2005 Mazda Tribute

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THROTTLE WOULD BECOME STUCK WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS FULLY OR PARTIALLY FULLY DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO INSPECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,424.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL BUT HAD NO SUCCESS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V357000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

THE FIRST TIME I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE GAS PEDAL, I WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND THE PEDAL GOT STUCK ALL THE WAY DOWN. MY CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. SINCE THEN, I'VE HAD 5 INSTANCES WHERE I'M DRIVING MY CAR AND LET UP ON THE GAS PEDAL AND IT GETS STUCK. I HAVE TO STOMP ON THE PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES FOR IT TO START WORKING AGAIN. I'M ALWAYS IN TRAFFIC AND HAVE TO TURN ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND PULL OFF TO THE SIDE IF THERE IS A SHOULDER AVAILABLE. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE WHEN TRAFFIC IS MOVING OVER 50 MPH. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I'M UPSET TO FIND THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE AND WE HAVE TO PAY TO GET THIS FIXED. IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY GAS PEDAL EVERY SINCE I GOT THE CAR. THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE ITS LIKE IT HAS SOMETHING BEHIND THE GAS PEDAL PREVENTING IT TO GO DOWN. IT HAS GOT WORSE OVER THE YEARS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE IT SEEMS TO STICK WORSE. YOU CAN TRY TO PUSH IT HARDER OR EVEN PULL UP ON IT AND IT DOESN'T BUDGE. I HAD TO PULLOVER TODAY BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET THE PEDAL TO WORK SO I COULDN'T GIVE IT GAS. I GOT IT WORK AND WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT FROZE UP AGAIN. I FINALLY MADE IT TO MY DESTINATION AND WHEN I LEFT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. GOT IN IT TONIGHT AFTER WORK AND IT IS VERY COLD OUTSIDE AND IT WAS STUCK AGAIN. CALLED MAZDA EARLIER AND SAID THEY WAS NO RECALL ON IT. GOT ONLINE AFTERWARDS AND FOUND NUMEROUS PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I GOT IT CHECKED OUT BEFORE WITH MAZDA WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH. *TR

THE GAS PEDAL WILL GET STUCK IN THE UP POSITION PERIODICALLY. IT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN DURING THE COLD SEASONS. I HAVE HAD MANY CLOSE CALLS GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AND ON COMING TRAFFIC IS APPROACHING DURING THE TIME I AM TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO GET ON TO THE LANE AND MY ACCELERATOR GETS STUCK AND THE CAR IS STILL SLOWLY MOVING. I WILL LITERALLY HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY STOMP ON THE PEDAL TO GET IT TO GO DOWN AND ONCE IT DOES IT ACCELERATES QUICKLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FORWARD. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN THE DEALER TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS DUE TO THE CARBON BUILD UP ON THE BUTTERFLY CAUSING IT TO GET STUCK BUT EVEN AFTER GETTING THE FLUSH OUT IT CONTINUED TO GET STUCK WHILE I AM DRIVING. I HAVE GONE ONLINE TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS ISSUE AND SURE ENOUGH THERE WAS. *TR

WHEN APPLY FULL OR ALMOST FULL PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDDLE THE THROTTLE STICKS CAUSING THE CAR TO SPEED FORWARD AND THE BRAKES DO NOT ENGAGE FULLY TO STOP THE VEHICAL. THHIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SO FAR. I HAD USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I HAD THE RECALL REPAIR DONE THIS OCCURED AFTER IT WAS DONE. THEY DID SOMETHING TO THE ENGINE COVER BUT LATER HAD IT REMOVED BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS STILL IT. BUT EVEN WITHOUT THE ENGINE ON THE CAR THE THROTTLE STILL STICKS. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT DOES NOT KNOW WHY I AM HAVING THE PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE REPEATEDLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS PEDAL STICKING. NOT IN THE "ON" POSITION BUT RATHER WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE AFTER STOPPING OR DECELERATION IT WILL STICK AND I CAN NOT PUSH IT DOWN. IT HAPPENS MORE WHEN IT IS COLD OUT. I AM READING PAGES AND PAGES ON THE INTERNET OF THIS HAPPENING WITH MAZDA TRIBUTES AROUND MY CARS AGE. IT SEEMS POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS. ALSO, SINCE FOLKS LIKE MYSELF HAVE GOTTEN IT 'REPAIRED' AND IT HAS RECURRED THIS DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A WORN PART BUT RATHER A DEFECT. PLEASE HELP! *TR

I HAVE FOUND THAT MY GAS PEDAL WON'T DEPRESS IN COLD WEATHER. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS A FEW WEEKS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2009. THE SAID IT'S COLD AND THE CAR JUST NEEDS TO WARM UP. THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN YEAR AFTER YEAR, BUT NEVER FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. HOWEVER THIS MORNING, AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THE PEDAL WOULD NO LONGER DEPRESS AS I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD. EVENTUALLY I COASTED TO A RED LIGHT AND I FRANTICALLY STEPPED ON THE PEDAL TO NO AVAIL. I WAS ABLE TO TURN ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND SOMEHOW COAST INTO A PARKING LOT. I CONTINUED TO LET THE CAR SIT AND WARM UP FOR ANOTHER 10-12 MINUTES, WHEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO REV THE ENGINE. BELIEVING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED I BACKED OUT OF MY PARKING SORT AND AGAIN TRIED TO DRIVE FORWARD, HOWEVER THE PEDAL STILL WOULD NOT DEPRESS. AFTER SITTING ANOTHER 10 MINUTES, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO PRESS THE PEDAL HARD ENOUGH FOR IT TO DEPRESS. I ENDED UP NEEDING ONE OF MY CO-WORKERS TO FOLLOW ME TO WORK IN CASE IT HAPPENED AGAIN; WHICH IS DID AFTER 3-4 MORE TIMES ON MY 10 MINUTE DRIVE TO WORK. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. *TR

ON DECEMBER 1, 2012 WHILE DRIVING AT 58MPH AROUND 345PM ON THE EXPRESSWAY, MY FOOT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR WITH STEADY PRESSURE, THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. I REALIZED THAT THE CAR WAS NOT MAINTAINING SPEED. I TRIED TO PRESS DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT IT DID NOT MOVE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I THEN TRIED WITH ALL THE FORCE OF MY LEG TO PRESS DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR BUT WITH NO AVAIL. I TRIED LIFTING THE PEDAL WITH MY FOOT SEVERAL TIMES AND SUDDENLY THE PEDAL FREED UP. THIS WAS ON A SUNNY DAY, TEMPERATURE AROUND 60 . I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE ON COLD MORNINGS ON THE WAY TO WORK OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS BUT THOUGHT THE CAR WAS COLD AND THE CAR HAD NOT A CHANCE TO WARM UP. IN 2010 I FILED A COMPLAINT.NO RESPONSE. BUT THIS TIME I WAS TRULY AFRAID OF GETTING IN A BAD CAR ACCIDENT AND INJURING OTHERS.I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS VEHICLE AND THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY RECALLS FOR THIS MODEL. ON MONDAY I PLAN TO CONTACT MAZDA FOR HELP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. I URGE YOU TO LOOK MORE INTO THIS MAKE/MODEL YEAR. *TR

THE GAS PEDAL WONT DEPRESS IN COLD WEATHER. GENERALLY ANY TEMPERATURE CLOSE TO OR BELOW FREEZING. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2009. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE MAZDA DEALER BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEIR REMEDY WAS TO GREASE AND LUBRICATE THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY. THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE SITUATION AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CONTINUOUS EVERY WINTER. I FIND THAT IF I WARM THE CAR UP SUFFICIENTLY AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, THE PEDAL DOES NOT STICK. BUT THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 2012, IT BECAME STUCK WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR WAS WARM. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND NOT GET REAR ENDED FOR SUDDENLY SLOWING DOWN AND NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE. HOPING FOR A RECALL VERY SOON. *TR