2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, SHE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE SECOND VEHICLE DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY VISIBLE DAMAGES. THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

ACCELERATOR STICKS AND WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL. THIS HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC AND HAD TO IDLE OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 12V357000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) BUT WAS UNABLE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED BECAUSE THE REMEDY PART WOULD NOT BECOME AVAILABLE UNTIL MID AUGUST OF 2012. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A DELAY FOR THE REMEDY PART UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2012. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE RECALL HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

VEHICLE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY OF MAJOR METROPOLITAN CITY WHEN SMOKE FROM ENGINE BROUGHT VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC TO STANDSTILL. TWO FIRE TRUCKS AND POLICE RESPONDED. OIL FOUND SPRAYED ON HIGHWAY AND THROUGHOUT ENGINE COMPARTMENT, WITH TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR DIAGNOSIS. PER DEALERSHIP REPORT, OIL LEAK FOUND EMANATING FROM A LARGE GAPING HOLE ON BOTTOM OF ENGINE BLOCK (V6) WHERE IT APPEARS CYLINDER ROD #5 DISCONNECTED AND WENT THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE BLOCK AND RUPTURED THE OIL FILTER, RELEASING ALL ENGINE OIL CONTENT. ENGINE CONSIDERED BLOWN BY DEALERSHIP AND GIVEN OUT OF WARRANTY, AN $8500 ENGINE REPLACEMENT IS REQUIRED AT THE TOTAL EXPENSE OF THE OWNER GIVEN THE VEHICLE IS BEYOND THE 36,000 MILE ENGINE WARRANTY PERIOD, AND THEREFORE MAZDA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE. DRIVER EXPERIENCED MAJOR TRAUMA, SMOKE INHALATION IN COMPARTMENT, AND TRAFFIC BACKED UP ON INTERSTATE CAUSING MAJOR DELAYS OF PEOPLE TO THE LOCAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. MAZDA UNRESPONSIVE FOR ISSUE AND REPAIR. VEHICLE ENGINE WAS EXTENSIVELY TESTED BY THE STATE'S DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN MAY 2012 FOR MANDATORY EMISSION TESTING, AND PASSED ALL TESTING STANDARDS, AND DOCUMENTED. OWNER WILL NOW JUNK VEHICLE THAT WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION GIVEN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND AT TOTAL LOSS TO THE OWNER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER RECEIVING THE NOTICE FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 12V357000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL CABLES) THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE BUT THE DEALER DID NOT PROVIDE THE NEW REDESIGNED HOUSING COVER. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,376 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,100.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V357000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL SERVICE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY FAILURES OF THE SPEED CONTROL CABLE HOWEVER, HE WAS DISSATISFIED WITH THE REMEDY WHICH WAS TO DEACTIVATE THE CRUISE CONTROL IF THE NECESSARY PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 11/13/12 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED 10/31/2012 THE PART WAS STILL UNAVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER RECIEVED A PHOTO ENFORCEMENT TICKET BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE. UPDATED 11/29/2012 *JS

MY GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN MY VEHICLE GETS COLD. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE ABOUT A YEAR AGO USED AND WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED THE GAS PEDAL WOULD STICK. I WOULD BE IN TRAFFIC AND THE VEHICLE WOULD GO NOWHERE WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. THIS HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES. THEY SAID THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2006 BUT 6 CY, I HAVE A 4 CY THAT THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS VEHICLE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AS WELL, BECAUSE APPARENTLY IT IS HAPPENING TO THE 4 CY AS WELL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH WHEN THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND THREATENING TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY. THE "O/D OFF" LIGHT STARTED FLASHING ON THE CONSOLE. I PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND THE LIGHT STOPPED FLASHING AND THE CAR STOPPED JERKING. THE MINUTE I GOT BACK ON THE FREEWAY IT STARTED AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC AND AFTER CLOSER INSPECTION AND REPAIR IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CLUTCH WAS BURNED OUT IN THIRD GEAR. THE COST OF REPAIR TO THE TUNE OF APPROXIMATELY $2000.00 AND FOUR BUSINESS DAYS LATER. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR SINCE THE END OF JULY 2011. NO WARNING SIGNS, NOTHING TO INDICATE A PROBLEM WAS OCCURRING. *TR

MY MOTHER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET ON HER WAY HOME AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE ENDED UP ONE THE GRASS OF THE MEDIA AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN BACK UP ON THE GRASS OF THE MEDIA AND INTO A LIGHT POLE WHERE SHE DIED. *TR

HAVE A 2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE 4CYL, AND AM HAVING SPEED CONTROL ISSUES WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD. THE GAS PEDAL STICKS AND WILL NOT DEPRESS, EVEN WHEN BEING STOMPED ON. THIS ISSUE OCCURS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 40 DEGREES. IT HAS HAPPENED WHEN COMING AROUND A CORNER, OR WHEN DRIVING IN REGULAR TRAFFIC, FORCING ME TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER, ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENTS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MODEL AS WELL FOR A RECALL RELATING TO THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU *TR