Ignition Problems of Mazda Tribute - part 2

Engine suddenly cuts off, leaving driver with no power steering. Remedied by putting car into neutral while still driving and turning ignition on. However, somewhat scary if it happens while cornering. Occurs about once a month.

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Steering shut down, car die out at 45mph and car stalled.

While driving steering locked up with little prior warning. Consumer pulled over and waited which allowed steering to comeback. On April 26, 2001 began having problems starting up. Dealer has had vehicle for about a week, and has not been able to provide remedy.

Vehicle stalled out and died without warning, causing loss of steering and brakes. Dealer has inspected vehicle, and was not able to duplicate or correct the problem.

Vehicle dies while driving. This occurred 3 times; Mazda agreed to repurchase vehicle after 4th inspection, and they cannot locate the problem. Therefore, they can't fix it. This is a serious safety hazard. My neighbor told me this week that this exact same stalling problem has happened to her two times. I feel this is more than a coincidence and that there is a severe stalling problem and a recall has yet to be done by Mazda.

While driving at about 50 mph and coming to a fork in the road, as soon as consumer merged to right steering wheel got very stiff. Then, whole dash lit up. Consumer put on brakes/ put in park, and went to a Mazda dealer. Dealer could not find anything. At another day while driving at 60 mph consumer was bearing over, steering wheel got tight again, and vehicle cut off.

Vehicle will shut down while being driven with no warning. Dealership has made three attempts to correct failure, but stalling still persists. Please describe details.

Whenever ignition is started there are gas fumes in passenger's compartment. Dealer says it's not a safety hazard.

While driving 45mph the engine stalled out without warning causing a sudden loss of power steering. Driver pulled over and restarted the ignition to get vehicle running again. Nlm.

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While driving down a hill and then going back up my vehicle completely shut down. The engine was still running, but the power brakes and steering no longer worked. I never turned the wheel enough to find out if it would lock completely. I tried to turn the ignition off and then restart which did not work. More than likely I was in drive at this point still. (there was a lot of traffic so I wasn't documenting my actions at the time) I then stopped in my lane (there was no shoulder), and put the vehicle in park. Then I turned the ignition off and restarted it. At that point in worked fine. During the shut down though it could have been very dangerous if I wasn't going perfectly straight. I will provide the rest of the information requested (VIN, etc) at a later time when I have it all in front of me, but I figured it more important to tell about this now instead of waiting.

I purchased my Tribute new in oct, 2001. Since that time it has stalled out 6 times. This has occurred when traveling between 35 and 45 mph while slowing down going down hill or around the corner. The truck has been taken to the shop 2 times for this problem. The dealer states they are unable to duplicate the problem. Luckily this has not occured in a high traffic situation as the truck would be uncontrollable due to the power steering and brakes not functioning. I believe this is a safety issue that needs to be investigated.