Hatchback was opened during unloading. When truck was left alone with hatchback still open window emploded with cause unknown. Truck was parked at the time, and nothing struck the glass. Owner was concerned because of amount of shattered pieces of glass, and the distance ten feet of travel. Please describe details.
2001 Mazda Tribute body complaints
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Right door is defective because door is not properly bolted onto frame of vehicle. Door is able to move around, and when opening door it will make noise. Also, door hinge bolt is halfway on. Contacted dealer and dealer is not willing to do anything.*ak
Bolts have disengaged from hinge on rear left door, causing door to completely come off. *ak
When driving at highway speeds speedometer goes up and down. When driving and letting up on accelerator pedal, vehicle shifts into lower gear. Feels like brakes were applied very hard. Vehicle taken to dealer 3 times, cannot find cause of problem. *ak consumer states the cluster gauges are erratic, then the transmission shifts long or slow, on three different occasions, the transmission shifted from over drive to first, when letting up on the gas pedal it felt like the brakes were applied very hard, dealer stated the transmission was replaced. Vehicle has been worked on for water intrusion, carpet had to be replaced, dealer removed and resealed the windshield and repaired the rust in the windshield frame, rust also formed on the mounting brackets under the dash due to water leak, dealer removed and refit the left front fender to gain access to water leakage through the missed body seam and wiring harness. Dealer replaced the fuse box to repair the radio and cluster gauges. Turn signals are inoperable. Consumer states the only repair completed was the replacement of the carpet.
My new car is currently in the garage/dealer while the service manager is trying to attain additional help to solve the problem of my vehicle not starting on a consistant basis. Originally the problem started when the dealer programmed a newly purchased spare key in december. Programming for the key had to be done more than once while my husband waited an additional hour and viewed the service personal push our vehicle back into the service bay. He was told there was a problem programming the new key. Later in the month, the car would not start (2 incidents-6 trys). On the next trip to the dealer to have other warranty work done, I waited five and a half (5 1/2) hours overall and was informed that they could duplicate the problem with all three (3) keys. Later I was told that the problem was corrected and I soon returned home. About one and a half (1 1/2) hours after the fix, the car would not start again for 15 hours (various trys). The dealer arranged a free rental car and was to have my car towed that monday morning. The keys were left in the ignition over night and the car started the next morning. I agreed to try a temporary fix suggested to the dealer by mazda tech support. Three (3) weeks later, the car started having the same problems and the temporary fix did not work. What did get the car to work was the opening and closing of the driver door or unlocking and locking with keyless entry. I recorded (35 witnessed) malfunctions. The car was taken back to the dealer last monday for a new mazda tech suggested reprogramming of the keys. Upon my return thursday while waiting for the twice requested written documentation about the temporary fix and the new reprogramming the running car was brought to the service entrance. When tested it went dead again. Service manager and I both witnessed. The vehicle was kept and tested for electrical shorts-none found. In conclusion my car has not started consistantly over a span of three months.
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