Consumer Complaint Detail

MAZDA / TRIBUTE / 2003

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006087181 Incident Date: Nov, 16 2006
Consumer's City: VIENNA Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp.
Model Name: TRIBUTE Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 30 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 29 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Automatic transmission failure on 2003 mazda tribute es (awd & 4wd) with 100,000 miles. transmission cut out while driving and would not shift into any forward gear. only reverse was functional and apparently not affected by failure. had suv hauled on flat-bed to dealer who initially indicated that it was probably the linkage, but they could not get it to shift into any forward gear either (only reverse). upon further inspection dealer indicated transmission was blown, requiring a complete replacement, costing almost $4k. *nm