2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NELSON MAZDA TULSA (9902 S MEMORIAL DR., TULSA, OK 74133, (918) 296-7897) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PREVIOUSLY BY NELSON MAZDA TULSA PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V282000 (STEERING), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, A LOUD BANGING SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A PISTON SHOT THROUGH THE BACK OF THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 118,000. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE, THE KEY NEEDED TO BE VIGOROUSLY PRESSED AND TURNED IN THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT CALLED AN UNKNOWN LOCAL DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT BACK TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 142820000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DAVIS GAINESVILLE CHEVROLET (2600 N MAIN ST, GAINESVILLE, FL 32609) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST AND TORQUE SENSOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS SINCE THE RECALL WAS ALREADY REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

ON DEC 29, 2017 DRIVING MY 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING AND VIBRATING UNCONTROLLABLY WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. I BECAME EXTREMELY NERVOUS AND AFRAID OF BEING STRANDED OR EVEN WORSE WRECKING. LUCKILY, I WENT STRAIGHT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND WHEN HE STARTED IT UP THE STEERING WHEEL HAD COMPLETELY LOCKED UP AND THE ERROR 'POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT' WAS DISPLAYED ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IT HAD EVER HAPPENED AND AFTER RUNNING THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST THE CODE B2278 INDICATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL NHSTA # 14V282000 IN 2014 CAUSING THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE MECHANIC CONTACTED THE LOCAL MAZDA DEALERSHIP TO CONFIRM IF THE RECALL HAD BEEN DONE. THE RECALL WAS ON THE STEERING TORQUE SENSOR WHICH AFFECTS THE ABILITY TO PROPERLY DETECT THE DRIVER STEERING INPUT. THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED THAT THE RECALL WAS COMPLETED IN 2014 AND MAZDA WAS NOT GOING TO REPLACE THE SENSOR AGAIN. I DECIDED TO DRIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS ANOTHER 30 MINUTES AWAY, BUT NOW THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKING UP AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE WHEEL. SO AFTER THEY INSPECTED THE TRIBUTE I WAS TOLD THAT IT NEEDED THE TORQUE SENSOR REPLACED AND IT WOULD COST ME $877 AND IF THAT DIDN'T FIX IT THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE PART. SO THE TORQUE SENSOR DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE STEERING WHEEL IS SHAKING EVEN MORE UNCONTROLLABLY. NOW I HAVE ANOTHER $1500 I HAVE TO PAY AND TOTALING $2400. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OVER THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, THEREFORE THIS SHOULD BE HONORED UNDER A RECALL. IN ADDITION THE PART THAT'S NEEDED IS ON BACK ORDER AND MY VEHICLE WON'T BE READY UNTIL THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.

THE BRAKES STARTED TO GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR INTERMITTENTLY. THEY WILL GET HARD AND THE NEXT DAY OR TWO WILL GO BACK DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE MASTER CYLINDER HAS BEEN CHANGED, THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN BLED. THE ROTORS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AND HAVE BEEN TURNED AND NEW BRAKES WERE PUT ON THE CAR. THE BRAKES STILL GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR. I THINK THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL OF CAR AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDED AS A RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TO TURN AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 161,000.

THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED IN 2016 AS PART OF NHTSA RECALL #14V282000, BUT THE PCSM SOFTWARE WAS ONLY UPDATED. NO PARTS WERE REPLACED.THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED THE ISSUE AGAIN WAS OCTOBER 2017. I WAS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT, THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN IDLE, AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO JERK BACK AND FORTH. THE STEERING WHEEL CONTINUES TO JERK VIOLENTLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT AN IDLE. IT TAKES GREAT EFFORT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT WHILE DRIVING 25-40 MPH ON CITY STREETS. IT ALSO JERKS MILDLY TO MODERATELY WHILE I AM DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS FROM 25MPH ON CITY STREETS-75MPH ON THE HIGHWAY OR FREEWAY. IT JERKS MOST VIOLENTLY WHEN IT IS AT AN IDLE, MODERATELY AT 25-45 MPH, AND MILDLY AT 50-75 MPH. IT JERKS WHEN I AM DRIVING STRAIGHT. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK, IT JERKS VIOLENTLY, BUT WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNED TO ABOUT THE 2 O'CLOCK POSITION IT WILL STOP UNLESS IT IS MOVED SLIGHTLY AND THEN IT WILL START JERKING AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED IN 2016 AS PART OF NHTSA RECALL #14V282000, BUT THE PCSM SOFTWARE WAS ONLY UPDATED. NO PARTS WERE REPLACED AT THAT TIME. THE PART AT FAULT IS A FAULTY STEERING TORQUE SENSOR.

STEERING COLOM IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE FELLS TO CRANK. THE LOCK ATTACHES AROUND THE STEERING COLOM IN WHICH THE IGNITION SWITCH GOES IN TO. THIS IS THE 3RD REPLACEMENT OF FACTORY OEM PARTS AND IT CONTINUES TO GO BAD. THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY WHEN

TURNING OFF A ROAD INTO A PARKING LOT I LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND HAD TO MAN HANDLE THE TRIBUTE INTO A PARKING SPACE. ONCE THERE I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES RESTARTED AND THE STEERING WORKED FINE. I'M CONCERNED AS TO WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED.