2010 Mazda Tribute Complaints

MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT TO CROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND LOST ALL ACCELERATION! STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. I WAS IN THE TURNING LANE WATCHING A SEMI AND 20 CARS HEADED STRAIGHT FOR MY DAUGHTER. LUCKILY SHE THOUGHT QUICK ENOUGH TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, SINCE SHE WAS ON A SLIGHT HILL, SHE ROLLED BACK INTO THE PARKING LOT. FORD HAS ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE THROTTLE BODY ON THE ESCAPES (SISTER TO THE TRIBUTE) FOR THIS VERY ISSUE. MAZDA HAS ONLY ISSUED A SPECIAL BULLETIN THAT THE TRIBUTE CAN LOOSE ACCELERATION, BUT DID NOT SAY HOW TO FIX IT. I FOUND ALL THIS INFORMATION AFTER THAT FACT THAT MY DAUGHTER ALMOST DIED!!! WE HAD THE VEHICLE AT A MAZDA DEALERSHIP THE FRIDAY & SATURDAY BEFORE. THEY APPARENTLY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE AND ALL THEY DID WAS CLEAN OUT THE THROTTLE BODY, AND SAID THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. WHY DID MAZDA NOT HAVE TO DO THE SAME AS FORD? WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE DIES. IT IS A VERY SER...

POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY CUTS OUT DUE TO POWERSTEERING SENSOR WITHIN COLUMN. *TR

FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT AND PUT THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE. I ACCELERATED AND THE CAR HESITATED, CHUGGED, THE WRENCH LIGHT ON DASH ILLUMINATED WITH VERY SLOW FORWARD MOMENTUM. TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON WITH NO PROBLEM UNTIL THE END OF THE PARKING ROW WHEN I STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC, IT CHUGGED AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE, WRENCH INDICATOR ON AGAIN. TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND COASTED TO A PARKING SPOT. RESTARTED A FEW MINUTES LATER WITH NO PROBLEMS FOR ALMOST A WEEK. NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED I ACCELERATED FROM A STOP SIGN AND ONLY HAD CRAWLING SPEED NO MATTER WHAT I DID WITH THE GAS PEDAL. THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS AGAIN ON WITH THE VEHICLE CHUGGING AND HESITATING. DUE TO PARKED VEHICLES I HAD TO DRIVE ALMOST THE LENGTH OF THE BLOCK IN THIS CONDITION BEFORE HAVING A PLACE TO PULL OVER AND MOVE OUT OF THE LONG LINE OF TRAFFIC I HAD CREATED. ONCE AGAIN AFTER A BRIEF WAITING PERIOD I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT OUT AND IT HAS BEEN DRIVING OKAY. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON LARGE BLVD THRU TOWN AT APPROX. 45+ MPG, THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN QUIT ACCELERATING, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, ALL POWER TO CAR WAS ESSENTIALLY LOSS AND IT BEGAN CONVULSING ABRUPTLY AS A I MANEUVERED IT OFF THE ROAD TO A SAFE STOPPING SPOT. I CALLED AAA AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER HAD THE CAR FOR 3 DAYS, COULD NEVER FIND ANYTHING OR GET IT TO REPRODUCE WHAT I EXPERIENCED, SO I WAS CHARGED THE $120 DIAGNOSTIC FEE WITHOUT IT BEING FIXED AND SENT HOME WITH MY FINGERS CROSSED. THE CAR BEHAVED FOR AWHILE, BUT THEN IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN ON AND OFF OVER THE NEXT 6 MONTHS. BECAUSE OF THE $120 FEE FOR NOTHING I HAD BEEN HESITANT TO GO BACK UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN I WAS ON THE FREEWAY (A COUPLE OF TIMES) AND THE CAR DID THE SAME THING! LUCKILY I WAS IN THE SLOW LANE AND COULD PULL OVER QUICKLY, TURN OFF THE CAR, COUNT TO 10 AND THEN START IT UP AGAIN AND GO. THESE LAST FEW TIMES IT WAS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER (CAR IS SUPPOSEDLY CERTIFIED) AS...

WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE AS IF THE ACCELERATOR WAS BEING PRESSED AND RELEASED, THE CAR STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER DRIVING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION THE CAR RAN NORMALLY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THE CAR HAS REPEATEDLY HAD THIS SYMPTOM ALONG WITH FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR AND SHUTTING OFF. THE LAST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON MARCH 9TH OF 2014 WHILE TURNING RIGHT IN AN INTERSECTION THE CAR FAILED TO RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR AND JUST QUIT. I ALLOWED THE CAR TO DRIFT TO A CENTER AREA OF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT. THE DEALER HAS ONCE TOLD US WE WERE PROBABLY OVER FILLING (TOPPING OFF) THE TANK, WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT WE LET THE PUMP STOP AFTER IF CLICKS OFF THE FIRST TIME YET THE INCIDENTS CONTINUE AND AT AN INCREASED RATE. THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER A SECOND TIME TO ATTEMPT TO DIAGNOSE THIS ISSUE. *TR