This is the third time vehicle has stalled while driving at approx. 35-40 MPH since purchase last fall; previously reported problem last fall (odi id: 754924); problem was thought to be fixed with resetting of idle and throttle settings late last year; while it has been a while since the problem last occurred, apparently the problem has not been fixed.
2002 Mazda Tribute engine complaints
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While driving on a curvy road at around 40 MPH my tribute suddenly stalled and lost all power steering and power brakes. This resulted in a hard stop in the oncoming lane, which was fortunately not occupied by an oncoming car. The car restarted immediately with no hesistation and I travelled home 5 miles with no further incident. I am now afraid to drive my car as I live on top of a mountain and must drive curvy roads to work. The dealership has been closed this weekend and I will contact them immediately monday morning.
Stalled going down hill @ 35 m.p.h. About time for an investigation and/or recall?
While driving downhill at about 30 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. Power steering froze. I was able to stop and restart the engine. I took it to a dealer, where some kind of computer was reprogrammed, but I was also told that mazda has no fix for this problem, only a checklist of things that they try. This is an extremely dangerous defect, and I can't believe there is not some kind of immediate recall on this problem. Someone is going to get hurt! Short of a fire, major structural failure, or tire blowout, I can't think of anything more dangerous, or I should say equally dangerous, than to be suddenly left without any power or ability to steer. With traffic, highway speeds, or curve roads (which a bound mountains home state), this is a disaster waiting to happen. *ts *jb ***dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12-12-02 cut over to artemis***761982
Consumer states that the vehicle will intermittenly shut off with out any warning. Contacted dealer and the dealer is not willing to do anything.
Vehicle stalled at 25-30 MPH. Dealer could not find cause.
While driving 45 MPH battery light and oil light illuminated on dashboard, resulting in engine to stalling.
While traveling on highway and without prior warning vehicle shut down and stalled. Dealership was aware of problem.
Engines stalling on these vehicles, looks like another tire problem that is going to take years to resolve I have submitted questions to you before but nobody wants to take responsibility for looking into this issue I have been told to file complaints or call I think with all the reports on your web site you would be looking into this issue before we are checking to see how many people are killed in these SUV
While driving 55 MPH engine stalled without warning. Lost all power . Cause unknown dealer contacted.*ak the engine stalled two more times the dealer had repaired the vehicle.
Vehicle stalled at 60 MPH, at dealership at this time. Nlm
Consumer states while traveling at 65 MPH without any indication vehicle losses all power causing consumer to pull over. Dealer has been contacted. Nlm
Engine stalled at 40 MPH, causing power steering and power brake loss.
While in traffic vehicle stalls without prior warning. Dealership is aware of problem.
The 2002 tribute has stalled on me twice - once after 1200 miles and the second time after 4800 miles. Both times I was going down a hill at about 35 MPH. Am taking the car into the dealer. This problem needs addressed!
While traveling down a slight hill vehicle will stall. Thereis a delay in brakes and steering, very dangerous. Consumer is able to restart engine. Dealer could not duplicate problem.
Pe 01 043/engine stalling: while driving 40-50 MPH vehicle stalls without warning. Vehicle can be restarted. Dealer notified. Feel free to provide any further information.
Was driving about 40 miles per hour and the engine quit. .pulled over to side of road and engine started back up and drove home.
While driving about any MPH engine would stall. This could happen without prior warning. Dealer was contacted, and could not indicate what was causing the problem. Please provide more information.
While driving 65 MPH consumer heard a noise, stopped vehicle to check and oil had leaked out of vehicle. Took vehicle to dealer, and dealer indicated a new engine was needed.*ak
Believed to be related to the federal safety agency defect investigation action number pe01043. Engine stalls totally unexpectedly. Dealer contacted, thinks they have a resolution but will not give any assurance. Manufacturer contacted, unaware of problem in 2002 mazda tribute, unable to give any assurrance of problem resolution steps and procedures. Extreme safety hazard if engine stalls in traffic.
While driving engine stalled, consumer has contacted dealer, and they were aware of problem, and waiting to hear from manufacturer. Consumer feels unsafe driving vehicle.*ak
Vehicle shut down w/o warning.
Proceeding on a slight downhill at roughly 40 MPH my new vehicle's engine stalled/died. I imediately slipped the transmission into neutral and re-started. This allowed me to continue. Power brakes and steering were non-operable during this time. Had I been proceeding at a faster speed or not reacted quickly this could have been a very dangerous situation. I have heard this has been an issue with these vehicles.
Vehicle stalled while backing up at slow speed. Vehicle was towed to dealer. Cause unknown at this time. Please add further details.
Vehicle has completely stalled on two separate occasions within past month while driving between hills (coast down first hill and go to accelerate to take second hill, but vehicle has no power); mazda dealer in conjunction with mazda hotline were unable to locate problem after first occurrence on 10/25/01; mazda has had similar reports of problem in other areas of u.s., but has not been able to locate problem; problem occurs while driving 25-30 MPH.
Tribute was purchased while "at sea." 48 hours after tribute was rolled off the delivery truck the engine shutoff without prior warning while traveling u-hill at 45mph. It shut off again six days later without warning. According to edmunds.com web site, many other tribute and ford escape owners are having the same stalling problem. Hennessey mazda had 3 tributes returned to their dealership for same problem prior to my purchase date of 10/30/01. Both hennessey and mazda corp have refused to give any type of certification or guarantee that the corrective repairs performed on my tribute on 11/8/01 are the permanent fix.
I was driving up hill with the speed around 35mph and the car stalled. I lost all power without warnning. The car just died. There were traffic coming from both directions (down hills and up hills) and it was very dangerous! Apparently there are a lot of cases as such in the last year. Please do something before someone get hurt. If this happened at the intersection by my house, I could be dead! Please pass on any information that can help to resolve this problem to all tribute/escape owners. Thanks.
Vehicle shut off without prior warning. Dealership was aware of problem.
On november 2 driving 40mph with no warning my engine shut off and I lost power to my steering and brakes. I was able to get the car to the side of the road after applying all my weight to the brakes and steering wheel. I missed an oncoming car and a tree by luck. I took the tribute to the dealership and was told by the service manager that this was an ongoing problem. They were going to put me back in the tribute until monday when they had an opening. I requested a rental car because I did not feel safe driving the car untill the problem was resolved. The manager also told me that the tributes that have been repaired for this same problem have been different porblems. I returned home and called the mazda customer service department and reported the problem. They assured me that they would look into it and get back with me, this never happened. On november 6th I received a call from the dealership that my car was ready. I asked to speak with the sevice manager who informed me they could not find anything wrong and I could pick up my car. I told him I would not pick up the car until there was a solution to correct the problem and the car was not safe to drive. He infomed me that his hands were tied and to contact mazda. I contacted mazda and they contacted the sevice manager who had already contacted the regional manager. I was told I would be contacted by him tomorrow november 7th. I have a 15 year old son who has his learners permit and who I strongly believe would not have been able to avoid what could have been a fatal accident. The car is still at the dealership. My tribute is the first 2002 that they have seen with the problem. Obviously this serious safety problems continues.
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