Alternator/generator/regulator Problems of Mazda Tribute

The contact owns a 2003 Mazda Tribute. The contact was driving 25 mph when the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact mentioned that the vehicle would start after being jump started but the failure would recur immediately after. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed that the alternator was defective and needed to be replaced. The contact mentioned that he had to replaced the same parts twice before. The manufacturer was not made aware of the problem. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 125,000 and the current mileage was 160,000.

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I filed a complaint yesterday. My complaint # was 10163178. This the dealership has finally diagnosed the problem with the car as a bad alternator. We hope that this will fix the problems we have experienced to date. However, the situation was dangerous, with the car shutting off while running. In all fairness to the dealership, the service technicians have been very nice and they did give us a loaner car. We still have a concern about the electrical system of the car in general (with all the things going wrong at one time). However, we trust that we will not be heading to the dealer any time soon.

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My 2005 Mazda Tribute I-4, with 19,000 miles on it, experienced an alternator failure. The battery light came on and I was advised by the dealer to bring the car in because it might die. My vehicle is now being held for about a week, because they have told me that alternators for this vehicle are back-ordered. I wonder if they are back ordered because other failures have occurred at very low mileage on the vehicles.

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The consumer said that the vehicle stalled while being driven at 25 mph. The vehicle would not start after that. The consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer. The dealer replaced the alternator and it still would not start. A mechanic told the consumer that the problem was electrical . The dealer said that the problem was electrical. The manufacturer said that the dealer would be responsible for replacing the alternator. The consumer said that she had to pay for the replacement. The dealer had the vehicle for a week. (12/01/05) the vehicle would make a noise when being driven up to 40 mph and a loud hissing noise would become noticeable when applying the brakes.

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At 36000 miles automatic transmission failed, at 4500 miles automatic transmission failed. At 45k000 miles altenator failed.

Vehicle going uphill, engine stopped, brakes were used to stop vehicle from rolling downhill, engine light, battery light and oil light came on. No components working inside of the car except the windows. Car remained stationary for 20 minutes waiting on help and then started after several tries. Slight shimmy while driving to the dealer, along with tachometer jumping about on at a steady speed.