2001 Mazda Tribute: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Feb 25, 2019 · Acceleration, Engine · 211,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 mazda tribute. While driving 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. In addition, the cruise control failed. The contact was able to coast the vehicle to the side of the road and powered off the engine. The vehicle was restarted, but failed to drive. The vehicle was taken to the residence where the contact was staying. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 211,000.

Filed Sep 22, 2014 · Acceleration · 109,500 miles · GA

Moved from center turn lane into eastbound lane of rush hour traffic at 5:30pm. Suddenly noticed the car was speeding. Took foot off accelerator but car continued to accelerate. Managed to pull into a right turn lane into a gas station while standing on brake to no effect. As I swerved into the gas station, I put the car in neutral and turned engine off. Car stopped about 10 feet away from gas pumps. Turned engine on and it raced. Shortly after that the accelerator pedal dropped to the floor and no longer worked. This car was taken in to rick case mazda, duluth, ga on 10/10/12 for the 2012 mazda recall due to cruise control and supposedly "fixed" using part #1 f01-10-218 stud. Service station who repaired my car following the 9/10/143 incident said the cruise control cable had once again caused the sudden acceleration and removed and replaced the cruise control cable. I am constantly worried now that the car will do it again.

Filed Oct 1, 2012 · Acceleration · 148,260 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 mazda tribute. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign id number: 00v210002 (vehicle speed control) and took the vehicle to the dealer for repairs. The contact stated that the cruise control light no longer illuminated when activated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure could not be replicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 148,260 and the current mileage was 148,293.

Filed Jul 21, 2012 · Acceleration · 103,642 miles · IN

Picked up my mazda from having new brakes installed to take boat out on memorial weekend. Luckily I was towing my boat as the drag slowed me from going any faster as I approached the on ramp to interstate I-69 and my acceleration wasn't under my control. I was told at the time from firestone that it was caused by the poor design and location of the cruise control cable. I have learned this week that there is a petition 49 cfr part 552;557 on this matter. I am bothered that steps were not taken to notify current owners of this problem, and that this incident could have endangered my life. I consider myself lucky of the circumstances that I mentioned and I wasn't yet on the interstate when this occurred!! This could have been addressed within the recall time frame of my aging, but still reliable tribby!

Filed Mar 4, 2010 · Acceleration · 210,000 miles · CA

2001 tribute was in cruise control cresting a hill when traffic slowed, I applied the brakes but soon realized that not only was the car still in cruise, but that the engine was beginning to race and I was having to brake hard. I was able to get to the shoulder and placed the car into neutral whereupon the engine revved so high that it shut itself down. I had it towed to my mechanic who was unable to find anything wrong with the car. I feared the worst but some system shut the engine down before it self-destructed.

Filed Jan 3, 2009 · Acceleration · 83,000 miles · WI

On sunday 12/21/08, while driving my 2001 mazda tribute on local freeway at approximately 55 MPH, in close to 0 degree fahrenheit weather, I experienced stuck throttle. Gas pedal and the portion of associated linkage visible from passenger compartment were not obstructed in any way. All efforts to return engine to idle speed, including rapidly depressing gas pedal to near the floor and then rapidly releasing it, were unsuccessful. Throttle was stuck at 4000 RPM. Had to put transmission into neutral and then coast to a stop on an offramp. Once stopped, I turned off and then restarted engine several times. At restart, engine would immediately race up to and stay at 4000 RPM, even though I did not even touch the gas pedal. Wound up having to get vehicle towed to a mazda dealer repair facility, which was closed at the time due to it being sunday. The dealership representative told me that, upon restarting the vehicle the next day, the throttle was no longer stuck. Said the linkage "probably froze up" due to the previous day's cold weather but had "thawed out". He recommended lubricating it, which I authorized. On 1/1/09, I dropped the vehicle at a different mazda repair facility because of an unrelated problem. The dealer representative told me that, when he drove the vehicle into the garage from outside (where it had sat overnight in near zero weather), the throttle stuck. The throttle stuck a few times last winter in 10 degree or below weather but only momentarily. I noted today, according to your website, that there was a recall on 2001mazda tributes equipped with "speed control" because of a defect that caused throttles to stick. I am not sure what "speed control" is. My tribute, which I purchased used, does not have "cruise control." whether it originally had "cruise control", which may have been removed by someone prior to my purchase, I do not know.

Filed Sep 24, 2006 · Engine, Transmission · 47,000 miles · CA

Mazda tribute 2001. While stopped in drive (automatic transmission; cruise control off) with foot on brake, engine suddenly revved to 4000 RPM. Had to use hard, full braking plus emergency brake to keep SUV from moving forward and hitting car in front of me. In neutral, engine revved at 4000 RPM. Turned engine off and restated -- situation has not repeated yet.

Filed Aug 5, 2006 · Acceleration · 70,000 miles · NC · crash · 1 injury

I was shopping at the local walmart with my wife, who was driving the vehicle. We were parked in the walmart parking lot. On leaving, she engaged the car in drive and began to ease out of the parking space. The car suddenly surged forward and she was unable to stop it even though she was applying the brakes very hard. This had happened to me several times before but always in a place that was safe and where I could bring the car to a stop. It always happened as I was moving from a parked position. On this occasion, it was not safe, and we crashed into another car. The tribute was damaged at a cost of $5,000 to repair. The other car also had extensive damages. I asked the dealer who repaired the car to examine the cruise control and accelerator pedal for a defect. He only told me that it looked "normal". My wife is afraid to drive this car now and I have a lot of apprehension when I first start the car and begin to drive. I think that there must be a subtle defect in either the cruise control or the accelerator that causes this unexpected surge when first starting from a parked position.

Filed Jun 29, 2006 · Acceleration · 94,000 miles · NC

Driver accelerated, with pedal, while cruise control was set at 70 MPH. Removing foot from accelerator pedal and applying the brake did not seem to disengage the cruise; "the engine seemed to surge". The cruise control off button also seemed to have no effect on the cruise. The resistance in the brake pedal increased and engine continued to surge as the vehicle speed was decreased to around 50 MPH. Driver shifted into neutral; the engine RPM shot up. Driver then shifted into progressively lower gears and applied the brake until vehicle stopped. Driver then shifted into park, and shut off the engine. Smoke was coming out of the engine compartment. Vehicle was towed and determined to have a blown engine. Owner alleges that mazda dealer (flow mazda in fayetteville) stated that there is recall campaign (00v‑210 002) for this issue, but that her vehicle is not covered due to her vehicle's build date. Per relevant 573, the effected build date range is ford's kcap 4/17/00 through 7/24/00; subject vehicle build date is unknown. Vin range is [xxx] through [xxx]. Owner's VIN is [xxx]. Owner alleges to never have received an owner notification for this recall. *nm updated 07/16/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)

Filed Jun 3, 2002 · Acceleration, Electrical · MD

May 23, 2002 - cruise control stopped working. Light on console comes on but doesn't engage. June 01, 2002 - lost all power while going approx 35 MPH around a slight curve. Pulled to the side, put in neutral and started again.

Filed Oct 16, 2001 · Tires · NC

On october 12, 2001, I was traveling north on interstate 95 through north carolina in my mazada tribute 2001. This was a sunny day so the road was dry and I was traveling 70 MPH with cruise control. I was approaching the exits for the rocky mount area when my entire car started shaking furiously. Then the whole left side of my car seemed to suddenly drop. I immeadiately pulled over. When I got out of the car to take a look, I noticed that it was not just a flat, but that the entire tread had seperated from the sidewalls. I took the tire into a firestone dealer where they proceeded to tell me that tires always respond this way when they go flat and charged me for a new tire. They did not seem concerned at all. After they had finished replacing the tire, I asked for the original tire which they told me was already destroyed and that I could not have it back. This was a wilderness ht p235/70r16 but when firestone replaced it they used a wilderness ht ii.*ak (tiresize: p235/70r16)