2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE Problems & Recalls

My brakes went out with no warning, or light on dashboard. I had the master cylinder changed and all brakes bled. The brakes went out 2months later,so changed the master cylinder again. 1 month after the brakes went out again. So I called Mazda service department and the gentleman told me to try and...

Unknown, Electric steering no longer works, ABS light, traction control light engine light air bag light and tool light are on the, brakes will be faulty at times mainly when ABS and traction control light turn on. There is Google fact that 2008 Mazda had recall for EPS, also faulty air bag and more...

Unknown, Electric steering no longer works, ABS light, traction control light engine light air bag light and tool light are on the, brakes will be faulty at times mainly when ABS and traction control light turn on. There is Google fact that 2008 Mazda had recall for EPS, also faulty air bag and more...

Unknown, Electric steering no longer works, ABS light, traction control light engine light air bag light and tool light are on the, brakes will be faulty at times mainly when ABS and traction control light turn on. There is Google fact that 2008 Mazda had recall for EPS, also faulty air bag and more...

The contact owns a 2008 Mazda Tribute. The contact stated while driving at low speeds and making a turn, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. The power steering warning light was illuminated. The contact veered to the side of the roadway. The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle, a...

Mileage: 125,000

The steering is very tight, and sometimes the wheel gets stripped out of your hands, vehicle has been brought to the dealer for a diagnosis

The contact's son owns a 2008 Mazda Tribute. The contact stated while her son was driving and making a turn, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact's son was able to veer to the side of the road by using physical force to steer the vehicle....

Mileage: 150,000

The contact owns a 2008 Mazda Tribute. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the steering wheel was shaking uncontrollably. There was a lot of tension in the steering wheel. While driving approximately 45 mph and making a turn, the steering wheel jerked but went in the other...

Mileage: 180,000

Power steering failed all of a sudden without warning. Lost almost all control of steering. PSCM

Power steering failed all of a sudden without warning. Lost almost all control of steering. PSCM

I have to put the key in the ignition a certain way and press on it to get the car to start and was told it is a pin that gets stuck in the steering column and it won't let the vehicle start and they said it is a Steering column lock module and there should be a recall on it. This is a big problem m...

I have to put the key in the ignition a certain way and press on it to get the car to start and was told it is a pin that gets stuck in the steering column and it won't let the vehicle start and they said it is a Steering column lock module and there should be a recall on it. This is a big problem m...

I have to put the key in the ignition a certain way and press on it to get the car to start and was told it is a pin that gets stuck in the steering column and it won't let the vehicle start and they said it is a Steering column lock module and there should be a recall on it. This is a big problem m...

The contact owns a 2008 Mazda Tribute. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact called the local dealer but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not not...

Mileage: 218,100

Driving my car pulling out of driveway when power steering cut out and steering became very difficult Had car brought to mechanic and he found there was a recall on steering torque sensor. Mazda said that was replaced on 8/10/2016 but the part they replaced it with failed just like the original re...

It just hard and cant really drive it

The contact owns a 2008 Mazda Tribute. The contact stated that while driving at 70 mph, the power steering failed which caused the steering wheel to shake. The vehicle became difficult to steer. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed that the steering shaft torque sensor malfunctioned, th...

Mileage: 167,968

IN COLDER FLORIDA WEATHER, FREEZING ISN'T REQUIRED, UPON START UP AND DRIVING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE EVERYTHING IS WARMED UP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WILL STICK AND BE VERY HARD TO PUSH DOWN. WHEN IT DOES BREAK FREE IT CAN BE SUDDEN WHICH RESULTS IN EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION FOR A MOMENT. THERE IS NO ...

Mileage: 2

POWER STEERING BECAME UNUSEABLE COULD NOT CONTROL AUTO WAS IN MOTION ON CITY STREET HAD IT TOWED TO TWO SERVICE CENTER COULD NOT FIX. ; MAVIS TIRE & REPAIR, LACKAWANNA, NY AND LUKES ENTERPRISE SOUTHWESTERN BLVD ORCHARD PARK,NY

POWER STEERING BECAME UNUSEABLE COULD NOT CONTROL AUTO WAS IN MOTION ON CITY STREET HAD IT TOWED TO TWO SERVICE CENTER COULD NOT FIX. ; MAVIS TIRE & REPAIR, LACKAWANNA, NY AND LUKES ENTERPRISE SOUTHWESTERN BLVD ORCHARD PARK,NY

POWER STEERING BECAME UNUSEABLE COULD NOT CONTROL AUTO WAS IN MOTION ON CITY STREET HAD IT TOWED TO TWO SERVICE CENTER COULD NOT FIX. ; MAVIS TIRE & REPAIR, LACKAWANNA, NY AND LUKES ENTERPRISE SOUTHWESTERN BLVD ORCHARD PARK,NY

AS I AM DRIVING THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COME ON AND THE CAR WILL START KICKING LIKE SOMETHING IS TRYING TO IN GAGE ITSELF THIS HAS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT SO I HAVE HAD IT REBUILT THINKING MAYBE THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD I HAVE THE CAR BACK NOW AND THE CAR IS DOING THE SAME THIN...

Mileage: 100,000

AS I AM DRIVING THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COME ON AND THE CAR WILL START KICKING LIKE SOMETHING IS TRYING TO IN GAGE ITSELF THIS HAS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT SO I HAVE HAD IT REBUILT THINKING MAYBE THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD I HAVE THE CAR BACK NOW AND THE CAR IS DOING THE SAME THIN...

Mileage: 100,000

AS I AM DRIVING THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COME ON AND THE CAR WILL START KICKING LIKE SOMETHING IS TRYING TO IN GAGE ITSELF THIS HAS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT SO I HAVE HAD IT REBUILT THINKING MAYBE THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD I HAVE THE CAR BACK NOW AND THE CAR IS DOING THE SAME THIN...

Mileage: 100,000

STEERING WHEEL RANDOMLY LOCKS WHILE DRIVING AND SOMETIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN. DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT RECALL IS CLOSED.

Mileage: 275,000

2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE, ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE DONE ON TIME. AT 118,110 MILES TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITHIN A DAY NO WARNING. THE TRIBUTE, JUST STARTED LOSING POWER ON MY WAY HOME, THEN IN MY DRIVEWAY WOULD GO INTO ANY OF THE AUTOMATIC GEARS.

Mileage: 118,100

MY WHEEL STARTED VIBRATING BACK AND FORTH WHILE IN PARK AND I STARTED AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED FINE. THEN TURNED CAR OFF WENT IN THE STORE AND CAME OUT AND IT DIDN'T WANNA WORK. TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT WORKED FINE. ON THE WAY HOME COMING AROUND A SHARP CURVE IT DECIDED TO GO OUT AND THE W...

Mileage: 140,000

MY WHEEL STARTED VIBRATING BACK AND FORTH WHILE IN PARK AND I STARTED AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED FINE. THEN TURNED CAR OFF WENT IN THE STORE AND CAME OUT AND IT DIDN'T WANNA WORK. TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT WORKED FINE. ON THE WAY HOME COMING AROUND A SHARP CURVE IT DECIDED TO GO OUT AND THE W...

Mileage: 140,000

POWE STEERING HAS WENT OUT & I CAN HARDLY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AFTER I STOPPED IT & TRIED TO GO AGAIN

THE IGNITION SWITCH TURNS ACCESSORIES ON, BUT WILL NOT EASILY START THE ENGINE WHEN TURNED TO THE START POSITION. IT TAKES SEVERAL REPETITIONS OF WIGGLING AND PUSHING THE KEY IN WHEN TURNING IT TO THE START POSITION UNTIL THE CAR RESPONDS TO THE KEY START POSITION. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE SI...

Mileage: 150,000

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO THE STORE AS I TURNED A CORNER A BEEP WENT OFF I LOOKED ON MY DASHBOARD AND SAW THE WRENCH LIGHT ON A FEW MINUTES LATER THE BEEP WENT OFF AGAIN I FELT A TIGHTNESS IN THE STEERING I DROVE APPROX 4 MORE MILES TO THE PARKING LOT REVIEWED BOOK NOTICED IT SAID IT WAS A POWER TRAIN...

Mileage: 213,000

ISSUE #1 - LEFT FRONT CALIPER LOCKS UP PREVENTING VEHICLE TO MOVE. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE CALIPER HAS LOCKED UP AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND COMING TO EITHER A COMPLETE OR SUDDEN STOP AFTER HARD BRAKING. THE ISSUE MAKES IT EXTREMELY DIFFICU...

Mileage: 145,600

ISSUE #1 - LEFT FRONT CALIPER LOCKS UP PREVENTING VEHICLE TO MOVE. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE CALIPER HAS LOCKED UP AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND COMING TO EITHER A COMPLETE OR SUDDEN STOP AFTER HARD BRAKING. THE ISSUE MAKES IT EXTREMELY DIFFICU...

Mileage: 145,600

ISSUE #1 - LEFT FRONT CALIPER LOCKS UP PREVENTING VEHICLE TO MOVE. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE CALIPER HAS LOCKED UP AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND COMING TO EITHER A COMPLETE OR SUDDEN STOP AFTER HARD BRAKING. THE ISSUE MAKES IT EXTREMELY DIFFICU...

Mileage: 145,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT VEHICLE START-UP, THE POWER STEERING FAILED TO OPERATE AS DESIGNED, WITH THE SERVICE INDICATOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ADDED POWER STEERING FLUID TO THE RESERVOIR HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ...

AFTER DRIVING AROUND FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, I STOPPED AT A STORE AND AFTER THAT THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T EXCEL CORRECTLY. VEHICLE WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO 2ND OR 4TH GEARS. SHOP SAID IT WAS A 2/4 BELT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY HAD CALLED MAZDA TO DETERMINE WHICH TRANSMISSION MY VEHI...

Mileage: 190,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE STEERING CEASED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THE DRIVER WAS INFORMED THAT THE TORQUE S...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT START UP, THE POWER STEERING WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V282000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, ...

Mileage: 145,000

GOT IN CAR TO DRIVE MONDAY 02/03/2020 MORNING, CAR WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE BUT TURNING IS EXTREMELY HARD. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND THEN TO AUTOZONE TO PRICE PART AND WAS TOLD THIS VEHICLE WAS PART OF A RECALL. I CALLED MAZDA AND WAS TOLD RECALL WAS NO LONGER OPEN, WAS CLOSED...

Mileage: 278,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V282000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE FAILURE STATED IN THE RECALL WAS EXPERIENCED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT MURRAY MAZDA LOCATED AT 85 GRIFFITH RD, MUNCY, PA 17756, (57...

Mileage: 163,611

ISSUES WITH ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. ATTEMPTED TO EXIT GAS STATION AND STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN. BOUGHT SUV USED, RECALL ISSUE WAS FIXED SEPTEMBER 2014. RECALL IS NOW CLOSED.

Mileage: 141,220

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS ALSO NO POWER STEERING ABILITY AND THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN N...

Mileage: 190,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE WRENCH ICON ILLUMINATED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO PAUL MILLER MAZDA (1029 E NEW CIRCLE RD, LEXINGTON, KY 40505, (800) 528-1710) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR ...

Mileage: 156,745

GAS PEDAL STICKS AND HAS TO BE KNOCKED LOOSE. HAPPENS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.

Mileage: 108,455

2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE RECALL FOR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST MODULE FAILURE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND ISSUE REORTEDLY CORRECTED BY DEALERSHIP. AT LEAST 2 INSTANCES HAVE SINCE OCCURRED IN WHICH THE STEERING ASSIST FAILED. ONE INCIDENT NEARLY RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN...

Mileage: 150,000

I WAS ON MY WAY TO EAT OUT WITH MY WIFE. AND WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY STEERING WHEEL STARTEDAND SHAKING THEN A LIGHT APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD A WRENCH LIT UP INDICATING THAT I NEEDED TO FIX SOMETHING SO AS I WENT AND PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT OF A QUALITY DAIRY AND WHEN I WENT TO START THE VEHICLE BAC...

MY 2008 TRIBUTE HAS HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED BEFORE THE 4TH WAS A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION THAT WAS PUT IN. LAST NIGHT MY TRIBUTE WAS IN PARK AND KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION AND IT ROLLED DOWN MY DRIVEWAY OUT IN TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE IT RAN OVER H...

Mileage: 178,000

MY 2008 TRIBUTE HAS HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED BEFORE THE 4TH WAS A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION THAT WAS PUT IN. LAST NIGHT MY TRIBUTE WAS IN PARK AND KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION AND IT ROLLED DOWN MY DRIVEWAY OUT IN TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE IT RAN OVER H...

Mileage: 178,000

STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY JERKS & VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING AND IN IDLE. STEERING COLUMN / WHEEL MAKES A GRINDING NOISE WHEN IT JERKS & VIBRATES. ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS, ESPECIALLY IN COLDER WEATHER, MAKING IT HARD TO CONTROL VEHICLE...IE ACCELERATING TO GET ONTO A HIGHWAY OR EVEN COMING OUT OF A SI...

Mileage: 132,382

STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY JERKS & VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING AND IN IDLE. STEERING COLUMN / WHEEL MAKES A GRINDING NOISE WHEN IT JERKS & VIBRATES. ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS, ESPECIALLY IN COLDER WEATHER, MAKING IT HARD TO CONTROL VEHICLE...IE ACCELERATING TO GET ONTO A HIGHWAY OR EVEN COMING OUT OF A SI...

Mileage: 132,382

STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY JERKS & VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING AND IN IDLE. STEERING COLUMN / WHEEL MAKES A GRINDING NOISE WHEN IT JERKS & VIBRATES. ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS, ESPECIALLY IN COLDER WEATHER, MAKING IT HARD TO CONTROL VEHICLE...IE ACCELERATING TO GET ONTO A HIGHWAY OR EVEN COMING OUT OF A SI...

Mileage: 132,382

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SEIZE WHEN TURNED TO THE LEFT. ALSO, THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR RANDOMLY FLASHED. THE CONTACT HAD TO CONSTANTLY MANEUVER AND ADJUST THE STEERIN...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V282000 (STEERING). THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURE...

POWER STEERING FAILED. HAD THE DEALER FIX THE ISSUE BASED ON THE EXISTING RECALL FOR THE VEHICLE. AFTER REPLACING, STEERING PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THIS HAPPENS BOTH WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SITTING STILL AND IN MOTION. PROBLEM WAS TOLERABLE, BUT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. FINALLY...

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NELSON MAZDA TULSA (9902 S MEMORIAL DR., TULSA, OK 74133, (918) 296-7897) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPL...

Mileage: 185,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, A LOUD BANGING SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS NOT...

Mileage: 118,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE, THE KEY NEEDED TO BE VIGOROUSLY PRESSED AND TURNED IN THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT CALLED AN UNKNOWN LOCAL DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUF...

Mileage: 146,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE, THE KEY NEEDED TO BE VIGOROUSLY PRESSED AND TURNED IN THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT CALLED AN UNKNOWN LOCAL DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUF...

Mileage: 146,000

CABLE TO GAS PEDAL BROKEN -- CANNOT BE DRIVEN.

CABLE TO GAS PEDAL BROKEN -- CANNOT BE DRIVEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 142820000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DAVIS GAINESVILLE C...

ON DEC 29, 2017 DRIVING MY 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING AND VIBRATING UNCONTROLLABLY WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. I BECAME EXTREMELY NERVOUS AND AFRAID OF BEING STRANDED OR EVEN WORSE WRECKING. LUCKILY, I WENT STRAIGHT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND WHEN HE STARTED IT UP T...

Mileage: 25

THE BRAKES STARTED TO GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR INTERMITTENTLY. THEY WILL GET HARD AND THE NEXT DAY OR TWO WILL GO BACK DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE MASTER CYLINDER HAS BEEN CHANGED, THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN BLED. THE ROTORS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AND HAVE BEEN TURNED AND NEW BRAKES WERE PUT ON THE CAR. THE B...

Mileage: 180,000

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

Mileage: 161,000

THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED IN 2016 AS PART OF NHTSA RECALL #14V282000, BUT THE PCSM SOFTWARE WAS ONLY UPDATED. NO PARTS WERE REPLACED.THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED THE ISSUE AGAIN WAS OCTOBER 2017. I WAS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT, THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN IDLE, AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO JERK BACK AND FORTH...

COMPLETE & SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING CAPABILITY

Mileage: 115,000

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

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

Mileage: 80,000

I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WHEN TRYING TO RIDE IN 5TH GEAR SINCE ITS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION IT KEEPS POPPING OUT OF 5TH GEAR EVERY TIME I'M DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY NO MATTER WHAT I'M DOING I GO TO PUT IN 5TH GEAR AND IT POPS BACK OUT EVERY TIME UNLESS I HOLD THE GEAR SHIFT IN PLACE....I JUST HAD BOUG...

Mileage: 104,900

I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WHEN TRYING TO RIDE IN 5TH GEAR SINCE ITS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION IT KEEPS POPPING OUT OF 5TH GEAR EVERY TIME I'M DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY NO MATTER WHAT I'M DOING I GO TO PUT IN 5TH GEAR AND IT POPS BACK OUT EVERY TIME UNLESS I HOLD THE GEAR SHIFT IN PLACE....I JUST HAD BOUG...

Mileage: 104,900

IGNITION SWITCH NOT WORKING. TRANSMISSION 2ND AND 5TH GEAR NOT WORKING AND CONTROL ARMS FOR ALL 4 WHEELS SEEM TO BE GOING BAD

Mileage: 135,000

IGNITION SWITCH NOT WORKING. TRANSMISSION 2ND AND 5TH GEAR NOT WORKING AND CONTROL ARMS FOR ALL 4 WHEELS SEEM TO BE GOING BAD

Mileage: 135,000

IGNITION SWITCH NOT WORKING. TRANSMISSION 2ND AND 5TH GEAR NOT WORKING AND CONTROL ARMS FOR ALL 4 WHEELS SEEM TO BE GOING BAD

Mileage: 135,000

IT LOOSES POWER AND WON'T CHANGE INTO GEAR. THE TROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON.

EVERY TIME I TURN MY STEERING WHEEL LEFT I HEAR A LOUD CLICKING NOISE.

Mileage: 135,000

WHILE DRIVING BACK IN 2016 JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS AROUND DEC 14,2016 MY POWER STEERING IN THE TRIBUTE WENT COMPLETELY OUT!!! MAZDA TRIBUTE 2008 I RECEIVED A RECALL CARD IN THE MAIL STATING THAT I SHOULD BRING THE DEFECTIVE CAR IN I DID WHICH WAS AUGUST 2016, AS OF TODAY THEY CLAIM THE DEALERSHIP CLAI...

Mileage: 225,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED VIOLENTLY INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHER...

Mileage: 185,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AN...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AN...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND COULD NOT BE DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST STARTED IN COLD TEMPERATURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS F...

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND COULD NOT BE DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST STARTED IN COLD TEMPERATURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS F...

Mileage: 50,000

WHILE DRIVING I STOPPED AT A STOP SING, WHEN I WENT TO TAKE OFF THE VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. I STOPPED TURNED OFF THE CAR. THEN WHEN I STARTED IT AGAIN AND PUT IT IN REVERSE IT WENT FORWARDS. WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL, AND NATURAL WAS REVERSE. AFTER TURNING IT OFF AGAIN AND ...

Mileage: 114,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE BRAKE BOOSTER. THE FAILURE RECURRED...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT ANY WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MAN...

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND THE STEERING COLUMN EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR WAS DEFECT...

Mileage: 120,000

I WAS TURNING INTO A PARKING SPOT AND OF A SUDDEN I COULDN'T TURN MY STEERING WHEEL. I GOT IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT WAS THE POWER STEERING. THEY REPLACED THE TORQGUE SENSOR. THEN MY NEXT PROBLEM WAS MY GAS PEDAL SOMETIMES JUST WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE FAS...

Mileage: 151,397

I WAS TURNING INTO A PARKING SPOT AND OF A SUDDEN I COULDN'T TURN MY STEERING WHEEL. I GOT IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT WAS THE POWER STEERING. THEY REPLACED THE TORQGUE SENSOR. THEN MY NEXT PROBLEM WAS MY GAS PEDAL SOMETIMES JUST WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE FAS...

Mileage: 151,397

THE GAS THROTTLE STICKS, YOU CAN'T GIVE IT GAS, EVEN AFTER DRIVING IT FOR 15 MINS, IT WILL STILL GET STUCK AGAIN. ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. THE POWER STEERING ALSO GOES OUT AND YOU HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON TO GET IT TO WORK AGAIN. I DID HAVE THE SPRING ON THE GAS PED...

Mileage: 207,934

STICKING THROLLE ON VEHICLE OCCURS WHEN TEMPERATURE IS COLD. I COULD NOT MOVE THE CAR AT ALL. GAS PEDAL IS STUCK. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT A RED LIGHT AS WELL AND ALMOST CAUSED SOMEONE TO HIT ME FROM BEHIND. HOWEVER ON 1/18 I COULD NOT GET THE THROLLE UNSTUCK AT ALL. MAZDA SAYS THERE IS NO R...

Mileage: 118,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK WHILE DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE RECURRED OCCASIONALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V357000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, VEHICLE SPEED ...

Mileage: 107,500

AT VARIOUS TIMES BETWEEN AUGUST 2015 AND NOVEMBER 2015, MY BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND PROPERLY. AT ABOUT 3-WEEK INTERVALS, MY BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO FARTHER DOWN TOWARD THE FLOORBOARD THAN IT USUALLY TAKES FOR ME TO STOP. THIS USUALLY HAPPENED AT LOW SPEEDS (5MPH TO 40MPH), USUALLY WHEN I AM APPROACHING...

Mileage: 102,403

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE AT A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AND MOVING, BUT THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANU...

Mileage: 127,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO DECELERATE, THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS...

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MAD...

Mileage: 100,090

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MAD...

Mileage: 100,090

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V282000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO JERK AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS...

Mileage: 100,000

MY BATTERY CHARGING MALFUNCTION LIGHT BEGAN TO COME ON INTERMITTENTLY TWO DAYS AGO. TODAY, THE POWER STEERING HAS BEGUN TO GO OUT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS (SO FAR) HAD THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V282000 (STEERING) PERFORMED LESS THAN 2 MONTHS AGO AND AM WONDERING IF THEY ARE LINKED SOMEHOW. ...

Mileage: 53,575

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE OF ENGINE RPMS AND THE THROTTLE AND POWER TRAIN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURR...

Mileage: 124,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE OF ENGINE RPMS AND THE THROTTLE AND POWER TRAIN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURR...

Mileage: 124,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V357000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, VEHICLE SPEED ...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,000...

Mileage: 143,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ...

Mileage: 55,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACTED STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V374000 (STEERING). THE VEHIC...

Mileage: 94,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE RECEIVED THE RECALL REPAIR FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V282000 (STEERING) AND INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHIN A YEAR OF THE REPAIR. THE DEALER UPDATED THE PSCM, BUT IT WAS NOT CONFIRMED IF THE INSTRUMENT CLUST...

Mileage: 85,000

ON MY WAY OUT TO STORE I BACKED UP OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AS I SWITCHED GEARS AND WENT INTO DRIVE MY GAS PEDAL WAS HARD TO PUSH DOWN ON. I TRIED AGAIN THEN PEDAL WAS STICKING THEN DROPPED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FLOOR. I LIFT MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL CAR CONTINUED TO GO IN DRIVE, I IMMEDIATELY PUSHED O...

Mileage: 73,000

ON MY WAY OUT TO STORE I BACKED UP OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AS I SWITCHED GEARS AND WENT INTO DRIVE MY GAS PEDAL WAS HARD TO PUSH DOWN ON. I TRIED AGAIN THEN PEDAL WAS STICKING THEN DROPPED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FLOOR. I LIFT MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL CAR CONTINUED TO GO IN DRIVE, I IMMEDIATELY PUSHED O...

Mileage: 73,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE SRS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS N...

Mileage: 43,000

AFTER TURNING A CORNER, THE CAR STARTED UNCONTROLLABLY ACCELERATING AND DID NOT RESPOND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS FULLY ENGAGED. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO GROW LOUDER AS THE CAR CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED. THE DRIVER'S FOOT WAS NOT ON THE GAS PEDAL AS THE CAR ACCELERATED, IN FACT, THE DRIVER PUSHED THE ...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOST OF POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V282000 (STEERING).THE TECHNICIAN REPAIRED THE TORQUE SENSOR AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT RELATED TO THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS...

Mileage: 37,764

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET IN LEFT LANE TO TURN MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AND COLLIDE WITH AN ON COMING VEHICLE. *TR

HAPPENS MORE DURING COLD WEATHER. WHEN YOU PUSH ON THE ACCELERATOR IT STICKS AND WHEN IT FINALLY LETS GO YOU LURCH FORWARD. LUCKILY I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ACCIDENTS OVER THIS YET, BUT FEEL THAT IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY AND FEEL LIKE IT IS UNSAFE. I WAS TOLD IT HAS TO DO WITH THE BUTTERFLY VALVE. IT H...

Mileage: 60,000

HAPPENS MORE DURING COLD WEATHER. WHEN YOU PUSH ON THE ACCELERATOR IT STICKS AND WHEN IT FINALLY LETS GO YOU LURCH FORWARD. LUCKILY I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ACCIDENTS OVER THIS YET, BUT FEEL THAT IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY AND FEEL LIKE IT IS UNSAFE. I WAS TOLD IT HAS TO DO WITH THE BUTTERFLY VALVE. IT H...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY AND THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. ALSO, THE STEERING COLUMN STARTED TO VIBRATE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR ...

Mileage: 83,000

2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL. HOWEVER, HE NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER.*CW

WHEN THE WEATHER GETS COOL (SUB 50F) THE GAS PEDAL WILL STICK. WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS FULLY DEPRESSED AND YOU GO TO PUSH IT DOWN IT STICKS. WHEN THIS STICKING FINALLY LETS GO THE VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD. THE V6 VERSION OF THIS SUV HAS A RECALL ON THE PEDAL BUT I OWN THE V4. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

WHEN THE WEATHER GETS COOL (SUB 50F) THE GAS PEDAL WILL STICK. WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS FULLY DEPRESSED AND YOU GO TO PUSH IT DOWN IT STICKS. WHEN THIS STICKING FINALLY LETS GO THE VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD. THE V6 VERSION OF THIS SUV HAS A RECALL ON THE PEDAL BUT I OWN THE V4. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

WHEN THE WEATHER GETS COOL (SUB 50F) THE GAS PEDAL WILL STICK. WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS FULLY DEPRESSED AND YOU GO TO PUSH IT DOWN IT STICKS. WHEN THIS STICKING FINALLY LETS GO THE VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD. THE V6 VERSION OF THIS SUV HAS A RECALL ON THE PEDAL BUT I OWN THE V4. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

MY GAS PEDDLE DROPS AND I CANNOT ACCELERATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 10 TIMES WHEN I'M DRIVING. I THOUGHT THAT I POSSIBLY SLID THE CARPET TO KNOCK THE GAS PEDAL OFF, BUT I HAVE REMOVED MY CARPET AND IT HAPPENED TWICE SINCE THEN. I'VE BEEN IN INTERSECTIONS AND MY GAS PEDAL JUST DROPS TO THE FLOO...

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT...

Mileage: 178,901

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT...

Mileage: 178,901

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE KEY WHEN TURNING THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT...

Mileage: 60,000

VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEED (60+ MPH) WITH RED TRIANGLE WARNING SYMBOL AND "STOP SAFELY NOW" MESSAGE. EVENT HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH SIMILAR SAFETY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH UNEXPECTED LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER RECOMMENDS REPLACING THROTTLE BO...

Mileage: 40,000

TURNING INTO MY DRIVEWAY THE STEERING MADE A GRINDING CLUNKING SOUND AS I WAS TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. TOOK VEHICLE FOR A TEST DRIVE AROUND BLOCK. AS I TURNED INTO A SIDE STREET THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND AS IF THE STEERING SHAFT WAS BINDING UP AND NOT TURNING FREELY. AFTER THAT WHEN I TU...

Mileage: 66,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED WAS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO REPLACED THE CABLE AND T...

Mileage: 62,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY SEIZED MAKING THE STEERING WHEEL VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE...

Mileage: 79,000

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN 5 YEARS THAT WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ABS TONE RING BECAUSE IT HAS BROKEN/CRUMBLED AND CAUSED OUR BRAKES TO GO OUT WHILE DRIVING! THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THE QUALITY OF THIS PRODUCT?? I FEAR FOR MY LIFE AT ALL TIMES, NEVER KNOWING WHEN ITS GOING TO DE...

Mileage: 33,000

MY 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE, 3.0L V6, DEVELOPED A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE POWER STEERING COLUMN UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT'S A CLUNK THAT CAN BE HEARD AND FELT AT SLOWER SPEEDS. ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC, IT IS YET ANOTHER 2008 TRIBUTE STEERING U-JOINT FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

THE STEERING COLUMN "CLUNKED" AS I WAS TURNING RIGHT INTO A PARKING SPOT. AT SLOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING COLUMN MAKES A METALLIC CLUNK SOUND IF I TURN RIGHT OR LEFT AT SLOW SPEEDS. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, THE POWER STEERING IN MY 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE HAS COME AND GONE AT VARIOUS TIMES MOSTLY OCCURRING IN THE WINTER MONTHS. AT FIRST I WOULD JUST RESTART MY CAR A FEW TIMES AND MOST OF THE TIME IT WOULD COME BACK ON. A FEW TIMES IT WOULD GO OUT WHEN I WAS ON THE INTERESTED ...

Mileage: 97,000

FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW I HAVE A RANDOM TIMES WHEN STARTING THE CAR WHERE THE STEERING WOULDN'T WORK. I WOULD START THE CAR AND TRY TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING LOT OR SOMETHING AND THE CAR WOULDN'T TURN. I WOULD TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON AND THE STEERING WOULD WORK JUST FINE. I TOOK IT TO ...

Mileage: 107,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATION PEDAL AT ANY SPEED, THERE WAS A REVVING NOISE AS THE ACCELERATION PEDAL VIBRATED. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING AND WOULD BECOME MORE PROMINENT WHEN DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. THERE WAS ALSO AN INCREAS...

Mileage: 35,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATION PEDAL AT ANY SPEED, THERE WAS A REVVING NOISE AS THE ACCELERATION PEDAL VIBRATED. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING AND WOULD BECOME MORE PROMINENT WHEN DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. THERE WAS ALSO AN INCREAS...

Mileage: 35,000

TOTAL FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED ,POSSIBLY AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT. THE REPAIR REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE POWER STEERING UNIT. *TR

Mileage: 57,752

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, I GLANCED DOWN TO SEE I WAS GOING 75MPH. WHEN I BACKED OFF THE GAS, THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN. IT KEPT GOING TO 75 MPH EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT USING CRUISE CONTROL. I MANAGED TO APPLY THE BREAKS HARD ENOUGH TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN AND GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. (IT T...

Mileage: 84,000

THE FRONT WHEELS FELT LIKE THEY WERE LOOSE & THE TIRE COULD COME OFF AT ANY MOMENT. THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WENT I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS CHARGED APPROX $2100 TO REPLACE THE STEERING PROBLEM. MAZDA WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD ...

Mileage: 180,000

THE FRONT WHEELS FELT LIKE THEY WERE LOOSE & THE TIRE COULD COME OFF AT ANY MOMENT. THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WENT I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS CHARGED APPROX $2100 TO REPLACE THE STEERING PROBLEM. MAZDA WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD ...

Mileage: 180,000

EVERY OTHER TIME THAT I TURN MY CAR ON, THE POWER STEERING IS GONE. THE STEERING WHEEL IS EXTREMELY TIGHT AND VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE. IF I TURN THE CAR OFF AND WAIT A FEW SECONDS, THEN TURN IT BACK ON WHILE PULLING HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL, THE POWER STEERING SEEMS TO "COME BACK." THIS IS VERY DIFFICU...

Mileage: 60,000

POWER STEERING IS FAILING INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE STEERING BECOMES VERY TIGHT AND DIFFICULT DURING AN OCCURRENCE. UPON TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON THE STEERING IS RESTORED. THIS CONDITION IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS A PERSON WITHOUT ENORMOUS UPPER BODY STRENGTH WOULD NOT BE ...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE ...

Mileage: 109,000

WHEN TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT, THE STEERING SUDDENLY BEGAN TO GRIND AND FELT UNCONTROLLABLE. MY PREGNANT WIFE WAS IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME SO IT WAS ESPECIALLY WORRISOME. I WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE INTO THE PARKING LOT WITHOUT CRASHING BUT I THINK A RECALL IS IN ORDER. THIS TRIBUTE STILL HAS UNDER 60,00...

Mileage: 59,473

STEERING WHEEL BECOMES HARD TO TURN WHILE DRIVING. POWER STEERING MODULE STOPS WORKING. *TR

Mileage: 112,000

THE ACCELERATOR STICKS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE THE ACCELERATOR DONE STUCK. I FOUND OUT THAT MAZDA HAD A RECALL ON THE 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM BUT I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WASN'T AMONG THEM. I'VE TRIED TOO CONTACT MAZDA BUT I ...

THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. I WOULD TURN IT OFF AND ON A FEW TIMES AND IT WOULD BE FINE, STILL SHAKE BUT I COULD AT LEAST STEER. DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE AT 65-70 AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. VERY SCARY!! NOW I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT ANYWHERE OTHER THAN WORK BECAU...

Mileage: 85,500

THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING UNIT IN MT TRIBUTE IS SHOT! IT STARTED GOING OUT RANDOMLY AND WOULD COME BACK ON AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND TURNING IT BACK ON. OVER THE WEEKEND IT WENT OUT ON US WHILE DRIVING 70MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY! IT WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION THAT COULD'VE WENT BAD. THIS IS ...

Mileage: 83,000

THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING UNIT IN MT TRIBUTE IS SHOT! IT STARTED GOING OUT RANDOMLY AND WOULD COME BACK ON AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND TURNING IT BACK ON. OVER THE WEEKEND IT WENT OUT ON US WHILE DRIVING 70MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY! IT WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION THAT COULD'VE WENT BAD. THIS IS ...

Mileage: 83,000

STOPPED FOR GAS. UPON TURNING VEHICLE BACK ON THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. TURNED VEHICLE OFF THEN BACK ON, STILL NO POWER STEERING. IT HAS NEVER COME BACK, AND ON MOST DAYS STEERING IS CLOSE TO IMPOSSIBLE, (STEERING WHEEL VERY TIGHT, WILL NOT TURN). DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH NO POWER STEERING IS EX...

Mileage: 82,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM OUT A PARKING SPACE, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE V...

Mileage: 84,000

STARTED VEHICLE AT MALL, PUT IN REVERSE AND OUT OF NOWHERE (NO WARNING) WE HAD NO POWER STEERING. DROVE THAT WAY FOR ABOUT 5 MILES, STOPPED AND TURNED THE CAR OFF, RESTARTED AND IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN. WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS THE STEERING WHEEL STARTING SHAKING WHEN IDLE OR EVEN IN PARK AND I A...

Mileage: 82,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 95,000

POWER STEERING BECAME VERY INTERMITTENT OVER THE PERIOD OF THREE WEEKS - WOULD WORK ONE DAY SOMETIMES AND NOT THE NEXT BEFORE QUITTING COMPLETELY LAST WEEK. WHEN IT WOULD WORK IT WOULD VIBRATE AND SHAKE AS TO NEED TWO HANDS ON THE WHEEL TO DRIVE AT ALL TIMES. EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND VERY DIFFICULT TO ...

Mileage: 77,500

THE STEERING STARTED SHAKING AROUND THE 10TH OF FEBRUARY JUST WHEN IT WAS IN PARK. NOW IT IS SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY EVEN WHEN WE ARE DRIVING IT. THE STEERING HAS ALSO LOCKED UP ON ME TO THE POINT I HAD NO STEERING AT ALL. THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN HAS TO BE REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF 1,500.00 OR SO....

Mileage: 62,000

THIS WEEK, AT A LOW SPEED OR IDLE, MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE SLIGHTLY. TODAY, I WAS DRIVING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL. UPON RETURNING THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT COMPLETELY...MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. I PULLED INTO AN AUTO ZONE TO CHECK STEERING FLUID AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR HAS AN EL...

I HAVE NOTICED ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO WHEN DRIVING... COMING TO STOP. MY WHEEL SHAKES AND MAKES THIS NOISE. THEN MY WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP SO I HAVE TO CUT MY CAR OFF AND TAKE THE KEY OUT FOR IT TO LOOSEN UP. THEN PAST COUPLE OF DAYS THE WHEEL BEEN LOCKING UP WHILE I AM DRIVING. I HAVE TO CUT OFF AND TAKE T...

Mileage: 180,000

MY POWER STEERING STARTED GOING OUT ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND WOULD START WORKING AGAIN AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTING. NOW IT IS GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH NO WARNING AND IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO TURN THE WHEEL. THE STEERING WHEEL IS TWITCHING WHILE RUNNING AND WHEN ...

Mileage: 104,000

STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AND SHOOK WHEN STOPPED AND SLOWING DOWN AFTER STARTING CAR, STEERING FROZE, TURNED CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN, STEERING WAS FINE STEERING BECAME HARDER AND HARDER AS I DROVE- STOPPED USING AND TOOK TO AUTO SHOP NO INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON MECHANIC FOUND THAT ELECTRIC POWER STEE...

Mileage: 64,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND I REACHED A STOP LIGHT. I PUSHED THE GAS AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AND REVVED UP VERY HIGH BUT DID NOT MOVE. I DID THIS THREE TIMES. THE THIRD TIME I DID THIS IT REVVED AND WENT TO FLOOR BUT ACTUALLY MOVED AS NORMAL. THIS CYCLE HAPPENED TWICE THROUGH STOP LIGHTS BEFO...

Mileage: 91,200

STEERING FAILS. DEALER REPORTS STEERING TORQUE SENSOR HAS FAILED. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO MY STEERING WHEEL BEGAN MOVING ON ITS OWN TRYING TO GET BACK LEFT - SHAKING UNCONTROBALLY. THE PEDAL BEGAN GETTING VERY STIFF AND WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO PRESS ON IT FOR GAS IN ORDER TO MOVE. WHEN I CUT THE CAR OFF AND CUT IT BACK ON THE ISSUE GOES AWAY. SOMETIMES IT TAKES TH...

ON COLD MORNINGS THE GAS PEDDLE STICKS AND WON'T PRESS DOWN UNTIL THE CAR WARMS UP COMPLETELY. SOMETIMES TAKES ALONG AS 15 MINUTES TO WARM UP ENOUGH TO ENGAGE THE GAS PEDDLE. AND SOMETIMES AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR SEVERAL MILES (AS MANY AS 15 MILES) THE GAS PEDDLE STICKS AGAIN AND NO GAS IS BEING...

Mileage: 60,000

ON COLD MORNINGS THE GAS PEDDLE STICKS AND WON'T PRESS DOWN UNTIL THE CAR WARMS UP COMPLETELY. SOMETIMES TAKES ALONG AS 15 MINUTES TO WARM UP ENOUGH TO ENGAGE THE GAS PEDDLE. AND SOMETIMES AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR SEVERAL MILES (AS MANY AS 15 MILES) THE GAS PEDDLE STICKS AGAIN AND NO GAS IS BEING...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS, WHO STATED THAT THE KEY WAS NOT REACHING THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE...

Mileage: 90,000

WE WERE ON A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY GO APPROX. 55 MPH ON OUR WAY TO A VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT WHEN WITHOUT WARNING THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING THEN THE VEHICLE PULLED HARD TO THE LEFT. WE PULLED OVER, SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, AND RESTARTED IT TO SEE IF IT WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL. UPON RESTART THE STEERING...

Mileage: 71,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS ADVISED TO THE CONTACT THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRE...

Mileage: 70,000

THE POWER STEERING HAS FAILED THREE TIMES, TWICE FOR ME AND ONCE FOR MY WIFE. ALL THREE INCIDENTS OCCURRED WHEN THE ENGINE WAS FIRST STARTED, ALTHOUGH I DID DRIVE IT THE FIRST TIME WITH VERY GREAT EFFORT THINKING IT WAS A PERMANENT FAILURE AND I NEEDED TO GET IT HOME. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS VEHICL...

Mileage: 129,580

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME HARD TO DEPRESS. THE FAILURE RECURRED SPORADICALLY AND ON ONE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO ANY ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER BUT ...

Mileage: 94,055

WENT TO GET ICE CREAM SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED THE POWER STEERING WAS NOT WORKING I CHECKED THE FUSES THEY WERE ALL FINE DROVE HOME WITHOUT POWERSTEERING THE NEXT DAY THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED THE STEERING IS NOW WORKING BUT THE STEERING WHEEL RATTLES RIGHT TO LEFT UNLES...

Mileage: 52,354

CPSC: I1320536A. 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. CONSUMER STATED THESE CARS HAVE POWER STEERING CONTROL ISSUES. *LN THE CONSUMER STATED THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE, AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE NEW ELECTRONIC POWER ASSIST STEERING SYSTEM CAN MALFUNCTION WITHOUT WARNING AND THE LEAVE THE DRIVER WITHOUT STEERIN...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THERE WAS A FAILURE WITH THE CHARGING UNIT AND...

Mileage: 100,000

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS NOW MY STEERING HAS GRADUALLY BEEN DISPLAYING STIFF STEERING. IT HAS PROGRESSED AND WAS UNSURE WHY IT WAS DOING THIS BEING THAT IT HAS NOT GIVEN ME ANY PROBLEMS BUT THE STEERING. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AND IT HAS GOTTEN STIFF. I WILL TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART AND IT WILL DRIVE ...

Mileage: 129,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 80,100

WHEN I WENT FROM LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY ONTO THE ST WE LIVE ON I HAD NO PWER STEERING SO I CONTINUED TO GO TO THE MECHANIC AND WAS VERY LUCKY AS WHEN I WENT TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN COULDN'T STEER IT, HARD TO AND HARDLY STEER AT ALL, ENDED UP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF A MAIN ST AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE RIGHT,...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRYING TO COMPLETE A TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AS IT BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND WAS LATER...

Mileage: 83,000

THE LOWER STEERING UNIVERSAL JOINT AND 2 INNER TIE RODS 1 OUTER WERE ALL FOUND TO CONTRIBUTE TO POOR ALIGNMENT-THE STEERING U-JOINT WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED[MAZDA] WHEN NEW --AS THE JOINT WAS SUPPOSED TO MOVE FREELY IN 4 DIRECTIONS FLUIDLY--BUT, WHEN REMOVED IT WAS FROZEN;----AND U- JOINT MOVEMENT ...

Mileage: 120,078

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARTIALLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 12V357000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES). THE DEALER ONLY HAD CERTAIN PARTS AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIRS AND THE REMAINING PARTS WOULD NOT BECOME AVAILABLE UNTIL LATE OCT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT HAD TO FULLY DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AS VEHICLE SURGED ABRUPTLY BEFORE FINALLY ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO...

Mileage: 15,000

WE HAVE NOW HAD TO REPLACE 3 WINDOW REGULATORS. (3 DIFFERENT DOORS.) NO WARNING THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH WINDOW. 1 TIME WE WERE DRIVING WHEN WINDOW JUST DROPPED OPEN. WE LIVE IN FLORIDA AND RARELY USE THE WINDOWS AT ALL. THE 2 BACK WINDOWS FAILED WITHIN A 2 WEEK PERIOD. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL FIRESTONE STORE FOR SERVICE TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AND FLUSHED AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS LEAKING AND THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE AND FORD ESCORT AND THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT WAS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE RADIAT...

Mileage: 72,000

TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL FIRESTONE STORE FOR SERVICE TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AND FLUSHED AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS LEAKING AND THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE AND FORD ESCORT AND THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT WAS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE RADIAT...

Mileage: 72,000

FROM A STOP SWITCHING TO GAS PEDAL OR ACCELERATOR THE PEDAL STICKS AND HARD TO PRESS AND DOES IT BACK TO BACK FOR A FEW MINUTES. ALSO IT CAN DO IT AT RANDOM AFTER DRIVING FOR AWHILE AND STOP AT A LIGHT IT WILL STICK WHEN TRYING TO GO. ONCE IT STOPS STICKING I HAVE TO QUICKLY HIT THE BRAKES TO NOT CA...

Mileage: 510,000

FROM A STOP SWITCHING TO GAS PEDAL OR ACCELERATOR THE PEDAL STICKS AND HARD TO PRESS AND DOES IT BACK TO BACK FOR A FEW MINUTES. ALSO IT CAN DO IT AT RANDOM AFTER DRIVING FOR AWHILE AND STOP AT A LIGHT IT WILL STICK WHEN TRYING TO GO. ONCE IT STOPS STICKING I HAVE TO QUICKLY HIT THE BRAKES TO NOT CA...

Mileage: 510,000

FROM A STOP SWITCHING TO GAS PEDAL OR ACCELERATOR THE PEDAL STICKS AND HARD TO PRESS AND DOES IT BACK TO BACK FOR A FEW MINUTES. ALSO IT CAN DO IT AT RANDOM AFTER DRIVING FOR AWHILE AND STOP AT A LIGHT IT WILL STICK WHEN TRYING TO GO. ONCE IT STOPS STICKING I HAVE TO QUICKLY HIT THE BRAKES TO NOT CA...

Mileage: 510,000

WAS DRIVING ON THE WAY HOME AT 45MPH AND THE PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR. I PULL ON SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HIT THE BRAKE PUT IN PARK. AFTER FEW MINUTE I TRIED TO HIT THE PEDAL AND IT COME BACK .THIS IS JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE IF I HAVE MY KIDS WITH ME AND I WILL BE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSY ROAD. THIS ...

Mileage: 51,000

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OIL LEAKING FROM TRANSMISSION COOLER. *TT

Mileage: 61,000

WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL A LOUD CLUNK NOISE IS APPARENT AND STEERING FEELS DISCONNECTED FROM VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. *TR

LOCK ISSUE - HATCHBACK AND BACK WINDOW ONLY THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I HAVE ALWAYS HAD, AND IT IS A PAIN IN THE NECK. THE HATCHBACK DOOR OR WINDOW WILL NOT OPEN USING EITHER THE REMOTE OR THE DOOR UNLOCK BUTTON IN THE CAR. AFTER HAVING GROCERIES IN THE BACK, PIZZA, MATERIAL BEING MOVED, ETC. ONE H...

Mileage: 60,000

LOCK ISSUE - HATCHBACK AND BACK WINDOW ONLY THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I HAVE ALWAYS HAD, AND IT IS A PAIN IN THE NECK. THE HATCHBACK DOOR OR WINDOW WILL NOT OPEN USING EITHER THE REMOTE OR THE DOOR UNLOCK BUTTON IN THE CAR. AFTER HAVING GROCERIES IN THE BACK, PIZZA, MATERIAL BEING MOVED, ETC. ONE H...

Mileage: 60,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD, THE POWER STEERING FAILED IN THE MIDDLE. THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE STEERING ET ALL. PULLED OVER, STOPPED THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT WENT AWAY. DROVE COUPLE OF MORE MILES, AGAIN WHEN THE CAR WENT BACK TO DRIVE ON BATTERY POWER THE POWER STEERING FAILED AGAIN.HAD TO STOP AND R...

Mileage: 41,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD, THE POWER STEERING FAILED IN THE MIDDLE. THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE STEERING ET ALL. PULLED OVER, STOPPED THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT WENT AWAY. DROVE COUPLE OF MORE MILES, AGAIN WHEN THE CAR WENT BACK TO DRIVE ON BATTERY POWER THE POWER STEERING FAILED AGAIN.HAD TO STOP AND R...

Mileage: 41,000

AS OTHERS HAVE REPORTED, I COULD NOT DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR. IT WAS STUCK. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 3 TIMES DURING A DRIVE CROSS COUNTRY. IT REALLY WASN'T THAT COLD - IN THE 40S OR 50S. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED (WHILE THE CAR WAS RUNNING AND IN NEUTRAL), IT WOULDN'T GO DOWN. FINALLY AFTER TRYIN...

Mileage: 59,000

ACCELERATOR PEDAL GETS STUCK IN PARTIAL ACCELERATION POSITION DURING ACCELERATION AND WILL NOT PRESS DOWN FURTHER PAST PARTIAL TO FULL ACCELERATION DURING COLD MORNINGS TO ACCELERATE FASTER (LESS THAN 35 DEGREES FARENHEIT). PEDAL TYPICALLY WORKS FINE AFTER VEHICLE WARMS UP. RELEASING PRESSURE FROM P...

Mileage: 42,500

ACCELERATOR PEDAL GETS STUCK IN PARTIAL ACCELERATION POSITION DURING ACCELERATION AND WILL NOT PRESS DOWN FURTHER PAST PARTIAL TO FULL ACCELERATION DURING COLD MORNINGS TO ACCELERATE FASTER (LESS THAN 35 DEGREES FARENHEIT). PEDAL TYPICALLY WORKS FINE AFTER VEHICLE WARMS UP. RELEASING PRESSURE FROM P...

Mileage: 42,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS CRACKED AND CAUSING THE LEAK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NO...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS CRACKED AND CAUSING THE LEAK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NO...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS CRACKED AND CAUSING THE LEAK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NO...

Mileage: 90,000

I PURCHASED MY MAZDA TRIBUTE NEW IN 2007. THIS PROBLEM STARTED IN 2010 IN THE WINTER. FROM TIME TO TIME, THE GAS PEDAL WOULD STICK IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION, USUALLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP, BUT SOMETIMES DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. THE PAST FEW WEEKS, MY SON HAS BEEN DRIVING THE CAR AND HAS NOT...

Mileage: 53,500

MY GAS PEDAL KEEPS STICKING ON OCCASION WHEN IN IDLE OR SLOW DRIVING. I NEED TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL HARDER TO GET IT FROM BEING STUCK AND THEN MY VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD. CALLED FOR A SERVICE APPOINTMENT. *TR

Mileage: 34,202

THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS JAMMED IN THE IDLE POSITION, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD AFTER BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT IDLE, I HAD TO PULL THE CAR BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY WITH ARE 2ND CAR TO LET TRAFFIC GO BY AS ARE DRIVEWAY IS ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A REAL PROBLEM IF MY WIFE HA...

Mileage: 98,000

GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT COMPRESS, STUCK FOR SEVERAL MINUTES IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. COULD NOT ACCELERATE ONTO THE HIGHWAY. HAD TO COAST SLOWLY ONTO SHOULDER OF THE ONRAMP IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. TRIED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES TO COMPRESS, FINALLY IT BECA...

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW, BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO ROLL IT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WINDOW MOTOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED, BUT THE DEALER PERMANENTLY...

Mileage: 40,000

PASSENGER FRONT DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK OR OPEN. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

GAS PEDAL STICKS ON ACCELERATION. MOSTLY HAPPENS ON COLD MORNINGS AND WHEN SHIFTING FROM LOW TO HIGH SPEEDS. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND IT SHOULD BE A MAZDA RECALL. I HAVE CONTACTED MY LOCAL MAZDA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THEY NEVER HEARD OF SUCH AN ISSUE. AFTER DOING SOME INTERNET RE...

Mileage: 15,000

ACCELERATION ISSUE. THROTTLE CABLE SNAPPED AT THE FIREWALL NEAREST TO THE GAS PEDAL, SO I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER OF THE EXPRESSWAY. *TR

Mileage: 27,750

ACCELERATION ISSUE. THROTTLE CABLE SNAPPED AT THE FIREWALL NEAREST TO THE GAS PEDAL, SO I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER OF THE EXPRESSWAY. *TR

Mileage: 27,750

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT TRANSMISSION COOLANT WAS LEAKING AND CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE F...

Mileage: 21,590

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK AND WOULD NOT DEPRESS WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. AFTER APPLYING HEAVY PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY DURING COLD W...

Mileage: 28,000

2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE GAS PEDAL STICKS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS EVEN WHEN HAVING TO ACCELERATE. MY VEHICLE JERKS FORWARD WHEN I HAVE TO PRESS THE PEDAL HARD TO GET MY VEHICLE TO MOVE. IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE AND YET SCARY WHEN DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE POWER STEERING STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE LAST TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. THE VEH...

Mileage: 88,000

2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE, APPROX, 72,000 MILES. THE GAS PEDAL STICKS IN COLD WEATHER. WE LIVE IN THE BATON ROUGE AREA SO IT DOESN'T GET COLD OFTEN, BUT THE LAST FEW DAY'S WE'VE HAD LOWS IN THE 20'S AND THE GAS PEDAL HAS A STICKING ISSUE. IT'S HARD TO PRESS AND WHEN IT FINALLY DOES THE VEHICLE LUNGES FORWA...

Mileage: 72,800

2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE, APPROX, 72,000 MILES. THE GAS PEDAL STICKS IN COLD WEATHER. WE LIVE IN THE BATON ROUGE AREA SO IT DOESN'T GET COLD OFTEN, BUT THE LAST FEW DAY'S WE'VE HAD LOWS IN THE 20'S AND THE GAS PEDAL HAS A STICKING ISSUE. IT'S HARD TO PRESS AND WHEN IT FINALLY DOES THE VEHICLE LUNGES FORWA...

Mileage: 72,800

I HAVE A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE THAT HAS A STICKING ACCELERATOR, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD. EVEN AFTER THE CAR IS WARM THE ACCELERATOR WILL SOMETIMES STICK AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. TODAY AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE ABOUT FIVE MILES IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I TRIED TO GET...

Mileage: 25,000

ACCELERATOR BECAME STIFF ON COLD MORNINGS. ACCELERATOR CABLE CLIP BROKE, TRIBUTE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. (FELL TO FLOOR) CLIP REPLACED, STILL STICKING. TAKING BACK TO DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

MY 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE HAS ABOUT 68,500 MILES. THE GAS PEDAL STUCK, AT INTERVALS, ALL THROUGH MY DRIVE BACK HOME FROM MY PARENTS. IT IS ABOUT A 25 MILE DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. THE PEDAL BECAME STUCK ONCE I DEPRESSED IT. IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE, I HAD TO PRESS ON THE PEDAL WITH ABNORMAL FORCE. THE CAR WO...

Mileage: 68,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUNE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN THE OPEN THROTTLE POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO DEFECTS FOUND WITHIN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE DEALER ALSO ADVISED THAT THE ACCELERATOR...

Mileage: 96,000

THE GAS PEDAL IS STICKING, NOT ALLOWING YOU TO ACCELERATE. MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED THIS CAR SO THAT OUR SON WOULD BE SAFE. IT HAS HAPPENED AT STOP SIGNS AND ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 65-70MPH. IT HAPPENED AROUND TEN SEPARATE OCCASIONS, MOSTLY IN THE MORNING. I WOULD HATE FOR MY FAMILY TO BE IN THE CAR WH...

Mileage: 36,127

2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. CONSUMER STATES STEERING JOINT PROBLEM *TGW THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE STEERING JOINT HAD WORN OUT. THE DEALER FOUND THE STEERING COUPLER WAS COMING APART. THEREFORE, THE STEERING SHAFT WAS REPLACE. *JB

2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE ALWAYS MAINTAINED GOOD, FIRST WHEN DRIVING ON WET BRIDGES SUV TENDS TO GLIDE. THIS HAPPENS THE TIME A BRIDGE IS WET. CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND IM SCARED THEY MIGHT OVERCHARGE ME. $100.0 JUST TO CHECK IT. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THE FRONT BEARINGS IN THE FRONT HAD TO BE REPLA...

Mileage: 32,567

VEHICLE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. DANGEROUS TOTAL SHUT-OFF OF ENGINE WHILE DRIVING. COULD NOT RE-START VEHICLE. STARTER WOULD TURN ENGINE BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE TOWED TO INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. SHOP RETRIEVED CODE P1260 "ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM SIGNAL DETECTED - ENGINE DI...

Mileage: 55,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, THE CONTACT CHANGED LANES TO PASS A VEHICLE BUT WHEN HE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO SPEED UP, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT THE ENGINE ONLY RACED UP...

Mileage: 25,185

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, THE CONTACT CHANGED LANES TO PASS A VEHICLE BUT WHEN HE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO SPEED UP, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT THE ENGINE ONLY RACED UP...

Mileage: 25,185

ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS STICKY. IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO PUSH, THEN WILL SUDDENLY RELEASE AND ALLOW YOU TO ACCELERATE. HAPPENS EVERY MORNING, AND LASTS FOR ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES. CONDITION IS WORSENING. DEALER "CLEANED THROTTLE BODY", BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE ...

Mileage: 34,000

ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS STICKY. IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO PUSH, THEN WILL SUDDENLY RELEASE AND ALLOW YOU TO ACCELERATE. HAPPENS EVERY MORNING, AND LASTS FOR ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES. CONDITION IS WORSENING. DEALER "CLEANED THROTTLE BODY", BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE ...

Mileage: 34,000

GAS PEDAL STICKS, PREVENTING YOU FROM ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE. SO WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD YOU MIGHT BE FINE, OR YOU COULD BE SITTING IDLE, UNTIL THE GAS PEDAL WILL FREE UP. THIS HAS PROBABLY HAPPENED 30 TIMES OR MORE. NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. ALSO AROUND 30,000 MILES THE PAINT STARTED COMING OFF AL...

Mileage: 24,000

2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE: ACCELERATOR STICKS IN THE UNACCELERATED POSITION. HAVE HAD I FIXED BEFORE AND THE MECHANIC NEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. HE FIXES AT LEAST TWO A WEEK. HE SAID THE THROTTLE CABLE RUNS THROUGH THE INTAKE AND IT ACCUMULATES GRIME UNTIL IT STICKS. COSTS ME $75 BUCKS EVERYTIM...

Mileage: 65,000

MY 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE AWD 4I GAS PEDAL STICKS IN COLD WEATHER AND SOMETIMES IN WARM WEATHER (EXACT PROBLEM COMPARED TO 2005 MODEL YEAR COMPLAINTS). IT HAPPENS USUALLY WHEN I GET INTO THE CAR ON A COLD MORNING AND HAVE NOT PROPERLY WARMED THE CAR UP. A FEW TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER I...

Mileage: 35,982

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT TOOK OFF AND THE ACCELERATOR GOT STIFF AND STUCK. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STIFF, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND NEARLY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DID NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THERE WERE ...

Mileage: 42,000

THE GAS PEDAL OF MY VEHICLE STICKS WHEN IT IS FIRST DEPRESSED, AFTER SETTING IDLE AT TRAFFIC STOPS. IT ALSO STICKS WHEN FIRST ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE ON MOST MORNINGS. THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAS BECOME VERY FREQUENT. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT WAS ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2010. *...

Mileage: 69,896

THE GAS PEDAL STICKS. YOU MUST PRESS GAS PEDAL ABNORMALLY HARD AND THEN WHEN IT GIVES THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD DANGEROUSLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. REQUIRES REPEATED THROTTLE BODY CLEANING. DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDS REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY EVERY TIME--A $130 PART. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

GAS PEDAL STICKING INTERMITTENTLY & HAS OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY TYPICALLY DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65-70MPH. NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS DAILY. *TR

Mileage: 24,750

I TOOK MY 2008 TRIBUTE (PURCHASED IN JULY 2007) FOR SERVICE WHEN AT THE 50, 300 MILES. I REPORTED TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT MY VEHICLE DOES A MILD OR HARD JERK WHEN COMING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT I HAD A SMALL HOLE IN THE CONDENSER CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE TRANSMISSION...

Mileage: 48,000

2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE - GAS PEDAL STICKING. *TR

Mileage: 10,954

TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE LEAK. *TR

Mileage: 45,995

REAR END COLLISION 10/4/09. STOPPED WITH TURN SIGNAL ON TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT. REAR ENDED, BOTH FRONT PASSENGERS HAD SEAT BELTS ON. WE WERE THROWN FORWARD AND THEN BACKWARD BREAKING BOTH FRONT SEATS. INJURIES BACK, HIP, BROKEN VERTEBRA IN NECK FROM BEING THROWN AROUND. VERY DISAPPOINTED AT THE ...

Mileage: 5,310

1998 MAZDA TRIBUTE. HOOD LATCH DID NOT ENGAGE . MAZDA DEALER SAID LATCH WORKS AS PRESCRIBED. MAZDA "PEOPLE" SAID NO PROBLEM. COLLISION REPAIR SHOP UNDER CONTRACT WITH DEALER SAYS LATCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. FAILURE OF LATCH AND SAFETY CATCH CAUSED BLOWN UP HOOD. *TR

Mileage: 15,000

LEAKING TRANSMISSION COOLER AT 42,300 MILES. LEAKING FLUID IS BEING PICKED UP BY THE COOLING FAN AND AIR MOVING THROUGH THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND BEING SPREAD THROUGH THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THUS A FIRE HAZARD. ALSO, IF THE LEAK HAD NOT BEEN CAUGHT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE RUN DRY AND LOCKED ...

Mileage: 42,300

AUTO TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAKING FLUID "FIRE HAZARD". *TR

Mileage: 42,000

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND LURCHING FORWARD WHEN IT ENGAGED AT AROUND 20MPH WITH NO WARNING. CHECKED FLUID AND ALMOST NONE LEFT. 14 MONTHS OLD AND 48,500 MILES. DEALER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION/AC COOLER NEEDS REPLACEMENT AND THAT IT IS NOT PART OF THE 50,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. $900. PLU...

Mileage: 48,000

I HAVE A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE WITH 13,000 MILES ON IT. LAST WEEK I NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WAS TILTED OUT OR IN TECHNICAL TERMS IT HAD EXTREME NEGATIVE CAMBER. I GOT UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND SAW THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINT HAD COME OUT OF THE CONTROL ARM. THE LOWER CONTROL ARM IS DESIGNED FOR THE...

Mileage: 13,000

I HAVE A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE WITH 13,000 MILES ON IT. LAST WEEK I NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WAS TILTED OUT OR IN TECHNICAL TERMS IT HAD EXTREME NEGATIVE CAMBER. I GOT UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND SAW THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINT HAD COME OUT OF THE CONTROL ARM. THE LOWER CONTROL ARM IS DESIGNED FOR THE...

Mileage: 13,000

MAJOR TRANSMISSION LEAK, IT KEPT LEAKING EVERYWHERE EVEN AT THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS LEAKING, BUT FOR SOME REASON THE CAR DROVE NORMAL, THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS FAST, MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR 28,000 MILES AND THE BRAKES ARE MAKING GRUMBLING NOISES WHEN ITS LEFT TO COOL FOR LIKE 19 MINUTES, PLUS ON...

Mileage: 28,000

MAJOR TRANSMISSION LEAK, IT KEPT LEAKING EVERYWHERE EVEN AT THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS LEAKING, BUT FOR SOME REASON THE CAR DROVE NORMAL, THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS FAST, MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR 28,000 MILES AND THE BRAKES ARE MAKING GRUMBLING NOISES WHEN ITS LEFT TO COOL FOR LIKE 19 MINUTES, PLUS ON...

Mileage: 28,000

MAJOR TRANSMISSION LEAK, IT KEPT LEAKING EVERYWHERE EVEN AT THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS LEAKING, BUT FOR SOME REASON THE CAR DROVE NORMAL, THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS FAST, MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR 28,000 MILES AND THE BRAKES ARE MAKING GRUMBLING NOISES WHEN ITS LEFT TO COOL FOR LIKE 19 MINUTES, PLUS ON...

Mileage: 28,000

2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE CONDENSATION IN SEALED BEAM HEADLIGHT. DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THAT MAZDA CORPORATE SENT OUT AN EMAIL DISALLOWING THE REPAIR OF HEADLIGHTS WITH CONDENSATION IN THEM. THE CORPORATE EMAIL APPARENTLY STATES THAT THIS IS A "NORMAL" OCCURRENCE AND WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I ...

Mileage: 20,000

AT ALL SPEEDS OTHER THAN IDLE THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY LOSES POWER AND SMOKES. THIS IS A NEW 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE DANGER IS WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEED SUDDENLY THE PROBLEM OCCURS AND THE CONDITION BECOMES UNSAFE. *TR

Mileage: 4,100

WE ARE HAVING TRANSMISSION COOLER PROBLEMS. OUR 2008 TRIBUTE HAS A MAJOR LEAK...OR SHALL I SAY POUR. THE ITEM IS RECALLED. WE LIVE 1100 KM AWAY FROM DEALERSHIP.....SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY RUIN THE TRANSMISSION IF WE DRIVE THAT FAR...AND WE DO NOT HAVE 4000.00 TO GET IT TOWED. SO HERE WE ARE WITH A 2...

Mileage: 17,000

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE WHEN IT CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE CAR HAS BEEN DECLARED TOTAL LOSS. THERE ARE INJURIES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY DEPLOYMENT. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED BY MY FATHER I BELIEVE IN JUNE AND HE WAS DRIVING. *TR

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE WHEN IT CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE CAR HAS BEEN DECLARED TOTAL LOSS. THERE ARE INJURIES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY DEPLOYMENT. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED BY MY FATHER I BELIEVE IN JUNE AND HE WAS DRIVING. *TR

THE BARS OF THE FRONT HEAD RESTS PROTRUDE FROM THE REAR OF THE SEAT AS THERE IS NO PROTECTION BETWEEN THE BARS AND THE CLOTH OF THE SEAT. BECAUSE OF THIS, IT IS VERY EASY FOR ONE TO HIT THEIR LEGS/KNEES WHEN ENTERING AND EXITING THE VEHICLE. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE COULD BE A VER...

AUTO ACCIDENT WHCH I WAS HIT ON THE LEFT SIDE. BOTH FRONT AND BACK DOOR CAVED IN AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. ( CURTAIN ARBAGS ). *TR

Mileage: 11,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BACK END OF THE VEHICLE SWAYS VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING OVER BRIDGES WITH IRON GRATES. THE FAILURE CAUSES HIM TO GRIP THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTLY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS NOTICED THE FIRST DAY TH...

Mileage: 705