general problems of the 2005 Mazda Tribute

The right back side by the tired the chassis is all rust it and the shock is loose I can move it with my hands and the left side is about to get like the other side.

I am the current owner of this vehicle I. Bought it through north shore bank off lease. . . I take good care of the car and have it maintained regularly . Recently the rear passenger area has been making a loud banging noise, I thought it may be a broken shock or something to that affect. I took it into goodyear in racine WI. Come to find the whole wheel well is rotted out on the passenger side. . The mechanic said he could not fix it and take it to racine auto body also in racine, WI. They also said they have never seen anything like that happen to a car or SUV ever before. He said it has to be due to a bad factory process or some flaw that had been when the car was manufactured. They want $1600. 00 to fix the area and I don't feel I should have to fix the flaw from the Mazda manufacturer. I feel it isn't safe to drive on the highway without more damage being added. I really would appreciate some sort of help or replacement of the factory flaw. The car is in fairly decent shape and at this point I can not afford a new car. . I don't know if there had been any other similar issues on any of your other vehicles.

While driving at 45 mph engine speed started to rise. As if transmission had shifted into neutral. I pulled over to the side of the road, and when moving the shift lever to drive nothing happened that is it did not shift into drive. The shift lever moved freely from park to drive but would not shift into drive . It just stayed as it was in neutral. Car at dealer and they tell me $4200. 00 to replace the transmission.

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).

My Tribute is a v-6 3. 0l and the vehicle was manufactured 11-04 per driver's door sticker. Problem-- after leaving my house and driving down my rural road, I had noticed the vehicle speed stayed the same (approx 40 mph) even after letting up on the gas pedal. The cruise control was off. So I had did a quick tap on the gas pedal to see if the constant speed would stop and allow the vehicle to slow down. The vehicle did respond and slowed down. This happened to me on three different occasions and all on the same road and in the same area.