NHTSA Complaint #10496617 — 2004 MAZDA TRIBUTE

ON 9/2012, RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 04V-583, TOOK TO MAZDA SERVICE, THEY STATED RECALL PART WAS TAKEN CARE OF. 2-5-2013 EXITING FREEWAY, AT IDLE, VEHICLE RPM WAS STUCK AT 2, TRIED PUTTING IN PARK, RPMS WENT UP TO 4.. TERRIFYING INCIDENT. ALMOST HIT VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME AND THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO BLOW UP. TOOK TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE TRIBUTE WAS PURCHASED WHICH WAS 5 MINUTES AWAY. THEY INFORMED ME LATER THAT DAY THROTTLE BODY ELECTRICAL. NOT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. $500 OUT OF POCKET. THEY ARE WORKING ON VEHICLE AND KEEPING ONE MORE NIGHT TO TEST IT. I CONTACTED MAZDA TO ASK ABOUT REFUND SINCE THE 2012 RECALL FIX WAS COMPLETED AND THIS IS HAPPENING ONE YEAR LATER. MAZDA CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE STATED THEY ARE OPENING FILE AND CONTACTING DEALERSHIP WORKING ON TRIBUTE. *TR