NHTSA Complaint #10170988 — 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE

2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE. ON 10/12/2006 WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE MENTIONED VEHICLE IT ACCELERATED BY ITSELF TO SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES PER HOUR, WHILE SHE WAS IN A TARGET STORE PARKING LOT. IT DID NOT BRAKE OR STOP UNTIL IT HIT AN STOP SIGN AND MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF. THE POLICE DEPT. OF THE CITY OF DAVIE WAS CALLED, THEY VERIFIED IT WAS SOME MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATOR. NO TICKETS WERE ISSUED. WE CALLED THE AAA AND THE DRIVER INFORMED US THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS STUCK AND THAT PRODUCED THE ACCELERATION. WE CALLED THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE THROTTLE AND TO BRING THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE. MY WIFE AND SON BROUGHT THE CAR IN UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THEY SAID WHEN THE CAR WAS READY IT COST $157.20 AND IT HAD TO BE PAID OR THE CAR WOULD NOT BE RELEASED. SAID THAT MY SON AUTHORIZED THE CHARGE. HAD TO PAY TO HAVE CAR RELEASED. MAZDA SHOULD PAY. *NM