2004 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY AT 40 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SNAPPING SOUND. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, BUT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO STOP AND THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR WHERE THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE SUB FRAME, CV JOINT, AND THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE A VIBRATING MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE HAD AN ABNORMAL LOUD SOUND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SHOCK SUPPORT IN THE WHEEL WELL HAD ROTTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED A BURNING ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED THAT PART OF THE FRAME WAS FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FRAME WAS RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED. IN ADDITION, THE BRACKET WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

MY 2004 MAZDA TRIBUTE (JUST LIKE A FORD ESCAPE) HAS TOTALLY RUSTED OUT ON THE PASSENGER BACK WHEEL WELL. THE SUSPENSION IS AFFECTED AS WELL AS THE SHOCK MOUNTING IS COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY AND BANGS AGAINST THE CAR AND PROVIDES NO STABILIZING CONTROL. THE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO BE VERY COSTLY AND I FOUND NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THE SAME RUST OUT AND RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION FAILURE ON MAZDA TRIBUTES AND FORD ESCAPE IN THE 2001-2005 MODEL YEARS. MAZDA AND FORD CONDUCTED A RECALL ON TRIBUTES AND ESCAPES DUE TO RUST OUT OF RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION. THE SAME IS IMMEDIATELY NEEDED ON THE RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION. THE LEFT REAR SUSPENSION APPEARS FINE AND DOES NOT SHOW ANY OF THE SAME RUST PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD ABNORMAL SOUND. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL AND THE SHOCK TOWER WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,631. MA 10/25/15

RIGHT REAR SHOCK HAS BROKEN THROUGH WHEEL PANEL AND CAN BE SEEN FROM THE TRUNK AREA. LEFT REAR SIDE HAS STRESS FRACTURES AND I ASSUME WILL ALSO BREAK THROUGH EVENTUALLY. TOOK CAR TO BODY SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WHEEL PANEL HAS RUSTED THROUGH AND THAT IT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE TO FIX BECAUSE TO PROPERLY FIX THE CAR ONE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHEEL PANEL AND ANY OTHER METAL AREA ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR THAT IS RUSTED. IS NHTSA WILLING TO TAKE THE CAR TO TEST THE UNDERCOATING AND METAL TO DETERMINE IF THEY MEET PROPER STANDARDS? I WENT ONLINE AND HAVE SEEN THAT THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER MADZA TRIBUTES AND EVEN FORD ESCAPES. CAN YOU HELP?

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND NOT GO FOWARD AND HESITATED TO GO BACKWARDS. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO SHOP. THE SHOP MACHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS BUILT WITHOUT A PRESSURE RELEASE VALVE,AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSE IT TO MALFUNCTION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY YOU DON'T HAVE TRANSMISSION IN DROPDOWN BOX OF AFFECTED PARTS. MA 10/5 UPDATED 11/16/2017*CN

I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO STOP BEHIND ANOTHER CAR AT A RED LIGHT AND MY CAR SLOWED DOWN BUT DID NOT FULLY STOP. I BARELY BUMPED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AT PROBABLY LESS THAN 5 MILES PER HOUR BUT MY AIR BAGS WENT OFF. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO MY CAR OTHER THAN THE AIR BAGS EXPLODING AND MY INSURANCE COMPANY WANTS TO TOTAL MY CAR BECAUSE OF THE AIR BAGS EXPLODING. I HAVE SECOND DEGREE BURNS AND A CUT FROM THE AIR BAG.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL HOUSE PANEL AND SHOCK WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR FURTHER INSPECTION, WHOM ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL HOUSE PANEL AND SHOCK WERE SEVERELY CORRODED DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL HOUSE PANEL AND SHOCK AND THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL HOUSE PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.