2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

OUR ENGINE JUST SHUTS OFF WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT AS YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS RESULTS IN A LOSS OF BRAKES AND STEERING. THE ONLY WAY TO REGAIN CONTROL IS TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND TRY TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN. PER YOUR CUSTOMER COMPLAINT DATABASE AND OTHER WEB SITES I HAVE RESEARCHED, THERE ARE A LOT OF TRIBUTES AND ESCAPES DOING THIS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM! HOW MANY TIMES DOES THIS HAVE TO BE REPORTED BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE? MAZDA CONTINUES TO MAKE EXCUSES FOR MONTHS NOW, TELLING OWNERS, LIKE MYSELF, THAT THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THEY CAN'T FIX IT. THEY OFTEN REFUSE TO GIVE CUSTOMERS COPIES OF REPAIR PAPERWORK WHEN THEY PICK UP THEIR VEHICLE. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO GET KILLED BEFORE THIS IS RESOLVED? MY HUSBAND ALMOST CRASHED LAST WEEK GOING DOWNHILL WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE LAST TIME. DO SOMETHING TO HELP TRIBUTE AND ESCAPE OWNERS!*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON A DOWN GRADE AT 35 TO 40 MPH ENGINE WILL STALL INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE PRIOR TO LAST INCIDENT, AND REPLACED EEC RELAY WHICH FAILED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *ET

VEHICLE WILL DIE AT HIGH SPEEDS. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, AND IT REMAINED AT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY DIE, IT HAPPENS RIGHT IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC OR ON HIGHWAY, IN ONE SITUATION THERE WAS ONLY 2 WAYS TO GO, AND THAT WAS INTO A DITCH OR BE HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC, LUCKILY ANOTHER DRIVER SAW CONSUMER COMING AND CLEARED THE WAY.*AK CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE CAN NOT BE RESTARTD.*SLC

PE00 020; TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO A FIRESTONE REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE FRONT RIGHT TIRE TREAD BEGAN TO SEPARATE FROM TIRE. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT TIRE WAS RECALLED. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT, P235/70R16, 104DMS DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE WILL JUST DIE AT 55 MPH. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE STEERING/ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND BRAKES GO OUT.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE RESTARTED AFTER IT STALLS. *JB

I HAD THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE FOR TWO OCCURRENCES. EACH TIME I WAS COMING DOWN A HILL AND THEN ALL OF MY DASH LIGHTS CAME ON (CHECK ENGINE, OIL, ETC.). I WAS UNABLE TO STEER OR GIVE IT GAS EASILY. EACH TIME I WAS NOT IN A SAFE LOCATION, SO I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND THE CAR RESTARTED FINE. I HAVE HAD THE CAR AT THE DEALER I PURCHASED IT FROM SINCE IT OCCURRED THE 2ND TIME WHICH WAS OVER A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. THEY HAVE TOLD ME NUMEROUS TIMES THAT IT IS NOT DOING IT FOR THEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER CAUSED ME TWO WEEKS AGO AND TOLD ME THE MAZDA MANUFACTURER WAS IN THEIR OFFICE AND HE WAS AWARE OF TWO SIMILAR PROBLEMS IN TWO OTHER MAZDA TRIBUTES. I JUST WANTED YOUR OFFICE TO BE AWARE OF THIS. I AM VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD ON THE 2ND OCCURRENCE AND IT WAS VERY SCARY. I JUST HOPE IT CAN BE FIXED SO I DO NOT HURT MYSELF OR ANYONE ELSE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!!*AK

VEHICLE FEELS SLUGGISH WHILE ACCELERATING, TRANSMISSION IS NOT CATCHING WHEN THE GEARS SHOULD CHANGE, DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY PROBLEM AND HAS OFFERED CONSUMER THE OPTION TO RETURN THE VEHICLE AND ACCEPT THE ROLLOVER AMOUNT. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, CAN'T DUPLICATE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING DURING HEAVY RAIN WHILE DRIVING ON A 70 MPH HIGHWAY. THE FAILURE HAPPENED LONG AFTER THE WINDSHIELD WIPER LINKAGE RECALL WAS PERFORMED.*AK