2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO DEALER FOR REPAIRES ON 4 OCCASIONS, AND THE PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. *AK *YH

CHECK ENGINE CAME ON. CHECKED EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO OWNERS MANUAL, INCLUDING MAKING SURE GAS TOP WAS ON TIGHT. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY FOUND A LEAKING VENT LINE ON TANK. THEY SAID MAZDA TOLD THEM TO CAP IT OFF AS THERE WASN'T A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS. DON'T THINK THIS IS A PERMANENT FIX. *TS *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***760935

ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH. LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. WAS ABLE TO GET VEHICLE STOPPED AND ENGINE RESTARTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE STALLED RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT PROBLEM HOWEVER FOUND NO SOLUTION. NLM DEALER REPLACED PCM AND RELAY. HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. DEALER WILL CONTACT SERVICE MANAGER TO ADVISE CONSUMER OF A RECALL FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS THAT DISENGAGES WHEN IN USE. *TT

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MY CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT AROUND 40MPH. AGAIN I WAS GOING DOWN A HILL, AROUND A BEND JUST LIKE THE FIRST TIME. THE CAR DIES, ALL POWER GOES OUT, LEAVING ME TO TRY TO GET MY CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NO POWER STEERING, NO POWER BRAKES. THE FIRST COMPLAINT, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE WHOLE IGNITION, THEY SAID THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. I SPOKE TO A ZONE REPRESENTATIVE ON 4/17/02, THE DAY OF THE SECOND COMPLAINT, WHO TOLD ME BACK WHEN THE FIRST PROBLEM OCCURRED, MAZDA REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. RECENTLY, THEY DISCOVERED IT WAS A COMPUTER CHIP/SOFTWARE PROBLEM SO WHEN I CALLED IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY, THEY SAID THEY KNEW OF THE PROBLEM AND THEY JUST HAD TO FIX IT. THEY HAD GOTTEN A LETTER FROM MAZDA STATING THAT THERE WERE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND NOW THEY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEY DID NOT ATTEMPT TO CONTACT ME TO LET ME KNOW THAT WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM, IT WASN'T COMPLETE. FURTHER, I JUST HAD MY CAR IN FOR A REGULAR SERVICE CHECK UP/OIL CHANGE YESTERDAY, 4/16/02, A DAY BEFORE THE PROBLEM. ALSO, I HAD JUST HAD A SERVICE CHECK UP PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THE FIRST PROBLEM WHEN THEY KNEW ABOUT IT THEN. SO, TODAY, THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN AND NOW, I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. HOW DO I KNOW THERE ISN'T SOMETHING ELSE MAZDA IS NOT TELLING ME? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE AND TO HAVE A FULL INSPECTION ON THIS PART AND ALL ITS COMPONENTS. THANK YOU. NLM

WHILE DRIVING, AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, RESULTING IN ENGINE TO STALL AND SHUT DOWN. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK DEALER REPLACED THE CUT OFF RELAY. *SLC

WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR LOST POWERSTEERING AND POWER BRAKES, I PULLED OVER TO AVOID A CRASH.*AK

TRIBUTE STALLED ON ONRAMP FOR I495 AT AMERICAN LEGION BRIDGE IN VA. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 30MPH. STALLING OCCURRED AS ONRAMP TURNS RIGHT AND CAR WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER TO KEEP ON THE ROAD AND POWER BRAKES FAILED. NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH TRAFFIC ON I495 TRAVELLING 60 - 70 MPH. WAS ABLE TO RESTART CAR AFTER SAFELY STEERING AND STOPPING IN GRASS. THIS CONDITION IS EXTREMLEY DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND BRAKES.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE AT DEALER. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER OF A FAULTY RELAY IGNITION SWITCH. *AK THE CONSUMER LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER AND TOLD HIM PROBABLY HAD BAD GAS. FINALLY THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A COMPUTER PROBLEM. *YH

TREAD SEPARATION HAS STARTED ON ALL ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FIRESTONE TIRES. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W208AWM300 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)