2002 Mazda Tribute Complaint Log

WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH ON FLAT SURFACE AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF, AND WILL BE HARD TO START BACK UP. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THE ENGINE HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. POWER STEERING AND BRAKES ARE VERY DIFFIICULT TO USE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE LEFT,UNABLE TO DRIVE STRAIGHT. IF VEHICLE IS ON A HIGHWAY AND THE ROAD IS CURVED NOT STRAIGHT IT WILL MAKE A LEFT TURN. CONTACTED DEALER. THEY SAD THIS WAS NORMAL.*AK

WIFE'S VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING ON BUSY HIGHWAY. WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY TO DEALER WHERE ANOTHER CUSTOMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER INFORMED US THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. THIS VEHICLE IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE RECALLED.*AK

ENGINE QUIT RUNNING WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS, ETC. RESTARTED WITH NO PROBLEM.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED TWICE IDENTICAL TO FIRST TIME. VEHICLE STALLED WHILE GOING 45MPH DOWN HILL WITHOUT WARNING BEFORE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THERE WAS A LOSS OF BRAKES AND STEERING. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

THE LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATING A DOOR IS OPEN COMES ON BY ITSELF ANYTIME IT'S HOT OUTSIDE. I AM UNABLE TO KEEP THE OVERHEAD INTERIOR LIGHTS ON IN THE VEHICLE. THERE HAVE BEEN THREE ATTEMPTS TO FIX THIS. THE MASTER CYLINDER CLUTCH HAS ALSO GONE BAD AT 8K MILES...

VEHICLE HAS STALLED 4 TIMES AT SPEEDS OF 15-30 MPH, DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. MR

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, THEN VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE RESTARTED AND TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK REPAIRS PER DEALER: COMPLETED REPAIR PROCEDURES PER BULLETIN. THE CONTROL UNIT ALREADY CONTAINED THE LATEST PROGRAMMING. THE ENGINE IDLE SPEED WAS RESET AND THE THROTTLE SENSOR VOLTAGE. RELEARNED THE IDLE AND RECHECKED. *JG

VEHICLE HAS STALLED OUT WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, THEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN. CONSUMER HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM FIXED TWICE BEFORE. *AK STALLING OF THE VEHICLE CAUSED BRAKE AND STEERING FAILURES. THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER REPLACED MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR AND DPFE AFTER THIRD INCIDENT, ALSO CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT, THE DEALER PERFOMED AN ALIGNMENT. *YH

THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING 40MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE STALLED, AND ELECTRICAL POWER BRAKES/ STEERING , AND LIGHTS WERE LOST. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE HAS STALLED OUT A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES. THE 1ST TIME WAS ON 6/16/02 AFTER COMPLETING A 80 DEGREE TURN ON A 2 LANE ROAD. HAD NO POWER BRAKES OR POWER STEERING. WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OFF THE ROAD. ENGINE STARTED IMMEDIATELY. VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE. THE 2ND TIME WAS ON 7/29/02. TOOK CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY ORDERED SOME PARTS. ON 8/14/02 TOOK CAR BACK TO DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE THE ENGINE SENSOR, AIR FLOW SENSOR, AND MAP SENSOR. ON 8/19/02, THE CAR STALLED OUT FOR THE 3RD TIME. ON 8/20/02, TOOK THE CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND PICKED UP A LOANER CAR. AS OF 9/02/02, I HAVE NOT HEARD A WORD AS TO WHEN MY CAR WILL BE FIXED. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY ARE WAITING FOR MAZDA CORPORATION TO POST NEW SOFTWARE TO CORRECT THE STALLING PROBLEM. MAZDA NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. IN THE 2001 MODELS, THIS STALLING PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS. IN THE 2002 MODELS, IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A YEAR. MAZDA NEEDS TO RECALL THESE CARS BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURIED OR IS KILLED.*AK

ENGINE QUITS RUNNING WITHOUT NOTICE RETURNED TO DEALER MAY 6, 2002, WAS TOLD IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM AND THAT THEY HAD REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. I HAVE A APPOINTMENT FOR JUNE 19, 2002 IWITH THE MAZDA DEALER IN CHATTANOOGA FOR A REPLACEMENT OF A PART IN THE COMPUTER THAT THEY NOW SAY IS THE FIX. MY WIFE WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY TO GET THIS CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITH OUT ANY POWER AND NOT GETTING HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. ALL OWNERS OF THIS CAR SHOULD BE WARNED OF THE PROBLEM THAT MAZDA HAS WITH THE MAZDA TRIBUTE THANKS FOR WHAT HELP YOU CAN GIVE TO THIS SAFETY HAZARD.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 20-25 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED AT 40-45 MPH, WAS TOWED TO DEALER, COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED AND THROTTLE WAS REPLACED.*AK *YH

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 35-40 MPH SINCE PURCHASE LAST FALL; PREVIOUSLY REPORTED PROBLEM LAST FALL (ODI ID: 754924); PROBLEM WAS THOUGHT TO BE FIXED WITH RESETTING OF IDLE AND THROTTLE SETTINGS LATE LAST YEAR; WHILE IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE PROBLEM LAST OCCURRED, APPARENTLY THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A CURVY ROAD AT AROUND 40 MPH MY TRIBUTE SUDDENLY STALLED AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. THIS RESULTED IN A HARD STOP IN THE ONCOMING LANE, WHICH WAS FORTUNATELY NOT OCCUPIED BY AN ONCOMING CAR. THE CAR RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY WITH NO HESISTATION AND I TRAVELLED HOME 5 MILES WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR AS I LIVE ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN AND MUST DRIVE CURVY ROADS TO WORK. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CLOSED THIS WEEKEND AND I WILL CONTACT THEM IMMEDIATELY MONDAY MORNING. *AK

THE ROTORS AND BRAKES FAILED AGAIN FOR THE 2ND TIME WITH ONLY 75K MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER IS GOING TO REPLACE THE ROTORS USING A DSA CREDIT, I AM GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THE BRAKES. DEALER SAID MAZDA IS AWARE THAT BRAKING SYSTEM IS UNDERSIZED FOR VEHICLE, BUT MAZDA WOULD RATHER REPLACE ROTORS USING A DSA CREDIT THAN DO A FULL SCALE REDESIGN AND RECALL. *NM

CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE HAS STOPPED RUNNING ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WHEN THIS HAPPENS POWER BRAKES AND STEERING ARE NO LONGER OPERATIVE, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM.*JB

VEHICLE STALLED TWICE AT 40 MPH. DEALER RESET IDLE SPEED, WHICH DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK *SCC

DT: VEHICLE SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY DURING MOVEMENT. IT ALSO SPEEDS UP WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. ALSO, TRANSMISSION DOES NOT CHANGE GEARS.*AK

STALLED GOING DOWN HILL @ 35 M.P.H. ABOUT TIME FOR AN INVESTIGATION AND/OR RECALL?*AK

VEHICLE STALLED AT 25-30 MPH. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH OUT WARNING DUE TO A DEFECTIVE PCM. ALSO, THE MAIN BEARING IN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. *YH

ENGINE STALLS X 7 OCCASIONS, DESPITE 4 DEALER ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR. RETURNED TO DEALER TODAY AFTER 7TH INCIDENT. DT

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CUT OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER BRAKES, AND POWER STEERING WITHOUT ANY WARNING.THIS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. ON 4TH TIME HAD AN ACCIDENT. CONTACTED DEALER SEVERAL TIMES.CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. LOST ALL POWER . CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER CONTACTED.*AK THE ENGINE STALLED TWO MORE TIMES THE DEALER HAD REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *YH

ENGINE STALLED AT 40 MPH, CAUSING POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKE LOSS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER, RESULTING IN A BREAKDOWN. VEHICLE HAD BEEN SEEN BY DEALER.*AK DEALER CHECKED ALL GROUNDS, WIRING HARNESS TO PCM, ECU RELAY AND REPROGRAMMED PCM HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *TT

WHILE IN TRAFFIC VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED AT 60 MPH, AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. NLM

WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AT ABOUT 30 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. POWER STEERING FROZE. I WAS ABLE TO STOP AND RESTART THE ENGINE. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER, WHERE SOME KIND OF COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED, BUT I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT MAZDA HAS NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM, ONLY A CHECKLIST OF THINGS THAT THEY TRY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DEFECT, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE IS NOT SOME KIND OF IMMEDIATE RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT! SHORT OF A FIRE, MAJOR STRUCTURAL FAILURE, OR TIRE BLOWOUT, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE DANGEROUS, OR I SHOULD SAY EQUALLY DANGEROUS, THAN TO BE SUDDENLY LEFT WITHOUT ANY POWER OR ABILITY TO STEER. WITH TRAFFIC, HIGHWAY SPEEDS, OR CURVE ROADS (WHICH A BOUND MOUNTAINS HOME STATE), THIS IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TS *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***761982

THE 2002 TRIBUTE HAS STALLED ON ME TWICE - ONCE AFTER 1200 MILES AND THE SECOND TIME AFTER 4800 MILES. BOTH TIMES I WAS GOING DOWN A HILL AT ABOUT 35 MPH. AM TAKING THE CAR INTO THE DEALER. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS ADDRESSED!*AK

ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH ENGINE SHUT DOWN WITH NO WARNING. RICART AUTOMOTIVE HAS WORKED ON TRUCK, CHECKING CODES AND EGR SYSTEM. SECOND TIME THEY REPLACED PASS AIR CONTROL VALVE AND ASSOCIATED GASKETS. *AKTHE FIRST TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE AIR CONTROL VALVE. THE SECOND INCIDENT, THE COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED. *JG

VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AFTER IT SHUT DOWN ABRUPTLY. *SCC *JB

DAY BEFORE INCIDENT AN OIL CHANGE WAS DONE. THE FOLLOWING DAY IT RAINED AND WATER ENTERED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

VEHICLE STALLED GOING DOWN HILL AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THIS COULD HAVE TURNED INTO A DEADLY SITUATION HAD CONDITIONS BEEN DIFFERENT. I PULLED OVER, PARKED, TOOK KEY OUT OF IGNITION. INTERIOR LIGHT TURNED ON BY ITSELF. AFTER A MINUTE, I RESTARTED THE CAR AND DROVE IMMEDIATELY TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY HAD RECEIVED A BULLETIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I WONDER WHY THEY DIDN'T FIX IT IF THEY KNEW ABOUT IT! I WAS ALMOST READY TO USE THE 72-HOUR RETURN CLAUSE. THEY CLAIMED TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND TO START FIXING IT ON MONDAY. IN THE MEANTIME, THEY GAVE ME A LOANER VEHICLE. I HAVE LOST A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE VEHICLE AND MAZDA. AFTER THIS OCCURED, I LOOKED FOR PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THIS ON LINE. SEE CARREVIEW.COM. THERE ARE OTHER REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE PART(S) OR SYSTEM CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I WAS ON A DATE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT MAY HAVE SCARED HER AWAY!*AK

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A SLIGHT HILL VEHICLE WILL STALL. THEREIS A DELAY IN BRAKES AND STEERING, VERY DANGEROUS. CONSUMER IS ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK

NOTICED BULGE ON SIDEWALL OF TIRE. REPLACED TIRE TO PREVENT TIRE FAILURE AND POSSIBLE ACCIDENT/CASUALTIRES. DT

ON MARCH 5 I WAS DRIVING DOWN A SLIGHT HILL AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED WITH NO WARNING. I LOST USE OF MY POWER STEERING AND HAD VERY LITTLE TIME TO STEER MY CAR ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO AVOID BEING REAR-ENDED. *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CLOCK RADIO WILL NOT COME ON UNTIL CAR HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. SYSTEM FOUND LOSING POWER AT AUDIO UNIT CONNECTOR YELLOW WITH WHITE TRACER WIRE. DEALER REPLACED BAD CONNECTION AT FUSE PANEL ASSEMBLY. *TT

THIS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE MISSING, "FIRING" AND VEHICLE BUCKING- AT ANY SPEED AND GEAR. A LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS DISCOVERED (ALMOST ALL OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS GONE) AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. THEY FIXED THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO RUN THE SAME WAY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT ALL OF THE TRIBUTES RUN LIKE THIS AND IT IS NORMAL... I HAVE CONTACTED THE MAZDA CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AND HAVE A CASE NUMBER...*AK

VEHICLE TAKEN FOR SERVICE AT ROGER BEASLEY MAZDA NORTH (AUSTIN, TX) SERVICE ADVISOR STATES THAT PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE TURNING OFF WHILE DRIVING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY OTHER TRIBUTE OWNERS AND THAT THE EXACT DIAGNOSIS HAS NOT BEEN MADE YET. SERVICE DEPT REPLACED THROTTLE BODY AS THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE THE FIX AT THIS TIME.

WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR AND THE ENGINE QUIT. .PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND ENGINE STARTED BACK UP AND DROVE HOME. *AK

PE 01 043/ENGINE STALLING: WHILE DRIVING 40-50 MPH VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE CAN BE RESTARTED. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING UP OR DOWN A HILL AT 40MPH VEHICLE WILL STALL,CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK*THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED IN JANUARY AS THE VEHICLE WAS BEING TEST DRIVEN.* FOUR INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURED WITH IN SIX MONTHS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STALLS OUT AND LOOSES POWER TO THE BRAKING AND STEERING COMPONENTS. MAZDA CANNOT PINPOINT THE CAUSE. THE VEHICLE USUALLY STARTS UP WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LAST INCIDENT WHERE CONSUMER HAD TO WAIT 10 MIN. *JG

MIRROR VIBRATION IS UNACCEPTABLE. DEALER HANDLING THIS PROBLEM. UNACCEPTABLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY MPH ENGINE WOULD STALL. THIS COULD HAPPEN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND COULD NOT INDICATE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK