2002 Mazda Tribute complaints

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

POWER DRIVER'S SEAT SHIFTS WHEN BRAKES APPLIED OR AROUND TURNS. *AK

WHILE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, CONSUMER TOOK FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE TO ACCELERATE ONCE THE LIGHT HAD CHANGED BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER RUNNING. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS LIT, THE CD PLAYER WAS STILL PLAYING AND THE AIR CONDITIONER CONTINUED TO BLOW. CONSUMER THINKING TOO MANY ELECTRICAL DEVICES WERE IN USE, SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF WAITED AND RESTARTED VEHICLE. THIS SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE FOR SERVICE. THERE WAS YET ANOTHER INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THIS TIME THE STEERING WAS FAR WORSE THAN THE TWO PREVIOUS FAILURES. CONSUMER WANTS MAZDA TO REPURCHASE THIS VEHICLE. *JLG.

WHILE DRIVING NOTICED THAT FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRES. PLEASE SUBMIT SIZE AND DOT#. *AK

I TOOK MY NEW MAZDA TRIBUTE IN 3 TIMES BEFORE MY SECOND PAYMENT WAS DUE. ON 6/27/02, THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AND I HAD NO BRAKES OR ACCELERATION CONTROL. I HAD TO TURN THE KEY 3-4 TIMES TO GET IT TO START AGAIN. ON 8/16/02, I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE TAILLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS REPAIRED. ON 8/20, THE CAR STALLED AS I WAS APPROACHING A MAJOR INTERSECTION DURING 5 O'CLOCK TRAFFIC. I HAD TO TURN THE KEY 4-5 TIMES TO GET IT TO START. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE REPETITIVE SAFETY MALFUNCTIONS. STAN OLSEN HAS TOLD ME THAT IT WILL COST ME IF I WANT A DIFFERENT VEHICLE.*AK

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

VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WITH NO WARNING AT LEAST FOUR TIMES. IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND THEY REPLACED SOME COMPUTER COMPONENTS AND SENSORS. DEALERSHIPS FELT THERE WAS A "TOWER INTERFERENCE" WITH COMPUTER BOARD. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THIS WOULD RESOLVE SHUTDOWN FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE SUDDENLY STALLED WHILE COASTING DOWN HILL.*AK

HAD CAR LESS THAN 2 MONTHS, ENGINE HAS CUT OUT *3* TIMES-NO WARNING.*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

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

WITH 500 MILES ON ODOMETER, THE OWNER FOUND A RED FLUID ON GARAGE FLOOR. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ENTIRE STEERING SYSTEM FROM THE COLUMN ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT TIRES. *AK *SCC

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

CAR WAS IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO BACK UP AND HIT A METAL FENCE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE TRIBUTE WAS TAKEN IN ON 8-22-02 FOR STALLING FOR THE THIRD TIME SINCE WE HAD BOUGHT THE CAR IN JANURARY. THIS TIME I EVEN CONTACTED MAZDA AND REPORTED THE STALLING PROBLEM THEY TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THEIR ENGINEERS WOULD GET WITH THE SERVICE PEOPLE AT THE MAZDA DEALER WHERE I HAD TAKEN IT TO GET IT FIXED THEY SENT OUT FOR 5 NEW PARTS AND CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT IS WAS FIXED WE ASKED IT THE ENGINEER WHO WAS OUT TO LOOK AT IT COULD CERTIFY THAT THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM THE ENGINEER COULD NOT CERTIFY IT AND WE HAD TO PICK IT UP KNOWING THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT PUTTING MY SON IN THIS CAR KNOWING THAT IT STALLS WITH NO WARNING AT THE SPEED OF 40MPH .*AK

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

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE WHOLE SYSTEM FAILED. ALL LIGHTS ON DASH LIGHT, LOST BRAKES AND STEERING. WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY.

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

WHILE DRIVING AT 30-40 MPH VEHICLE SHUT OFF, WHICH CAUSED THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKE SYSTEM TO FAIL. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING DOWN HILL AT 35MPH AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE STALLED AND CAUSED CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE STALLED GOING DOWN SLIGHT INCLINE AT 30-35 MPH. LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. NARROW ROAD WITH NO PLACE TO PULL OFF. DIFFICULTY STOPPING VEHICLE SAFELY. VERY SCARY INCIDENT. AFTER VEHICLE STOPPED PUT GEAR SHIFT IN PARK AND VEHICLE RESTARTED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. PROCEEDED TO DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. VEHICLE CURRENTLY AT DEALERS FOR REPAIR. DEALER HAD ADVISED THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH 2001 MODELS BUT PROBLEM WAS FIXED ON ALL 2002 MODELS. OBVIOUSLY NOT TRUE IN MY CASE!!*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

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...

CAR STALLS OUT AND DRIVERS LOSES POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. DEALER CONTACTED. FACTORY CONTACTED. DEALER REPORTS FACTORY KNOWS OF PROBLE, BUT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT OR HOW TO FIX. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT ONGOING PRPBLEM AND MAZDA'S INABILITY TO FIND A FIX. I BOUGHT A YNEW MAZDA BASED ON IT BEING A NICE PRODUCT AND HAVING A GOOD WARRANTY. THUS FAR, I AM DISAPPOINTED.*AK

ENGINE STALLED ON FREEWAY. ALL ELECTRONICS INCLUDING BRAKES SHUT DOWN. UNBELIEVABLE THAT A VEHICLE SO NEW IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. AFTER MORE RESEARCH, I'M FINDING MANY MORE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. DON'T WAIT UNTIL A FATAL CRASH BEFORE YOU FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON GRASS, ENGINE RUNNING, AFTER VEHICLE WAS MOVED CONSUMER NOTICED A 2 SQUARE FOOT AREA OF GRASS WAS BURNED WHERE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THIS HAPPENED TWICE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, MECHANIC STATED THEY KNEW THIS WAS HAPPENING, BUT OFFERED NO SOLUTION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING FUEL CAP LIGHT COMES ON, WHICH IS AN INDICATION THAT CAP IS OFF,BUT IT WASN'T. CONSUMER AFRAID THIS MIGHT BE CAUSED BY A SHORTAGE IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 55MPH ON A EXIT RAMP AND PASSENGER'S REAR WINDOW SHATTERED INSIDE VEHICLE. NO PASSING VEHICLES WERE ON THAT SIDE. SEAT WAS OCCUPIED, NO INJURY. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE 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

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

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

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

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

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED 5 TIMES AT 30-40 MPH AT SLIGHT DOWN GRADES. DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE.*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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IN SNOWY OR RAINY WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS LOSES ADHESION TO WINDSHIELD, CAUSING WIPERS TO SKIP OVER PARTICLES ON WINDSHIELD, AND MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR DRIVER TO SEE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENLY SHUT OFF WITH OUT ANY WARNING. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*JB

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