Gasoline Engine Problems of Mazda Tribute

Descending an over water bridge at 35mph when engine died with no advance warning. Lost power steering and power brakes. Was able to get the vehicle to the road shoulder without causing an accident. Put vehicle back and park and restarted immediately. No recurrence yet. Due to be seen at dealer on 23 may 02. Research of your data base shows this is not an isolated occurence. No fatalities yet but only a matter of time. Can see no evidence in data base that Mazda has identified a cause or a fix.

The battery died and 3 sensors have been replaced.

While driving engine cut off, causing loss of power brakes, and power steering without any warning. This happened 4 times. On 4th time had an accident. Contacted dealer several times. Cause unknown.

While driving, vehicle experienced total loss of electrical power, resulting in a breakdown. Vehicle had been seen by dealer. Dealer checked all grounds, wiring harness to pcm, ecu relay and reprogrammed pcm however problem still exists.

Vehicle cut off on two occasions while driving 45 mph. Dealer contacted. Feel free to provide any further information.

Vehicle will cut off when driving at high speeds. Contacted dealer. Consumer stated that the dealer claims to have fixed the problem, but will not guarantee it in writing.

Was driving about 40 miles per hour and the engine quit. . Pulled over to side of road and engine started back up and drove home.

While driving down a deep hill, engine cuts off. Vehicle also failed once on flat surface.

Consumer states that the vehicle will intermittenly shut off with out any warning. Contacted dealer and the dealer is not willing to do anything.

Engine lost power while driving at about 45 mph. Lost power steering and power brakes. Was able to get vehicle stopped and engine restarted. This has happened twice.

While driving vehicle will stalll and lose all power. Took vehicle to dealer, and dealer replaced a delay chip in fuel pump, but problem still exists.

My Mazda Tribute lost power while driving down the road at approximately 35 mph. Road was flat and weather was clear. This happened out of the blue and no fix could be found as Mazda was not able to replicate the problem. My infant daughter was with me and I am scared of this vehicle now. I feel that owners of these vehicles need to be warned and I wish I could get my money back and get out of this unsafe and potentially life-threatening vehicle.

While driving at 55 mph, vehicle will suddenly die, it happens right in middle of traffic or on highway, in one situation there was only 2 ways to go, and that was into a ditch or be hit by oncoming traffic, luckily another driver saw consumer coming and cleared the way. Consumer stated vehicle can not be restartd.

I were driving down a hill when my car engine dies while driving on the highway, the (radio dies, a. C. , engine, and steering wheel tighens. This is the second Mazda Tribute I owned in a year with the same problem that the company can't fix. The other s are not as major. I feel this is a( lemon and a recall) if the company can't the problem. Safety play a big part in this case when the engine dies for no reason. This is a highway safety issue.

I had the Tribute to the dealership twice for a so called fix, but I feel the engine shutting off while driving will happen again. The reason I feel this way is, because when it was in the second time for a fix they did the same thing as the first time.

I purchased a 2001 Tribute on Sunday 6/17/01with 420 miles on it. Two days later Tuesday 6/19/01 the engine completly locked up on me twice in the same day. It now has only 562 miles on it. Luckily both times I was able to avoid a wreck. The engine totally shuts down, meaning no steering, no braking. I was able to stop by using the emergancy brake after stoppping I had to put the car into park in which it then restarted. This all came if no warning at all. I immmediately took the car back. The dealership said they had not had any problems like this before or any others. I now see they must of been mistaken, because it seems to me that this is not the first time!! I will take as much of this info. With me back to the dealership and hope for the best.

While driving and making a left hand turn vehicle suddenly died, no prior warning. There was not steering or braking. Consumer had to stop vehicle with emergency brake. Vehicle was stuck in traffic. Consumer had vehicle towed to dealer ,and dealer replaced electrical relay system. However, problem reoccurred on July 3, 2001 while traveling at 45 mph on a decline vehicle died, and emergency brake would not stop vehicle. Eventually emergency brake kicked in and stopped vehicle. Consumer stated that when trying to start again, there were no transmission lights, and would not go into gear. Consumer had vehicle towed to dealer, and they could not duplicate problem. Please provide any further information.

When coasting down hill at 30-40 mph and slightly appling brakes, engine dies, and the vehicle becomes inoperable. This problem has occurred 10 times, and the vehicle has been in the dealer's shop twice with the problem. The first time, the dealer had not heard of, nor could fix the problem. Several months later, the dealer had heard of the problem, but still had no fix. Mazda was contacted, knew of the problem, but had not released the fix. I contacted Mazda, and was told that both Mazda and Ford engineers were working on the solution, and the dealers would be notified of the fix when available. If the solution is not resolved, I will persue a buy back under the lemon law. This vehicle is driven by our sixteen year old son who carries his younger sister also to school. We are greatly concerned for their safety.

Vehicle will automatically shut off while the consumer is driving, there is no warning signs regarding that problem. Contacted dealer who was not willing to do anything. The dealer informed consumer that Mazda knows of the problem, they just dont know what is causing the problem. This defect creates a potentially dangerous situation because the vehicle loses power steering, it must be stopped completely and shifted into park before it can be restarted.

Vehicle will die at high speeds. Vehicle was towed to dealer, and it remained at dealer. Please provide any further information.

While in motion the vehicle experienced complete system failure. The ignition turns itself off while in motion, thereby rendering steering, brakes and control of the vehicle useless. The dash lights come on indicating all systems are down. Mazda is aware of the defect. There have been other complaints. The solution, Mazda replaced the ignition switch. The vehicle failed again. Mazda canada can offer no explanation for the failure or advise on repair.

Engines shuts down while driving. This happens anytime or anywhere. Leaving you without brakes or steering. Mazda has replaced numerus parts but can never fix this problem. They also state that they can not confirm this but replace parts anyway. This is their way over covering their butts. My wife was almost in an accident when this happened last( its happened over 7 time in 14000 miles). The Tribute died and she lost all power and brakes. She had to pull across on coming traffic and in to a parking lot to avoid rear ending another car only to be almost hit crossing the on coming traffic. Does someone have to be killed before this is fixed! Mazda needs to figure out the problem and solve it rather than making a guess about the problem and replacing parts that aren't broken! this is my 5 Mazda and I wont buy another one!.

Consumer states while traveling at 65 mph without any indication vehicle losses all power causing consumer to pull over. Dealer has been contacted. Nlm.