NHTSA Complaint #10056990 — 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE

WHILE DRIVING @ 50 MPH ON INTERSTATE @ RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC MY MADZA TRIBUTE 2002 STALLED WITHOUT WARNING! CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES. PUT ON EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE NOT BEFORE VEHICLES BEHIND ME WERE HITTING BRAKES AND TRYING TO AVOID HITTING ME. ONE VEHICLE HAD TO GO INTO MEDIAN TO AVOID HITTING ME. TAKEN TO DEALER AND HE PLACED WHAT WAS STATED IN TECH BULLETIN 01-04-02R, BUT CAN'T ASSURE ME THIS WILL RESOLVE PROBLEM. WHY HAS NOT THIS PROBLEM BEEN A RECALL!!! ACCORDING TO THIS WEBSITE THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THE TRIBUTES. I HAVE ONLY 26,000 MILES ON TRIBUTE BUT AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS MY HUSBAND HAS SUGGESTED WE TRADE IT IN. WE HAVE ENJOYED OUR PREVIOUSLY MAZDA'S (3) BUT MY NEXT VEHICLE WILL NOT BE A MAZDA DUE TO THE FACT MAZDA SEEMS TO BE INDIFFERENT TO THIS DEFECT AND RECALLING ALL VEHICLES INVOLVED. WILL TAKE NUMEROUS DEATHS AND LAWSUITS BEFORE MAZDA FIXES THIS PROBLEM?*AK