Accelerator Stuck problems of the 2008 Mazda Tribute

Accelerator pedal gets stuck in partial acceleration position during acceleration and will not press down further past partial to full acceleration during cold mornings to accelerate faster (less than 35 degrees farenheit). Pedal typically works fine after vehicle warms up. Releasing pressure from pedal usually allows pedal to return to rest/nominal position for next attempt to press down to accelerate. Sometimes it is stuck again sometimes it works.

From a stop switching to gas pedal or accelerator the pedal sticks and hard to press and does it back to back for a few minutes. Also it can do it at random after driving for awhile and stop at a light it will stick when trying to go. Once it stops sticking I have to quickly hit the brakes to not cause over acceleration.

I purchased my Mazda Tribute new in 2007. This problem started in 2010 in the winter. From time to time, the gas pedal would stick in the upright position, usually when accelerating from a full stop, but sometimes driving in traffic. The past few weeks, my son has been driving the car and has noticed the sticking pedal situation also. I had asked the dealership previously to check this out, but they said they could not get the pedal to stick when they drove it. I am taking it back in tomorrow and leaving it so they can test it after it is cold for a while. This is very dangerous. I have had problems when stopped to make a left turn, and then trying to accelerate to make the turn. So far I have been lucky, but left turns after a full stop are scary to say the least.

My gas pedal keeps sticking on occasion when in idle or slow driving. I need to press the gas pedal harder to get it from being stuck and then my vehicle lunges forward. Called for a service appointment.

2008 Mazda Tribute, approx, 72,000 miles. The gas pedal sticks in cold weather. We live in the baton rouge area so it doesn't get cold often, but the last few day's we've had lows in the 20's and the gas pedal has a sticking issue. It's hard to press and when it finally does the vehicle lunges forward. We had this same issue last year when it also got abnormally cold for this area.

My 2008 Mazda Tribute has about 68,500 miles. The gas pedal stuck, at intervals, all through my drive back home from my parents. It is about a 25 mile drive on the highway. The pedal became stuck once I depressed it. In order to accelerate, I had to press on the pedal with abnormal force. The car would jerk forward once the pedal became unstuck and I was able to accelerate again. This is not the first time that my 2008 Mazda Tribute does this. It did a while back when my car had about 30,000 miles. It did it two times. However, it never did it again until today, 11-14-2010. This time, however, the pedal got stuck well over 10 times. The car would decelerate while I used more and more force on the gas pedal until the pedal gave and I was able to accelerate again. I had my wife and children in the car. I did not feel safe driving the SUV. Doing research on the net and on the NHTSA this seems to be a problem which is happening to an abnormal number of 2008 Mazda Tributes throughout the USA. Why hasn't Mazda done a recall? why hasn't the NHTSA ordered a recall? this is very dangerous!.

The gas pedal is sticking, not allowing you to accelerate. My wife and I purchased this car so that our son would be safe. It has happened at stop signs and on the highway going 65-70mph. It happened around ten separate occasions, mostly in the morning. I would hate for my family to be in the car when something were to happen. We want to fix the problem but this seems to be a chronic issue with the Mazda Tribute. We love our car. Can you please help?.

The contact owns a 2008 Mazda Tribute. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal was stuck and would not depress when the contact attempted to accelerate from a stop. After applying heavy pressure to the pedal, the vehicle began to accelerate. The failure occurred intermittently during cold weather. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was told this was a known failure and the throttle body assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 28,000 and the current mileage was 33,000.

When the weather gets cool (sub 50f) the gas pedal will stick. When the gas pedal is fully depressed and you go to push it down it sticks. When this sticking finally lets go the vehicle jumps forward. The v6 version of this SUV has a recall on the pedal but I own the v4.

Gas pedal sticks, preventing you from accelerating the vehicle. So when driving down the road you might be fine, or you could be sitting idle, until the gas pedal will free up. This has probably happened 30 times or more. Needs to be recalled. Also around 30,000 miles the paint started coming off all the door trim.