general problems of the 2001 Mazda Tribute

The contact owns a 2001 Mazda Tribute. The contact received a recall notice for NHTSA campaign number: 14v174000 (structure). The specifics regarding the nature of the failure were not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 88,021.

Both front door handles have broke and cannot get out of car unless someone lets you out or you roll down the window and let yourself out.

I am an owner of a 2001 Mazda Tribute. Of all things to make plastic they made the inside door handle chrome plated plastic. This situation exist from 2001-2004. The part number is ec01-59-330p. On top of everything else the part cost nearly $100 for an injected molded piece of plastic that must really be worth less than a dollar. To top that, they want up to $200 labor to replace it. I believe this should be considered a safety issue and should be covered regardless of time or mileage.

Driver side inside door handle has broken off. This makes it very difficult to exit the car in a hurry.

The inside mechanism that opens the driver's side door broke. I opened the door from the outside, and when I tried to exit the vehicle, the door wouldn't open. I got home, and opened the door handle area and found a small plastic fragment that was broken. It is plastic, and snapped where the cable and this mechanism come together to open the door from the inside.