NHTSA Complaint #768075 — 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE

THE ENGINE CUT OUT FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER BRAKES, STEERING ETC. LUCKILY, NO OTHER TRAFFIC WAS ON THE ROAD OR THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON THIS VEHICLE. ONE YEAR AGO, THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL, AND A MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT MAZDA TOLD THEM TO REPLACE THE "PCU" AT THE TIME, AND THEN CALLED ME BACK LATER TO CONFIRM THIS WAS INDEED THE FIX TO THIS REPORTED NATIONWIDE PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY, SINCE THE PROBLEM HAS NOW RE-OCCURRED ONE YEAR LATER, MAZDA'S INITIAL FIX WAS WRONG AND MAZDA STILL DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. YOUR WEBSITE REPORTS NUMEROUS SIMILAR CONSUMER COMPLAINTS, WHICH IS DISTURBING. WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT DOING TO PROTECT CONSUMERS? THERE SHOULD BE A FORCED RECALL. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE - A DOWNHILL STALL!!! MUST WE WAIT UNTIL DEATHS OCCUR? I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A RESPONSE FROM NHTSA. I PLAN TO FORWARD THIS LIST OF COMPLAINTS TO MY CONGRESSMAN. MR