2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

VEHICLE HAS STALLED FOUR TIMES, MAZDA NORTH AMERICA CONTACTED BY MY ATTY AFTER THE THIRD INCIDENT. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. CAR STALLS WHEN COASTING DOWN HILL GOING 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR. ACCORDING TO LAST WORK ORDER FROM DEALERSHIP ON 1/28/02: PROGRAM P.C.M. AS PER TECH LINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 20MPH, T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FRONTAL IMPACT, DRIVER INJURED. *AK *YD

WINDSHIELD WIPER ASSEMBLY - NOMINALLY REPAIRED IN 2001 RECALL - FAILED COMPLETELY & WITHOUT WARNING. SMALL PLASTIC CONNECTOR CAME APART. WIPERS WERE OPERATING, BUT LOAD WAS ONLY WATER - NO ICE OR SNOW. AS CLOSE TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS I WOULD CARE TO COME BASED ON A MECHANICAL FAILURE. TALKED TO MAZDA, BUT THEY WOULD NOT ADDRESS FAILURE HISTORY OF ITEM. THEY HAVE REPLACED ASSEMBLY (AGAIN), BUT NO INDICATION THIS ONE WILL WORK ANY BETTER! *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING OIL WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN DRIVING SPEEDOMETER WAS OUT OF CONTROL, AND CAN'T TELL SPEED TRAVELING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, AND HAD REPAIRED IT. BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. *AK

THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR SHAKES SO BADLY THAT THE IMAGE IN THE MIRROR IS SO BLURRED YOU CAN NOT SEE ANYTHING. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER, THEY REPLACED THE MIRROR AND IT STILL DID THE SAMETHING. I COMPLAINED A SECOND TIME AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE THEY ALREADY REPLACED IT ONCE. THE SECOND PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WIND NOISE AND A HOWLING NOISE WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 50 + MPH. IT GETS SO LOUD THAT IT GIVE ME A HEADACHE. I TOLD THE DEALER 3 TIMES ABOUT THIS ALREADY. THEY CHANGED OUT THE WINDOW SEALS OUT 2 TIMES AND THIS HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO RESOLVE THESE 2 DEFECTS? THANKS.*AK

THE COOLANT INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY FOUND THAT THE COOLANT SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE, THE CONSUMER LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE VEHICLES COOLANT SENSOR HAD ALEADY BEEN REPLACED DEC 2000 PRIOR TO PURCHASE, THIS INFORMATION WAS NEVER DISCLOSED TO THE CONSUMER. NLM

A SEVERE GASOLINE ODOR. HAPPENS VARIOUS TIMES. WHILE DRIVING, ODOR COMES THROUGH THE VENTS, OR AFTER TURNING OFF CAR, EXTREME GAS ODOR. HAPPENS A VARIOUS TIMES, AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF GAS IN MY GAS TANK. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP MORE TIMES THAN I CAN REMEMBER. THEY HAVE SUPPOSEDLY CONTACTED MAZDA CORPORATE AND CAN NEVER FIND A PROBLEM. THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN ONE TIME. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND RE-START THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP COULD FIND NO REASON FOR THIS EITHER BUT SAID THEY HAD A SIMILAR INCIDENT WITH ANOTHER MAZDA TRIBUTE OWNER. I AM OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY WITH THIS VEHICLE. THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME. ANDREA LEDENBACH. *AK

ENGINES SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAPPENS ANYTIME OR ANYWHERE. LEAVING YOU WITHOUT BRAKES OR STEERING. MAZDA HAS REPLACED NUMERUS PARTS BUT CAN NEVER FIX THIS PROBLEM. THEY ALSO STATE THAT THEY CAN NOT CONFIRM THIS BUT REPLACE PARTS ANYWAY. THIS IS THEIR WAY OVER COVERING THEIR BUTTS. MY WIFE WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THIS HAPPENED LAST( ITS HAPPENED OVER 7 TIME IN 14000 MILES). THE TRIBUTE DIED AND SHE LOST ALL POWER AND BRAKES. SHE HAD TO PULL ACROSS ON COMING TRAFFIC AND IN TO A PARKING LOT TO AVOID REAR ENDING ANOTHER CAR ONLY TO BE ALMOST HIT CROSSING THE ON COMING TRAFFIC. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BE KILLED BEFORE THIS IS FIXED! MAZDA NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM AND SOLVE IT RATHER THAN MAKING A GUESS ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND REPLACING PARTS THAT AREN'T BROKEN! THIS IS MY 5 MAZDA AND I WONT BUY ANOTHER ONE!*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALLL AND LOSE ALL POWER.TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED A DELAY CHIP IN FUEL PUMP, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK