My 2001 tribute has stalled twice in the last yar. It seems to be related to hills. This life threatening situation could result in a crash because power steering fails, and there is no engine power. Mazda must recall for this issue before someone is hurt.
2001 Mazda Tribute engine complaints
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The madza tribute 2001 stalls without warning, at varying speeds. Both the brakes and the steering system are inoperable. The car starts again after this occurs. This has happened 5 times! Luckily, my son who drives this car hasn't been injured. But what about the next time? What if he is driving on the expressway at 55 or 65 miles an hour? Can mazda assure me that he won't be seriously injured or killed? The service department has offered several explanations after verifying that this is a on going problem with this vehicle. We have been told that the air intake valve sticks when carbon builds up on it. Now we are told it is a flaw in the computer. Clearly there is a serious design flaw which the service departments have been unable to repair. This car is a disaster waiting to happen! How can I possibly allow my son to drive this vehicle?!!
Vehicle stalled several times without warning while driving. Took it to dealer twice and the third time a throttle body was replaced, since it has stalled once.
While driving the steering wheel locked up and engine shuts off. The dealer was notified. *ak this problem occurred intermittently and the dealer has not been able to correct the problem. *scc
2001 mazda tribute stalls when coming to a stop. It starts again ok but I have to keep RPM's up to keep the engine running, otherwise it stalls. One failure so far but this seems to be a real problem with the 2001 tribute
While traveling at 40 MPH vehicle stalled in the middle of traffic. Consumer believed vehicle could have been rear ended.
Consumer states that while driving at any speed and without warning vehicle will stall, and it will be hard for the consumer to control the vehicle. Dealer notified.
Consumer states that while driving at any speed and without warning vehicle will stall, and it will be hard for the consumer to control the vehicle. Dealer notified.
Engine shuts off without notices while driving. Very dangerous. Has happened 3 times, each time while driving in traffic and almost had accidents.
The steering wheel wandered which caused the vehicle to change lanes at high and low speeds. *ak ph. The emission light illuminated and the problem was repaired twice. The steering problem was repaired 6 times.
While traveling on the highway without prior warning vehicle will shut down and restart.
Engine stalls while driving. Dealer notified.
Mazda tribute 2001 shuts off while driving without warning. This has happened twice and when it does, steering and braking become difficult. I have taken it to the dealership for repair, but they don't know the cause.
Engine stalls when cold start.
On april 2, 2003 driving in rush hour traffic, my 2001 mazda tribute stalled without warning. I did not have any steering or brake control. This has happened once before approximately. 2 months ago. Both times I was going downhill. I have found others who have filed complaints about this same thing. This is a very serious and dangerous issue that mazda needs to address and correct as soon as possible. Also the owners of these tribute's need to be compensated for the cost of so called repairs. Mine is going to the dealership april 17, 2003 to see if they can find the problem.
The vehicle stalled without warning.
2001 maxda tribute lx stalls in motion going approximately 45 MPH. Has happened 3 times. Dealer has performed suggested repairs by mazda but problem persist. Mazda dealer is out of ideas. Serious safety hazard to driver and other vehicles around you. Vehicle shuts down completely no power steering no brakes no control. Should be recalled.
The vehicle stalled without warning, which occurred when braking and accelerating on roads that contained curves.
The vehicle stalled, which caused consumer to pull over abruptly.
Engine stalled. Ph
Owned my tribute for a year before the problems began. On 3/15/02 I took it in because the low coolant light kept coming on. The dealership couldn't find a problem, but I had them do a 30k mile service and check everything from front to back. Had a rental for two days. On 6/10/02 I took it in because it suddenly started stalling dead at stops and yields. I almost wrecked due to this. Cause: internal failure. The dealership replaced the control unit, idle air valve, coolant fan relay. I had a rental for three days. On 8/5/02 it had to be towed because the ignition switch completely locked up and wouldn't turn. Dealership put in a new ignition switch and cylinder. My keys had to be reprogrammed. I had a rental for two days. On 11/13/02 I took it in because the check engine light kept coming on and the engine did not idle smoothly. The dealership could not duplicate the problem and I used their rental for three days. On 12/24/02 the engine light came back, the engine idled rough and the entire vehicle was visibly shaking. The dealership told me that one of the six coils was bad and needs to be replaced or one wrong spark could ruin the whole engine. Looks like I have the rental for at least a week. It just went over 50k miles, so my basic warranty is up, however the emisions conrol system (engine) is warranted until 80k miles. It seems a shame that mazda would put out such poor quality and problematic vehicles to their loyal customers. Maybe they should add that to their "zoom, zoom" commercials.
This is about our 2001 mazda tribute lx , 4x4, v6. Our VIN. # [xxx], but your system is not accepting this number. Our tribute has stalled more than 5 times over the last 2 years. We have called the mazda dealer to ask if they have had this problem with other tributes. They claimed they were not aware of that type of problem three occasions between april 2001 and november 2001. Something we were doing wrong. August 2002, after another stalling episode we decided it was too dangerous and took the car into the dealership. They then informed us that they had a lot of other 2001 and 2002 tributes with the same problem. They had our tribute at the dealership repair shop for 63 straight days before the mazda h.q. Called us from irvine, ca to tell us that our tribute had been repaired and they were sure that it was not going to stall again because they had not had any other tributes that were repair for the stalling problem repeat the problem. About a month later our tribute again stalled exactly as it had done many times before. I was asked to come to the dealership and talk to them about buying the new 2003 model tribute at a reduced price because of our trouble. When we went to the dealer to drive the 2003 model we were told they could not let us drive the new model because it was stalling. Dt information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
At 30-50 MPH traveling down hill engine stalled twice. Consumer lost complete control of the steering which made it difficult to pull over to the side of the road. The engine and oil light was illuminated. Dealer was not contacted at the time of this call.ph
Was traveling down a steep, curvey hill at approximately 35-45 MPH when the vehicle stalled. I lost control of the steering as well as the brakes. The engine lights came on. I was meeting a vehicle at the time and luckily missed running into the oncoming vehicle due to incident occuring in a curve. This is the second incident that this has occurred. It has been reported to the dealership and they said that they had never heard of this occuring before now. This is a real safety concern for me and my family. Gg--ky dt
While driving, the engine will cut off causing the vehicle to stall out. This was a result of the main computer failing. The dealer was contacted. This part is on a national back order. Mr the dealer imported a computer from canada. After it's installation, the vehicle is operating normally.
The engine failed three times without warning while the consumer was traveling on highway. Cause for the first failure was the PCM problem and it was reprogrammed and updated eec relay was also installed.
Vehicle is intermittently stalling. At low speeds, under 40 MPH, vehicle will stall while in motion causing loss of power steering and brakes. When vehicle was repaired by dealership resulting in problem happening more frequently than before. Vehicle tends to stall on slight inclines or declines in the road. One stall nearly caused driver to rear end another vehicle due to loss of power brakes. Vehicle is back at dealer for second attempt at repair of problem. Dealership has provided above average customer service while handling problem however repair attempt has only made problem worse. After 1st repair attempt vehicle still stalls and has begun hesitating (nearly stalling) under acceleration. Mr
The engine cut out for no reason while driving, causing sudden loss of power brakes, steering etc. Luckily, no other traffic was on the road or there may have been an accident. This is the second time this problem has occurred on this vehicle. One year ago, the engine stalled while driving while driving down a hill, and a multi-car accident was narrowly avoided at the bottom of the hill. The dealer claims that mazda told them to replace the "pcu" at the time, and then called me back later to confirm this was indeed the fix to this reported nationwide problem. Obviously, since the problem has now re-occurred one year later, mazda's initial fix was wrong and mazda still does not know what is causing this problem. Your website reports numerous similar consumer complaints, which is disturbing. What is the government doing to protect consumers? There should be a forced recall. This is a real safety issue - a downhill stall!!! Must we wait until deaths occur? I would like to hear a response from the federal safety agency. I plan to forward this list of complaints to my congressman. Mr
Vehicle stalled without warning. No brakes, no steering. Going downhill 35-40 MPH. Ended up going into oncoming traffic until I wrestled car back into lane. 3rd time this has happened. Mazda solutions are unacceptable. Nlm
1. Mositure in passenger side headlight at 10kmi. 2. Coolant indicator light @ 14k mi. 3. Engine light @ 15k mi. 4. Engine shuts down, lose brakes and steering, traveling at 55-60 MPH approaching and slowing down to make a left-hand turn at a slightly downward slope in road. Had to put vehicle in park and restart engine. Could have turned in front of oncoming vehicles and been hit broadside due to loss of all power.ake. Nlm
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