Car Stall Problems of Mazda Tribute - part 2

Consumer states that while driving at any speed and without warning vehicle will stall, and it will be hard for the consumer to control the vehicle. Dealer notified.

We recently had a second harrowing experience in our 2002 Mazda Tribute ES-v6. We were so taken aback by the audacity of Mazda having knowledge of the stalling issue in the Tribute and not taking into their best interest to recall the vehicle that we traded the vehicle in for a different make. In forward motion, at approximately 35mph+, the vehicle stalled. In the process of stalling, all power to the power assisted steering and brakes were lost. My wife had extreme difficulty in stopping the vehicle. It happens at such a range of speed (~40mph) that restarting the car is not an immediate option. The problem is intermittent, yes, and Mazda claims to have adjusted their flash bios to adjust for the fault. They also state that the 2003 does not have this reported stalling while in forward motion issue. Thats fine, but what about the 1000's of people out on the road that have not received a recall notice of any sort for this vehicles problem with stalling. I even talked to the dealer I bought my mpv from, and he stated that a Tribute 2002 had stalled for him while in forward motion while showing it to a prospective new owner! I find it appalling that a company knows about a fault of this nature and has not for the best interest of those that have bought their vehicle, and those that drive on the highways alongside said vehicle have not recalled and fixed the architecture of the equipment involved : not just a flash bios update, that in reading many many cases online in Tribute/escpae message boards did not fully fix the fault. Something must be done about this make/model/year vehicle before people start submitting these complaints with injury listings.

While driving the vehicle at any speed and without any prior warning vehicle will stall. Consumer made contact with the dealer on four separate occasions, but problem still occurs.

2002 Mazda Tribute v6 stalling while driving.

While driving 40 mph the vehicle stalled which made it difficult for the consumer to control the vehicle.

On April 2, 2003 driving in rush hour traffic, my 2001 Mazda Tribute stalled without warning. I did not have any steering or brake control. This has happened once before approximately. 2 months ago. Both times I was going downhill. I have found others who have filed complaints about this same thing. This is a very serious and dangerous issue that Mazda needs to address and correct as soon as possible. Also the owners of these Tribute's need to be compensated for the cost of so called repairs. Mine is going to the dealership April 17, 2003 to see if they can find the problem.

On 7/31/02 my Tribute died while going down hill to a 4 way stop. At first I wasn't sure what to do, then I put my vehicle in park and tried to restart it. This was successful and I drove immediately to the dealer. I was given a rental for 2 days and when I went to pick it up was told that it could have been spider webs or something in the computer system area, so they cleaned out the vapor vent tubes. I was very nervous to be driving a car that could die in the middle of the road, I was just glad there was no accident. I thought that the problem was resolved until 4/01/03 when Tribute died while driving again. This time I was going uphill to a 4 way stop and was able to steer into a driving using all my force b/c the steering once again went out. Both times there was no warning, the dash lights were all on after it stalled. Once again I restarted my vehicle and drove immediately to the dealership where they reflashed pcm to latest calibrations, replaced the dpfe sensor, the mass air flow sensor and the idle air control valve. I am wondering if someone has to die before Mazda or the government will call a recall. If this is the case, both should be very ashamed for their lack of concern about the consumers.

The vehicle stalled without warning.

I have a 2002 Mazda Tribute and the car stalls for no reason while driving at about 40 m. P. H. Engine just quits and lose power steering. Have to pull over and restart car. This is a very dangerous situation. I have been lucky the 5 times this has happened. Dealer has been unable to fix.

Vehicle stalled four times in the time I have had it since June of 2002. The cd player also quit working, but my main concern was the stalling while driving , usually around 30-35 mph, going downhill, each time. I will give the most recent date of the stall.

My 2002 Mazda Tribute stalled on me today while drive 40 mph. I have 14,890 miles and just had Mazda perform my 15000 mile service this past weekend. This is my second incident of this complaint. I filed an earlier complaint from a 09/30/2002 incident with an odi # 767970. At that time Mazda performed service bulletin 01-014/2r.

The vehicle stalled without warning, which occurred when braking and accelerating on roads that contained curves.

The vehicle stalled, which caused consumer to pull over abruptly.

While driving @ 50 mph on interstate @ rush hour traffic my madza Tribute 2002 stalled without warning! caused loss of steering and brakes. Put on emergency flashers and was able to restart engine not before vehicles behind me were hitting brakes and trying to avoid hitting me. One vehicle had to go into median to avoid hitting me. Taken to dealer and he placed what was stated in tech bulletin 01-04-02r, but can't assure me this will resolve problem. Why has not this problem been a recall!!! according to this website this seems to be a major and dangerous problem with the Tributes. I have only 26,000 miles on Tribute but after reading all the complaints my husband has suggested we trade it in. We have enjoyed our previously Mazda's (3) but my next vehicle will not be a Mazda due to the fact Mazda seems to be indifferent to this defect and recalling all vehicles involved. Will take numerous deaths and lawsuits before Mazda fixes this problem?.

This is the second time vehicle has stalled. It was almost impossible to get pulled over because lack of power assistance! was travelling along a flat road at about 40 mph when it stalled. Took nearly 10 minutes for it to start again. I have taken it to the dealer the first time it stalled and they replaced the throttle body and a few sensors related to air intake. I will be taking it in again on Monday for this stall. I have not seen a solid fix for this yet and cannot believe how slow the NHTSA is taking to investigate this dangerous problem! it is strike two on Ford motor company one more and I am taking them to court!.