2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE COULD JUST SHUT DOWN. CONSUMER LOSES ALL POWER, LIKE POWER STEERING AND ABS, AND FEW OTHER ITEMS IN VEHICLE.*AK DEALER DIAGNOSED FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE CUSTOMER CONCERN. *TT

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACE (WITH A REBUILT TRANS) IN SEPT. IN NOV, WE HAD TO HAVE THE RACK REPLACED AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS LEAKING. THE MASTER CYLINDER COVER WAS LEAKING. ADDITIONALLY WE EXPERIENCED A GAS SMELL THROUGHOUT THE CABIN. THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW HAS HAD REPAIRS. WE HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS SQUEAKS AND RATTLES ALL OVER THE VEHICLE. TODAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN HILL THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. I HAD NO STEERING OR BRAKES AND HAD TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITH THE HAND BRAKE. THIS STALL ALMOST RESULTED IN A REAR END ACCIEDENT. LASTLY THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT APPROXIMATELY 19000 MILES.*AK

DURING BRAKING WHEN SPEED BECAME SLOWER THAN 10 M/H ENGINE RPM GO TO 0 WHICH IS LEADING TO TURNING ENGING OFF. HAPPENED 2 TIMES WITH ME. NOT SURE IF IT IS IGNITION SYSTEM OR TRANSMISSION TO RESTART A CAR YOU NEED TO SWITCH GEAR TO PARKING AND TURN KEY ALL THE WAY BACK. I DO BELEIVE THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH ON INTERSECTION.*AK

I PURCHASED MY TRIBUTE NEW IN OCT, 2001. SINCE THAT TIME IT HAS STALLED OUT 6 TIMES. THIS HAS OCCURRED WHEN TRAVELING BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WHILE SLOWING DOWN GOING DOWN HILL OR AROUND THE CORNER. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE SHOP 2 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER STATES THEY ARE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. LUCKILY THIS HAS NOT OCCURED IN A HIGH TRAFFIC SITUATION AS THE TRUCK WOULD BE UNCONTROLLABLE DUE TO THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES NOT FUNCTIONING. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.*AK

CAR STALLED WITH NO WARNING, LEAVING DRIVER WITH NO BRAKES OR STEERING. TWO TIMES WAS WHILE SLOWING DOWN,ONCE WHILE ACCELERATING. DEALERSHIP HAS NOTIFIED MAZDA, BUT INSISTS I CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL PROBLEM IS FOUND.*AK

THE TRUCK STALLED (COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SHUTDOWN) WHILE DRIVING, NO STEERING AND NO BRAKES, NARROWLY MISSING ANOTHER TRUCK COMING TOWARDS ME. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS AT SLOW SPEEDS, USUALLY BELOW 40 MPH. DEALER REPLACED EGR SENSOR. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT REPLACING THE EGR SENSOR DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*JB

TRAVELLING ON MAJOR HIGHWAY AT THE HEIGHT OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFICE WHEN VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. COULD NOT RESTART FOR 10-15 MINUTES. DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM, SO THEY CALLED IN A "SPECIAL" TECHNICIAN FROM MAZDA WHO CLAIMED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE PCM OR "COMPUTER" OF THE VEHICLE, THIS PART WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN 4 DAYS LATER. FUNNY HOW THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM YET MAZDA CLAIMS TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM! DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THEY WILL ADMIT THAT THIS PROBLEM WITH THE TRIBUTES IS DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY?

VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 AND 60 MPH. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

BOLTS HAVE DISENGAGED FROM HINGE ON REAR LEFT DOOR, CAUSING DOOR TO COMPLETELY COME OFF. *AK *JB