NHTSA Complaint #10315017 — 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE

THIS COMPLAIN CONCERNS THE POWERTRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE CAR, WAS PARKED DURING THE DAY IN A STANDARD PARKING SPOT. WHEN I LATER TRIED TO BACK UP, IT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. IT HAD WORKED PERFECTLY THAT MORNING! THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THEY STATED THAT REVERSE, DRIVE AND SECOND DID NOT FUNCTION. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION WHICH HAD BEEN INSTALLED BY THIS MECHANIC IN THIS TRIBUTE! IT HAD ONLY 39,000 MILES. IT WAS INSTALLED IN 2007. THE FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 110,000 MILES. THE MAZDA CORPORATION WOULD NOT ADMIT TO A PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS AT THE TIME THE SECOND ONE (A MAZDA TRANSMISSION BOUGHT DIRECTLY FROM A MAZDA DEALER)WAS INSTALLED). THE MECHANIC, IN GOOD CONSCIOUSNESS, WILL NOT REPLACE THIS A THIRD TIME. SO WE ARE LEFT WITH A PERFECTLY GOOD BODY, NEW TIRES, AND A CAR THAT IS JUNK. THE MECHANIC SAID THIS TRANSMISSION IS POORLY DESIGNED. ALL WE CAN DO NOT IS DONATE IT OR PART IT OUT. WE BOUGHT THE CAR, USED, FROM CARMAX IN ROSEVILLE, CA, IN 2006. *TR