2006 Mazda Tribute

MORE FREQUENTLY NOW THE GAS PEDAL STICKS AND CANNOT BE PRESSED DOWN AFTER RELEASING IT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IT SEEMS THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE GETS LOCKED IN A SINGLE POSITION AND THEN CANNOT BE MOVED WITHOUT FIRST ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN TO AN UNSAFE SPEED OR UNLESS IT IS PRESSED REALLY HARD. I READ THERE WERE SIMILAR RECALLS TO OTHER MODELS OF THIS VEHICLE BUT NOT MINE. *TR

2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE S 3.0L 6 CYL. 4X4 RECEIVED THE DREADED NEWS A P0740 CODE ALONG WITH 4 OTHERS ALL DEALING WITH THE TRANSMISSIONO. DRIVING MY CAR CAME TO A RED LIGHT AND VEHICLE WOULD THEN ONLY GO 30 MILES AN HOUR. PLUS WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE ANYMORE. P0740 DEALS WITH A TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH SYSTEM MALFUNCTION, P0720 OUTPUT SHAFT SENSOR CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION AND SOME OTHERS DEALING WITH A SPEED CABLE, ETC.... APPEARS MAZDA TRIBUTE'S HAVE THIS KNOW PROBLEM AND MAZDA IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED MORE AND A RECALL ISSUED BY MAZDA FOR ALL YEARS ON THIS VEHICLE. MAINTENANCE WOULD DONE ON THE TRANSMISSION AT THE RIGHT INTERVALS AND THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPEN. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CHECK BY THE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE FLUIDS. NOTICE MAZDA ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE BUT ONLY FOR 2000 - 2003 YEARS I BELIEVE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, I NOTICE A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HAVING TO GET THEIR TRANSMISSION OVERHAULED. KNEW I SHOULD OF STUCK WITH A FORD BECAUSE NO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VEHICLES. ALL FORDS HAVE OVER 160000 MILES ON THEM. PLUS ONE A 2003 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY HAS OVER 218,000 MILES ON IT. NEED TO GET MAZDA TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THEIR TRANSMISSION BECAUSE IT APPEARS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH IT. *TR

JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM A USED DEALERSHIP IN MILWAUKEE, WI. I HAVE A 90 DAY WARRANTY ON THE CAR. IN UNDER 30 DAYS THE ENGINE HAS LOCKED UP ON THIS TRUCK. I WAS GOING AT LEAST 10/15 MPH TURNING INTO THE BANK WHEN THE WHEEL LOCKED UP, THE ENGINE AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE TRUCK SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. IT WOULD NOT START AFTER THAT. FINALLY, AFTER IT DID START THERE IS A HORRIBLE KNOCKING. PROBABLY THREW A ROD..... MOST HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER HAD WITH A VEHICLE, AND THIS IS MY FIRST NEWER CAR!!!! MY OLD 2000 CHEVY IMPALA WITH 200,000 MILES ON IT DROVE LIKE A CHAMP! TOO BAD I SOLD IT NOT MORE THAN AN HOUR BEFORE MY NEW CAR WENT KAPUT! *TR

ABS WARNING LIGHT WENT ON INDICATING ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM NOT WORKING. SAME THING HAPPENED 09/13/10 WHILE CAR STILL COVERED BY FIVE YEAR WARRANTY. ROTO MAZDA OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL DID WARRANTY REPAIR AND REASSURED ME THAT THE OTHER THREE ABS SENSORS WERE CHECKED AND THE PROBLEM SHOULD NOT RECUR. MY RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET SHOWS THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM FOR MANY MAZDA TRIBUTES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2000 AND UP THROUGH 2006 OR EVEN LATER. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THESE ANTI LOCKING BRAKE SYSTEMS TO FAIL SO QUICKLY AND SO OFTEN. MY FIRST FAILURE IN 2010 OCCURRED WHEN ODOMETER MILEAGE WAS BELOW 15,000. *TR

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE GAS PEDAL WILL GET STUCK IN THE UPWARD POSITION NOT ALLOWING THE CAR TO ACCELERATE. IT HAS HAPPENED PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF OWNERSHIP, BUT HAS BECOME MORE PROMINENTLY IN THE RECENT YEAR OR SO. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 107K MILES BUT HAS OCCURRED AT MUCH LOWER MILEAGE. THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL POSTED, BUT MANY OTHERS HAVE SHARED CONCERN. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY RISK ESPECIALLY WHEN MERGING ONTO HIGHWAYS OR ACCELERATING IN TRAFFIC. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING COLD WEATHER OF 32 DEGREES OR BELOW, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL COULD NOT BE DEPRESSED AND HE WOULD HAVE TO PUMP THE PEDAL PERIODICALLY BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD TRY CLEANING THE THROTTLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER HAVING THE THROTTLE CLEANED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 104,000. *TR UPDATED 05/08/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. UPDATED 05/22/2013 *JS

I WAS YIELDING AND WENT TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC AND THE PEDAL GOT STUCK I HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES TO GET THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN, WHEN IT DIDN'T I STARTED PUMPING THE GAS PEDAL AND IT CAME UNSTUCK. RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN STICKING ALOT, WHEN I FIRST TRY TO ACCELERATE I PUSH THE PEDAL AND IT APPEARS THEIR IS SOME SORT OF CATCH THERE I HAVE TO SLAM IT DOWN TO GET PEDAL TO WORK OFTEN..I COME TO A STOP AND WHEN I GO TO PUSH THE PEDAL IT FEELS HARD TO PUSH..I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND SAW TONS OF RECALLS ON THIS BUT WHEN I CALLED AND GAVE THEM THE VIN NUMBER THEY SAID IT WASN'T INCLUDED. I HAD IT WASHED TODAY AND WHEN THE GUY WASHING IT BROUGHT IT BACK HE MENTIONED TO ME THAT THE GAS PEDAL KEPT STICKING..HE SAID I NEEDED TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SOONER BUT I NEVER DROVE IT...THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I THOUGHT THAT I JUST HIT THE PEDAL THE WRONG WAY BUT IT HAS STUCK OVER 10 TIMES SINCE THEN. *TR

I OWN A 2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE 4 CYLINDER. WHEN THE WEATHER CHANGES AND IT GETS TO BE ABOUT 40 DEGREES OR LOWER MY GAS PEDAL STICKS! I AM UNABLE TO PRESS THE PEDAL DOWN. THIS IS VERY SCARY AND I BELIEVE IT CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT YOU ARE NOT SURE IF THE GAS PEDAL GONNA WORK. THEN WHEN YOU PRESS THE GAS AFTER MANY TIMES OF TRYING AND IT FINALLY WORKS YOU ACCELERATE TO MUCH AND CAN HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS MATTER AS I FEEL IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND CAN BECOME A LIABILITY TO MAZDA. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, SHE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE SECOND VEHICLE DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY VISIBLE DAMAGES. THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.