW LONG THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. THE DEALERSHIP (HALL MAZDA IN VIRGINIA BEACH) REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY, AND COMMENTED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY SHOULD BE CLEANED EVERY 12000 MILES FOR VARNISH BUILDUP. THERE IS NO TSB THAT I COULD FIND ON THIS PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS THE PCV SYSTEM, ALLOWING OIL TO COLLECT ON THE THROTTLE BODY, AND CAUSING IT TO BIND DURING COLD WEATHER. *JB

I HAD A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE I, BOUGHT IN MARCH 2005. IN DECEMBER 2005 I RAN OFF THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED TWICE. I WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED, BUT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN THE ACCIDENT. FURTHER, THE CAR RADIO CAME LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTINGS, AND WHIPPED AROUND ON ITS ANTENNA CABLE. I'M NOT CERTAIN, BUT I THINK THE LOOSE RADIO HIT ME IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD CAUSING BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS. *JB

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE SWITCH.*MR THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE GEAR SELECTOR FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND THE KEY BECAME STUCK. *NM

ACCELERATOR PEDDLE BECAME STUCK AND WOULD NOT RELEASE WHILE ENTERING PARKWAY. BREAKS FAILED. HAD TO STOP CAR USING EMERGENCY BREAK. MAZDA REPLACED THE ACCELERATOR CABLE AND THROTTLE.

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS BRAKE EQUIPMENT.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE BACKED UP AND APPLIED THE BRAKES THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. EACH TIME THE DEALER LUBRICATED THE CALIPERS AND SMOOTHED THE ROTORS. *JB

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE DEVELOPED A SCRAPING AND SQUEAKING NOISE; THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE OUT OF ROUND.**NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THERE WAS ALSO A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT HIGH SPEEDS. THE VIBRATION INTENSIFIED UPON APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. *BF

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE HAS A DEFECT IN WHICH THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR WHEN THE CONSUMER WOULD LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL THE VEHICLE WOULD VEER TO THE LEFT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. THE VEHICLE'S ALIGNMENT WAS ADJUSTED, ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED AND THE FRONT END SUSPENSION CRADLE WAS MOVED BUT NONE OF THESE REPAIRS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT THEY PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE BRAKES MADE NOISE WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED THEN REPLACED BUT THE NOISE PERSISTED. AT ONE TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN TOT HE FLOOR. *NM

FUEL TANK DESIGN PROBLEM ON A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE.*MR THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A FUEL TANK FILLER PROBLEM THEY CANNOT RECTIFY AND CLAIM THAT IT IS A MAZDA DESIGN ERROR. WHEN FILLING THE TANK GAS SPEWS OUT SHUTTING OF THE PUMP. THE CONSUMER WAS THEN REQUIRED TO MANUALLY OVERRIDING THE PUMP BY CONTINUALLY CLICKING THE PUMP ON AND OFF RAPIDLY. *BF *NM

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY, THEN STALLED. DRIVER RESTARTED VEHICLE AFTER TEN MINUTES. THEN, TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE IGNITION COIL SPRINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES OF THE CONSUMER'S 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. *NM THERE WAS A RATTLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE DRIVERS MIRROR VIBRATED, THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN THE AUTO DIMMING MIRROR REGISTERED INCORRECTLY, THE WIPER DID NOT HAVE COMPLETE CONTACT WITH THE WINDOW AND THERE WAS A RUST SPOT ON THE INSIDE LIP OF THE MOON ROOF. *SC *JB