NHTSA Complaint #10314174 — 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE

VEH.WAS JUST FIXED BY MAZDA 3 WEEKS EARLIER FOR THROTTLE DAMAGE CABLE DAMAGE/ IAC VALVE DEF. &WIDE OPEN "SEE REF #10289784 10/26/09" WHEN SAME ISSUE OCCURED. THROTTLE STUCK AND CAR RACED FORWARD HITTING PARKED CAR AND RIPPING GUARD RAIL 2 FT OUT OF GROUND. CAR FLOORED DISTANCE APPROX.15 FT. WIFE WAS INJURED AND TAKEN BY AMB TO HOSP. POLICE/FIRE CALLED BY WITNESSES. CAR TAKEN BACK TO SAME MAZDA DEALER WHERE THEY CALLED MAZDA HDQTRS FOR HELP. CAR SAT UNTOUCHED FOR 9 DAYS BEFORE MAZDA DECLINED TO SHOW @ DEALERS,TELLING THEM TO TOTAL CAR. I GOT MAD W/DEALER AND HAD CAR TOWED TO ANOTHER MAZDA DEALER WHO SAID THEY WOULD HAVE MAZDA REP LOOK INTO TRBL. AFTER 3 DAYS MAZDA DECLINED TO COME OUT AGAIN STATING CAR HAD BEEN TOTALED AND WOULD NOT LOOK ANY FURTHER. INSURANCE CO. SENT INDEPENDENT INVEST OUT WHO SAID CAR /SCENE HAD BEEN DISTURBED AND REPORTS VARY . CASE APPEARS TO BE COMP BY INSURANCE .MAZDA INSISTS THAT I AM ONLY PERSON IN ENTIRE U.S. TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. RECALL FOR EXACT SAME DEFECT WAS DONE 2/05 AND REPAIRED,NEVER TO COME BACK. THEY PUT BACK SAME TYPE/MODEL PARTS EVERY TIME BUT STILL REFUSED TO LOOK INTO FAILURE AFTER TWO MAZDA DEALERS CALLED TO REPORT. *TR