Consumer Complaint Detail

MAZDA / TRIBUTE / 2001

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006091384 Incident Date: Dec, 17 2006
Consumer's City: SAN JOSE Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp.
Model Name: TRIBUTE Model Year: 2001
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#: 4F2CU08131K Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 09 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 31 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Mazda 2001 tribute suddenly stopped making a strange noise. then gear box did not work at all. so, i had to call a towing company to tow the car to a mazda dealer shop. oak tree mazda dealer inspected the car and asked about five thousand dollars to replace whole transmission. at the time, mazda tribute recorded only 45k mile. i asked another machine shop to inspect this car. he has never seen this problem before. it seems to be a design problem of mazda tribute. *jb