2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SPEEDOMETER GOES UP AND DOWN. WHEN DRIVING AND LETTING UP ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL, VEHICLE SHIFTS INTO LOWER GEAR. FEELS LIKE BRAKES WERE APPLIED VERY HARD. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, CANNOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE CLUSTER GAUGES ARE ERRATIC, THEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS LONG OR SLOW, ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM OVER DRIVE TO FIRST, WHEN LETTING UP ON THE GAS PEDAL IT FELT LIKE THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED VERY HARD, DEALER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN WORKED ON FOR WATER INTRUSION, CARPET HAD TO BE REPLACED, DEALER REMOVED AND RESEALED THE WINDSHIELD AND REPAIRED THE RUST IN THE WINDSHIELD FRAME, RUST ALSO FORMED ON THE MOUNTING BRACKETS UNDER THE DASH DUE TO WATER LEAK, DEALER REMOVED AND REFIT THE LEFT FRONT FENDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO WATER LEAKAGE THROUGH THE MISSED BODY SEAM AND WIRING HARNESS. DEALER REPLACED THE FUSE BOX TO REPAIR THE RADIO AND CLUSTER GAUGES. TURN SIGNALS ARE INOPERABLE. CONSUMER STATES THE ONLY REPAIR COMPLETED WAS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CARPET. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS AND I LOSE POWER/STEERING. AFTER SAFELY GETTING MY CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I AM ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR. THE DEALER HAS SEEN MY CAR TWICE NOW AND FINDS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, AND EXPECTS ME TO DRIVE THE DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. THIS STALLING HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW.*AK

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE CAR HAS DIED ON ME WHEN I WAS DRIVING; THE FIRST TIME WAS ON APRIL 20 RIGHT AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR.*AK

WHEN COASTING DOWN HILL AT 30-40 MPH AND SLIGHTLY APPLING BRAKES, ENGINE DIES, AND THE VEHICLE BECOMES INOPERABLE. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED 10 TIMES, AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE DEALER'S SHOP TWICE WITH THE PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME, THE DEALER HAD NOT HEARD OF, NOR COULD FIX THE PROBLEM. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, THE DEALER HAD HEARD OF THE PROBLEM, BUT STILL HAD NO FIX. MAZDA WAS CONTACTED, KNEW OF THE PROBLEM, BUT HAD NOT RELEASED THE FIX. I CONTACTED MAZDA, AND WAS TOLD THAT BOTH MAZDA AND FORD ENGINEERS WERE WORKING ON THE SOLUTION, AND THE DEALERS WOULD BE NOTIFIED OF THE FIX WHEN AVAILABLE. IF THE SOLUTION IS NOT RESOLVED, I WILL PERSUE A BUY BACK UNDER THE LEMON LAW. THIS VEHICLE IS DRIVEN BY OUR SIXTEEN YEAR OLD SON WHO CARRIES HIS YOUNGER SISTER ALSO TO SCHOOL. WE ARE GREATLY CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY. *AK

VEHICLE HAS LOST STEERING AND BRAKE POWER ON HILLS AT SPEEDS AROUND 30-35 MPH. THE ONLY WAY TO REGAIN POWER IS TO CUT THE IGNITION. THIS IS AN EXTREME HEALTH HAZARD: OCCURRENCES ARE NUMEROUS AND THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN. THE NEXT FAILURE OCCURED WHEN TRAVELING AT 40 MPH ACCELERATING ON AN ENTRANCE RAMP. THIRD FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN DECELERATING TO A STOP SIGN. ALL DASH LIGHTS COME ON AND STEERING GOES OUT, HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WILL IMMEDIATELY START AFTER PLACED IN NEUTRAL. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ONE TIME BUT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE CURRENT FAILURE BUT CAN OFFER NO SOLUTIONS. DEALER HAS ADVISED WILL CONTACT THEIR SERVICE REP.*AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED 5 TIMES, ALWAYS AROUND 30-40 MPH. TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES, REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH ONCE. CANNOT REMEDY.*AK

ENGINE STALLED AFTER GOING DOWN A HILL AT 35-40 MPH. NO ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO RESTART WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS.*AK

3.0L ENGINE, AT 45MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START BUT AFTER IT WAS STARTED, IT WOULD HESITATE WHILE DRIVING (2694 MILES). *NLM

AFTER 7000 MILES THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE NEARLY BALD, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT TIRE HAD BEEN GROSSLY MISALIGNED. NLM