Consumer Complaint Detail

MAZDA / TRIBUTE / 2001

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007123966 Incident Date: Jan, 12 2007
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp.
Model Name: TRIBUTE Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:body:door
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 23 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Description : driver's side outside door handle fails to work. upon disassembly, we found that the part that connected the handle mechanism to the lock mechanism was a flimsy thin metal washer, which had broke in half. this component is definitely substandard for the constant use it gets. upon conferring with other 2001 escape owners at escape-central.com (tech. tips ), not only does this part fail, but the handle on the interior door eventually fails too, thus you cannot open the door from either the outside or inside.' the passenger side door also has this problem as posted by other owners. this creates the possibilty of being trapped inside during an emergency situation, such as a fire, accident, etc. these cars should be recalled and ford should fix this problem with a more substantial part. *tr