2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE Problems & Recalls

Passenger rear shock mount toatly rusted through. A big hole!

Passenger rear shock mount toatly rusted through. A big hole!

Rear passenger shock mount rusted out completely

The rear wheel well was completely rusted out while the other side is fine. The shock broke loose causing the vehicle to drop down. I have a 17 year old that is not an experienced driver and this could have resulted in her getting seriously hurt. From what I read they recalled the vehicle to to 2004...

owned since day one, bought brand new, religiously maintained, perfect shape other than completely rusted wheel house back left passenger side. Shock went through rusted area all the way to trunk. Mazda recalled models 2003 to 2004 for this problem yet so many 2005 Mazda Tribute owners are having ex...

The passenger side rear wheel well has rusted out and the brake mount is deteriorating as well affecting the safety of the vehicle. I have been told that this is a common issue on Mazda Tribute and Ford Escape models for the years 2001-2005 by my mechanic as well as Mazda dealer reps. They stated ...

I have found several complaints on the 2005 Mazda Tribute with the rear wheel well rusting out. Mazda did a recall on the 2004 but not the 2005. I previously had to replace the rear wheel in 2018 and it now needs replaced again due to rusting. With the number of complaints I have read, along with...

The wheel well rusted out, completely leaving the shock tower and stability of the car at risk, rusted out completely, I'm a light backyard mechanic and I've seen the Ford do the same . The repair is almost the value of the car, and unless you trust them your basically buying a new vehicle, becaus...

AS A PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER MAZDA TRUBUTES, THE WHEEL WELL IS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE STRUT IS NO LONGER HELD IN PLACE, YET PROTRUDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT REQUIRED A RECALL FOR OTHER MAZDA TRIBUTES, BUT NOT THE 2005 VERSION. ACCORDING TO MANY FORUMS, THIS IS A P...

AS A PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER MAZDA TRUBUTES, THE WHEEL WELL IS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE STRUT IS NO LONGER HELD IN PLACE, YET PROTRUDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT REQUIRED A RECALL FOR OTHER MAZDA TRIBUTES, BUT NOT THE 2005 VERSION. ACCORDING TO MANY FORUMS, THIS IS A P...

AS A PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER MAZDA TRUBUTES, THE WHEEL WELL IS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE STRUT IS NO LONGER HELD IN PLACE, YET PROTRUDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT REQUIRED A RECALL FOR OTHER MAZDA TRIBUTES, BUT NOT THE 2005 VERSION. ACCORDING TO MANY FORUMS, THIS IS A P...

RIGHT REAR SHOCK TOWER RUSTED OUT AND SHOCK BROKE THROUGH AND INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. SEVER RUST ON RIGHT SIDE OF FRONT SUB FRAME AS WELL. I CAME ACROSS THIS PERFORMING GENERAL MAINTENANCE.

Mileage: 180,000

RIGHT REAR FRAME HAS RUSTED OUT ENOUGH TO CAUSE BRAKE AND SHOCK ISSUES CAUSING A PERFECTLY GOOD VEHICLE TO BECOME UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS FOR MY FAMILY AND OTHERS. THE SHOCK AND BRAKE LINE BROKE AND THE VEHICLE SLID TO A STOP.

Mileage: 180,000

RIGHT REAR FRAME HAS RUSTED OUT ENOUGH TO CAUSE BRAKE AND SHOCK ISSUES CAUSING A PERFECTLY GOOD VEHICLE TO BECOME UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS FOR MY FAMILY AND OTHERS. THE SHOCK AND BRAKE LINE BROKE AND THE VEHICLE SLID TO A STOP.

Mileage: 180,000

RIGHT REAR FRAME HAS RUSTED OUT ENOUGH TO CAUSE BRAKE AND SHOCK ISSUES CAUSING A PERFECTLY GOOD VEHICLE TO BECOME UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS FOR MY FAMILY AND OTHERS. THE SHOCK AND BRAKE LINE BROKE AND THE VEHICLE SLID TO A STOP.

Mileage: 180,000

CRUISE, BLAKE PEDAL HARD TO PRESS WHEN CRUISE IS ON. AIR BAG LITE ON 99 PERCENT OF THE TIME

Mileage: 138,000

CRUISE, BLAKE PEDAL HARD TO PRESS WHEN CRUISE IS ON. AIR BAG LITE ON 99 PERCENT OF THE TIME

Mileage: 138,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AS, A RESULT THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V357000 (ENGINE AND...

Mileage: 153,000

BOUGHT CAR FOR MY SON. NOTICED A BAMGING NOISE IN REAR RIGHT BACK SOME OF CAR. LOOKED AT WHEEL WELL, COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH, A BIG HOLE. OTHER UNDER BODY RUST. THE 2000-2004 CARS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THEY CONTINUED TO APPLY DEFECT. AM AFRAID THE SHOCK ABSORBER WILL FALL OFF....

Mileage: 30

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON A FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE UNCONTROLLABLY; TRIED APPLYING THE BRAKE, TURNING OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL, PRESSING THE DECELERATE BUTTON, NOTHING WORKED. I HAD TO APPLY A GREAT DEAL OF FORCE TO THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO SLO...

Mileage: 123,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT SUCH THAT THE SUSPENSION IS NOW PROTRUDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHEN REGULAR RATTLING FROM THE AREA PROGRESSED INTO LOUD BANGS WITH EACH BUMP. THE MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED STATED THAT THE RUST WAS ABNORMAL, EVEN FOR TH...

Mileage: 175,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT SUCH THAT THE SUSPENSION IS NOW PROTRUDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHEN REGULAR RATTLING FROM THE AREA PROGRESSED INTO LOUD BANGS WITH EACH BUMP. THE MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED STATED THAT THE RUST WAS ABNORMAL, EVEN FOR TH...

Mileage: 175,000

MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE HAS BEEN TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF SINCE IT WAS BOUGHT NEW. THE CAR HAS BEEN RUST PROOFED SEVERAL TIMES, SERVICED REGULARLY AND ALWAYS WASHED AND WAXED SEVERAL TIMES, AND BEYOND, SINCE OWNERSHIP. THAT BEING SAID, MY 2005 VEHICLE LOOKS QUITE IMMACULATE FOR ITS AGE, EXCEPT FOR THE ...

Mileage: 106

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WOODHOUSE MAZDA LOCATED AT 6603 L ST, OMAHA, NE 68117, (402) 592-1000, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED...

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING, THE LIFTGATE FLEW OPEN AND SEVERAL GROCERY ITEMS FELL ONTO THE STREET. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND CLOSED THE LIFTGATE. THE CONTACT DROVE HOME WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ISSUES. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO S...

Mileage: 149,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING, THE LIFTGATE FLEW OPEN AND SEVERAL GROCERY ITEMS FELL ONTO THE STREET. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND CLOSED THE LIFTGATE. THE CONTACT DROVE HOME WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ISSUES. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO S...

Mileage: 149,000

HAVE HAD VEHICLE SINCE NEW IN 2005. PASSENGER SIDE REAR WELL SEVERELY RUSTED OUT, UPPER PORTION OF SHOCK HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE FRAME AND MOUNTING BRACKET DISINTEGRATED. SHOCK SWAYING FROM BEING DETACHED AND BODY SHOPS WILL NOT TOUCH DUE TO LIABILITY ISSUES. VEHICLE UNABLE TO BE SAF...

Mileage: 132,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A LOUD CLANKING NOISE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED, CAUSING THE METAL TO SEPARATE FRO...

Mileage: 200,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE ON A PAVED CITY STREET, I NOTICED A SUDDEN LOUD CLANKING/POUNDING IN THE PASSENGER SIDE, REAR WHEEL WELL AREA. ASSUMED IT WAS A BAD SHOCK BUT SOON DISCOVERED THAT THE THE WHEEL WELL HAD RUSTED COMPLETELY OUT, THERE IS NOW A HOLE TO THE INSIDE OF MY CAR. SOME, BUT ...

Mileage: 150,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE ON A PAVED CITY STREET, I NOTICED A SUDDEN LOUD CLANKING/POUNDING IN THE PASSENGER SIDE, REAR WHEEL WELL AREA. ASSUMED IT WAS A BAD SHOCK BUT SOON DISCOVERED THAT THE THE WHEEL WELL HAD RUSTED COMPLETELY OUT, THERE IS NOW A HOLE TO THE INSIDE OF MY CAR. SOME, BUT ...

Mileage: 150,000

SENSOR ALARM FOR DOORS IS GOING OFF..CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY TI SOLVED THIS.

BEGAN HEARING LOUD BANGING NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. UPON INSPECTION, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SHOCK MOUNT IN THE WHEEL WELL WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN FREE AND THE SHOCK BANGING AROUND. IT HAD PINCHED THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND THEY STOPPED WORKING AS WELL. UPON RESEARCH...

Mileage: 178,000

BEGAN HEARING LOUD BANGING NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. UPON INSPECTION, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SHOCK MOUNT IN THE WHEEL WELL WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN FREE AND THE SHOCK BANGING AROUND. IT HAD PINCHED THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND THEY STOPPED WORKING AS WELL. UPON RESEARCH...

Mileage: 178,000

BEGAN HEARING LOUD BANGING NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. UPON INSPECTION, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SHOCK MOUNT IN THE WHEEL WELL WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN FREE AND THE SHOCK BANGING AROUND. IT HAD PINCHED THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND THEY STOPPED WORKING AS WELL. UPON RESEARCH...

Mileage: 178,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS RUST ACCUMULATION ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED ROUGH DRIVING AND HEARD BANGING NOISES COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL. THE CONTACT DROVE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WH...

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS RUST ACCUMULATION ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED ROUGH DRIVING AND HEARD BANGING NOISES COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL. THE CONTACT DROVE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WH...

Mileage: 200,000

CAR IS MAKING A LOT OF NOISE AND VIBRATION AND CHATTER FROM THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL.I HAD NEW SHOCKS PUT IN AND HE MECHANIC '":TOLD ME THE WHEEL WELL WAS RUSTING OUT.AND I SHOULD GET IT FIX AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!!!

Mileage: 900,000

CAR IS MAKING A LOT OF NOISE AND VIBRATION AND CHATTER FROM THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL.I HAD NEW SHOCKS PUT IN AND HE MECHANIC '":TOLD ME THE WHEEL WELL WAS RUSTING OUT.AND I SHOULD GET IT FIX AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!!!

Mileage: 900,000

TAKATA RECALL THE REAR PASSENGER SHOCK MOUNT HAS RUSTED TO THE POINT TO WHERE IT MAKES A HORRIBLE CLUNK SEVERE METAL TO METAL RATTLE WHILE DRIVING. I REFUSE TO ALLOW MY WIFE TO DRIVE IT DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS OF THE SHOCK COMING LOOSE AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THIS NOISE CAN BE HEARD DRIVING AS S...

Mileage: 180,000

MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE REAR FRAME OF VEHICLE COMPLETELY RUSTING OUT. THE MECHANICS SAID IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND COSTS THOUSANDS TO FIX. MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT NOTICE THIS UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE.

Mileage: 159,000

MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE REAR FRAME OF VEHICLE COMPLETELY RUSTING OUT. THE MECHANICS SAID IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND COSTS THOUSANDS TO FIX. MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT NOTICE THIS UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE.

Mileage: 159,000

MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE REAR FRAME OF VEHICLE COMPLETELY RUSTING OUT. THE MECHANICS SAID IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND COSTS THOUSANDS TO FIX. MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT NOTICE THIS UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE.

Mileage: 159,000

REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL IS RUSTED OUT SO THE SHOCK THAT IS MOUNTED TO SAID WHEEL WELL IS FREELY SWINGING AROUND. MAZDA RECALLED TRIBUTES UP TO THE YEAR 2004 BUT THE 2005 WHICH HAS ESSENTIALLY THE EXACT SAME DESIGN WAS NOT RECALLED. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE 2005 MAZ...

Mileage: 98,000

TRUCK STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE INNER WHEEL HAD RUSTED BADLY AND LEFT SHOCK MOUNT HANGING ON BY A SMALL METAL BAND. TOOK IT TO A BODY SHOP THEY SAID BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS CONSTRUCTED THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE...

Mileage: 168,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WAS TUGGED LIGHTLY, THE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. THE VIN WAS NOT P...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SUBFRAME AND SHOCK MOUNT WERE EXTREMELY CORRODED. HALBINSEL VOLKSWAGEN MAZDA (LOCATED AT 200 N 30TH ST, ESCANABA, MI 49829, (906) 789-9650) WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTU...

Mileage: 136,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SUBFRAME AND SHOCK MOUNT WERE EXTREMELY CORRODED. HALBINSEL VOLKSWAGEN MAZDA (LOCATED AT 200 N 30TH ST, ESCANABA, MI 49829, (906) 789-9650) WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTU...

Mileage: 136,000

THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. WHEN COMPARED TO THE OTHER WHEEL WELLS YOU CAN SEE THE WHITE FOAM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE INSIDE OF MY CAR. THERE IS ALSO A PLASTIC PIECE MISSING DUE TO THE SCREWS LOOSING THEIR HOLD. THE CAR MAKES A NOISE THAT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS...

Mileage: 175,000

THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. WHEN COMPARED TO THE OTHER WHEEL WELLS YOU CAN SEE THE WHITE FOAM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE INSIDE OF MY CAR. THERE IS ALSO A PLASTIC PIECE MISSING DUE TO THE SCREWS LOOSING THEIR HOLD. THE CAR MAKES A NOISE THAT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS...

Mileage: 175,000

THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT. ALL OF THE OTHER WHEEL WELLS LOOK FINE. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS NEW. 2000-2004 IS COVERED IN A RECALL. WHY IS 2005 NOT COVERED? LOOKING ONLINE IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 AND FOR SOME REASON AN UNSAFE 2005 TRI...

Mileage: 121,000

RIGHT REAR STARTING MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND, INVESTIGATED AND FOUND SHOCK TOWER MOUNT WAS RUSTED OUT, AND BANGING INTO THE INNER BODY OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING DAMAGE. BANGING HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING.

Mileage: 200,000

PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL SEVERELY RUSTED, SHOCK/STRUT DETACHED FROM VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. LOUD THUMPING/BANGING NOISE COMING FROM REAR WHEEL. TOOK TO MECHANIC TO HAVE INSPECTED, DEEMED UNSAFE TO OPERATE ON ANY ROADWAY.

Mileage: 110,000

TAKATA RECALL MY SEAT BELTS DO NOT TIGHTEN AND MY AIRBAG LIGHT WAS FIXED BUT IS NOW ON AGAIN I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT MY AIRBAG AND SEATBELT WILL PROBABLY NOT WORK PROPERLY AND MY LOCKS ARE ALSO NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I PAID $300 THE FIRST TIME TO FIX THE AIRBAG LIGHT AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT. IT WAS ON...

Mileage: 121,770

TAKATA RECALL MY SEAT BELTS DO NOT TIGHTEN AND MY AIRBAG LIGHT WAS FIXED BUT IS NOW ON AGAIN I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT MY AIRBAG AND SEATBELT WILL PROBABLY NOT WORK PROPERLY AND MY LOCKS ARE ALSO NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I PAID $300 THE FIRST TIME TO FIX THE AIRBAG LIGHT AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT. IT WAS ON...

Mileage: 121,770

TAKATA RECALL MY SEAT BELTS DO NOT TIGHTEN AND MY AIRBAG LIGHT WAS FIXED BUT IS NOW ON AGAIN I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT MY AIRBAG AND SEATBELT WILL PROBABLY NOT WORK PROPERLY AND MY LOCKS ARE ALSO NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I PAID $300 THE FIRST TIME TO FIX THE AIRBAG LIGHT AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT. IT WAS ON...

Mileage: 121,770

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS CLEANING OUT THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 109,000.

Mileage: 109,000

MAZDA TBONED. PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS FRONT AND SIDE DID NOT GO OFF. PASSENGER RECEIVED MAJOR INJURY TO BODY. THE LACK OF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYING HAD HER HEAD HITTING DASH BOARD PLUS FLYING GLASS. VEHICLE WAS CROSSING STREET. LOW MOTION WHEN OTHER VEHICLE RAN INTO PASSENGER SIDE. DRIVERS AIRBAG WORKED ...

Mileage: 124,000

THE REAR WHEEL WELL IS EXTREMELY RUSTED TO THE POINT OF THE SHOCK BEING LOOSE. THEIR IS A RECALL FOR 01-04 BUT DOESN'T APPEAR TO OFFER SAME RECALL ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS WITH SAME ISSUE. MY WIFE RECENTLY NOTICED CAR MADE A LOT OF NOISE LATELY FROM REAR WHEEL. WHEN I INVESTIGA...

Mileage: 5

THE REAR WHEEL WELL IS EXTREMELY RUSTED TO THE POINT OF THE SHOCK BEING LOOSE. THEIR IS A RECALL FOR 01-04 BUT DOESN'T APPEAR TO OFFER SAME RECALL ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS WITH SAME ISSUE. MY WIFE RECENTLY NOTICED CAR MADE A LOT OF NOISE LATELY FROM REAR WHEEL. WHEN I INVESTIGA...

Mileage: 5

MY MECHANIC NOTICED THE SHOCK SUPPORT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL WAS BADLY RUSTED AND SAID THE SHOCK COULD RUST COMPLETELY THROUGH AND ENTER THE REAR OF THE CAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO A BODY SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THE SAME THING. THEY SEE IT ALL THE TIME IN MAZDA AND FORD ESCAPES AND IT WOUL...

Mileage: 83,000

THE REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED OUT CAUSING THE SHOCK TO POKE A HOLE THRU THE BACK OF MY CARGO AREA. THIS CREATED A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR DRIVING. MY SON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND ALMOST LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE CAR DUE TO THIS. MAZDA HAS RECALLED 2004 AND OLDER FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM B...

Mileage: 99,997

THE REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED OUT CAUSING THE SHOCK TO POKE A HOLE THRU THE BACK OF MY CARGO AREA. THIS CREATED A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR DRIVING. MY SON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND ALMOST LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE CAR DUE TO THIS. MAZDA HAS RECALLED 2004 AND OLDER FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM B...

Mileage: 99,997

THE REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED OUT CAUSING THE SHOCK TO POKE A HOLE THRU THE BACK OF MY CARGO AREA. THIS CREATED A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR DRIVING. MY SON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND ALMOST LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE CAR DUE TO THIS. MAZDA HAS RECALLED 2004 AND OLDER FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM B...

Mileage: 99,997

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THERE WAS A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE FRAME WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PUGI MAZDA (1850...

Mileage: 146,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THERE WAS A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE FRAME WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PUGI MAZDA (1850...

Mileage: 146,100

OUR 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL IS RUSTED OUT TO THE POINT THE STRUT HAS DETACHED FROM IT'S MOUNTING MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT. A THUMPING NOISE WAS NOTICED WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET. THIS IS WHAT PROMPTED ME TO TAKE A LOOK...

Mileage: 154,000

RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED WHERE IT HOLDS SHOCK. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM OF RECALLED 2001-2004 MAZDAS. THIS YEAR SHOULD BE RECALLED ALSO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED, ACCELERATED AT A RAPID PACE, AND THEN DECELERATED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE ...

Mileage: 122,940

THE SHOCK TOWER WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR. IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE THE TIRE. THE RUST BEGAN IN GASOLINE ENTRY AREA PER THE MECHANIC AND THEN SPREAD TO THE SHOCK TOWER. THIS HAS ALSO EFFECTED THE THREADS ON THE TIRE. I BELIEVE THESE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY. THIS A D...

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, SMOKE WAS NOTICED. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, BUT THE PASSENGER ADVISED HER TO RESTART THE ENGINE TO SEE FROM WHERE THE SMOKE WAS ORIGINATING. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, FLAMES WERE SEEN COMING FROM THE IGNITION COIL ...

Mileage: 161,000

BOTH REAR WHEEL WELL HOUSINGS , SUB FRAME , MAIN SUPPORTS RUSTED OUT , CAR NOW CANNOT BE DRIVEN. BROKE WHEN IT WAS BEING DRIVEN, CAR SANK DOWN ON PASSENGER SIDE , STARTED MAKING ALOUD POUNDING SOUND , IT HAPPENED ON A BUSY CITY STREET.

Mileage: 126,000

ENTIRE UPPER MOUNTING AREA FOR RIGHT REAR SHOCK RUSTED AWAY; SHOCK INSECURE AT TOP INNER FENDER. REATTACHMENT NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO EXTENSIVE RUST; EXTENSIVE REPAIRS REQUIRED THAT WOULD EXCEED VEHICLE VALUE. OUR MECHANIC WAS SHOCKED WHEN HE SAW THE LEVEL OF RUST. WE WERE TOLD BY OUR AUTO SHOP THAT...

Mileage: 143,000

THIS MAZDA TRIBUTE HAS EXTENSIVE AND UNREPAIRABLE RUST TO THE BODY, UNDERSTRUCTURE AND SUSPENSION PARTS THAN MAKES IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IS COMPROMISED IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION, VEHICLE IS PRONE TO VEER OUT OF CONTROL DUE TO MISSING SUSPENSION PIECES AND GAS AND EXHAUST FUMES L...

Mileage: 120,000

THIS MAZDA TRIBUTE HAS EXTENSIVE AND UNREPAIRABLE RUST TO THE BODY, UNDERSTRUCTURE AND SUSPENSION PARTS THAN MAKES IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IS COMPROMISED IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION, VEHICLE IS PRONE TO VEER OUT OF CONTROL DUE TO MISSING SUSPENSION PIECES AND GAS AND EXHAUST FUMES L...

Mileage: 120,000

THIS MAZDA TRIBUTE HAS EXTENSIVE AND UNREPAIRABLE RUST TO THE BODY, UNDERSTRUCTURE AND SUSPENSION PARTS THAN MAKES IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IS COMPROMISED IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION, VEHICLE IS PRONE TO VEER OUT OF CONTROL DUE TO MISSING SUSPENSION PIECES AND GAS AND EXHAUST FUMES L...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS SEVERE CORROSION ON THE A-FRAME ...

Mileage: 147,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS SEVERE CORROSION ON THE A-FRAME ...

Mileage: 147,000

OUR 2005 TRIBUTE MODEL HAS THE SAME RUSTING OUT OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT REAR WHEEL WELLS THAT THE 2001-2004 MODELS OF THE TRIBUTE HAVE EXPERIENCED. THOSE MODELS WERE REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL, BUT THIS YEAR'S MODEL AND FORWARD STILL HAVE THE SAME RUSTING OUT PROBLEM. DEALERS FOR MAZDA AND FORD WON'T E...

Mileage: 126,000

OUR 2005 TRIBUTE MODEL HAS THE SAME RUSTING OUT OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT REAR WHEEL WELLS THAT THE 2001-2004 MODELS OF THE TRIBUTE HAVE EXPERIENCED. THOSE MODELS WERE REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL, BUT THIS YEAR'S MODEL AND FORWARD STILL HAVE THE SAME RUSTING OUT PROBLEM. DEALERS FOR MAZDA AND FORD WON'T E...

Mileage: 126,000

OUR 2005 TRIBUTE MODEL HAS THE SAME RUSTING OUT OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT REAR WHEEL WELLS THAT THE 2001-2004 MODELS OF THE TRIBUTE HAVE EXPERIENCED. THOSE MODELS WERE REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL, BUT THIS YEAR'S MODEL AND FORWARD STILL HAVE THE SAME RUSTING OUT PROBLEM. DEALERS FOR MAZDA AND FORD WON'T E...

Mileage: 126,000

MOUNT SHOCK COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY RUST. I DID NOT KNOW THIS UNTIL IT BEGAN CREATING STRANGE NOISES. ITS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE LIKE THAT. ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW UNTIL IT COLLAPSED.

Mileage: 120,000

I WOULD LIKE A COMPLETE REFUND OF ALL DOLLARS SPENT IN ACQUIRING A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE VIN [XXX] ON MARCH 06, 2017 FROM CERTIFIED AUTO BROKERS LLC IN HENDERSONVILLE, TN 37075, LICENSE #[XXX]. (ATTACHED BILL OF SALE) DUE TO SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE. DUE TO EXTENSIVE RUST AND CORROSI...

Mileage: 120,000

I WOULD LIKE A COMPLETE REFUND OF ALL DOLLARS SPENT IN ACQUIRING A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE VIN [XXX] ON MARCH 06, 2017 FROM CERTIFIED AUTO BROKERS LLC IN HENDERSONVILLE, TN 37075, LICENSE #[XXX]. (ATTACHED BILL OF SALE) DUE TO SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE. DUE TO EXTENSIVE RUST AND CORROSI...

Mileage: 120,000

I WOULD LIKE A COMPLETE REFUND OF ALL DOLLARS SPENT IN ACQUIRING A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE VIN [XXX] ON MARCH 06, 2017 FROM CERTIFIED AUTO BROKERS LLC IN HENDERSONVILLE, TN 37075, LICENSE #[XXX]. (ATTACHED BILL OF SALE) DUE TO SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE. DUE TO EXTENSIVE RUST AND CORROSI...

Mileage: 120,000

I WOULD LIKE A COMPLETE REFUND OF ALL DOLLARS SPENT IN ACQUIRING A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE VIN [XXX] ON MARCH 06, 2017 FROM CERTIFIED AUTO BROKERS LLC IN HENDERSONVILLE, TN 37075, LICENSE #[XXX]. (ATTACHED BILL OF SALE) DUE TO SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE. DUE TO EXTENSIVE RUST AND CORROSI...

Mileage: 120,000

RIGHT REAR SHOCK TOWER RUSTED OUT, CAME APART FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH

Mileage: 186,476

MY REAR SEATBELTS DO NOT WORK. VEHICLE TURNS OFF WHILE ON HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE AIRBAG BUTTLE SAYS NO AIRBAGS IN CAR. THE CAR JUMPS WHEN REACHING 50 MPH

MY REAR SEATBELTS DO NOT WORK. VEHICLE TURNS OFF WHILE ON HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE AIRBAG BUTTLE SAYS NO AIRBAGS IN CAR. THE CAR JUMPS WHEN REACHING 50 MPH

MY REAR SEATBELTS DO NOT WORK. VEHICLE TURNS OFF WHILE ON HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE AIRBAG BUTTLE SAYS NO AIRBAGS IN CAR. THE CAR JUMPS WHEN REACHING 50 MPH

THE PASSENGER REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED OUT ALMOST ALLOWING THE SHOCK ABSORBER TO BREAK FREE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. HEARD A TAPPING SOUND WHILE DRIVING THAT BECAME LOUDER. I CHECKED THE WHEEL WELL TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS WRONG AND SAW A SMALL PIECE OF RUSTED METAL HAD BROKEN AWAY. THE TAPPI...

Mileage: 146,500

THE 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE S (3.0L V6), ALSO KNOWN AS THE 2005 FORD ESCAPE (SAME PARTS, ASSEMBLY LINE, PCM, ETC) HAS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT CAN BE TRACKED THROUGH MANY, MANY TSBS. MAZDA/FORD USED THE INCORRECT AND FAULTY SPARK PLUGS IN THEIR 2005 TRIBUTES AND ESCAPES. THESE PLUGS GENERATE TOO MUCH RF NOISE ...

Mileage: 175,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. AFTER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE THROTTLE BECAME STUCK AT ANY SPEED. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ADJUST THE SPEED CABLE IN ORDER TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CA...

Mileage: 100,621

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. AFTER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE THROTTLE BECAME STUCK AT ANY SPEED. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ADJUST THE SPEED CABLE IN ORDER TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CA...

Mileage: 100,621

PASSENGER REAR WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH LEADING TO FAILURE OF THE SHOCK MOUNT. SHOCK ENTERING THE VEHICLE CARGO AREA THROUGH THE BODY.

Mileage: 142,000

PASSENGER REAR WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH LEADING TO FAILURE OF THE SHOCK MOUNT. SHOCK ENTERING THE VEHICLE CARGO AREA THROUGH THE BODY.

Mileage: 142,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL BANGING/CLACKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE SWAYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER (KINGS FORD INC., 9555 KINGS AUTO MALL RD, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45249) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WHEEL WELL ON THE R...

Mileage: 157,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL BANGING/CLACKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE SWAYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER (KINGS FORD INC., 9555 KINGS AUTO MALL RD, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45249) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WHEEL WELL ON THE R...

Mileage: 157,000

REAR SHOCK TOWERS EXCESSIVE RUST.

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE CONTACT'S WIFE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FIRE; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES...

Mileage: 187,000

PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL INCLUDING STRUT FOR TOP OF SHOCK ABSORBER RUSTED CAUSING A DANGEROUS CONDITION. IN THE 10 YRS I OWNED THIS CAR, NO IMPENDING FAILURE OF THAT AREA WAS DETECTED IN ALL ANNUAL AND OTHER INSPECTIONS.WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC ON I87 (PA) I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION, SMEL...

Mileage: 140,000

RIGHT (PASSENGER) REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED OUT SO THAT SHOCK IS EXPOSED AND UNATTACHED. SUSPENSION AFFECTED TO THE EXTENT THAT CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.

Mileage: 180,000

RIGHT (PASSENGER) REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED OUT SO THAT SHOCK IS EXPOSED AND UNATTACHED. SUSPENSION AFFECTED TO THE EXTENT THAT CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.

Mileage: 180,000

THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND CRACKING. AS THE BODY SHOP OWNER EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THE TRIBUTES. I THEN LOOKED ONLINE TO FIND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ON

SEAT BELT IS STICKING AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNBUCKLE. ALTERNATOR BURNED OUT,LEARNED THAT TAJATA HAD A RECALL ON 2005 MAZDAS AND NEED TO KNOW IF MY 2005 TRIBUTE SERIES S IS EFFECTED. HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL MAY HAVE ACCELERATION PROPULSION GETTING STUCK. NEED ANY DOCUMENTATION YOUR...

SEAT BELT IS STICKING AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNBUCKLE. ALTERNATOR BURNED OUT,LEARNED THAT TAJATA HAD A RECALL ON 2005 MAZDAS AND NEED TO KNOW IF MY 2005 TRIBUTE SERIES S IS EFFECTED. HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL MAY HAVE ACCELERATION PROPULSION GETTING STUCK. NEED ANY DOCUMENTATION YOUR...

SEAT BELT IS STICKING AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNBUCKLE. ALTERNATOR BURNED OUT,LEARNED THAT TAJATA HAD A RECALL ON 2005 MAZDAS AND NEED TO KNOW IF MY 2005 TRIBUTE SERIES S IS EFFECTED. HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL MAY HAVE ACCELERATION PROPULSION GETTING STUCK. NEED ANY DOCUMENTATION YOUR...

RUSTED THROUGH BODY BACK RIGHT WHEEL CAUSING SHOCK TO PUSH THROUGH INSIDE OF CAR.

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CHECKED AND FOND THAT THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL WAS RUSTED OUT. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED (OAKLAWN MAZDA IN OAKLAWN, ILLINOIS) WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS NO REC...

Mileage: 60,000

ON JULY 12, 2017 WHILE DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK I NOTICED SEVERAL LOUD THUMPS COMING FROM THE BACK OF MY CAR. I STOPPED AT THE GAS STATION TO SEE WHERE THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM AND NOTICED THAT MY RIGHT WEAR WHEEL WELL HAD RUSTED OUT. I WALKED OVER TO THE LEFT SIDE AND NOTICED NO EROSION OR RUST. I T...

Mileage: 60,000

I HEARD A LOUD CREAKING/THUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL AREA WHILE DRIVING OVER ANY SIZE BUMP/DEPRESSION ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. LOOKING CLOSER, I SAW THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THE METAL AROUND THAT PARTICULAR SHOCK MOUNT HAD RUSTED AND CRACKED, AND THE MOUNT WOULD FLEX INWARDS ...

Mileage: 145,000

BOTH REAR WHEEL WELLS RUSTED OUT (PASSENGER SIDE MUCH WORSE) CAUSING SHOCKS TO COME UNMOUNTED. DISCOVERED BY HEARING THUMPING NOISE WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 99,000

BOTH REAR WHEEL WELLS RUSTED OUT (PASSENGER SIDE MUCH WORSE) CAUSING SHOCKS TO COME UNMOUNTED. DISCOVERED BY HEARING THUMPING NOISE WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 99,000

THIS VEHICLE IS OWNED BY ME BUT USED BY MY SON IN COLORADO. ON A RECENT TRIP NEAR MOAB, UT ON THE WAY TO A CAMP SITE, MY SON HEARD A STRANGE NOISE. UPON INVESTIGATION HE NOTED THE FRAME IN THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL HOLDING THE UPPER END OF THE SHOCK ABSORBER HAD BROKEN IN TWO PLACES FROM RUST INTR...

Mileage: 135,000

THIS VEHICLE IS OWNED BY ME BUT USED BY MY SON IN COLORADO. ON A RECENT TRIP NEAR MOAB, UT ON THE WAY TO A CAMP SITE, MY SON HEARD A STRANGE NOISE. UPON INVESTIGATION HE NOTED THE FRAME IN THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL HOLDING THE UPPER END OF THE SHOCK ABSORBER HAD BROKEN IN TWO PLACES FROM RUST INTR...

Mileage: 135,000

THIS VEHICLE IS OWNED BY ME BUT USED BY MY SON IN COLORADO. ON A RECENT TRIP NEAR MOAB, UT ON THE WAY TO A CAMP SITE, MY SON HEARD A STRANGE NOISE. UPON INVESTIGATION HE NOTED THE FRAME IN THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL HOLDING THE UPPER END OF THE SHOCK ABSORBER HAD BROKEN IN TWO PLACES FROM RUST INTR...

Mileage: 135,000

PASSENGER SIDE INNER REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED OUT AND COMPLETELY SEPERATED SHOCK FROM FRAME. I WAS DRIVING ALONG LAST WEEK AND SUDDENLY STARTED HEARING A RATTLING SOUND. I PULLED OVER TO INSPECT ONLY TO FIND NOTHING IN TRUNK. TOOK TRUCK TO MECHANIC ONLY TO BE TOLD THE ENTIRE SHOCK HAD SEPERATED FROM F...

Mileage: 123,089

PASSENGER SIDE INNER REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED OUT AND COMPLETELY SEPERATED SHOCK FROM FRAME. I WAS DRIVING ALONG LAST WEEK AND SUDDENLY STARTED HEARING A RATTLING SOUND. I PULLED OVER TO INSPECT ONLY TO FIND NOTHING IN TRUNK. TOOK TRUCK TO MECHANIC ONLY TO BE TOLD THE ENTIRE SHOCK HAD SEPERATED FROM F...

Mileage: 123,089

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NEVER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V357000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). WHILE IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW VEHICLE, A DEALER PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH THE NHTSA WEBSITE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NEVER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V357000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). WHILE IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW VEHICLE, A DEALER PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH THE NHTSA WEBSITE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS...

LOUD BANGING FROM REAR OF AUTO DURING DRIVE, FOUND THAT REAR PASSANGER SIDE SHOCK MOUNT AND HOUSING COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. CANNOT DRIVE AUTO AS ITS A SAFETY PROBLEM AS SHOCK IS NOT ATTACHED TO ANYTHING

Mileage: 120,000

LOUD BANGING FROM REAR OF AUTO DURING DRIVE, FOUND THAT REAR PASSANGER SIDE SHOCK MOUNT AND HOUSING COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. CANNOT DRIVE AUTO AS ITS A SAFETY PROBLEM AS SHOCK IS NOT ATTACHED TO ANYTHING

Mileage: 120,000

THE RIGHT, REAR WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND LOOKS LIKE A MAJOR ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. THE SHOCK MOUNT IS CONNECTED TO THIS PORTION OF THE FRAME AND WILL MORE THAN LIKELY SHEAR OFF SOON. UPON SEARCHING THIS ISSUE, IT APPEARS THAT SEVERAL OTHER 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE AND FORD ESCAPE...

Mileage: 117,000

THE RIGHT, REAR WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND LOOKS LIKE A MAJOR ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. THE SHOCK MOUNT IS CONNECTED TO THIS PORTION OF THE FRAME AND WILL MORE THAN LIKELY SHEAR OFF SOON. UPON SEARCHING THIS ISSUE, IT APPEARS THAT SEVERAL OTHER 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE AND FORD ESCAPE...

Mileage: 117,000

PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL IS EXTREMELY RUSTED OUT AND CAUSED REAR SHOCK MOUNT TO BREAK CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. SHOCK MOUNT BROKE WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY ON CITY STREETS. DETERMINED EXTENT OF RUST DAMAGE AFTER THIS EVENT. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL APPEARS TO BE IN MUCH BET...

Mileage: 163,000

RUST INSIDE THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL WELL HAS CORRODED THE FRAME AND METAL. NOW IT HAS STARTED TO RATTLE AND I'M AFRAID MY CAR WILL DETACH FROM THAT AREA. I'VE HEARD OF MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER BUILT IT VERY POORLY AND EASY FOR WATER AND SALT TO GET IN THAT AREA AND RUST IT...

Mileage: 103,000

I WAS DRIVING ON AN ICY ROAD, HEARD A LOUD BANG, FOLLOWED BY A LOUD THUMPING NOISE FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. IT CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL AND SLIDE INTO A SNOW BANK. THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND BROKE THROUGH THE INSIDE OF CARGO FLOOR. I NEEDED THE SUV FOR GOING TO WORK AND HAD TO GET IT RE...

Mileage: 59,700

I WAS DRIVING ON AN ICY ROAD, HEARD A LOUD BANG, FOLLOWED BY A LOUD THUMPING NOISE FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. IT CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL AND SLIDE INTO A SNOW BANK. THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND BROKE THROUGH THE INSIDE OF CARGO FLOOR. I NEEDED THE SUV FOR GOING TO WORK AND HAD TO GET IT RE...

Mileage: 59,700

VEHICLE WITH ODOMETER ~102500 MILES LOST ALL POWER CLIMBING A BRIDGE AT HIGHWAY SPEED CAUSING FOLLOWING TRAFFIC TO STOP ABRUPTLY. ENGINE RE-STARTED BUT RUNS ROUGH DUE TO MISFIRE, ACCELERATES POORLY. DIAGNOSED BY MAZDA DEALER AS PCM FAILURE. ESTIMATED REPLACEMENT COST = $2600 USD WHICH MAKES THIS FAI...

Mileage: 102,500

VEHICLE WITH ODOMETER ~102500 MILES LOST ALL POWER CLIMBING A BRIDGE AT HIGHWAY SPEED CAUSING FOLLOWING TRAFFIC TO STOP ABRUPTLY. ENGINE RE-STARTED BUT RUNS ROUGH DUE TO MISFIRE, ACCELERATES POORLY. DIAGNOSED BY MAZDA DEALER AS PCM FAILURE. ESTIMATED REPLACEMENT COST = $2600 USD WHICH MAKES THIS FAI...

Mileage: 102,500

THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED AND THE MOUNT IS LOOSE ATTACHED TO NOTHING. NOTICED IT WHILE RIDING DOWN A SMOOTH STREET WHEN I HEARD A LOUD THUMP. IN THAT MOMENT I THOUGHT I LEFT MY REAR PASSENGER DOOR OPEN. I WAS LUCKY I WAS RIDDING ON THE HIGHWAY.

Mileage: 108,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE FAILURE FIRST OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN 2012. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE MOTHERBOARD BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH THE COMPUTER AND THREE CYLINDE...

INTERSTATE DRIVING, ENGINE LOST POWER. 92,000 MILES. ALL MAINTENANCE RECORDS AVAILABLE. MANY REPAIRS FOR LOW MILEAGE. CODES REVEALED 4 COIL PACKS OUT. REPLACED ALL 6. CAR STILL DOES NOT HAVE COMPRESSION. DEAD. SHAME ON YOU MAZDA!!!! *TR

Mileage: 92,000

AFTER HITTING A DEER AT ABOUT 45-55 MPH, MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DESPITE SMELLING THE GUNPOWDER USED TO DEPLOY THEM. THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON THE DASH IS ON AS IF THE AIRBAG HAD DEPLOYED

Mileage: 104,585

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BANGING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER, LOOKED UNDERNEATH, AND FOUND THAT THE SHOCK OF THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS DETACHTED. THE SHOCK WOULD LEAN AGAINS...

Mileage: 145,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BANGING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER, LOOKED UNDERNEATH, AND FOUND THAT THE SHOCK OF THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS DETACHTED. THE SHOCK WOULD LEAN AGAINS...

Mileage: 145,000

WHILE DRIVING I HEARD A THUMPING SOUND COMING FROM RIGHT REAR OF VEHICLE. MECHANIC CHECKED IT OUT AND FOUND THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT STATING IT WAS A DANGER TO DRIVE THE CAR HE CHECKED WITH A BODY SHOP AND WAS TOLD THEY DID NOT WANT TO REPAIR BECAUSE OF LIABILITY ISSUES....

Mileage: 140,000

STARTED HEARING BANGING NOISES WHILE DRIVING. FINALLY REALIZED IT WAS COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL, WHICH WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THIS CAUSED THE SHOCK ABSORBER TO DETACH AND BANG ON THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR IS IN OTHERWISE GOOD CONDITION, WITH NO OTHER RUST PROBLEMS. THER...

Mileage: 138,000

I OWN A 2005 TRIBUTE THAT HAS BEEN KEPT IN METICULOUS CONDITION. ALWAYS GARAGED AND TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR MAINTENANCE. THE VEHICLE RUNS LIKE NEW WITH NO SIGNS OF WEAR AND TEAR, AND HAS BEEN A GREAT CAR. THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STRE...

Mileage: 140,000

I OWN A 2005 TRIBUTE THAT HAS BEEN KEPT IN METICULOUS CONDITION. ALWAYS GARAGED AND TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR MAINTENANCE. THE VEHICLE RUNS LIKE NEW WITH NO SIGNS OF WEAR AND TEAR, AND HAS BEEN A GREAT CAR. THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STRE...

Mileage: 140,000

I OWN A 2005 TRIBUTE THAT HAS BEEN KEPT IN METICULOUS CONDITION. ALWAYS GARAGED AND TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR MAINTENANCE. THE VEHICLE RUNS LIKE NEW WITH NO SIGNS OF WEAR AND TEAR, AND HAS BEEN A GREAT CAR. THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STRE...

Mileage: 140,000

WHILE DRIVING LOUD BANGING NOISE FROM REAR OF VEHICLE.RIGHT REAR INNER FENDER WELL AND SHOCK MOUNT RUSTED OUT. SHOCK MOUNT NO LONGER ATTACHED TO VEHICLE. POSSIBLE SUSPENSION COLLAPSE IF DRIVEN. MAZDA ISSUED A PREVIOUS RECALL ON MODELS UP TO 2004.

Mileage: 100,000

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE REAR RIGHT WHEEL WELL RUSTED THROUGH SHOCK PROTRUDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. CLEAR FACTORY DEFECT. MAZDA WILL NOT FIX THIS ISSUE.

Mileage: 84,000

COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT RIGHT SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL AND SUSPENSION SUPPORT. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL REVEALED THAT THE SUSPENSION ARM WAS BROKEN AWAY FROM THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE, MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE BASED ON A MECHANIC'S ...

Mileage: 180,000

I WENT TO GET MY OIL CHANGED AND THE MECHANIC SHOWED ME MY REAR WHEEL WELL. THE SHOCK MOUNT IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. HE SAID HE HAS NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THAT BAD. I HAVE TO GO TO A BODY SHOP AND GET A WHOLE NEW WHEEL WELL AND SHOCK SYSTEM. IT IS GOING TO COST AROUND $1100.

Mileage: 157,764

I AM ALSO A VICTIM OF THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL ROTTING OUT SO BAD THAT IT CAN NOT BE REPAIRED. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 90,000 MILES ON IT . MAZDA SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS SINCE IT IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD BUMPING NOISE. MY MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS RUSTED OUT AND THE SHOCK TOWER WAS UNSUPPORTED.

Mileage: 190,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR TAIL PIPE HAD FALLEN OFF AND THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS RUSTED OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ...

Mileage: 150,000

WE HEARD A LOUD DRUBBING SOUND, LIKE THE BACK SEAT HAD COME UNDONE. IN FACT, THE UNDERNEATH OF THE SEAT, UNDER THE CAR HAD BECOME SO RUSTED THAT THE SHOCK WAS DETACHED FROM THE REST OF THE CAR, WHICH WAS MAKING THAT SOUND. I WAS DRIVING WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR FOR 100'S OF MILES LIKE THIS! MAZDA ...

IN THE REAR PASSENERGER SIDE WHEEL WELL,RUSTED OUT SO BAD REAR SHOCK HAS PULLED AWAY FROM BODY,CAUSING JOLE ALL WSY THRU CAR. SAW ONLINE THIS IS A COMMOM PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND SISTER FORD ESCAPE HEARD RECALLS FOR 02 THRU 04 MODELS.

IN THE REAR PASSENERGER SIDE WHEEL WELL,RUSTED OUT SO BAD REAR SHOCK HAS PULLED AWAY FROM BODY,CAUSING JOLE ALL WSY THRU CAR. SAW ONLINE THIS IS A COMMOM PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND SISTER FORD ESCAPE HEARD RECALLS FOR 02 THRU 04 MODELS.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 35 MPH I FELT WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FLAT TIRE. AFTER CHECKING THE TIRE, THERE WAS NOTHING OBVIOUS SHOWING. AT SPEEDS ABOUT 55 MPH THE SENSATION OF A FLAT TIRE CEASED, HOWEVER, AS SOON AS I WOULD SLOW DOWN, IT WOULD RETURN, ALONG WITH A LOUD NOISE. I TOO...

Mileage: 135,000

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 35 MPH I FELT WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FLAT TIRE. AFTER CHECKING THE TIRE, THERE WAS NOTHING OBVIOUS SHOWING. AT SPEEDS ABOUT 55 MPH THE SENSATION OF A FLAT TIRE CEASED, HOWEVER, AS SOON AS I WOULD SLOW DOWN, IT WOULD RETURN, ALONG WITH A LOUD NOISE. I TOO...

Mileage: 135,000

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 35 MPH I FELT WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FLAT TIRE. AFTER CHECKING THE TIRE, THERE WAS NOTHING OBVIOUS SHOWING. AT SPEEDS ABOUT 55 MPH THE SENSATION OF A FLAT TIRE CEASED, HOWEVER, AS SOON AS I WOULD SLOW DOWN, IT WOULD RETURN, ALONG WITH A LOUD NOISE. I TOO...

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, A POPPING SOUND EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR PASSNEGER SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILUR...

Mileage: 150,720

THE UNDERSIDE AND EVEN THE FUEL ENTRY AREA IS RUSTED AND IS BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE EXTERIOR PAINT JOB AROUND THE TRUCK AND DOORS.

Mileage: 91,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. T...

Mileage: 131,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. T...

Mileage: 131,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, AN ABNORMAL SOUND EMITTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL AND FRAME WAS RUSTED AND NEEDED ...

Mileage: 168,000

REAR SHOCK MOUNT RUSTED, RIGHT SIDE. CAN NOT DRIVE MY CAR AND NO ONE WILL BUY IT IN THIS CONDITION. THE BODY SHOP CANNOT REPAIR AND HE SAID IT IS TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. IT CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, EXPOSING AND CAUSING FAILURE IN THE ASSOCIATED SHOCK. THE REAR BUMPER NOW RATTLES OVER EVEN THE TINIEST BIT OF UNEVEN PAVEMENT AND THE CAR WILL SWAY IN THE BACK REAR OVER LARGER BUMPS HIT WITH THAT BACK WHEEL. FIRST NOTICED GOING OVER UNEVEN PAV...

Mileage: 135,000

PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, EXPOSING AND CAUSING FAILURE IN THE ASSOCIATED SHOCK. THE REAR BUMPER NOW RATTLES OVER EVEN THE TINIEST BIT OF UNEVEN PAVEMENT AND THE CAR WILL SWAY IN THE BACK REAR OVER LARGER BUMPS HIT WITH THAT BACK WHEEL. FIRST NOTICED GOING OVER UNEVEN PAV...

Mileage: 135,000

LOUD CLUNKING ON BUMPS AND A TENDENCY FOR AN UNUSUAL SWAY IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY LED TO TAKING A LOOK UNDER THE RIGHT REAR OF THE CAR. A WHOLE 8"X12" ROUGHLY OVAL PIECE OF THE RIGHT REAR INNER WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED THROUGH WHERE THE UPPER SHOCK MOUNT IS ATTACHED. RIGHT ...

Mileage: 106,700

EXTREME RUST/CORROSION IN THE WHEEL WELL AREA - FRAME DEGRADED AND FELL AWAY FROM THE BODY -- SHOCK COMING LOOSE - OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET - GOING STRAIGHT.

Mileage: 145,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL IS RUSTED OUT AND THE SHOCK ABSORBER IS EXPOSED AND BARELY SUPPORTED. THE DRIVER SIDE IS FINE. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR THE PRIOR 4 YEARS TO THIS. IT WILL BE UN-DRIVEABLE SOON.

Mileage: 89,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL IS RUSTED OUT AND THE SHOCK ABSORBER IS EXPOSED AND BARELY SUPPORTED. THE DRIVER SIDE IS FINE. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR THE PRIOR 4 YEARS TO THIS. IT WILL BE UN-DRIVEABLE SOON.

Mileage: 89,000

MY RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT. MY BODY SHOP TOLD ME THIS SHOULD NOT EVER HAPPEN. ALSO TOLD ME IT WAS A BAD PIECE OF STEEL USED IN THE MANUFACTURE AND I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF IT HAD NOT BEEN DETECTED AND I KEPT DRIVING IT. THE REST OF MY SUV IS IMMACULATE. I HAVE SEEN OTHER CO...

Mileage: 43,000

MY RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT. MY BODY SHOP TOLD ME THIS SHOULD NOT EVER HAPPEN. ALSO TOLD ME IT WAS A BAD PIECE OF STEEL USED IN THE MANUFACTURE AND I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF IT HAD NOT BEEN DETECTED AND I KEPT DRIVING IT. THE REST OF MY SUV IS IMMACULATE. I HAVE SEEN OTHER CO...

Mileage: 43,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BANGING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL WAS CORRODED AND THE SHOCK WAS EXPOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NO...

Mileage: 178,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD BUMPING NOISE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS CORRODED NEAR THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SUSPENSION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE F...

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BOUNCING MOTION FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE UNDERCARRIAGE WAS CORRODED THROUGH AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. TH...

Mileage: 68,000

INNER WHEEL WELL RUSTED CRACKED LEAVING SHOCK TOWER UNATTACHED. MAZDA HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM ON 2001-04 MODELS. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS ON THE 2005 MODELS AS WELL BUT THERE IS NO RECALL.

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE ENGAGED TO AVO...

Mileage: 174,848

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE ENGAGED TO AVO...

Mileage: 174,848

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE FELT LIKE IT WAS FLAT. THE CONTACT HAD TO STEER THE VEHICLE IN EXCESS TO KEEP IT IN POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS CORROSION AT THE FORWARD ATTACHMEN...

Mileage: 115,000

2005 MAZDA WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK COMING FROM THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT REAR WHEELHOUSE HAD RUSTED OUT AND THE SHOCK TOWER HAD COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF. THE LEFT WHEELHOUSE IS CLOSE BEHIND. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM ADDRESSED BY A MAZDA R...

Mileage: 180,000

2005 MAZDA WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK COMING FROM THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT REAR WHEELHOUSE HAD RUSTED OUT AND THE SHOCK TOWER HAD COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF. THE LEFT WHEELHOUSE IS CLOSE BEHIND. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM ADDRESSED BY A MAZDA R...

Mileage: 180,000

SIMILAR TO OTHERS, STARTED HEARING A KNOCKING/RATTLING IN THE RIGHT REAR. UPON INSPECTION THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL IS RUSTED OUT, AND THE KNOCKING CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. SIMILAR TO THE RECALL BY MAZDA FOR 2001 - 2004 MODELS. CAR WILL BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY MAZDA.

SIMILAR TO OTHERS, STARTED HEARING A KNOCKING/RATTLING IN THE RIGHT REAR. UPON INSPECTION THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL IS RUSTED OUT, AND THE KNOCKING CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. SIMILAR TO THE RECALL BY MAZDA FOR 2001 - 2004 MODELS. CAR WILL BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY MAZDA.

MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE AWD S IS RUSTED OUT IN THE RIGHT REAR WHEELHOUSE ALONG WITH THE SHOCK TOWER. NOT DRIVABLE AND SITTING STATIONARY. WHY RECALLS ONLY UP TO 2004 MODELS? VERY DISAPPOINTED. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AS THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE. I HAVE A CAR NOT DRIVABLE AND NO MONEY FOR A N...

Mileage: 112,000

MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE AWD S IS RUSTED OUT IN THE RIGHT REAR WHEELHOUSE ALONG WITH THE SHOCK TOWER. NOT DRIVABLE AND SITTING STATIONARY. WHY RECALLS ONLY UP TO 2004 MODELS? VERY DISAPPOINTED. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AS THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE. I HAVE A CAR NOT DRIVABLE AND NO MONEY FOR A N...

Mileage: 112,000

A NOISE IN THE LEFT REAR DEVELOPED AND THE REAR SHOCK BROKE OFF. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT EXCESSIVE CORROSION ON THE ENTIRE FRAME FROM BEHIND THE FRONT SEAT AREA BACK RENDERED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I CONTACTED MAZDA CORP AND WAS TLD THAT YES THERE WERE KNOWN CASES OF EXCESSIVE C...

A NOISE IN THE LEFT REAR DEVELOPED AND THE REAR SHOCK BROKE OFF. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT EXCESSIVE CORROSION ON THE ENTIRE FRAME FROM BEHIND THE FRONT SEAT AREA BACK RENDERED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I CONTACTED MAZDA CORP AND WAS TLD THAT YES THERE WERE KNOWN CASES OF EXCESSIVE C...

A NOISE IN THE LEFT REAR DEVELOPED AND THE REAR SHOCK BROKE OFF. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT EXCESSIVE CORROSION ON THE ENTIRE FRAME FROM BEHIND THE FRONT SEAT AREA BACK RENDERED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I CONTACTED MAZDA CORP AND WAS TLD THAT YES THERE WERE KNOWN CASES OF EXCESSIVE C...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, A RATTLING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO OBSERVE THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE STRUT MOUNT FOR THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DI...

Mileage: 120,000

AS OTHERS HAVE STATED THE 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE HAS A SERIOUS FACTORY/MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT MAZDA HAS BLATANTLY IGNORING. WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY LIMITS THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A LOUD THUMPING NOISE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER REAR. UPON INSPECTION FOUND THAT THERE WAS BEYOND MAJOR RUST MAKING T...

Mileage: 123,817

START HEARING LOUD NOISE THUMBING SOUND IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BACK END BY THE SHOCKS AS WE WERE DRIVING. IT STARTED GETTING LOUDER AND MORE CONSISTED. TOOK TO FORD DEALER THEY LOOKED AT IT SAID IT WOULD COST ABOUT $3,000+ TO FIX. THEN WE FIND OUT THAT THE 2001-04 HAD A RECALL ON THEM FOR THE SA...

Mileage: 1,390,000

START HEARING LOUD NOISE THUMBING SOUND IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BACK END BY THE SHOCKS AS WE WERE DRIVING. IT STARTED GETTING LOUDER AND MORE CONSISTED. TOOK TO FORD DEALER THEY LOOKED AT IT SAID IT WOULD COST ABOUT $3,000+ TO FIX. THEN WE FIND OUT THAT THE 2001-04 HAD A RECALL ON THEM FOR THE SA...

Mileage: 1,390,000

THERE IS EXCESSIVE CORROSION OF THE REAR STRUCTURE OF MY MAZDA. THE NOISE FROM THE PASSENGER REAR BECAME A THUNKING AND TODAY I FOUND THE TOP PORTION OF THE STRUT HAD RUSTED AND BROKE OFF. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE REAR HAS EXCESSIVE RUSTING TO THE STRUCTURE. I FOUND THAT ...

Mileage: 137,000

THERE IS EXCESSIVE CORROSION OF THE REAR STRUCTURE OF MY MAZDA. THE NOISE FROM THE PASSENGER REAR BECAME A THUNKING AND TODAY I FOUND THE TOP PORTION OF THE STRUT HAD RUSTED AND BROKE OFF. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE REAR HAS EXCESSIVE RUSTING TO THE STRUCTURE. I FOUND THAT ...

Mileage: 137,000

THERE IS EXCESSIVE CORROSION OF THE REAR STRUCTURE OF MY MAZDA. THE NOISE FROM THE PASSENGER REAR BECAME A THUNKING AND TODAY I FOUND THE TOP PORTION OF THE STRUT HAD RUSTED AND BROKE OFF. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE REAR HAS EXCESSIVE RUSTING TO THE STRUCTURE. I FOUND THAT ...

Mileage: 137,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR TIRE WELL HAD DISCONNECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN CONFIRMED THAT THE REAR END ...

Mileage: 141,990

AS RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THE 2001 - 2004 TRIBUTES HAVE RECALLS ON THE SUBFRAME OF THE VEHICLE, MY 2005 HAS THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE SUBFRAME AND IS SO RUSTED OUT THAT IT IS READY TO BREAK APART. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SAME PART AS THE EARLIER MODELS AND MY VIN HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE RECALL, I WOULD REA...

Mileage: 130,000

AS RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THE 2001 - 2004 TRIBUTES HAVE RECALLS ON THE SUBFRAME OF THE VEHICLE, MY 2005 HAS THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE SUBFRAME AND IS SO RUSTED OUT THAT IT IS READY TO BREAK APART. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SAME PART AS THE EARLIER MODELS AND MY VIN HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE RECALL, I WOULD REA...

Mileage: 130,000

WITH NO PREVIOUS VISIBLE INDICATION, RUST ATE AWAY AT THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL AROUND THE SHOCK MOUNT. WE NOTICED A LOUD SQUEAKING ONE DAY FROM THE BACK AND, UPON INSPECTION, NOTICED TEH SEVER RUST DAMAGE. THE METAL HAD CORRODED BEHIND THE UNDERCOATING. THE SHOCK MOUNT IS NO LONGER ATTACHED AND ...

Mileage: 157,000

WITH NO PREVIOUS VISIBLE INDICATION, RUST ATE AWAY AT THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL AROUND THE SHOCK MOUNT. WE NOTICED A LOUD SQUEAKING ONE DAY FROM THE BACK AND, UPON INSPECTION, NOTICED TEH SEVER RUST DAMAGE. THE METAL HAD CORRODED BEHIND THE UNDERCOATING. THE SHOCK MOUNT IS NO LONGER ATTACHED AND ...

Mileage: 157,000

THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THIS VEHICLE IS RUSTED AS PER THE COMPLAINTS, ONLY YEAR NOT RECALLED AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN. BUT UNRELATED TO THAT. DRIVING DAUGHTERS 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE AND BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR NOT ALLOWING ME TO STOP THE CAR. I HAD TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR...

Mileage: 114,000

THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THIS VEHICLE IS RUSTED AS PER THE COMPLAINTS, ONLY YEAR NOT RECALLED AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN. BUT UNRELATED TO THAT. DRIVING DAUGHTERS 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE AND BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR NOT ALLOWING ME TO STOP THE CAR. I HAD TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR...

Mileage: 114,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR STRUT UPPER MOUNT RUSTED AND BROKE AWAY FROM THE BODY AFTER 11 YEARS AND 126, 500 MILES. THE MAZDA WAS PURCHASED NEW IN JUNE 2005; AND ROUTINE AND AS NEEDED MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WAS PERFORMED BY THE SAME MAZDA DEALER. I NOTICED RUST IN THE PASSENGER REAR SIDE WHEEL WELL IN ...

Mileage: 126,500

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR STRUT UPPER MOUNT RUSTED AND BROKE AWAY FROM THE BODY AFTER 11 YEARS AND 126, 500 MILES. THE MAZDA WAS PURCHASED NEW IN JUNE 2005; AND ROUTINE AND AS NEEDED MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WAS PERFORMED BY THE SAME MAZDA DEALER. I NOTICED RUST IN THE PASSENGER REAR SIDE WHEEL WELL IN ...

Mileage: 126,500

REAR INNER WHEEL WELL SHOCK MOUNT IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. SHOCK COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY FROM FRAME ON PASSENGER SIDE WITH DRIVERS SIDE CONDITION SOON TO FOLLOW. PROBLEM NOTED 04/27/15 AT 95,000. MILES. PHOTOS TAKEN OF ISSUE. PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON...

Mileage: 95,000

REAR INNER WHEEL WELL SHOCK MOUNT IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. SHOCK COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY FROM FRAME ON PASSENGER SIDE WITH DRIVERS SIDE CONDITION SOON TO FOLLOW. PROBLEM NOTED 04/27/15 AT 95,000. MILES. PHOTOS TAKEN OF ISSUE. PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON...

Mileage: 95,000

TAKATA RECALL MAZDA TRIBUTE 2005 COMPLETE BODY UNDERNEATH WAS RUSTED LUCKILY I FOUND A WELDER WHO INSTALLED A NEW BOTTOM ALSO HAD A BRAKE JOB= $880.64 AT 66,216 MILES - HAD TO REPLACE 6 SPARK PUGS 6 IGNITION COILS AND 1 INTAKE PLENUM GASKET SET SPENT 1,204.25 ALSO 800.00FOR A NEW BOTTOM TO BE WELDE...

TAKATA RECALL MAZDA TRIBUTE 2005 COMPLETE BODY UNDERNEATH WAS RUSTED LUCKILY I FOUND A WELDER WHO INSTALLED A NEW BOTTOM ALSO HAD A BRAKE JOB= $880.64 AT 66,216 MILES - HAD TO REPLACE 6 SPARK PUGS 6 IGNITION COILS AND 1 INTAKE PLENUM GASKET SET SPENT 1,204.25 ALSO 800.00FOR A NEW BOTTOM TO BE WELDE...

TAKATA RECALL THIS 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE LIGHT START TO FLASH AND THERE IS A CAR THAT SHOWS UP ON MY DASH I HAVE HAD THIS LOOKED AT. AND EVERYONE SAID IT WAS WIRING PROBLEMS THIS SUV HAS ALMOST. HAD ME HIT AND IN A CAR WRECK. BECAUSE. IT WILL SHUT DOWN AND NO PULL ...

Mileage: 220,000

TAKATA RECALL THIS 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE LIGHT START TO FLASH AND THERE IS A CAR THAT SHOWS UP ON MY DASH I HAVE HAD THIS LOOKED AT. AND EVERYONE SAID IT WAS WIRING PROBLEMS THIS SUV HAS ALMOST. HAD ME HIT AND IN A CAR WRECK. BECAUSE. IT WILL SHUT DOWN AND NO PULL ...

Mileage: 220,000

TAKATA RECALL THIS 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE LIGHT START TO FLASH AND THERE IS A CAR THAT SHOWS UP ON MY DASH I HAVE HAD THIS LOOKED AT. AND EVERYONE SAID IT WAS WIRING PROBLEMS THIS SUV HAS ALMOST. HAD ME HIT AND IN A CAR WRECK. BECAUSE. IT WILL SHUT DOWN AND NO PULL ...

Mileage: 220,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SHOCK MOUNT WAS CORRODED AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO BE D...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SHOCK MOUNT WAS CORRODED AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO BE D...

Mileage: 130,000

WHILE DRIVING, MY PASSENGER AND I NOTICED A STRANGE NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL. AFTER INSPECTING IT, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE ENTIRE WHEEL WELL WAS RUSTED OUT AND THAT THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM WAS DISCONNECTED. HENCE, THE ENTIRE AREA IS BEING CUT OUT AND REBUILT. AFTER SPEAKING WI...

Mileage: 196,000

WHILE DRIVING, MY PASSENGER AND I NOTICED A STRANGE NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL. AFTER INSPECTING IT, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE ENTIRE WHEEL WELL WAS RUSTED OUT AND THAT THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM WAS DISCONNECTED. HENCE, THE ENTIRE AREA IS BEING CUT OUT AND REBUILT. AFTER SPEAKING WI...

Mileage: 196,000

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL HAS A LARGE HOLE GOING THROUGH TO THE LIFT GATE AREA OF THE VEHICLE. IT'S ALL RUSTED OUT.

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL HAS A LARGE HOLE GOING THROUGH TO THE LIFT GATE AREA OF THE VEHICLE. IT'S ALL RUSTED OUT.

I HAVE HAD THIS SUV SINCE NEW AND HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. WE DO NOT DRIVE IT IN WINTER AS WE HAVE ANOTHER CAR IN FLA. BUT STILL LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHER TRIBUTES, ESCAPES AND MARINERS THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK MOUNT HAS RUSTED OUT ALONG WITH INTER FINDER WHEEL WELL!. WHICH HAS LEFT US WITH A VE...

Mileage: 108,000

I HAVE HAD THIS SUV SINCE NEW AND HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. WE DO NOT DRIVE IT IN WINTER AS WE HAVE ANOTHER CAR IN FLA. BUT STILL LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHER TRIBUTES, ESCAPES AND MARINERS THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK MOUNT HAS RUSTED OUT ALONG WITH INTER FINDER WHEEL WELL!. WHICH HAS LEFT US WITH A VE...

Mileage: 108,000

THE RIGHT REAR STRUT TOWER HAS RUSTED CAUSING THE BRACKET TO COME LOOSE FROM THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. I CALLED A BODY SHOP TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIX THIS AND THEY KNEW THE TYPE OF VEHICLE I HAVE JUST BASED ON THE PROBLEM AS IT IS SO PERVASIVE. IN RESEARCHING THIS IT APPEARS THERE IS A DEFECT IN THES...

Mileage: 128,000

THE RIGHT REAR STRUT TOWER HAS RUSTED CAUSING THE BRACKET TO COME LOOSE FROM THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. I CALLED A BODY SHOP TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIX THIS AND THEY KNEW THE TYPE OF VEHICLE I HAVE JUST BASED ON THE PROBLEM AS IT IS SO PERVASIVE. IN RESEARCHING THIS IT APPEARS THERE IS A DEFECT IN THES...

Mileage: 128,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE WHEEL WELL WAS RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE RE-WELDED AND RESTRUCTURED. THE M...

Mileage: 180,000

UPON BRINGING MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE INTO THE MAZDA SERVICE CENTER FOR UNRELATED REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL WAS HEAVILY RUSTED AND THE SHOCK WOULD SOON BREAK THROUGH THE RUST AND DISENGAGE FROM THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED MAZDA CORPORATION TO INITIATE A COMPL...

Mileage: 109,000

I HEARD A LOUD THUMP COMING FROM THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. I ASKED MY HUSBAND TO LOOK AT IT WHEN I GOT HOME AND FOUND THE REAR PASSENGER FENDER WELL RUSTED OUT AROUND THE SHOCK MOUNT. THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IN THIS CONDITION AND IS ONLY TEN YEARS OLD.

Mileage: 103,408

I HEARD A LOUD THUMP COMING FROM THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. I ASKED MY HUSBAND TO LOOK AT IT WHEN I GOT HOME AND FOUND THE REAR PASSENGER FENDER WELL RUSTED OUT AROUND THE SHOCK MOUNT. THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IN THIS CONDITION AND IS ONLY TEN YEARS OLD.

Mileage: 103,408

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE JERKED TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR SHOCK ABSORBER WAS RUSTED...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT NOTICED A LOUD ABNORMAL RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS EXTREMELY CORRODED. THE REAR PASSENGER SHOCK ALSO DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE . THE VEHIC...

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE REPLACING THE BRAKES ON MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE, I DISCOVERED THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL COMPROMISED BY EXCESSIVE RUST. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, THIS APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR QUALITY DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THIS VEHICLE AND SIMILAR FORD AND MERCURY MODELS (ESCAPE AND MARINER). I RECENTLY PUR...

Mileage: 184,400

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR A ROUTINE REPAIR, THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL HOUSING AND STRUT WERE CORRODED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED IRREPARABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE...

Mileage: 87,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR A ROUTINE REPAIR, THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL HOUSING AND STRUT WERE CORRODED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED IRREPARABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE...

Mileage: 87,000

WHILE TURNING INTO A BUSINESS THE LOWER CONTROL ARM MOUNT CAME APART AT THE SUBFRAME. THERE APPEARS TO BE SUBSTANCIAL RUST IN THE AREA.

Mileage: 125,000

I WAS ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I HEARD A LOUD THUD THE WHEEL WELL ROTTED OUT SO BAD THAT BROKE THE SHOCK ON THE REAR BACK PASSENGER SIDE. THIS CAUSED ME TO SWERVE AND ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT.. YOU RECALL THE 2001 AND 2004 MODELS FOR THE SAME ISSUE WHY NOT ADD THE 2005 BECAUSE THERE IS BEEN HUNDREDS AND HU...

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE, REAR WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED. WHILE DRIVING MY WIFE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD, SHE THEN TELLS ME THERE IS A RATTLE. SO I DRIVE IT THE NEXT DAY. THE RATTLE WAS VERY EASY TO HEAR. UPON INSPECTION THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL HAD DISINTEGRATED AND WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE, AND...

Mileage: 128,500

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE, REAR WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED. WHILE DRIVING MY WIFE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD, SHE THEN TELLS ME THERE IS A RATTLE. SO I DRIVE IT THE NEXT DAY. THE RATTLE WAS VERY EASY TO HEAR. UPON INSPECTION THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL HAD DISINTEGRATED AND WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE, AND...

Mileage: 128,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND CRASHED INTO A CURB. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT T...

Mileage: 92,000

THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL WELL HAS BEEN COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT TO THE POINT THAT THE SUSPENSION BROKE THROUGH INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. THE LEFT REAR AND BOTH FRONT WHEEL WELLS LOOK TO BE IN PERFECT CONDITION WHICH SEEMS ABNORMAL FOR JUST ONE WHEEL WELL TO BE AFFECTED BY EXTREME RUST AND CORROSION. WE...

Mileage: 100,100

THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL WELL HAS BEEN COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT TO THE POINT THAT THE SUSPENSION BROKE THROUGH INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. THE LEFT REAR AND BOTH FRONT WHEEL WELLS LOOK TO BE IN PERFECT CONDITION WHICH SEEMS ABNORMAL FOR JUST ONE WHEEL WELL TO BE AFFECTED BY EXTREME RUST AND CORROSION. WE...

Mileage: 100,100

WHEN I TOOK MY TRIBUTE IN TO GET MY ANNUAL INSPECTION STICKER THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE RUST UNDERNEATH MY VEHICLE HE SAID IT WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE SHOCKS IN RESEARCHING THIS VEHICLE I FOUND THERE WERE 332 COMPLAINTS AND 53 WAS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE I THINK MAZDA SHOULD RECAL...

Mileage: 80,000

THE UPPER REAR SHOCK ABSORBER MOUNT CAME APART DUE TO RUST, THE SHOCK ABSORBER CAME LOOSE AND WAS HITTING AGAINST THE WHEEL WELL OR TIRE. REPAIRS WERE MADE AT A COST OF 4600. THE OTHER REAR SHOCK ABSORBER MOUNT ON THE DRIVER SIDE DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF RUST. UPDATED 09/29/15*JB... UPDATED 09/30/...

Mileage: 130,000

THE UPPER REAR SHOCK ABSORBER MOUNT CAME APART DUE TO RUST, THE SHOCK ABSORBER CAME LOOSE AND WAS HITTING AGAINST THE WHEEL WELL OR TIRE. REPAIRS WERE MADE AT A COST OF 4600. THE OTHER REAR SHOCK ABSORBER MOUNT ON THE DRIVER SIDE DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF RUST. UPDATED 09/29/15*JB... UPDATED 09/30/...

Mileage: 130,000

RUSTED ON LEFT SIDE REAR WHEEL WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION NEW TIRES, BRAKES SPARK PLUGS AND PISTONS RIDES LIKE A DREAM BUT THE RUST WILL NOT SUPPORT THE SHOCKS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY MAZDA AN INFERIOR FORD BODY

Mileage: 80,000

THE 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE INITIALLY STARTED TO BE SPORADICALLY SLUGGISH/HESITATION WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS. IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS A DELAY FROM WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO WHEN THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY ACCELERATED. ON 6/4/15, A COUPLE DAYS AFTER FIRST EXPERIENCING THE SLUGGISHNESS/HESITANT ACCELE...

Mileage: 90,100

THE 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE INITIALLY STARTED TO BE SPORADICALLY SLUGGISH/HESITATION WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS. IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS A DELAY FROM WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO WHEN THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY ACCELERATED. ON 6/4/15, A COUPLE DAYS AFTER FIRST EXPERIENCING THE SLUGGISHNESS/HESITANT ACCELE...

Mileage: 90,100

THE 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE INITIALLY STARTED TO BE SPORADICALLY SLUGGISH/HESITATION WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS. IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS A DELAY FROM WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO WHEN THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY ACCELERATED. ON 6/4/15, A COUPLE DAYS AFTER FIRST EXPERIENCING THE SLUGGISHNESS/HESITANT ACCELE...

Mileage: 90,100

NO CRASH BUT THE UNDERSIDE IS RUSTED AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS IT DOES NOT SUPPORT THE SHOCKS THIS CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED I UNDERSTAND MAZDA RECALLED A LOT OF THESE CARS FROM 2001-2004 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM MY CAR HAS NEW TIRES NEW BRAKES AND NEW SPARK PLUS AND PISTONS ONLY 80,000 MILES AND RUNS GOOD B...

Mileage: 80,000

THE CAR BEGAN MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE FROM THE RIGHT REAR. UPON INSPECTION BY OUR MECHANIC IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A COMPLETE RUSTING THROUGH OF THE RIGHT REAR WELL, CAUSING THE SHOCK TO NO LONGER BE ATTACHED TO THE FRAME. THE SHOCK WAS ACTUALLY VISIBLE FROM THE INSIDE REAR OF THE CAR. WE WERE TOLD ...

Mileage: 87,000

THE CAR BEGAN MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE FROM THE RIGHT REAR. UPON INSPECTION BY OUR MECHANIC IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A COMPLETE RUSTING THROUGH OF THE RIGHT REAR WELL, CAUSING THE SHOCK TO NO LONGER BE ATTACHED TO THE FRAME. THE SHOCK WAS ACTUALLY VISIBLE FROM THE INSIDE REAR OF THE CAR. WE WERE TOLD ...

Mileage: 87,000

I OWN A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WITH 80,000 MILES, NEW TIRES, NEW BRAKES, NEW SPARK PLUGS AND PISTONS (INSTALLED IN APRIL ) COST=1200.00 TOOK MY CAR IN FOR AN INSPECTION IN MAY AND MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE RUST ON THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL AND MAY NOT SUPPORT THE STRUTS HE ADVISED ME NOT TO ...

Mileage: 80,000

I OWN A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WITH 80,000 MILES, NEW TIRES, NEW BRAKES, NEW SPARK PLUGS AND PISTONS (INSTALLED IN APRIL ) COST=1200.00 TOOK MY CAR IN FOR AN INSPECTION IN MAY AND MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE RUST ON THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL AND MAY NOT SUPPORT THE STRUTS HE ADVISED ME NOT TO ...

Mileage: 80,000

I OWN A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WITH 80,000 MILES, NEW TIRES, NEW BRAKES, NEW SPARK PLUGS AND PISTONS (INSTALLED IN APRIL ) COST=1200.00 TOOK MY CAR IN FOR AN INSPECTION IN MAY AND MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE RUST ON THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL AND MAY NOT SUPPORT THE STRUTS HE ADVISED ME NOT TO ...

Mileage: 80,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT. SUSPENSION IS NOW PROTRUDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE EXTENT OF THE RUST IS ABNORMAL, EVEN FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA. IT IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. CONDITION IS RESULT OF MANUFACTURING DEFECT. CONTACTED MAZDA USA TO ASK WHEN ...

Mileage: 110,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT. SUSPENSION IS NOW PROTRUDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE EXTENT OF THE RUST IS ABNORMAL, EVEN FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA. IT IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. CONDITION IS RESULT OF MANUFACTURING DEFECT. CONTACTED MAZDA USA TO ASK WHEN ...

Mileage: 110,000

WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A LOUD THUD IN THE BACKSEAT PASSENGER WHEEL WELL. I DROVE LESS THAN A MILE HOME AND SAW THAT THE WHEEL WELL HAD DISINTEGRATED COMPLETELY ABOVE THE TIRE FORCING THE SHOCK INTO THE BODY OF THE CAR.

Mileage: 247,000

TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT ON 17 JUNE 2015, MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE SUDDENLY GAVE A LOUD THUMP, A TIRE SCREECH, AND STOPPED. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE UNDER ITS OWN POWER, AS THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WAS POINTED IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN THE LEFT ONE, AND IT WAS CLEAR THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD BEEN PULLED OU...

Mileage: 92,520

MY MAZDA 2005, HAS TOTALLY RUSTED OUT ON THE PASSENGER BACK WHEEL WELL. THE SUSPENSION IS AFFECTED AS WELL. THE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO BE VERY COSTLY AND I FOUND OUT THAT THE 01-04 MODELS HAVE DONE THE SAME AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. MAZDA NEEDS TO EXTEND THE RECALL TO INCLUDE T...

MY MAZDA 2005, HAS TOTALLY RUSTED OUT ON THE PASSENGER BACK WHEEL WELL. THE SUSPENSION IS AFFECTED AS WELL. THE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO BE VERY COSTLY AND I FOUND OUT THAT THE 01-04 MODELS HAVE DONE THE SAME AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. MAZDA NEEDS TO EXTEND THE RECALL TO INCLUDE T...

MY MAZDA 2005, HAS TOTALLY RUSTED OUT ON THE PASSENGER BACK WHEEL WELL. THE SUSPENSION IS AFFECTED AS WELL. THE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO BE VERY COSTLY AND I FOUND OUT THAT THE 01-04 MODELS HAVE DONE THE SAME AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. MAZDA NEEDS TO EXTEND THE RECALL TO INCLUDE T...

PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT CAUSING STRUT TO PUSH THROUGH INTO INTERIOR TRIM. A MINIMUM $1,000 REPAIR ESTIMATE.

Mileage: 134,000

PASSENGER BACK WHEEL CARRIAGE IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. SUSPENSION IS EXPOSED ALONG WITH SHOCKS. MADE LOUD NOISES WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS - I HAD NO IDEA THAT MY ENTIRE WHEEL CARRIAGE WAS COMPLETED RUSTED. THIS WILL COST HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX. WORST CAR I HAVE HAD. WILL NEVER ...

Mileage: 98,600

WENT TO GET MY ANNUAL INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD THAT MY RIGHT REAR SHOCK TOWER IS RUSTED OUT.

Mileage: 88,024

WENT TO GET MY ANNUAL INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD THAT MY RIGHT REAR SHOCK TOWER IS RUSTED OUT.

Mileage: 88,024

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ENGINE ISSUES AND REQUESTS COMPENSATION FOR REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN STARTED THE VEHICLE, IT SOUNDED LIKE A TRUCK AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. A DIAGNOSIS REVEALED THE COILS AND SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLA...

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ENGINE ISSUES AND REQUESTS COMPENSATION FOR REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN STARTED THE VEHICLE, IT SOUNDED LIKE A TRUCK AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. A DIAGNOSIS REVEALED THE COILS AND SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLA...

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND LEFT THE SHOCK ATTACHED TO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Mileage: 130,000

SHOCK MOUNT HAS RUSTED OUT AND THE STRUT IS HANGING LOOSE. YOU LOOK UP FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE AND SEE INTO THE INTERIOR INSULATION. STRUT CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. ROTTED OUT WHEEL WELL CAN ALLOW EXHAUST FUMES TO ENTER THE VEHICLE CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.

Mileage: 93,000

BIG LOUD NOISE, CAR STARTED TO SHAKE, SPEED AND NEARLY LOST CONTROL. *TR

Mileage: 183,000

BRAKES HYDRAULIC PROBLEM. NO MATTER DRIVE OR PARK, THE LEAKING IS CONTINUING. *TR

Mileage: 102,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

Mileage: 145,000

EXCESSIVE, LOCALIZED RUST HAS DEVELOPED IN THE RIGHT, REAR WHEEL WELL, RESULTING IN THE SHOCK BEING LOOSE AND MAKING A LOUD BANGING SOUND WHEN GOING OVER EVEN SMALL BUMPS. THE LEFT SIDE AND THE REST OF THE CAR DOES NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM INDICATING A LOCALIZED MANUFACTURING/ENGINEERING DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 245,000

EXCESSIVE, LOCALIZED RUST HAS DEVELOPED IN THE RIGHT, REAR WHEEL WELL, RESULTING IN THE SHOCK BEING LOOSE AND MAKING A LOUD BANGING SOUND WHEN GOING OVER EVEN SMALL BUMPS. THE LEFT SIDE AND THE REST OF THE CAR DOES NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM INDICATING A LOCALIZED MANUFACTURING/ENGINEERING DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 245,000

THE RIGHT REAR TOP SHOCK MOUNT ON MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE TOTALLY RUSTED OFF THE UNIBODY FRAME. *TR

Mileage: 185,000

LEFT REAR SHOCK ABSORBER MOUNT SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE FRAME DURING NORMAL DRIVING (SLOW SPEED - 25MPH) DUE TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE A FAULTY DESIGN. ALL CONNECTING BOLTS, WASHERS AND NUTS ARE INTACT AND SECURE IN THE SHOCK ABSORBER AND MOUNT AREA. THIS HAS RESULTED IN A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WH...

Mileage: 78,035

THE ENTIRE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED AWAY AND THE SHOCK IS COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE FRAME ON OUR TRIBUTE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AS THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 10 YEARS OLD AND IT IS ONLY HAPPENING ON THE REAR PASSENGER. IT IS GOING TO COST ME A LOT TO FIX AND WILL DEFINIT...

Mileage: 173,000

THE ENTIRE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED AWAY AND THE SHOCK IS COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE FRAME ON OUR TRIBUTE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AS THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 10 YEARS OLD AND IT IS ONLY HAPPENING ON THE REAR PASSENGER. IT IS GOING TO COST ME A LOT TO FIX AND WILL DEFINIT...

Mileage: 173,000

I PURCHASED MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE BRAND NEW FROM MARTIN MAZDA, LOCATED IN NEWARK, DE. MY VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND I JUST DRIVE IT BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. IN JANUARY I STARTED HEARING A LOUD NOISE IN THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE WHICH STARTED TO GET LOUDER AND LOUDER. IT SOUNDED LIKE SO...

Mileage: 110,000

I PURCHASED MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE BRAND NEW FROM MARTIN MAZDA, LOCATED IN NEWARK, DE. MY VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND I JUST DRIVE IT BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. IN JANUARY I STARTED HEARING A LOUD NOISE IN THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE WHICH STARTED TO GET LOUDER AND LOUDER. IT SOUNDED LIKE SO...

Mileage: 110,000

I PURCHASED MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE BRAND NEW FROM MARTIN MAZDA, LOCATED IN NEWARK, DE. MY VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND I JUST DRIVE IT BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. IN JANUARY I STARTED HEARING A LOUD NOISE IN THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE WHICH STARTED TO GET LOUDER AND LOUDER. IT SOUNDED LIKE SO...

Mileage: 110,000

REAR SUSPENSION SUPPORT ON PASSENGER SIDE RUSTED AND BROKE OFF FROM FRAME WHILE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

Mileage: 75,000

AFTER HEARING RATTLING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER-SIDE WHEN GOING OVER POTHOLES, I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR SHOCK/STRUTS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE NOISE WAS NOT MY SHOCKS, BUT THAT THE WHEEL WELL WAS RUSTED OUT. THE SHOCKS WERE OK, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING TO ATTACH THEM TO. I WAS FURTHER TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT H...

Mileage: 50,000

AFTER HEARING RATTLING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER-SIDE WHEN GOING OVER POTHOLES, I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR SHOCK/STRUTS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE NOISE WAS NOT MY SHOCKS, BUT THAT THE WHEEL WELL WAS RUSTED OUT. THE SHOCKS WERE OK, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING TO ATTACH THEM TO. I WAS FURTHER TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT H...

Mileage: 50,000

THE RIGHT BACK SIDE BY THE TIRED THE CHASSIS IS ALL RUST IT AND THE SHOCK IS LOOSE I CAN MOVE IT WITH MY HANDS AND THE LEFT SIDE IS ABOUT TO GET LIKE THE OTHER SIDE. *TR

Mileage: 122,210

THE RIGHT BACK SIDE BY THE TIRED THE CHASSIS IS ALL RUST IT AND THE SHOCK IS LOOSE I CAN MOVE IT WITH MY HANDS AND THE LEFT SIDE IS ABOUT TO GET LIKE THE OTHER SIDE. *TR

Mileage: 122,210

THE RIGHT BACK SIDE BY THE TIRED THE CHASSIS IS ALL RUST IT AND THE SHOCK IS LOOSE I CAN MOVE IT WITH MY HANDS AND THE LEFT SIDE IS ABOUT TO GET LIKE THE OTHER SIDE. *TR

Mileage: 122,210

I HAD A RATTLING NOISE THAT STARTED COMING FROM THE RIGHT REAR AND SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WAS BOUNCING AROUND IN THE BACK COMPARTMENT. IT GOT WORSE FAST. I WAS STUNNED TO FIND NOT ONLY THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL, BUT BOTH SIDES COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND THE SHOCKS WERE READY TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE M...

Mileage: 126,525

DRIVING CROSS COUNTRY AND HEARD A LOUD THUMP IN RT REAR WHEEL WELL. AFTER THAT EVERY BUMP NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE THUMP BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED. STOPPED TO CHECK THINGS OUT, RT REAR WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH EXPOSING SUSPENSION AND CORROSION ON ATTACHMENT TO FRAME. ABLE TO DRIVE HOME SA...

Mileage: 110,000

DRIVING CROSS COUNTRY AND HEARD A LOUD THUMP IN RT REAR WHEEL WELL. AFTER THAT EVERY BUMP NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE THUMP BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED. STOPPED TO CHECK THINGS OUT, RT REAR WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH EXPOSING SUSPENSION AND CORROSION ON ATTACHMENT TO FRAME. ABLE TO DRIVE HOME SA...

Mileage: 110,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT PASSENGER'S REAR WHEEL HOUSING HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

Mileage: 89,000

HAD JUST RETURNED FROM DRIVING ON FREEWAY, PULLED INTO GAS STATION, NEEDED TO MOVE FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN BRAKES FAILED AND PEDAL WENT DOWN TO FLOOR. ROLLED CAR INTO SNOW BANK TO AVOID ACCIDENT. NOTICED FLUID LEAKING AROUND FRONT TIRES. HAD TO FILL BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR AND DROVE CAR ACROSS STREE...

Mileage: 102,800

MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE HAS RUSTED OUT IN THE RIGHT REAR WHEELHOUSE AROUND THE SHOCK MOUNT.CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT THEY HAVE NO FIX FOR AND TO TAKE IT TO A WELDING/FAB SHOP.THE MAZDA TRIBUTE ONLY HAS 71000 MILES ON IT SO IT IS NOT DUE TO ANY EXCESSIVE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 71,000

I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THE LONG LIST OF MAZDA TRIBUTE 2005 OWNERS WITH THE RIGHT REAR WHEELHOUSE PROBLEM DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION CAUSING THE STRUT TO DISCONNECT FROM THE FRAME. MY VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 116K MILES. THE LEFT REAR AND FRONT WHEEL HOUSE AREAS ARE IN GREAT SHAPE. ITS ASTONISHING WITH ...

Mileage: 116,000

CAR STOPS ACCELERATING DUE TO GAS PEDAL BEING STUCK. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

CAR STOPS ACCELERATING DUE TO GAS PEDAL BEING STUCK. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

JUST WANT TO ADD MY TRIBUTE TO THE LIST OF 2005 ESCAPE, TRIBUTE, AND MARINER RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL / UPPER SHOCK MOUNT RUSTING TO FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 136,000

WE TOOK TO THE MAZDA DEALER (5900 NORTH OAK TRAFFICWAY, KANSAS CITY, MO 64118) IN 2009 BECAUSE THE CAR DID NOT START. THEY CHANGED THE STARTER MOTOR AND STILL IT DID NOT WORK THEN THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AND IT DID NOT WORK AGAIN THEM THEY SAID IT IS THE ALTERNATOR THIS ALL HAPPENED JUST WITHIN A ...

Mileage: 60,000

WE TOOK TO THE MAZDA DEALER (5900 NORTH OAK TRAFFICWAY, KANSAS CITY, MO 64118) IN 2009 BECAUSE THE CAR DID NOT START. THEY CHANGED THE STARTER MOTOR AND STILL IT DID NOT WORK THEN THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AND IT DID NOT WORK AGAIN THEM THEY SAID IT IS THE ALTERNATOR THIS ALL HAPPENED JUST WITHIN A ...

Mileage: 60,000

WE TOOK TO THE MAZDA DEALER (5900 NORTH OAK TRAFFICWAY, KANSAS CITY, MO 64118) IN 2009 BECAUSE THE CAR DID NOT START. THEY CHANGED THE STARTER MOTOR AND STILL IT DID NOT WORK THEN THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AND IT DID NOT WORK AGAIN THEM THEY SAID IT IS THE ALTERNATOR THIS ALL HAPPENED JUST WITHIN A ...

Mileage: 60,000

THE SUB FRAME AND AXLES COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND EVERYTHING SUPPORTED CAME LOOSE. IT ALL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT ON THE SAME VEHICLE YEARS 2001 - 2004 AS WELL AS MANY FORD ESCAPES. THE...

Mileage: 110,000

THE SUB FRAME AND AXLES COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND EVERYTHING SUPPORTED CAME LOOSE. IT ALL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT ON THE SAME VEHICLE YEARS 2001 - 2004 AS WELL AS MANY FORD ESCAPES. THE...

Mileage: 110,000

THE SUB FRAME AND AXLES COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND EVERYTHING SUPPORTED CAME LOOSE. IT ALL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT ON THE SAME VEHICLE YEARS 2001 - 2004 AS WELL AS MANY FORD ESCAPES. THE...

Mileage: 110,000

WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND ABOUT 5 TIMES OVER THE HISTORY OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE, THE GAS PEDDLE STUCK AND ON THE LAST MOST RECENT EVENT THE CAR GOT STUCK AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON THE FREEWAY AND IT COULD NOT BE SLOWED BY PULLING THE PEDAL UP WITH FOOT. THANK GOD THERE WERE NO VEHICLES ARO...

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A RATTLING SOUND. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER ...

Mileage: 177,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE SEIZED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

Mileage: 90,000

RIGHT REAR WHEELHOUSE HAS RUST AND CORROSION AT 102,000 MILES, AND THE STRUT MOUNTING IS COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY FROM THE FRAME MAKING THE CAR UNDRIVABLE. THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX AS IT AFFECTS THE FRAME AND THEY DO NOT WANT THE LIABILITY. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS VERY ISSUE ON TH...

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATE 15 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED TO ENGAGE AND THE CONTACT HAD TO TAP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FOUR TIMES FOR IT TO OPERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ...

Mileage: 86,000

GAS PEDAL LOCKING UP AT VARIOUS SPEEDS IN TRAFFIC. 4 NEAR MISSES OF A CATASTROPHIC EVENTS !!! WE HAVE CONTACTED MAZDA IN CONROE TEXAS . WE WERE INFORMED THAT OUR VIN # WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THERE RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM WITH THE NEWER MODELS ARE HAVING ....... THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM A...

Mileage: 100,360

RIGHT REAR WHEELHOUSE HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AT 146,000 MILES, AND THE STRUT IS DISCONNECTED FROM THE FRAME. MAZDA HAS DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS VERY ISSUE ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE, AND DESPITE THE...

Mileage: 146,000

RIGHT REAR WHEELHOUSE HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AT 146,000 MILES, AND THE STRUT IS DISCONNECTED FROM THE FRAME. MAZDA HAS DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS VERY ISSUE ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE, AND DESPITE THE...

Mileage: 146,000

RIGHT REAR WHEELHOUSE HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AT 146,000 MILES, AND THE STRUT IS DISCONNECTED FROM THE FRAME. MAZDA HAS DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS VERY ISSUE ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE, AND DESPITE THE...

Mileage: 146,000

THE VEHICLE WAS INITIALLY IN THE SHOP TO REPAIR SHOCK TOWER ON THE RIGHT REAR WHICH WAS COMPLETED RUSTED OUT, THAT EXPENSE COST $1200, WITHIN THE WEEK, WHILE DRIVING 40MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THEN THE ABS LIGHT, THEN THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW TO A STOP. THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL, ...

Mileage: 101,655

THE VEHICLE WAS INITIALLY IN THE SHOP TO REPAIR SHOCK TOWER ON THE RIGHT REAR WHICH WAS COMPLETED RUSTED OUT, THAT EXPENSE COST $1200, WITHIN THE WEEK, WHILE DRIVING 40MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THEN THE ABS LIGHT, THEN THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW TO A STOP. THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL, ...

Mileage: 101,655

THE VEHICLE WAS INITIALLY IN THE SHOP TO REPAIR SHOCK TOWER ON THE RIGHT REAR WHICH WAS COMPLETED RUSTED OUT, THAT EXPENSE COST $1200, WITHIN THE WEEK, WHILE DRIVING 40MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THEN THE ABS LIGHT, THEN THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW TO A STOP. THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL, ...

Mileage: 101,655

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER AND STALL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESET THE COMPUTER BY RESTARTING THE VEHICLE EACH TIME THE FAILURE RECURRED. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO REMO...

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER AND STALL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESET THE COMPUTER BY RESTARTING THE VEHICLE EACH TIME THE FAILURE RECURRED. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO REMO...

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SHOCK ABSORBER WAS EXPOSED DUE TO THE REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTING AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FA...

Mileage: 160,000

ENTIRE RIGHT (PASSENGER) REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED AWAY, INCLUDING THE SHOCK MOUNT. *TR

Mileage: 106,780

ENTIRE RIGHT (PASSENGER) REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED AWAY, INCLUDING THE SHOCK MOUNT. *TR

Mileage: 106,780

ENTIRE RIGHT (PASSENGER) REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED AWAY, INCLUDING THE SHOCK MOUNT. *TR

Mileage: 106,780

THE FRAMEWORK UNDERNEATH AND AROUND THE VEHICLE'S REAR PASSENGER TIRE HAS ROTTED AWAY, AND THE SHOCK HAS PENETRATED THE WHEEL WELL. THE ENTIRE REAR OF THE VEHICLE "RATTLES" LOUDLY BECAUSE OF THIS. IT APPEARS THAT THIS DEFICIENCY WAS FIXED, TEMPORARILY, BEFORE THE SALE OF THE VEHICLE WAS PURSUED. *T...

Mileage: 156,000

THE FRAMEWORK UNDERNEATH AND AROUND THE VEHICLE'S REAR PASSENGER TIRE HAS ROTTED AWAY, AND THE SHOCK HAS PENETRATED THE WHEEL WELL. THE ENTIRE REAR OF THE VEHICLE "RATTLES" LOUDLY BECAUSE OF THIS. IT APPEARS THAT THIS DEFICIENCY WAS FIXED, TEMPORARILY, BEFORE THE SALE OF THE VEHICLE WAS PURSUED. *T...

Mileage: 156,000

THE FRAMEWORK UNDERNEATH AND AROUND THE VEHICLE'S REAR PASSENGER TIRE HAS ROTTED AWAY, AND THE SHOCK HAS PENETRATED THE WHEEL WELL. THE ENTIRE REAR OF THE VEHICLE "RATTLES" LOUDLY BECAUSE OF THIS. IT APPEARS THAT THIS DEFICIENCY WAS FIXED, TEMPORARILY, BEFORE THE SALE OF THE VEHICLE WAS PURSUED. *T...

Mileage: 156,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL STRUT MOUNT IS ONLY HANGING ON BY A SMALL AMOUNT OF STEEL. YOU CAN SEE THE INTERIOR TRIM PLASTIC ON 3 SIDES OF THE UPPER STRUT MOUNT BRACKET. PIECES OF RUSTED STEEL PEEL AWAY WITH 2 FINGERS. THERE IS NO UPPER STRUT SUPPORT AND THE TOP THREADING OF THE STRUT IS HI...

Mileage: 133,000

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 1500 AND 2500 RPMS, THE CAR SUDDENLY DROPS IN RPMS AND EITHER STALLS ALTOGETHER OR STARTS MAKING A JERKING MOTION AND THUDDING NOISE. CANNOT GET OUT OF THE GEAR UNLESS YOU JAM ON THE ACCELERATOR. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND NEAR UNDRIVABLE ON THE HIGHWAY. HAD HAS HAPPENED TWICE BEF...

Mileage: 97,500

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 1500 AND 2500 RPMS, THE CAR SUDDENLY DROPS IN RPMS AND EITHER STALLS ALTOGETHER OR STARTS MAKING A JERKING MOTION AND THUDDING NOISE. CANNOT GET OUT OF THE GEAR UNLESS YOU JAM ON THE ACCELERATOR. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND NEAR UNDRIVABLE ON THE HIGHWAY. HAD HAS HAPPENED TWICE BEF...

Mileage: 97,500

RIGHT REAR WHEELHOUSE HAS RUST AND CORROSION AT 128,000 MILES, AND THE STRUT IS DISCONNECTED FROM THE FRAME. MAZDA HAS DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS VERY ISSUE ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE, AND DESPITE THE FA...

Mileage: 128,182

RIGHT REAR WHEELHOUSE HAS RUST AND CORROSION AT 128,000 MILES, AND THE STRUT IS DISCONNECTED FROM THE FRAME. MAZDA HAS DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS VERY ISSUE ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE, AND DESPITE THE FA...

Mileage: 128,182

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, A LOUD NOISE EMITTED FROM THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHOCK DETACHED FROM VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY WERE INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. THE MANUFACTURE...

Mileage: 132,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I BEGAN TO NOTICE A LOUD BANGING COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR. AFTER INSPECTING THE REAR DOOR TO VERIFY THE SOUND WAS NOT AN OPEN DOOR, I FOUND THAT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR, SPECIFICALLY THE REAR RIGHT AXLE, WAS RUSTED AND DETERIORATING. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I FOU...

Mileage: 60

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I BEGAN TO NOTICE A LOUD BANGING COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR. AFTER INSPECTING THE REAR DOOR TO VERIFY THE SOUND WAS NOT AN OPEN DOOR, I FOUND THAT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR, SPECIFICALLY THE REAR RIGHT AXLE, WAS RUSTED AND DETERIORATING. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I FOU...

Mileage: 60

FLASHERS CAME ON WHEN CAR WAS STARTED AND WILL NOT TURN OFF. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

FLASHERS CAME ON WHEN CAR WAS STARTED AND WILL NOT TURN OFF. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

RIGHT AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR I HEARD NOISE UNDERNEATH, FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK AND AFTER PURCHASING IS WHEN THE DEALER SAID IT WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. I HAD ALREADY PURCHASED THE CAR AND PAID 9,000 DOLLARS FOR IT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND NOW I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE IT BECAUSE OF SAFETY. I WENT TO TH...

Mileage: 88,000

WHEN APPROACHING A 4-WAY INTERSECTION DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS, THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW THEN RED. I TRIED TO STOP BY PRESSING MY BRAKE PEDAL. MY VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN, BUT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UP HILL. I PRESSED AS HARD AS POSSIBLE BUT MY VEHICLE WENT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND I RAN INTO T...

Mileage: 81,150

WHEN APPROACHING A 4-WAY INTERSECTION DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS, THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW THEN RED. I TRIED TO STOP BY PRESSING MY BRAKE PEDAL. MY VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN, BUT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UP HILL. I PRESSED AS HARD AS POSSIBLE BUT MY VEHICLE WENT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND I RAN INTO T...

Mileage: 81,150

WHEN APPROACHING A 4-WAY INTERSECTION DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS, THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW THEN RED. I TRIED TO STOP BY PRESSING MY BRAKE PEDAL. MY VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN, BUT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UP HILL. I PRESSED AS HARD AS POSSIBLE BUT MY VEHICLE WENT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND I RAN INTO T...

Mileage: 81,150

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL HOUSING AREA RUSTED SO BAD THAT THE TOP OF SHOCK BRACKET RUSTED AWAY AND SHOCK STARTED BANGING AGAINST FLOOR. TOOK IT TO MY MAZDA DEALER AND SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT WAS NOT RIGHT THAT THIS SHOULD HAPPEN. HE KNOWS THAT I GARAGE AND TAKE CAR OF MY VEHICLES.HE GAVE ME THE NUMBER TO...

Mileage: 96,000

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL HOUSING AREA RUSTED SO BAD THAT THE TOP OF SHOCK BRACKET RUSTED AWAY AND SHOCK STARTED BANGING AGAINST FLOOR. TOOK IT TO MY MAZDA DEALER AND SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT WAS NOT RIGHT THAT THIS SHOULD HAPPEN. HE KNOWS THAT I GARAGE AND TAKE CAR OF MY VEHICLES.HE GAVE ME THE NUMBER TO...

Mileage: 96,000

RUNNING ROUGH, STALLING AT LIGHTS, REPLACED IGNITION COILS, NEW IGNITION COILS FAILED, FURTHER DIAGNOSIS, PCM CAUSING FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 151,551

RUNNING ROUGH, STALLING AT LIGHTS, REPLACED IGNITION COILS, NEW IGNITION COILS FAILED, FURTHER DIAGNOSIS, PCM CAUSING FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 151,551

RUNNING ROUGH, STALLING AT LIGHTS, REPLACED IGNITION COILS, NEW IGNITION COILS FAILED, FURTHER DIAGNOSIS, PCM CAUSING FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 151,551

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELD WAS RUSTED AND AS A RESULT, THE STRUTS FRACTURED FROM THE FRAME. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMAT...

Mileage: 125,000

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT CAUSING THERE TO BE NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BODY AND THE REAR SHOCKS. LEFT REAR WHEEL WELL IS STARTING TO RUST. NO OTHER RUST ON THE CAR OTHER THAN THE WHEEL WELLS. ESTIMATE FROM THE SHOP IS OVER $4000. ONLY 9 YEARS OLD AND 125,000 MILES ON VEHICL...

Mileage: 125,262

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT CAUSING THERE TO BE NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BODY AND THE REAR SHOCKS. LEFT REAR WHEEL WELL IS STARTING TO RUST. NO OTHER RUST ON THE CAR OTHER THAN THE WHEEL WELLS. ESTIMATE FROM THE SHOP IS OVER $4000. ONLY 9 YEARS OLD AND 125,000 MILES ON VEHICL...

Mileage: 125,262

WHILE DRIVING HOME, THE REAR WHEEL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ON MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE STARTED TO KNOCK AND BANG. ONCE I ARRIVED HOME, UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I NOTICED THAT THE REAR WHEEL WELL WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND ROTTED. I ALSO NOTICED THAT AND THE SHOCK MOUNT WAS FULLY RUSTED AWAY FROM THE BODY....

Mileage: 127,185

WHILE DRIVING HOME, THE REAR WHEEL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ON MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE STARTED TO KNOCK AND BANG. ONCE I ARRIVED HOME, UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I NOTICED THAT THE REAR WHEEL WELL WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND ROTTED. I ALSO NOTICED THAT AND THE SHOCK MOUNT WAS FULLY RUSTED AWAY FROM THE BODY....

Mileage: 127,185

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT SUCH THAT THE SUSPENSION IS NOW PROTRUDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHEN REGULAR RATTLING FROM THE AREA PROGRESSED INTO LOUD BANGS WITH EACH BUMP. THE MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED STATED THAT THE RUST WAS ABNORMAL, EVEN FOR TH...

Mileage: 101,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT SUCH THAT THE SUSPENSION IS NOW PROTRUDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHEN REGULAR RATTLING FROM THE AREA PROGRESSED INTO LOUD BANGS WITH EACH BUMP. THE MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED STATED THAT THE RUST WAS ABNORMAL, EVEN FOR TH...

Mileage: 101,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT SUCH THAT THE SUSPENSION IS NOW PROTRUDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHEN REGULAR RATTLING FROM THE AREA PROGRESSED INTO LOUD BANGS WITH EACH BUMP. THE MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED STATED THAT THE RUST WAS ABNORMAL, EVEN FOR TH...

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH OVER A BUMP, A RATTLING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIR...

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD CLANKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK WAS RUSTED AROUND THE WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE A...

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD CLANKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK WAS RUSTED AROUND THE WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE A...

Mileage: 200,000

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED OUT CAUSING THE SHOCK TO COME OFF ON THE TOP. I HAVE CONTACTED MAZDA AND NHTSA TO SUBMIT CLAIM CASES. I WAS RIGHT AWAY TURNED DOWN BY MAZDA. I AM NOW MAKING A CASE WITH NHTSA TO HOPEFULLY GET THIS ISSUE FINALLY REPAIRED AS A RECALL. WE LIVE IN A WINTER STATE SO SALT ...

Mileage: 240,000

THE CAR IS RUSTED THROUGH LIKE SO MANY OTHERS IN THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL. THE SUSPENSION IS TWISTING AND POKING THROUGH. I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A PROBLEM UNTIL I HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

THE CAR IS RUSTED THROUGH LIKE SO MANY OTHERS IN THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL. THE SUSPENSION IS TWISTING AND POKING THROUGH. I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A PROBLEM UNTIL I HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

I AM THE CURRENT OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE I. BOUGHT IT THROUGH NORTH SHORE BANK OFF LEASE... I TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE CAR AND HAVE IT MAINTAINED REGULARLY . RECENTLY THE REAR PASSENGER AREA HAS BEEN MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE, I THOUGHT IT MAY BE A BROKEN SHOCK OR SOMETHING TO THAT AFFECT. I TOOK IT...

Mileage: 75,000

I AM THE CURRENT OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE I. BOUGHT IT THROUGH NORTH SHORE BANK OFF LEASE... I TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE CAR AND HAVE IT MAINTAINED REGULARLY . RECENTLY THE REAR PASSENGER AREA HAS BEEN MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE, I THOUGHT IT MAY BE A BROKEN SHOCK OR SOMETHING TO THAT AFFECT. I TOOK IT...

Mileage: 75,000

I AM THE CURRENT OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE I. BOUGHT IT THROUGH NORTH SHORE BANK OFF LEASE... I TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE CAR AND HAVE IT MAINTAINED REGULARLY . RECENTLY THE REAR PASSENGER AREA HAS BEEN MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE, I THOUGHT IT MAY BE A BROKEN SHOCK OR SOMETHING TO THAT AFFECT. I TOOK IT...

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL BROKE OFF OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE CROSS MEMBER FRAME WAS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT R...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL BROKE OFF OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE CROSS MEMBER FRAME WAS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT R...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL AND SHOCKS WERE CORRODED DUE TO CORROSION, WHICH ALSO BECAME FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED....

Mileage: 121,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL AND SHOCKS WERE CORRODED DUE TO CORROSION, WHICH ALSO BECAME FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED....

Mileage: 121,000

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE DOWN THE FREEWAY AND SHE HEARD A LOUD THUD. SHE PULLED OVER BUT DID NOT SEE ANY APPARENT DAMAGE. SHE DROVE HOME AND THE SOUND BECAME LOUDER. WHEN SHE RETURNED HOME I LOOKED AT THE TRIBUTE. THE ENTIRE SHOCK BODY WAS DISENGAG...

Mileage: 130,000

MY MAZDA TRIBUTES RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED COMPLETELY OFF, LEAVING MY STRUT HANGING. THERE IS NO METAL LEFT TO BE CONNECTED TO THE SUSPENSION/SHOCKS. THE REST OF THE VEHICLE BODY INCLUDING ALL OTHER WHEEL WELLS ARE FINE. THE CAR IS WELL MAINTAINED AND GARAGE PARKED. CONTACTED MAZDA USA AND A...

Mileage: 101,000

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE FAILURE OCCURED WHILE DRIVING A FEW MONTHS AGO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH. THE CONTACT HEARD A KNOCKING COMING FROM THE REAR VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE ANY REPAIRS MADE ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURE. THE FAILURE MI...

Mileage: 125

THE RIGHT REAR PANEL IS RUSTING OUT AND MADE THE SHOCK BROKE LOSE FROM THE BODY AND I HAD TO TAKE THE REAR UNDERNEATH PANEL OFF AND REMOVE THE SHOCK. THIS HAS HAPPEN TO TWO OTHER TRIBUTES THAT IN MY AREA THAT I KNOW OF. *TR

Mileage: 108,000

THE RIGHT REAR PANEL IS RUSTING OUT AND MADE THE SHOCK BROKE LOSE FROM THE BODY AND I HAD TO TAKE THE REAR UNDERNEATH PANEL OFF AND REMOVE THE SHOCK. THIS HAS HAPPEN TO TWO OTHER TRIBUTES THAT IN MY AREA THAT I KNOW OF. *TR

Mileage: 108,000

FAILED STRUT MOUNT - HEARD A RATTLE NOISE IN THE VEHICLE - THIS NOISE INCREASED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LOOKING OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING LOOSE OR ABLE TO CAUSE PROBLEM. CHECKED INSIDE RIGHT REAR STORAGE AND FOUND LARGE HOLE TO SEE TIRE. REMOVING THE INTERIOR PANEL REVEALED THE ENT...

Mileage: 92,000

FAILED STRUT MOUNT - HEARD A RATTLE NOISE IN THE VEHICLE - THIS NOISE INCREASED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LOOKING OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING LOOSE OR ABLE TO CAUSE PROBLEM. CHECKED INSIDE RIGHT REAR STORAGE AND FOUND LARGE HOLE TO SEE TIRE. REMOVING THE INTERIOR PANEL REVEALED THE ENT...

Mileage: 92,000

2001 & 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BOTH VEHICLES HAD COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURES. *SMD THE BRAKE HOSE WAS REPLACED IN BOTH VEHICLES. THE MECHANIC STATED THE FAILURES WERE DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. *JB

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT. THE SHOCK MOUNT IS ABOUT TO BREAK AWAY. I FEAR THE SHOCK COULD FALL AGAINST THE TIRE AND CAUSE A BLOWOUT OR CARBON MONOXIDE COULD BE ENTERING THE VEHICLE. I JUST FOUND THE PROBLEM AND AM NOW WORRIED ABOUT MY FAMILIES SAFETY. WE HAVE OWNED THE TRIBU...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING, HE HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL HOUSING WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE M...

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL THUMPING HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL HOUSE PANEL AND INNER PANEL ASS...

Mileage: 91,000

WHILE DRIVING THE SUV HAD A COUPLE OF MISFIRES AND THEN SHUT OFF COMPLETELY WITH NO WARNING. THANKFULLY WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT AND WORSE, FATALITY. NOW THE COMPUTER, COILS, AND PLUGS NEED TO BE REPLACED. *...

Mileage: 105,000

ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK MULTIPLE TIMES IN COLD WEATHER. AT STOPS AND SIGNALS OR TURNS, AFTER THE VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY STOPPED ACCELERATOR GETS STUCK. HAVE TO PRESS VERY HARD AND SOME TIMES TAKE 5-10 MINUTES TO MOVE. ON 2/4 GOT STUCK ONE TIME AND ON 2/6 STUCK 3 TIMES ON THE ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 92,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAI...

Mileage: 138,000

PULLED AWAY FROM HOUSE TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND AT ABOUT 30 MPH I HEARD THE WORST SOUND. IT CAME FROM THE REAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR. IT WAS WORSE OVER BUMPS, STOPPING ETC. TOOK IT TO AN AUTO MECHANIC WHO DROVE IT FIRST AND BROUGHT ME BACK TO SHOW ME A RUSTED OUT WHEEL WELL WITH INTERIOR EXPOSED. A...

Mileage: 90,000

PULLED AWAY FROM HOUSE TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND AT ABOUT 30 MPH I HEARD THE WORST SOUND. IT CAME FROM THE REAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR. IT WAS WORSE OVER BUMPS, STOPPING ETC. TOOK IT TO AN AUTO MECHANIC WHO DROVE IT FIRST AND BROUGHT ME BACK TO SHOW ME A RUSTED OUT WHEEL WELL WITH INTERIOR EXPOSED. A...

Mileage: 90,000

PULLED AWAY FROM HOUSE TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND AT ABOUT 30 MPH I HEARD THE WORST SOUND. IT CAME FROM THE REAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR. IT WAS WORSE OVER BUMPS, STOPPING ETC. TOOK IT TO AN AUTO MECHANIC WHO DROVE IT FIRST AND BROUGHT ME BACK TO SHOW ME A RUSTED OUT WHEEL WELL WITH INTERIOR EXPOSED. A...

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE ACCELERATING, THE ACCELERATOR GETS STUCK AND THE CAR SUDDENLY SLOWS DOWN TO A CRAWL. DRIVER HAS TO PULL OVER AND PUMP ACCELERATOR IN ORDER TO GET IT UNSTUCK. CHECKED WITH DEALER INITIALLY AND CALLED MAZDA TODAY JANUARY 8, 2014 TO ASK IF THERE HAVE BEEN A RECALL. WAS TOLD, NO. IN THE PAST, ...

Mileage: 9,000

WHILE ACCELERATING, THE ACCELERATOR GETS STUCK AND THE CAR SUDDENLY SLOWS DOWN TO A CRAWL. DRIVER HAS TO PULL OVER AND PUMP ACCELERATOR IN ORDER TO GET IT UNSTUCK. CHECKED WITH DEALER INITIALLY AND CALLED MAZDA TODAY JANUARY 8, 2014 TO ASK IF THERE HAVE BEEN A RECALL. WAS TOLD, NO. IN THE PAST, ...

Mileage: 9,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, PUSHING THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE ACROSS TWO LANES AND INTO A POLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIBS, KNEE, BREAST AND ...

Mileage: 52,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, SHE ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT IT SEIZED AND PREVENTED HER FROM ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED...

Mileage: 7,000

I RECEIVED THIS CAR FROM MY DECEASED PARENTS ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO. THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THAT MY GAS PEDAL HAS STUCK EITHER WHILE I'M STOPPED AND TRY TO GO OR IF I AM SHIFTING GEARS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IF MY GAS PEDAL IS STICKING. IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES SEPTEMBER 14, 2013 WITHIN A 10 MIN P...

Mileage: 77,250

2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE S AWD - VIN# [XXX] VEHICLE STALLED OUT WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION. THERE IS A TSB FOR THIS ISSUE, HOWEVER, THE DEALERSHIPS DO NOT HONOR IT AND ONLY STATE IT IS TO MAKE US AWARE OF A KNOW PROBLEM. NHTSA: ACTION NUMBER: 10039105 SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER: 31...

Mileage: 151,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH ENGINE SPEED STARTED TO RISE. AS IF TRANSMISSION HAD SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND WHEN MOVING THE SHIFT LEVER TO DRIVE NOTHING HAPPENED THAT IS IT DID NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE. THE SHIFT LEVER MOVED FREELY FROM PARK TO DRIVE BUT WOULD NOT SHIFT...

Mileage: 56,000

WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP AT A LIGHT THE CAR STALLED WHILE USING THE AIR CONDITIONER. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, SO I STOPPED USING THE AIR UNTIL I COULD BRING IT IN FOR SERVICE. THE NEXT DAY WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH I NOTICED THE RPM'S INCREASING WITH NO INCREASE IN SPEED. I ALSO NOTICED ...

Mileage: 56,000

THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL METAL AS WELL AS THE STRUT ATTACHMENT ARE RUSTED. PARTS OF THE WHEEL WELL DISLODGE WHILE DRIVING. MECHANICS TELL ME THAT THE RIGHT REAR STRUT WILL BECOME UNATTACHED. THEY SAY THAT THIS IS EVIDENT ON FORD ESCAPES AS WELL. THE RIGHT REAR IS THE ONLY AFFECTED AREA. POTENTIALLY...

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LATCH FOR THE REAR HATCH FAILED. THE WINDOW GLASS FOR THE REAR HATCH ALSO SEPARATED, STRIKING THE CONTACT ON THE HEAD. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE...

Mileage: 85,047

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SEVERAL MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE COMPUTER CAUSED THE SPARK PLUGS TO MIS-FIRE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. HOWEVER, ON THE LAST THREE OCCASIONS THEY SENT HER HOME WITHOUT ...

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SEVERAL MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE COMPUTER CAUSED THE SPARK PLUGS TO MIS-FIRE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. HOWEVER, ON THE LAST THREE OCCASIONS THEY SENT HER HOME WITHOUT ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THROTTLE WOULD BECOME STUCK WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS FULLY OR PARTIALLY FULLY DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO INSPECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE...

Mileage: 93,424

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL BUT HAD NO SUCCESS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE ...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL BUT HAD NO SUCCESS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE ...

Mileage: 90,000

THE FIRST TIME I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE GAS PEDAL, I WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND THE PEDAL GOT STUCK ALL THE WAY DOWN. MY CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. SINCE THEN, I'VE HAD 5 INSTANCES WHERE I'M DRIVING MY CAR AND LET UP ON THE GAS PEDAL AND IT GETS STUCK. I HAVE TO STOMP ON THE PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES FOR I...

Mileage: 130,000

THE FIRST TIME I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE GAS PEDAL, I WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND THE PEDAL GOT STUCK ALL THE WAY DOWN. MY CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. SINCE THEN, I'VE HAD 5 INSTANCES WHERE I'M DRIVING MY CAR AND LET UP ON THE GAS PEDAL AND IT GETS STUCK. I HAVE TO STOMP ON THE PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES FOR I...

Mileage: 130,000

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY GAS PEDAL EVERY SINCE I GOT THE CAR. THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE ITS LIKE IT HAS SOMETHING BEHIND THE GAS PEDAL PREVENTING IT TO GO DOWN. IT HAS GOT WORSE OVER THE YEARS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE IT SEEMS TO STICK WORSE. YOU CAN TRY TO PUSH IT HARD...

Mileage: 67,000

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY GAS PEDAL EVERY SINCE I GOT THE CAR. THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE ITS LIKE IT HAS SOMETHING BEHIND THE GAS PEDAL PREVENTING IT TO GO DOWN. IT HAS GOT WORSE OVER THE YEARS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE IT SEEMS TO STICK WORSE. YOU CAN TRY TO PUSH IT HARD...

Mileage: 67,000

THE GAS PEDAL WILL GET STUCK IN THE UP POSITION PERIODICALLY. IT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN DURING THE COLD SEASONS. I HAVE HAD MANY CLOSE CALLS GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AND ON COMING TRAFFIC IS APPROACHING DURING THE TIME I AM TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO GET ON TO THE LANE AND MY ACCE...

Mileage: 500

WHEN APPLY FULL OR ALMOST FULL PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDDLE THE THROTTLE STICKS CAUSING THE CAR TO SPEED FORWARD AND THE BRAKES DO NOT ENGAGE FULLY TO STOP THE VEHICAL. THHIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SO FAR. I HAD USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I HAD THE RECALL REPAIR DONE THIS OCCURED AFTER IT WAS DONE. THEY DID S...

Mileage: 80,500

SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR THE 'DOOR AJAR' LIGHT IS MOSTLY ON--ALL THE TIME. IT IS A MINOR ANNOYANCE; HOWEVER, I AM READING TONS OF OTHER MAZDA TRIBUTE OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. NO ONE I'VE HAD IT TO--INCLUDING THE DEALER--COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG. IT CLEARLY IS A DEFECT. SOMETIMES I AM...

Mileage: 9,000

SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR THE 'DOOR AJAR' LIGHT IS MOSTLY ON--ALL THE TIME. IT IS A MINOR ANNOYANCE; HOWEVER, I AM READING TONS OF OTHER MAZDA TRIBUTE OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. NO ONE I'VE HAD IT TO--INCLUDING THE DEALER--COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG. IT CLEARLY IS A DEFECT. SOMETIMES I AM...

Mileage: 9,000

I HAVE REPEATEDLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS PEDAL STICKING. NOT IN THE "ON" POSITION BUT RATHER WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE AFTER STOPPING OR DECELERATION IT WILL STICK AND I CAN NOT PUSH IT DOWN. IT HAPPENS MORE WHEN IT IS COLD OUT. I AM READING PAGES AND PAGES ON THE INTERNET OF THIS HAPPENING WIT...

Mileage: 40,000

I HAVE REPEATEDLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS PEDAL STICKING. NOT IN THE "ON" POSITION BUT RATHER WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE AFTER STOPPING OR DECELERATION IT WILL STICK AND I CAN NOT PUSH IT DOWN. IT HAPPENS MORE WHEN IT IS COLD OUT. I AM READING PAGES AND PAGES ON THE INTERNET OF THIS HAPPENING WIT...

Mileage: 40,000

I HAVE FOUND THAT MY GAS PEDAL WON'T DEPRESS IN COLD WEATHER. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS A FEW WEEKS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2009. THE SAID IT'S COLD AND THE CAR JUST NEEDS TO WARM UP. THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN YEAR AFTER YEAR, BUT NEVER FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. HOWEVER THIS MORNIN...

Mileage: 102,548

I HAVE FOUND THAT MY GAS PEDAL WON'T DEPRESS IN COLD WEATHER. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS A FEW WEEKS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2009. THE SAID IT'S COLD AND THE CAR JUST NEEDS TO WARM UP. THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN YEAR AFTER YEAR, BUT NEVER FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. HOWEVER THIS MORNIN...

Mileage: 102,548

ON DECEMBER 1, 2012 WHILE DRIVING AT 58MPH AROUND 345PM ON THE EXPRESSWAY, MY FOOT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR WITH STEADY PRESSURE, THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. I REALIZED THAT THE CAR WAS NOT MAINTAINING SPEED. I TRIED TO PRESS DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT IT DID NOT MOVE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO TH...

Mileage: 145,000

THE GAS PEDAL WONT DEPRESS IN COLD WEATHER. GENERALLY ANY TEMPERATURE CLOSE TO OR BELOW FREEZING. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2009. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE MAZDA DEALER BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEIR REMEDY WAS TO GREASE AND LUBRICATE THE PEDAL ASSE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AFTER A STOP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS LATER CONTACTED...

Mileage: 70,000

WHEN DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER, THE ACCELERATOR WILL NOT PRESS DOWN. IF YOU STOP AT A RED LIGHT OR SLOW DOWN FOR TRAFFIC AND TRY TO ACCELERATE, YOU CAN'T PRESS THE ACCELERATOR DOWN TO GET SPEED. IT IS STUCK AND WON'T PRESS DOWN. YOU HAVE TO KEEP PRESSING ON IT HARD WHICH RESULTS IN THE CAR TAKING OF...

Mileage: 151,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO MERGE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE PCM FAILED. THE ...

Mileage: 87,900

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE RECALLS. *TGW

THROTTLE FREEZE UP. COULD NOT ACCELERATE OUT OF PATH OF ON COMING VEHICLE WHICH CRASHED INTO MY LEFT FRONT FENDER. THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN ON GOING FOR YEARS NOW AND WHEN I APPROACHED THE DEALER ABOUT IT I WAS TOLD TO WAIT FOR RECALL LETTER WHICH NEVER CAME. CONTACTED MAZDA AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS ...

Mileage: 60,000

THROTTLE FREEZE UP. COULD NOT ACCELERATE OUT OF PATH OF ON COMING VEHICLE WHICH CRASHED INTO MY LEFT FRONT FENDER. THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN ON GOING FOR YEARS NOW AND WHEN I APPROACHED THE DEALER ABOUT IT I WAS TOLD TO WAIT FOR RECALL LETTER WHICH NEVER CAME. CONTACTED MAZDA AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS ...

Mileage: 60,000

I WAS FULLY STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN ON 8/31. I GENTLY STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN ONTO A BUSY STREET AND MY 05 MAZDA TRIBUTE TOOK OFF AT AN UNCONTROLLABLE RATE OF SPEED AND I REMEMBER MY VEHICLE JUMPING THE CURVE, RUNNING THREW A 4' SAGO PALM (ON THE GRASS) AND TRAVELING APPROX...

Mileage: 78,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TO THE SCENE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE FIRE BEGAN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND A REPORT WAS FIL...

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THROTTLE FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY REMOVING THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE TH...

Mileage: 74,000

I HAVE A KARR CAR ALARM, DEALER INSTALLED PRIOR TO PURCHASE. RECENTLY, WHILE THE CAR LOCKED IN THE DRIVE WAY, THE ALARM WENT OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. THEN WHILE DRIVING THE DOOR AJAR ALARM WENT OFF CONSTANTLY. WENT TO KARR AND HAD A NEW ALARM SYSTEM PUT IN. STILL HAPPENS. WENT TO MAZDA AND THEY FOUND THE ...

Mileage: 73,000

FIRST LET ME PLEASE ADVISE THAT THERE WAS NO INCIDENT REGARDING MY VEHICLE. I AM WRITING TO TRY TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT A POTENTIAL RECURRING PROBLEM THAT WAS FIRST REPORTED AND RECALLED WITH THE 2002 AND THE 2003 / RECALL 63202. I HAVE A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE AND WAS JUST ADVISED BY THE SERVICE DEP...

FIRST LET ME PLEASE ADVISE THAT THERE WAS NO INCIDENT REGARDING MY VEHICLE. I AM WRITING TO TRY TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT A POTENTIAL RECURRING PROBLEM THAT WAS FIRST REPORTED AND RECALLED WITH THE 2002 AND THE 2003 / RECALL 63202. I HAVE A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE AND WAS JUST ADVISED BY THE SERVICE DEP...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER LOOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, HE CRASHED INTO A TREE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A FRACTURED STERNUM, BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE...

Mileage: 108,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED AND REMAINED IN A DEPRESSED POSITION WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DECELERATE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND UPON RESTART, IT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT THEY C...

Mileage: 40,000

MY TRIBUTE IS A V-6 3.0L AND THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED 11-04 PER DRIVER'S DOOR STICKER. PROBLEM-- AFTER LEAVING MY HOUSE AND DRIVING DOWN MY RURAL ROAD, I HAD NOTICED THE VEHICLE SPEED STAYED THE SAME (APPROX 40 MPH) EVEN AFTER LETTING UP ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS OFF. SO I HAD D...

Mileage: 48,567

MY TRIBUTE IS A V-6 3.0L AND THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED 11-04 PER DRIVER'S DOOR STICKER. PROBLEM-- AFTER LEAVING MY HOUSE AND DRIVING DOWN MY RURAL ROAD, I HAD NOTICED THE VEHICLE SPEED STAYED THE SAME (APPROX 40 MPH) EVEN AFTER LETTING UP ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS OFF. SO I HAD D...

Mileage: 48,567

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND NOTICED THAT THE PEDAL HAD BECOME STUCK. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DEPRESS THE PEDAL UNTIL IT RELEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC. THE TECHNICIAN WAS...

Mileage: 40,000

I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW IN 2004. I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BRAKES LOSING PRESSURE SINCE I PURCHASED MY CAR BUT THE DEALERSHIP ALWAYS TOLD ME THEY WERE FINE. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO PUSH MY BRAKES TO THE FLOOR TO STOP THE VEHICLE. SOMETIMES WHEN AT A RED LIGHT I'D SIT AND PUMP AIR INTO THE BRAKE...

Mileage: 86,000

I HAVE READ OVER 200 COMPLAINTS OF MAZDA TRIBUTE 2005 GAS PEDAL STICKING AND CAN NOT BE DEPRESSED. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE I WILL STOP AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND WILL TRY TO DEPRESS MY GAS PEDAL AND IT WILL NOT MOVE. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN REARED ENDED SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE O...

Mileage: 30,000

AFTER READING OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, I FELT COMPELLED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH THE GAS PEDAL. IT SEEMS MAZDA HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS, YET NO RECALL. THE GAS PEDAL STICKS IN WEATHER COLDER THAN 50 DEGREES. FOR AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE (SUV) WHICH IS MADE TO GO OFF-ROAD AND...

GAS PEDAL STICKS. CAN'T BE PRESSED DOWN. *TR

Mileage: 55,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE. THE CONTACT ACTIVATED HIS EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE ON THE EMERGENCY LANE. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL...

Mileage: 25

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND WOULD NOT RESPOND AND THEN SUDDENLY SLAMMED INTO GEAR. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. IN ADDITION, THE OVERDRIVE WARNING LIGHT FLAS...

Mileage: 21,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE 1. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING SLOWLY, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKE AND DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ORDER FOR THE PEDAL TO RELEASE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO TH...

Mileage: 69,000

I PURCHASED A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE NEW FROM A DEALERSHIP IN ELGIN, IL. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS OLD, THE REAR LIFT GATE BEGAN TO RUST, RESULTING IN THE PAINT PEELING AND FLAKING OFF. THIS HAS CONTINUED TO GET WORSE AND HAS OCCURRED IN MULTIPLE AREAS ON THE REAR LIFT GATE. THOUGH I...

THE LOWER ANCHOR STRAP ON MY SON'S SUNSHINE KIDS RADIAN XTSL SPONTANEOUSLY LOOSENED WITH NO PRESSURE ON THE RELEASE BUTTON OR LOCKING DEVICE. AS A CPST, I CHECK THE INSTALLATION DAILY, SO I KNOW THIS HAD BEEN A ROCK SOLID INSTALLATION AND THE LOCKING DEVICE WAS PROPERLY ALIGNED ON THE SHELL OF THE ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD STICK AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. AS THE CONTACT EXITS HER DRIVEAWAY, THE ACCLERATOR PEDAL WOULD STICK AND THE VEHICLE WOULD BE IN THE ROAD WHILE ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS COMING TOWARDS HER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAK...

Mileage: 82,000

I HAVE A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE THAT FOR SOME REASON THE GAS PEDAL GETS STUCK, IT SEEMS TO DO THIS WHEN THE WEATHER CHANGES FROM HOT TO COLD? *TR

Mileage: 37,000

MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE ABS AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT CAME ON ONE DAY WHEN I GOT ON THE FREEWAY AND HAS NOT GONE AWAY SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSE THIS. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE ABS AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT CAME ON ONE DAY WHEN I GOT ON THE FREEWAY AND HAS NOT GONE AWAY SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSE THIS. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

SUPER LATCH STRAP CONTINUALLY LOOSENS. SEAT HAS BEEN INSTALLED BY CPST AND WHEN BARELY TOUCHED, THE ADJUSTER BUCKLE LOOSED TO A VERY DANGEROUS POINT. SEAT BECAME EXTREMELY MOBILE WHILE LATCH WAS STILL CONNECTED. I HAVE TWO RADIAN XTSL SEATS. ONE CHILD IS BARELY 20LBS, AND THE OTHER IS 35LBS. (RELA...

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE S. CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO DIE AT INTERSECTIONS WHEN SHE SLOWED DOWN OR STOPPED. MAZDA SERVICE HAS DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE TORQUE CONVERTER STAYING IN LOCK UP MODE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO STALL WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR STOPPING ...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK VENT PIPE COMPLETELY FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD SIGNIFICANT CONCERN OF A POTENTIAL FIRE DUE TO THE ...

Mileage: 100,000

WE PURCHASED A NEW 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. AT 90K MILES, THE BRAKE BOOSTER STARTED LEAKING AIR CAUSING EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE REQUIRING MORE DRIVER FORCE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP. THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED AT DEALER WITH OEM PART, AND NOW AT 150K MILES, IT HAS BEGUN LEAKING AIR AGAIN. WE HA...

Mileage: 148,675

I HAVE A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS PEDAL. THE GAS PEDAL STICKS SOMETIMES, AND IT WON'T ACCELERATE. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE WAITING AT A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE AND NOT ACCELERATE. IT ALSO HESITATED WHEN DECELERATING AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE NEEDED TO REPLA...

MY 2005 TRIBUTE HAS HAD GAS PEDAL PROBLEMS IN THE PAST. IT WAS SERVICED FOR THIS IN 2008 HOWEVER WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD THE GAS PEDAL IS STILL STIFF AND I HAVE TO STOMP ON IT TO GET IT TO GO. YESTERDAY HOWEVER WAS A DIFFERENT STORY. I HEADED TO WORK WITH MY BABY IN THE CAR. ABOUT 3 MILES DOWN ...

Mileage: 88,000

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE ACCELERATOR WILL BE DEPRESSED AND THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE. THEN IT WILL SUDDENLY LUNGE FORWARD. OTHER TIMES, I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND THERE IS A JERK AS THE CAR ONCE AGAIN LUNGES FORWARD. YESTERDAY WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR SU...

Mileage: 62,295

I HAVE A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE AND MY ACCELERATOR KEEPS GETTING STUCK. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT EVERYTIME THEY CANT SEEM TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE FREEZES THE ACCELERATOR OFTEN, ESPECIALLY IN WINTER. THE PEDAL FREEZES WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND WHEN THE LEG FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS REMOVED AND WANTS TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE AGAIN. SOMETIMES IT IS LITTLE HARD TO PUSH THE ACCELERATOR (THE ACCELERATOR RESISTS...

Mileage: 66,000

I HAVE A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE, I AM THE SECOND OWNER BOUGHT FROM A BUY HERE PAY HERE DEALER... WHEN I ACCELERATE ITS GETS STUCK AND I HAVE TO KICK THE PEDAL DOWN HARD TO GET IT GOING. THIS HAPPENS APPROX. 80% OF THE TIME. *TR

Mileage: 118,000

ACCELERATOR PEDAL ON 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE STICKS IN THE UP (NON-ACCELERATING) POSITION. TAKES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FORCE TO ACCELERATE, CAUSING CAR TO SPIN TIRES AND JERK FORWARD. USUALLY OCCURS IN COLD AND WET WEATHER, BUT HAS OCCURRED DURING WARM WEATHER AS WELL. *TR

MY ACCELERATOR GETS STUCK FREQUENTLY. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND THERE IS NO WAY THIS COULD BE MY FAULT. IT HAS GOTTEN STUCK ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2008. ON A SEPARATE NOTE: MY BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED (TWICE) IN TWO YEARS. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

MY ACCELERATOR GETS STUCK FREQUENTLY. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND THERE IS NO WAY THIS COULD BE MY FAULT. IT HAS GOTTEN STUCK ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2008. ON A SEPARATE NOTE: MY BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED (TWICE) IN TWO YEARS. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WITH 145000 MILES. DURING THE SUMMER, I FOLDED THE REAR SEATS DOWN IN THE STOWED POSITION TO UTILIZE THE CARGO SPACE TO GO ON VACATION. WHEN I UNSTOWED THE SEATS TO UTILIZE THEM FOR PASSENGER USE, I DISCOVERED THE RIGHT REAR SEAT CUSHION HAD THE FABRIC BURNED OFF THE FACE...

Mileage: 145,000

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS IN THE PAST WHERE MY GAS PEDAL GETS STUCK. IT'S ALMOST AS IF THERE IS SOMETHING LODGED BENEATH THE PEDAL, BUT THE FLOOR AREA IS CLEAR AND FREE FROM ANY CLUTTER. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURS ONCE THE WEATHER CHANGES; AS SOON AS WINTER SEASON STARTS IS WHEN I HAV...

Mileage: 114,787

THE GAS PEDAL STICKS WHILE DRIVING, IT LOOSENS UP AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, (PUTTING THE ENTIRE FORCE OF MY BODY AGAINST PEDAL WILL NOT FREE IT UP) . THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT HAS BEEN HAPPENING MUCH MORE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. ALSO LAST WINTER WHEN IT WAS CO...

Mileage: 110,000

THE GAS PEDAL STICKS WHILE DRIVING, IT LOOSENS UP AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, (PUTTING THE ENTIRE FORCE OF MY BODY AGAINST PEDAL WILL NOT FREE IT UP) . THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT HAS BEEN HAPPENING MUCH MORE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. ALSO LAST WINTER WHEN IT WAS CO...

Mileage: 110,000

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE GAS PEDAL STICKING. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AT TIMES. ALMOST CAUSE A MAJOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 28,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATE SPEEDS OF 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN ABNORMAL JERKING AND THE ENGINE WOULD IDLE VERY LOW, ALMOST TO A STOP. THE DEALER ADVISED RESTARTING THE ENGINE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE...

Mileage: 80,000

GAS PEDAL STICKS IN THE UP-POSITION. NO MATTER HOW HARD I STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL, IT WILL NOT UNJAM UNTIL IT'S READY TO. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 50 TIMES, BUT THE WORST WAS YESTERDAY WHEN IT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. I WAS ALMOST STOPPED BY THE TIME THE ACCELERATOR BECAME UNSTUCK, AN...

Mileage: 92,000

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE GAS PEDAL STICKS, NO RHYME NOR REASON......CIRCUMSTANCES ARE NEVER THE SAME, SO IT IS SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENS. I PRESS THE GAS AND THINK THAT THE TRIBUTE IS GOING TO MOVE, AND NOTHING HAPPENS. THANKFULLY, I'VE NEVER BEEN HIT! ( YET) . DEALER REPAIR SHOP WAS OF NO HELP. CLICK AUTO...

Mileage: 30,000

I OWN A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHEN PROCEEDING FROM A STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WILL NOT DEPRESS. I HAVE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NO MATTER HOW HARD I STOMPED ON THE ACCELERATOR, IT WOULD NOT DEPRESS. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME ESPECIALLY IN COLD WEATHER. I SEE WHERE THERE WAS A RECALL F...

Mileage: 100,000

VEHICLE: 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE ALL WHEEL DRIVE WITH 36,937 MILES - EQUIPPED WITH 16 INCH ALLOY WHEELS. PROBLEM: TWO OF THE FOUR WHEEL RIMS ARE CRACKING AT THE LUG NUT HOLES (RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE), THE LEFT SIDE WHEELS HAVE YET TO BE INSPECTED. WHEN A ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION WAS PERFORMED, THE WH...

Mileage: 35,937

VEHICLE: 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE ALL WHEEL DRIVE WITH 36,937 MILES - EQUIPPED WITH 16 INCH ALLOY WHEELS. PROBLEM: TWO OF THE FOUR WHEEL RIMS ARE CRACKING AT THE LUG NUT HOLES (RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE), THE LEFT SIDE WHEELS HAVE YET TO BE INSPECTED. WHEN A ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION WAS PERFORMED, THE WH...

Mileage: 35,937

DRIVER POWER WINDOW FAILURE. NO CAUSE OR RELATED EVENT TRIGGER. OTHER WINDOWS CONTINUE OPERATING NORMALLY. CONSEQUENCE: POTENTIAL DEATHTRAP. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND THE CONTACT ALMOST DROVE ONTO A CURB. SHE WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN; HOWEVER, WHEN SHE ENGAGED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, IT FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE DRIVER PUMPED THE ...

Mileage: 65,000

FILLING THE GAS TANK BECAME A PROBLEM AS WEATHER BECAME COLDER. IT FILLS SLOWLY AND BACKS UP. IF NOT ANTICIPATING IT FUEL WILL SPRAY BACK AT YOU AN RUN BACK OUT FILLER TUBE IN FACT IT IS HARD NOT TO HAVE SOME FUEL SPILL DURING THE FILL. I SAW TSB ON THE ISSUE AND CONTACTED DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED T...

Mileage: 75,000

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN ACCELERATING. THIS OCCURS ALWAYS. RESULTS IN LURCHING OF VEHICLE AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR

Mileage: 1

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHEN PROCEEDING FROM A STOP LIGHT THE ACCELERATOR PETAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS . AFTER SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,SHE WAS ABLE TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPAIRED AT AN EXPENSE ...

Mileage: 77,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. SHE APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BETWEEN 10-15 MPH TO LEAVE A STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, UNTIL SHE EXERTED A GREAT AMOUNT OF FORCE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TEN SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE W...

Mileage: 39,000

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE, MOST OF THE TIME WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE AND OTHER TIMES WHEN IT IS NOT, THE GAS PEDAL WILL BE SO STIFF THAT IT WILL BE STUCK IN THE NON- ACCELERATED POSITION. MY WIFE OR I WILL HAVE TO POUNCE DOWN ON IT A COUPLE FEW TIMES TO GET IT TO UNFREEZE AND BECOME OPER...

Mileage: 89,750

THE GAS PEDAL STICKS (UP POSITION). USUALLY WHEN IT IS COOL OUT, THOUGH IT HAS HAPPENED IN WARM TEMPERATURES. IT HAPPENS WHEN MY FOOT HAS RELEASED THE GAS PEDAL AND PRESSES BACK ONTO IT TO ACCELERATE. IT DOES NOT GO DOWN. MOST TIMES I HAVE TO SLAM MY FOOT ON IT A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE IT WORKS (ACC...

GAS PEDAL STICKING OR FREEZING WHILE DRIVING. OCCURS WHEN COLD OR RAINING. HAD REPAIRED ONE TIME BUT IS HAPPENING AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 46,000

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WITH 60,000 MILES, HAZARD FLASHERS STARTED GOING OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT...WOULD NOT TURN OFF...STUCK THIN CARDBOARD UNDER SWITCH TO HOLD SWITCH IN..DEALER SAYS NO PROBLEMS LIKE THIS BEFORE. STOPPED ON ITS ON..THEN STARTED AGAIN..WILL HAVE TO TAKE TO DEALER TO GET THIS P...

Mileage: 60,000

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WITH 60,000 MILES, HAZARD FLASHERS STARTED GOING OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT...WOULD NOT TURN OFF...STUCK THIN CARDBOARD UNDER SWITCH TO HOLD SWITCH IN..DEALER SAYS NO PROBLEMS LIKE THIS BEFORE. STOPPED ON ITS ON..THEN STARTED AGAIN..WILL HAVE TO TAKE TO DEALER TO GET THIS P...

Mileage: 60,000

GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN ENGINE STARTS UP IN COLD WEATHER AND CONTINUES TO STICK UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS WARMED UP (30 MINUTES INTO DRIVING). CAUSES CAR TO JERK WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. ACCELERATION IS COMPROMISED. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

IN AUGUST 2004, I PURCHASED A 2005 BRAND NEW MAZDA TRIBUTE SUV. AT THE END OF 2005, I STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY ACCELERATOR STICKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AND ASSUMED THAT THIS PROBLEM WOULD NEVER OCCUR AGAIN. BUT, TO MY DISMAY, IT SEEMS TO OCCUR EVERY YEAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CO...

I OWN A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE AND HAVE HAD NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WITH THE GAS PEDAL STICKING. THIS HAPPENS MOST OFTEN ON COLD FALL MORNINGS. THE PEDAL WILL STICK AND NOT ALLOW ME TO ACCELERATE, GENERAL HAPPENING WHEN I'VE BEEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, WAITING TO MAKE A TURN, OR JUST AS I GO TO ACCELERATE...

Mileage: 57,000

THE GAS PEDAL ON MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE STICKS. I CAN NOT FIGURE OUT A REASON FOR THIS, OR WHAT CAUSES IT TO DO IT. SOMETIMES IT STICKS WHEN TRYING TO TAKE OFF FROM A RED LIGHT, SOMETIMES IT IS IF I AM TRYING TO ACCELERATE OUT OF A TURN AND SOMETIMES IT IS JUST A BASIC ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE GOING STR...

Mileage: 68,000

2005 MAZDA I TRIBUTE WITH 47,678 MILES. NO WARNING, TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION, CAME TO COMPLETE STOP ON HIGHWAY 1, MONTEREY. MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY EXPIRED OCTOBER 2008. REPLACEMENT COST $2500 PER VARIOUS CAR WEBSITES, COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAZDA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN 45K-75K FAULTY MECHANICAL BRE...

Mileage: 48,768

OCT. 2005: CAR PURCHASED JANUARY - MARCH 2006: GAS PEDAL BEGAN TO STICK, PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE UNTIL SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE WAS PLACED ON THE PEDAL, CAUSING A "JUMPING" MOTION TRAFFIC (15000 MILES (APPROX) SUMMER 2006: DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM, THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AT THAT TIME. ...

Mileage: 45,000

OCT. 2005: CAR PURCHASED JANUARY - MARCH 2006: GAS PEDAL BEGAN TO STICK, PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE UNTIL SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE WAS PLACED ON THE PEDAL, CAUSING A "JUMPING" MOTION TRAFFIC (15000 MILES (APPROX) SUMMER 2006: DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM, THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AT THAT TIME. ...

Mileage: 45,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT TOOK HIS VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED THAT ALL FOUR BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, HE NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD VIBRATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALE...

Mileage: 55,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT. SHE WENT TO TAKE HER FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. IN ADDITION, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV EXCESSIVELY HIGH AND THE VEHICLE REAR-ENDED THE PRECEDING VE...

Mileage: 32,800

I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT BEHIND A CAR AND WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND THE CAR TOOK OFF OUT OF CONTROL AND SMASHED INTO THE CAR AHEAD OF ME. THE CAR WAS RACING AND I BELIEVE THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT MAZDA CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS OF NO HELP TO ME. ...

Mileage: 32,832

ROTORS ARE BADLY WORN AFTER ONLY 48,000 MILES. TECHNICIAN SAYS IT IS DUE TO CHEAPER ROTORS INSTALLED BY ORIGINAL FACTORY NOT CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING WINTER CONDITIONS. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

IN 2007 VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND CAME ON. BEFORE I COULD REACH A DEALER OR SHOP THE CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. DEALER SAID THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND FRIED THE MAIN COMPUTER. COMPUTER WAS REPLACED AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS CH...

Mileage: 100,000

I OWN A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WITH APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES. FOR THE PAST 6-8 MONTHS I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE GAS PEDAL STICKING. IT IS REALLY RANDOM, SO CANNOT PINPOINT WHY OR WHAT CONDITIONS IT HAPPENS. AT FIRST I JUST THOUGHT I WASN'T PRESSING HARD ENOUGH ON THE PEDAL, BUT IT IS HAPPENING MOR...

Mileage: 20,000

ACCELERATOR STICKS ESPECIALLY IN COOL WEATHER. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A THE GAS PEDAL HAS TO BE HIT HARD CAUSING A SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN WET CONDITIONS OR IN TRAFFIC. TALKED TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP AND THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH 2002 MODELS AND A RECALL WAS ISSUED....

MY GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN GOING FROM A DEAD STOP, CAUSING THE CAR TO ACCELERATE TO FAST. THIS HAPPENS MOSTLY WHEN IT IS COLD BUT HAS BEEN REOCCURING MORE FREQUENTLY. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING IN THE SNOW AND ICE. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

MY GAS PEDAL STICKS. I CANNOT PRESS IT DOWN TO ACCELERATE. IT SEEMS TO ONLY DO IT WHEN ITS COLDER OUT. I'VE ALMOST BEEN IN NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS BECAUSE I GO TO PULL OUT ONTO THE ROAD FROM A STOP AND CANNOT GO FASTER THAN IDLE SPEED. ALMOST EVERY DAY THAT ITS COLDER OUT IT STICKS. UNTIL LAST WEEK I OWN...

GAS PEDAL STICKS. YOU HAVE TO PRESS OR STOMP HARD IN ORDER TO GET THE PEDAL UNSTUCK. THIS IS BAD AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. WILL BE TAKING IN TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. READ OTHER REPORTS OF THIS SAYS IT MAY BE CARBON BUILD UP. NOT SURE BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DOWN IF THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM...

Mileage: 53,500

DURING THE WINTER AFTER THE PURCHASE OF MY NEW MAZDA TRIBUTE, THE GAS PEDAL WAS STICKING-I COULD NOT PUSH THE PEDAL DOWN IT WAS STICKING SO BAD. I TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS CARBON BUILD UP. THEY DID CLEAN IT FOR ME. IT STUCK LAST WINTER TOO. NOW THE GAS PEDAL IS STICKING M...

Mileage: 25,000

THE GAS PEDAL ON MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE FREQUENTLY LOCKS UP/ JAMS IN PLACE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. IT LOCKS IN THE UP POSITION AND WILL NOT RELEASE WITH ANY AMOUNT OF PRESSURE- SOMETIME IF I PULL UP ON THE PEDAL AND THEN TRY TO PRESS BACK DOWN, IT WILL RELEASE, BUT NOT ALWAYS. THE PEDAL STAY...

Mileage: 25,000

THROTTLE STICKS ON THE GET-GO WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP GIVING A WHIPLASH TYPE START. NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT IT AS OF YET. 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE 4 CYL. *TR

Mileage: 84,000

I HAVE A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE THAT THE GAS PEDAL STICKS ON. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FIXED TWICE AND IT IS RECURRING. IT IS A BIG SAFETY RISK BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO STICK. IT TYPICALLY STARTS OUT ONLY HAPPENING IN THE MORNING BUT IT PROGRESSES TO ANY TIME THROUGHOUT THE DAY. YOU...

Mileage: 30,000

I HAVE A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE THAT THE GAS PEDAL STICKS ON. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FIXED TWICE AND IT IS RECURRING. IT IS A BIG SAFETY RISK BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO STICK. IT TYPICALLY STARTS OUT ONLY HAPPENING IN THE MORNING BUT IT PROGRESSES TO ANY TIME THROUGHOUT THE DAY. YOU...

Mileage: 30,000

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WAS REPLACED ON 9/05 AT 24,000 MILES UNDER WARRANTY NOW AT 84,000 MILES ITS BAD AGAIN SAYING IT NEEDED REPLACING AT 60,000MILES ON THE NEW ONE AND WANT TO CHARGE ME $3600.00 A TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT GO BAD ALREADY WITH 60,000 MILES OF AGE. IT HAD BEEN FLUSH...

Mileage: 84,000

POWER STEERING WENT OUT SUDDENLY 2 DAYS AGO. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER. DEALER CLAIMS THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND SWITCH WERE AFTER MARKET PARTS. THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE AS THE CAR HAS ONLY BEEN SERVICED BY OUR LOCAL MAZDA DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR. THEY ARE COVERING IT UNDER THE WARRANTY, BUT ...

Mileage: 43,000

MAZDA TRIBUTE 2005 TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 29,380 MILES . REPLACED WITH REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION AND WAS NOT GIVE A WARRANTY ON THE (THEY SAID NEW) TRANSMISSION--WAS TOLD THE REMAINING WARRANTY ON MY CAR WAS ALL I GOT. OTHER TRANSMISSION SHOPS NEARBY SAID THEY GAVE 12 TO 24 MONTH WARRANTY AND OFFE...

Mileage: 29,380

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE VEHICLE HAS CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC TIRES, SIZE P235/70R16. AND DOT# A30846JB3604. WHILE DRIVING 73 MPH THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TREAD SEPARATED, LOST AIR, AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FISH TAIL. THE CONTACT WAS A...

Mileage: 45,500

FRONT TIRE ROTORS ARE DEFECTIVE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A BRAKE FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 33,684

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL RANDOMLY LOCKS IN PLACE. SHE LITERALLY HAS TO STOMP ON THE PEDAL TO GET IT TO RELEASE. THE FAILURE HAS PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED AND SHE HAS TO MAKE 4 OR 5 ATTEMPTS TO RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE WEATHER ...

Mileage: 100

I PURCHASED THE 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE IN DEC '04. WITHIN ONE MONTH, THE GAS PEDAL WOULD STICK IN THE UP POSITION AND IT WOULD TAKE SIGNIFICANT EFFORT TO UNLOCK THE PEDAL, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD. I TOOK IT IN TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT *STILL UNDER WARRANTY* AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRON...

Mileage: 200

THE ROTORS ON MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE AFTER TWO YEARS AND 31,000 MILES WERE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE 2005 TRIBUTE ROTORS WERE MADE OF ASBESTOS AND THAT IS WHY THE ROTORS WORE SO QUICKLY BECAUSE THEY WERE MADE OF A VERY SOFT MATERIAL. I WAS TOLD THAT THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED ...

Mileage: 31,000

WHEN ACCELERATING GREATER THAN 30 MILES PER HOUR THE CAR IS SO LOUD YOU CAN'T HEAR THE RADIO AND ITS TOO LOUD FOR MY SON THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR (USED) ON MONDAY JAN 21,08 I HAVE BEEN CALLING THE MADZA DEALERSHIP THEY KEEP TELLING ME TO WAIT SOMEONE WILL GET...

DURING THE LAST STATE INSPECTION, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT ALL 4 TIRES ON MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WERE WORN ON THE INSIDE EDGE ONLY. THE SERVICE ADVISOR STATED THAT HE HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AND THAT THE SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE WAS TO JUST REPLACE THE TIRES. THE CAR HAS 26,843 MILES ON...

Mileage: 26,856

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC, THE CONTACT LOOKED IN HER REAR VIEW MIRROR AND NOTICED A VEHICLE APPROACHING. SHE MOVED THE VEHICLE SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT, BUT IT WAS STILL STRUCK. BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS FAILED. THE SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER SIDE DID ...

I HAVE A 2005 TRIBUTE PURCHASED IN AUG OF 05 WITH 26500 MILES. MY ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE BACKING DOWN MY DRIVEWAY AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND REBOUNDED WITH FORCE. THEN I HAD NO BRAKES. STOPPED THE CAR WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. MAZDA NEEDS TO GET THIS FIXED. *JB

AFTER THE 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE IS HIGHWAY DRIVEN FOR 4 TO 6 HOURS THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE CAR WITHIN NORMAL DISTANCES. IT FEELS LIKE THERE ARE NO POWER BRAKES; MUCH LIKE STOPPING 1960'S CARS WITH DRUM BRAKES. THESE FAILURES, DO NOT OCCUR IN AROUND TOWN DRIVING; AND CANNOT BE DUPLICATED BY THE MAZ...

Mileage: 2,200

WHEN FUELING I CONSTANTLY HAVE TO OVER RIDE THE PUMP DUE TO THE FACT THAT PUMP TURNS OFF PREMATURELY. EVEN THOUGH I DON'T BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD I DO FIND IT AN INCONVENIENCE. I HAVE ALSO HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A PRETTY COMMON PROBLEM. *JB

GAS PEDAL STICKING AND DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. PEDAL/THROTTLE BODY, "STICKS" SO THAT YOU MUST APPLY MORE AND MORE PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL UNTIL IT "BREAKS FREE" AND STARTS TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE. THIS CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD (OR BACKWARD IF IN REVERSE). MORE OF A NUISANCE AT MOMENT...

Mileage: 22,500

I WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH AND THE GAS PEDDLE STUCK, I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE, I HAD TO SLOWLY BRAKE. IT HAPPENED ABOUT 3 TIMES, I TOOK THE 2005 TRIBUTE TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND OUT WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING, BUT DID TELL ME THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE. THANK GOD MY CHILDREN ...

Mileage: 125,000

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE - 21,500K MILES. FOR THE THIRD TIME SINCE TAKING OWNERSHIP IN AUGUST 2005, THE ABS AND 4WD LIGHTS GO OFF WHENEVER THERE IS HEAVY RAINS OR SNOW. FIRST DEALER SERVICE DIAGNOSED AS REAL WHEEL TURNING OUT OF SYNC WITH OTHER WHEELS; SECOND DIAGNOSIS WAS THE NEED TO ADD GREASE SOMEWHE...

Mileage: 21,300

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON A CITY STREET, A WATER BOTTLE ROLLED INTO THE CENTER FLOOR CONSOLE AND INTO THE FLOOR GEAR SHIFT, KNOCKING IT OUT OF DRIVE AND INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT ALERTED.

Mileage: 14,000

MAZDA TRIBUTE 05. GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK IN THE UP POSITION AS I WAS TURNING IN AN INTERSECTION. LUCKILY NO CARS COMING PARKED ON THE GRASS. THIS HAPPENED 2XS. DEALERSHIP JUST STATED IT NEEDED A 150.00 THROTTLE HOUSING LUBRICATION. DID NOT HAVE IT DONE DUE TO IT WAS NOT COVERED ON THE WARRANTY. AFTER...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP FOR ALIGNMENT AND TIRE ROTATION, THE TWO FRONT TIRES LOOKED EXCESSIVELY WORN. THE INSIDE TREAD OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE SHOWED THE STEEL BAND AND THE PASSENGER SIDE PRESENTED EXCESSIVE WEAR. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THAT THE PROBLEM WITH...

Mileage: 31,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP FOR ALIGNMENT AND TIRE ROTATION, THE TWO FRONT TIRES LOOKED EXCESSIVELY WORN. THE INSIDE TREAD OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE SHOWED THE STEEL BAND AND THE PASSENGER SIDE PRESENTED EXCESSIVE WEAR. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THAT THE PROBLEM WITH...

Mileage: 31,000

TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE AIRBAG ICON/LIGHT THAT IS ALWAYS ON. WHEN I TURN ON THE IGNITION, THE ICON BLINKS. EVEN IF I AM DRIVING THE ICON STAYS LIT. DEALER HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. *JB

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE, CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, MECHANIC REFUSES TO REPAIR VEHICLE. *KB THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO TAKE HIS VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST DEALER AND WAS TOLD HE HAD TO FILL OUT A QUESTIONNAIRE BEFORE HE COULD MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. IN LATE JUNE HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THAT DEALER STA...

MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE I-4, WITH 19,000 MILES ON IT, EXPERIENCED AN ALTERNATOR FAILURE. THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND I WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER TO BRING THE CAR IN BECAUSE IT MIGHT DIE. MY VEHICLE IS NOW BEING HELD FOR ABOUT A WEEK, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT ALTERNATORS FOR THIS VEHICLE ARE ...

Mileage: 19,300

MAY 9,2006 INVOLVED IN FRONT END COLLISION WHEN A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME WITH APPROX. 3 FEET NOTICE, HIT VEHICLE IN DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WITH THE COMPLETE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE AT 35 MPH. VEHICLE DAMAGED TO THE POINT OF BREAKING AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR. I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT AND J...

Mileage: 22,609

ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEGAN STICKING. I COULD NOT RAISE THE PEDAL UP OR PRESS IT DOWN. SUDDENLY, CAR WOULD TAKE OFF. THIS HAPPENS AT ANY TIME DURING DRIVING. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, ALL WITHIN 6 MONTHS TIME. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE....

I PURCHASED A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE IN JULY, 2005. THE STICKER ON THE CAR HAD AN AVERAGE MILEAGE OF 19 TO 24 MILES PER GALLON. I, TO THIS DATE GET 11 TO 13 MILES PER GALLON AND 17-19 ON THE HIGHWAY. I TRULY BELIEVE THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THE FUEL SYSTEM OR THE ENGINE. CONTACTED MAZDA AND WAS TOLD EP...

Mileage: 10

I PURCHASED A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE IN JULY, 2005. THE STICKER ON THE CAR HAD AN AVERAGE MILEAGE OF 19 TO 24 MILES PER GALLON. I, TO THIS DATE GET 11 TO 13 MILES PER GALLON AND 17-19 ON THE HIGHWAY. I TRULY BELIEVE THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THE FUEL SYSTEM OR THE ENGINE. CONTACTED MAZDA AND WAS TOLD EP...

Mileage: 10

WITH JUST OVER 12000 MILES, THE THROTTLE BECAME VERY STICKY IN COLD WEATHER. THE BUTTERFLIES IN THE THROTTLE BODY HOLD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL CLOSED, REQUIRING EXCESSIVE FORCE TO PUSH (AND EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION). IN COLD WEATHER, THROTTLE WOULD STICK CLOSED WHENEVER THE PEDAL WAS RELEASED, NO MATT...

Mileage: 12,500

I HAD A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE I, BOUGHT IN MARCH 2005. IN DECEMBER 2005 I RAN OFF THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED TWICE. I WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED, BUT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN THE ACCIDENT. FURTHER, THE CAR RADIO CAME LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTINGS, AND WHIPPED AROUND ON ITS ANTENNA CABLE. I'M...

Mileage: 8,000

I HAD A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE I, BOUGHT IN MARCH 2005. IN DECEMBER 2005 I RAN OFF THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED TWICE. I WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED, BUT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN THE ACCIDENT. FURTHER, THE CAR RADIO CAME LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTINGS, AND WHIPPED AROUND ON ITS ANTENNA CABLE. I'M...

Mileage: 8,000

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE SWITCH.*MR THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE GEAR SELECTOR FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND THE KEY BECAME STUCK. *NM

ACCELERATOR PEDDLE BECAME STUCK AND WOULD NOT RELEASE WHILE ENTERING PARKWAY. BREAKS FAILED. HAD TO STOP CAR USING EMERGENCY BREAK. MAZDA REPLACED THE ACCELERATOR CABLE AND THROTTLE.

Mileage: 2,229

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS BRAKE EQUIPMENT.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE BACKED UP AND APPLIED THE BRAKES THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. EACH TIME THE...

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE HAS A DEFECT IN WHICH THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR WHEN THE CONSUMER WOULD LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL THE VEHICLE WOULD VEER TO THE LEFT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY HAVE BE...

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE DEVELOPED A SCRAPING AND SQUEAKING NOISE; THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE OUT OF ROUND.**NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THERE WAS ALSO A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT HIGH SPEEDS. THE VIBRATION INTENSIFIED UPON APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. *BF

FUEL TANK DESIGN PROBLEM ON A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE.*MR THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A FUEL TANK FILLER PROBLEM THEY CANNOT RECTIFY AND CLAIM THAT IT IS A MAZDA DESIGN ERROR. WHEN FILLING THE TANK GAS SPEWS OUT SHUTTING OF THE PUMP. THE CONSUMER WAS THEN REQUIRED TO MANUALLY OVERRIDI...

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY, THEN STALLED. DRIVER RESTARTED VEHICLE AFTER TEN MINUTES. THEN, TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE IGNITION COIL SPRINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES OF THE CONSUMER'S 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. *NM THERE WAS A RATTLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE DRIVERS MIRROR VIBRATED, THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN THE AUTO DIMMING MIRROR REGISTERED INCORRECTLY, THE WIPER DID NOT HAVE COMPLETE CONTACT WITH...

WHEN THE BRAKES OF THE CONSUMER'S 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. *NM THERE WAS A RATTLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE DRIVERS MIRROR VIBRATED, THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN THE AUTO DIMMING MIRROR REGISTERED INCORRECTLY, THE WIPER DID NOT HAVE COMPLETE CONTACT WITH...

WHEN THE BRAKES OF THE CONSUMER'S 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. *NM THERE WAS A RATTLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE DRIVERS MIRROR VIBRATED, THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN THE AUTO DIMMING MIRROR REGISTERED INCORRECTLY, THE WIPER DID NOT HAVE COMPLETE CONTACT WITH...

WHEN THE BRAKES OF THE CONSUMER'S 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. *NM THERE WAS A RATTLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE DRIVERS MIRROR VIBRATED, THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN THE AUTO DIMMING MIRROR REGISTERED INCORRECTLY, THE WIPER DID NOT HAVE COMPLETE CONTACT WITH...

MAZDA TRIBUTE 2005 GEAR SHIFT LEVER LOCK IN PARKING POSITION. *BF THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TO GET THE VEHICLE TO START. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. THEY INDICATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION. *NM

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE [4000 MI] BRAKES FAILED AND THROTTLE STUCK ON DEC 17, 2004. I HAD TO PULL HAND BRAKE TO STOP . CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP IN AMHERST VA. THROTTLE ASSY, IDLE CONTROL VALVE AND A 100MI ROAD TEST WERE DONE. PICKED VEHICLE UP ON JAN 14,2005. ON JAN 15TH, PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN WI...

Mileage: 4,000

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE [4000 MI] BRAKES FAILED AND THROTTLE STUCK ON DEC 17, 2004. I HAD TO PULL HAND BRAKE TO STOP . CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP IN AMHERST VA. THROTTLE ASSY, IDLE CONTROL VALVE AND A 100MI ROAD TEST WERE DONE. PICKED VEHICLE UP ON JAN 14,2005. ON JAN 15TH, PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN WI...

Mileage: 4,000

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 70 MPH, VEHICLE SWERVES VIOLENTLY. DROVE STRAIGHT ON RAIN GROOVE SURFACE, NEARLY ROLL OVER. *BF *TC

VEHICLE VIOLENTLY SWERVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE, BECAME UNSTABLE. *BF WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER THE VEHICLE BECAME UNSTABLE AND FELT AS IF WAS GOING TO ROLL OVER. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER BUT HA NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, WHO DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 8,000

I HAVE A BRAND NEW 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE THAT EVERY TIME YOU ATTEMPT TO FILL THE GAS TANK IT SPEWS OUT RAW FUEL OUT AND POLLUTE'S THE ATMOSPHERE AND CREATES A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. THE DEALER CLAIM'S THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM AND CAN NOT BE CORRECTED. WHAT CAN EPA DO TO PUT A HALT TO THIS TYPE OF POLLUT...

Mileage: 500

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE VIOLENTLY SWERVING FROM SIDE TO SIDE. *MR *SC THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE BECAME SO UNSTABLE HAD TO IMMEDIATELY SLOW DOWN AND CHANGE LANES TO AVOID A ROLL OVER. *JB

MAZDA TRIBUTE VIOLENTLY ROLLED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. *MR THE VEHICLE WOULD BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE VEHICLE NEARLY ROLLED OVER. *SC