2005 Mazda Tribute

THE GAS PEDAL STICKS (UP POSITION). USUALLY WHEN IT IS COOL OUT, THOUGH IT HAS HAPPENED IN WARM TEMPERATURES. IT HAPPENS WHEN MY FOOT HAS RELEASED THE GAS PEDAL AND PRESSES BACK ONTO IT TO ACCELERATE. IT DOES NOT GO DOWN. MOST TIMES I HAVE TO SLAM MY FOOT ON IT A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE IT WORKS (ACCELERATES) BUT THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL TIMES THAT HASN'T WORKED AND I HAVE HAD TO LET MY CAR COAST OF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS IS VERY SCARY! HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS COOLER OUTSIDE. *TR

2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE WITH 60,000 MILES, HAZARD FLASHERS STARTED GOING OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT...WOULD NOT TURN OFF...STUCK THIN CARDBOARD UNDER SWITCH TO HOLD SWITCH IN..DEALER SAYS NO PROBLEMS LIKE THIS BEFORE. STOPPED ON ITS ON..THEN STARTED AGAIN..WILL HAVE TO TAKE TO DEALER TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED, WARRANTY IS OUT...EXPENSIVE JOB..NEVER TOUCHED THE SWITCH BEFORE THIS HAPPENED...AGGRAVATED! *TR

IN AUGUST 2004, I PURCHASED A 2005 BRAND NEW MAZDA TRIBUTE SUV. AT THE END OF 2005, I STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY ACCELERATOR STICKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AND ASSUMED THAT THIS PROBLEM WOULD NEVER OCCUR AGAIN. BUT, TO MY DISMAY, IT SEEMS TO OCCUR EVERY YEAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE COLD WEATHER ARRIVES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR REPAIR AND I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD NEED TO COME BACK WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MILES TO HAVE THE THROTTLE CLEANED SO THE ACCELERATOR WILL NOT STICK. ALSO,WAS TOLD THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WITH THESE TYPE OF VEHICLES. THE THROTTLE GETS GRIME AND GUMP IN IT AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSES THE STICKING. RECENTLY, ON LAST FRIDAY, IT BEGAN TO STICK AGAIN WHEN I WAS DRIVING INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD I COULD NOT GET UP ON MY DRIVEWAY. I HAD TO COAST IT ALONG THE SIDE OF THE STREET AND PARK IT. WHENEVER THIS OCCURS, I CANNOT PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR AT ALL, IT WILL NOT BUDGE AND MY CAR TENDS TO LOSE POWER AND BEGINS TO SLOW DOWN. ON SUNDAY EVENING, I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN IT OCCURRED, VERY SCARY, I COAST OVER INTO THE RIGHT HAND LANE AND OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, SO I WOULD NOT BE HIT FROM BEHIND. ON MONDAY MORNING, ON MY WAY TO WORK, I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND WHEN I WENT TO PULL OFF AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, IT WOULD NOT MOVE. THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS, AS I HAVE TO GO TO THE DEALER EACH TIME AND PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL. I DON'T KNOW IF OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS OR NOT, BUT I DECIDED TO BECAUSE I AM AFRAID FOR MY SAFETY AS WELL AS OTHERS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

I OWN A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE AND HAVE HAD NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WITH THE GAS PEDAL STICKING. THIS HAPPENS MOST OFTEN ON COLD FALL MORNINGS. THE PEDAL WILL STICK AND NOT ALLOW ME TO ACCELERATE, GENERAL HAPPENING WHEN I'VE BEEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, WAITING TO MAKE A TURN, OR JUST AS I GO TO ACCELERATE WHILE TRAVELING STRAIGHT. IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE WITHOUT THEM ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED EVERY FALL SINCE 2005 AND MAZDA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE GAS PEDAL ON MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE STICKS. I CAN NOT FIGURE OUT A REASON FOR THIS, OR WHAT CAUSES IT TO DO IT. SOMETIMES IT STICKS WHEN TRYING TO TAKE OFF FROM A RED LIGHT, SOMETIMES IT IS IF I AM TRYING TO ACCELERATE OUT OF A TURN AND SOMETIMES IT IS JUST A BASIC ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE GOING STRAIGHT. I DO NOTICE THOUGH THAT IF I ALREADY AM ACCELERATING AND I PUSH MY FOOT ONTO THE PEDAL MORE IT WILL NOT STICK, IT ONLY STICKS WHEN I HAVE TAKEN MY FOOT COMPLETELY OFF THE ACCELERATOR, THEN TRY TO PUSH DOWN ON THE PEDAL. *TR

OCT. 2005: CAR PURCHASED JANUARY - MARCH 2006: GAS PEDAL BEGAN TO STICK, PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE UNTIL SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE WAS PLACED ON THE PEDAL, CAUSING A "JUMPING" MOTION TRAFFIC (15000 MILES (APPROX) SUMMER 2006: DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM, THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AT THAT TIME. MAY - JULY 2009: THE PROBLEM DEVELOPED AGAIN, CAUSING THE EXACT SAME TYPE OF ISSUES. (45000 MILES APPROX) JULY 2009: DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM, REPLACED ACCELERATOR CABLE. LATE JULY - AUG 2009: PROBLEM RESURFACED ONLY MORE DIFFICULT. (46000 MILES APPROX). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT TOOK HIS VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED THAT ALL FOUR BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, HE NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD VIBRATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,499 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.