Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CABLES | ||||||||||||||||
| 12V357000 | MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS | V (Vehicle) | 217500 | 08/06/2012 | ODI | Mazda North American Operations | 07/27/2012 | 07/27/2012 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Mazda is recalling certain model year 2001 through 2006, and 2008, tribute vehicles equipped with 3.0l v6 engines and speed control. inadequate clearance between the engine cover and the speed control cable connector could result in a stuck throttle when the accelerator pedal is fully or almost-fully depressed. this risk exists regardless of whether or not speed control (cruise control) is used. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | A stuck throttle may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop or slow the vehicle, which could cause a crash, serious injury or death. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will repair the vehicles by increasing the engine cover clearance, free of charge. the safety recall is expected to begin on, or before, august 6, 2012. remedy parts are expected to be available in mid-august 2012. until then dealers will disconnect the speed control cable as an interim remedy, if parts are not available at the time of an owner's service appointment. owners may contact mazda customer assistance center at 1-800-222-5500, option #6. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Mazda's recall campaign number is 6812g.owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 10/03/2012 | |||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2008 mazda tribute. the contact stated that the vehicle was partially repaired under nhtsa campaign id number 12v357000 (vehicle speed control:cables). the dealer only had certain parts available for the repairs and the remaining parts would not become available until late october 2012. the contact stated that the repair time had exceeded the a reasonable time frame and stated that not having the speed control component repaired was a safety issue. the manufacturer was contacted. the contact had not experienced any failures with the vehicle. kmj | |||
| 10/03/2012 | |||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2008 mazda tribute. the contact had the vehicle partially repaired under nhtsa campaign id number 12v357000 (vehicle speed control:cables). the dealer only had certain parts available for the repairs and the other parts would not be available until mid to late october 2012. the contact feels that the repair time has exceeded the maximum allowed wait time. the contact feels not having the speed control component is a safety issue due to her current driving habits. the contact has not experienced any failures with the vehicle. the manufacturer has been contacted. mh | |||
| 12/01/2009 | 15000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2008 mazda tribute. the contact stated that he attempted to accelerate from a complete stop but the vehicle would not respond. the contact had to fully depress the accelerator pedal as vehicle surged abruptly before finally accelerating. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the failure was caused by carbon build-up on the throttle body. the remedy was the replacement of the throttle body however, the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vin was unavailable. the failure mileage was 15,000. the current mileage was 68,000. | |||
| 12/01/2009 | 15000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 mazda tribute. the contact stated that he attempted to accelerate from a complete stop but the vehicle would not respond. the contact had to fully depress the accelerator pedal as vehicle surged abruptly before finally accelerating. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the failure was caused by carbon build-up on the throttle body. the remedy was the replacement of the throttle body however, the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vin was unavailable. the failure mileage was 15,000. the current mileage was 68,000. kmj | |||
| 12/01/2009 | 15000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 mazda tribute. the contact stated after being at a stop, the contact attempted to accelerate, when vehicle failed to respond. the contact had to fully depress the accelerator pedal, when vehicle surged to accelerate. the vehicle was taken to the dealer; who stated failure was caused to carbon buildup on the throttle body. the remedy was the replacement of throttle body; however vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vin was unavailable. the failure mileage was 15,000. the current mileage was 68,000. | |||
| 02/20/2012 | 510000 | 1 | |
| From a stop switching to gas pedal or accelerator the pedal sticks and hard to press and does it back to back for a few minutes. also it can do it at random after driving for awhile and stop at a light it will stick when trying to go. once it stops sticking i have to quickly hit the brakes to not cause over acceleration. *js | |||
| 02/20/2012 | 510000 | ||
| From a stop switching to gas pedal or acclarator the pedal sticks and hard to press and does it back to back for a few minutes. also it can do it at random after driving for awhile and stop at a light it will stick when trying to go. once it stoppes sticking i have to quickly hit the brakes to not cause over acceleration. | |||
| 07/20/2012 | 51000 | 1 | |
| Was driving on the way home at 45mph and the pedal stuck to the floor. i pull on side of the road and hit the brake put in park. after few minute i tried to hit the pedal and it come back .this is just not acceptable if i have my kids with me and i will be stuck in the middle of the busy road. this should be taken care of by mazda as this call so much danger to the public. thanks. *tr | |||
| 07/20/2012 | 51000 | ||
| Was driving on the way home at 45mph and the pedal stuck to the floor. i pull on side of the road and hit the brake put in park.after few minute i tried to hit the pedal and it come back .this is just not acceptable if i have my kids with me and i will be stuck in the middle of the busy road. this should be taken care of by mazda as this call so much danger to the public. thanks. | |||
| 04/20/2012 | 59000 | ||
| As others have reported, i could not depress the accelerator. it was stuck. this happened about 3 times during a drive cross country. it really wasn't that cold - in the 40s or 50s. no matter how hard i pressed (while the car was running and in neutral), it wouldn't go down. finally after trying it a number of times, i could depress the accelerator and drive. this is very dangerous, as one is trying to turn into traffic and nothing happens other than rolling forward since there is no acceleration. this should be a major recall to repair this issue!!!! | |||
| 12/28/2011 | 53500 | ||
| I purchased my mazda tribute new in 2007. this problem started in 2010 in the winter. from time to time, the gas pedal would stick in the upright position, usually when accelerating from a full stop, but sometimes driving in traffic. the past few weeks, my son has been driving the car and has noticed the sticking pedal situation also. i had asked the dealership previously to check this out, but they said they could not get the pedal to stick when they drove it. i am taking it back in tomorrow and leaving it so they can test it after it is cold for a while. this is very dangerous. i have had problems when stopped to make a left turn, and then trying to accelerate to make the turn. so far i have been lucky, but left turns after a full stop are scary to say the least. | |||
| 12/04/2011 | 34202 | ||
| My gas pedal keeps sticking on occasion when in idle or slow driving. i need to press the gas pedal harder to get it from being stuck and then my vehicle lunges forward. called for a service appointment. | |||
| 10/30/2011 | 98000 | ||
| The throttle cable was jamed in the iddle position, and the car would not go forward after backing out of the driveway at idle, i had to pull the car back into the driveway with are 2nd car to let trafic go by as are driveway is on a slight incline, this could have been a real problem if my wife had not been home to help steer one of the cars or if someone had come speeding down the road and not seen it crossways of the road | |||
| 10/29/2011 | 65000 | ||
| Gas pedal would not compress, stuck for several minutes in the upright position. could not accelerate onto the highway. had to coast slowly onto shoulder of the onramp in heavy traffic. turning the car off and back on did not fix the problem. tried for several minutes to compress, finally it became unstuck on its own. happened again approaching train tracks, got stuck on the tracks with no acceleration, luckily it was only for a few seconds this time. very unsafe. | |||
| 10/30/2011 | 98000 | ||
| The throttle cable was jamed in the iddle position, and the car would not go forward after backing out of the driveway at idle, i had to pull the car back into the driveway with are 2nd car to let trafic go by as are driveway is on a slight incline, this could have been a real problem if my wife had not been home to help steer one of the cars or if someone had come speeding down the road and not seen it crossways of the road | |||
| 10/29/2011 | 65000 | ||
| Gas pedal would not compress, stuck for several minutes in the upright position. could not accelerate onto the highway. had to coast slowly onto shoulder of the onramp in heavy traffic. turning the car off and back on did not fix the problem. tried for several minutes to compress, finally it became unstuck on its own. happened again approaching train tracks, got stuck on the tracks with no acceleration, luckily it was only for a few seconds this time. very unsafe. | |||
| 10/30/2011 | 98000 | ||
| The throttle cable was jamed in the iddle position, and the car would not go forward after backing out of the driveway at idle, i had to pull the car back into the driveway with are 2nd car to let trafic go by as are driveway is on a slight incline, this could have been a real problem if my wife had not been home to help steer one of the cars or if someone had come speeding down the road and not seen it crossways of the road | |||
| 10/29/2011 | 65000 | ||
| Gas pedal would not compress, stuck for several minutes in the upright position. could not accelerate onto the highway. had to coast slowly onto shoulder of the onramp in heavy traffic. turning the car off and back on did not fix the problem. tried for several minutes to compress, finally it became unstuck on its own. happened again approaching train tracks, got stuck on the tracks with no acceleration, luckily it was only for a few seconds this time. very unsafe. | |||
| 10/30/2011 | 98000 | ||
| The throttle cable was jamed in the iddle position, and the car would not go forward after backing out of the driveway at idle, i had to pull the car back into the driveway with are 2nd car to let trafic go by as are driveway is on a slight incline, this could have been a real problem if my wife had not been home to help steer one of the cars or if someone had come speeding down the road and not seen it crossways of the road | |||
| 10/29/2011 | 65000 | ||
| Gas pedal would not compress, stuck for several minutes in the upright position. could not accelerate onto the highway. had to coast slowly onto shoulder of the onramp in heavy traffic. turning the car off and back on did not fix the problem. tried for several minutes to compress, finally it became unstuck on its own. happened again approaching train tracks, got stuck on the tracks with no acceleration, luckily it was only for a few seconds this time. very unsafe. | |||
| 10/30/2011 | 98000 | ||
| The throttle cable was jamed in the iddle position, and the car would not go forward after backing out of the driveway at idle, i had to pull the car back into the driveway with are 2nd car to let trafic go by as are driveway is on a slight incline, this could have been a real problem if my wife had not been home to help steer one of the cars or if someone had come speeding down the road and not seen it crossways of the road | |||
| 10/29/2011 | 65000 | ||
| Gas pedal would not compress, stuck for several minutes in the upright position. could not accelerate onto the highway. had to coast slowly onto shoulder of the onramp in heavy traffic. turning the car off and back on did not fix the problem. tried for several minutes to compress, finally it became unstuck on its own. happened again approaching train tracks, got stuck on the tracks with no acceleration, luckily it was only for a few seconds this time. very unsafe. | |||
| 01/10/2008 | 15000 | ||
| Gas pedal sticks on acceleration. mostly happens on cold mornings and when shifting from low to high speeds. i don't feel safe driving this vehicle and it should be a mazda recall. i have contacted my local mazda dealership and was told they never heard of such an issue. after doing some internet research it appears the gas pedal is the number one issue with the 2008 mazda tribute. also when contacting the dealership they informed me my warranty expired the day before and refused to look at car without charging me. | |||
| 11/02/2010 | 28000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 mazda tribute. the accelerator pedal was stuck and would not depress when the contact attempted to accelerate from a stop. after applying heavy pressure to the pedal the vehicle began to accelerate. the failure recurred intermittently during cold weather. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was told this was a known failure and the throttle body assembly needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 28,000 and the current mileage was 33,000. sm. | |||
| 11/10/2010 | 96000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 mazda tribune. while driving 45 mph and the accelerator pedal was being depress the pedal went all the way to the floor. the accelerator pedal did not come back to normal it stayed in that position. the vehicle was towed to the dealer who stated after inspection they could not find any defect with the pedal. the dealer stated they will repair the pedal cable at a cost of $530 due to no warranty or recall for this failure. the manufacturer was contacted and a complaint was file case#132783020. the failure mileage was 96,000....mw | |||
| 11/14/2010 | 68500 | ||
| My 2008 mazda tribute has about 68,500 miles. the gas pedal stuck, at intervals, all through my drive back home from my parents. it is about a 25 mile drive on the highway. the pedal became stuck once i depressed it. in order to accelerate, i had to press on the pedal with abnormal force. the car would jerk forward once the pedal became unstuck and i was able to accelerate again. this is not the first time that my 2008 mazda tribute does this. it did a while back when my car had about 30,000 miles. it did it two times. however, it never did it again until today, 11-14-2010. this time, however, the pedal got stuck well over 10 times. the car would decelerate while i used more and more force on the gas pedal until the pedal gave and i was able to accelerate again. i had my wife and children in the car. i did not feel safe driving the suv. doing research on the net and on the nhtsa this seems to be a problem which is happening to an abnormal number of 2008 mazda tributes throughout the usa. why hasn't mazda done a recall? why hasn't the nhtsa ordered a recall? this is very dangerous! | |||
| 11/10/2010 | 96000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 mazda tribune. while driving 45 mph and the accelerator pedal was being depress the pedal went all the way to the floor. the accelerator pedal did not come back to normal it stayed in that position. the vehicle was towed to the dealer who stated after inspection they could not find any defect with the pedal. the dealer stated they will repair the pedal cable at a cost of $530 due to no warranty or recall for this failure. the manufacturer was contacted and a complaint was file case#132783020. the failure mileage was 96,000....mw | |||
| 11/14/2010 | 68500 | ||
| My 2008 mazda tribute has about 68,500 miles. the gas pedal stuck, at intervals, all through my drive back home from my parents. it is about a 25 mile drive on the highway. the pedal became stuck once i depressed it. in order to accelerate, i had to press on the pedal with abnormal force. the car would jerk forward once the pedal became unstuck and i was able to accelerate again. this is not the first time that my 2008 mazda tribute does this. it did a while back when my car had about 30,000 miles. it did it two times. however, it never did it again until today, 11-14-2010. this time, however, the pedal got stuck well over 10 times. the car would decelerate while i used more and more force on the gas pedal until the pedal gave and i was able to accelerate again. i had my wife and children in the car. i did not feel safe driving the suv. doing research on the net and on the nhtsa this seems to be a problem which is happening to an abnormal number of 2008 mazda tributes throughout the usa. why hasn't mazda done a recall? why hasn't the nhtsa ordered a recall? this is very dangerous! | |||
| 11/10/2010 | 96000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 mazda tribune. while driving 45 mph and the accelerator pedal was being depress the pedal went all the way to the floor. the accelerator pedal did not come back to normal it stayed in that position. the vehicle was towed to the dealer who stated after inspection they could not find any defect with the pedal. the dealer stated they will repair the pedal cable at a cost of $530 due to no warranty or recall for this failure. the manufacturer was contacted and a complaint was file case#132783020. the failure mileage was 96,000....mw | |||
| 11/14/2010 | 68500 | ||
| My 2008 mazda tribute has about 68,500 miles. the gas pedal stuck, at intervals, all through my drive back home from my parents. it is about a 25 mile drive on the highway. the pedal became stuck once i depressed it. in order to accelerate, i had to press on the pedal with abnormal force. the car would jerk forward once the pedal became unstuck and i was able to accelerate again. this is not the first time that my 2008 mazda tribute does this. it did a while back when my car had about 30,000 miles. it did it two times. however, it never did it again until today, 11-14-2010. this time, however, the pedal got stuck well over 10 times. the car would decelerate while i used more and more force on the gas pedal until the pedal gave and i was able to accelerate again. i had my wife and children in the car. i did not feel safe driving the suv. doing research on the net and on the nhtsa this seems to be a problem which is happening to an abnormal number of 2008 mazda tributes throughout the usa. why hasn't mazda done a recall? why hasn't the nhtsa ordered a recall? this is very dangerous! | |||
| 11/10/2010 | 96000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 mazda tribune. while driving 45 mph and the accelerator pedal was being depress the pedal went all the way to the floor. the accelerator pedal did not come back to normal it stayed in that position. the vehicle was towed to the dealer who stated after inspection they could not find any defect with the pedal. the dealer stated they will repair the pedal cable at a cost of $530 due to no warranty or recall for this failure. the manufacturer was contacted and a complaint was file case#132783020. the failure mileage was 96,000....mw | |||
| 11/14/2010 | 68500 | ||
| My 2008 mazda tribute has about 68,500 miles. the gas pedal stuck, at intervals, all through my drive back home from my parents. it is about a 25 mile drive on the highway. the pedal became stuck once i depressed it. in order to accelerate, i had to press on the pedal with abnormal force. the car would jerk forward once the pedal became unstuck and i was able to accelerate again. this is not the first time that my 2008 mazda tribute does this. it did a while back when my car had about 30,000 miles. it did it two times. however, it never did it again until today, 11-14-2010. this time, however, the pedal got stuck well over 10 times. the car would decelerate while i used more and more force on the gas pedal until the pedal gave and i was able to accelerate again. i had my wife and children in the car. i did not feel safe driving the suv. doing research on the net and on the nhtsa this seems to be a problem which is happening to an abnormal number of 2008 mazda tributes throughout the usa. why hasn't mazda done a recall? why hasn't the nhtsa ordered a recall? this is very dangerous! | |||
| 11/10/2010 | 96000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 mazda tribune. while driving 45 mph and the accelerator pedal was being depress the pedal went all the way to the floor. the accelerator pedal did not come back to normal it stayed in that position. the vehicle was towed to the dealer who stated after inspection they could not find any defect with the pedal. the dealer stated they will repair the pedal cable at a cost of $530 due to no warranty or recall for this failure. the manufacturer was contacted and a complaint was file case#132783020. the failure mileage was 96,000....mw | |||
| 11/14/2010 | 68500 | ||
| My 2008 mazda tribute has about 68,500 miles. the gas pedal stuck, at intervals, all through my drive back home from my parents. it is about a 25 mile drive on the highway. the pedal became stuck once i depressed it. in order to accelerate, i had to press on the pedal with abnormal force. the car would jerk forward once the pedal became unstuck and i was able to accelerate again. this is not the first time that my 2008 mazda tribute does this. it did a while back when my car had about 30,000 miles. it did it two times. however, it never did it again until today, 11-14-2010. this time, however, the pedal got stuck well over 10 times. the car would decelerate while i used more and more force on the gas pedal until the pedal gave and i was able to accelerate again. i had my wife and children in the car. i did not feel safe driving the suv. doing research on the net and on the nhtsa this seems to be a problem which is happening to an abnormal number of 2008 mazda tributes throughout the usa. why hasn't mazda done a recall? why hasn't the nhtsa ordered a recall? this is very dangerous! | |||
| 11/05/2010 | 36127 | ||
| The gas pedal is sticking, not allowing you to accelerat. my wife and i purchased this car so that our son would be safe. it has happened at stop signs and on the highway going 65-70mph. it happened around ten seperate occansions, mostly in the morning. i would hate for my family to be in the car when something were to happen. we want to fix the problem but this seems to be a chronic issue with the mazda tribute. we love our car. can you please help? | |||
| 02/01/2010 | 34000 | ||
| Accelerator pedal is sticky. it becomes very difficult to push, then will suddenly release and allow you to accelerate. happens every morning, and lasts for about 5-10 minutes. condition is worsening. dealer cleaned throttle body, but it did not fix the problem. i returned the vehicle to the dealer who said the throttle body should be replaced. mazda extended warranty initially denied my claim for repair stating not a covered part. however, they now say it is a covered part, but still have not yet agreed to pay for the repair. i was told that if i pay $100 that the dealer would run some type of cleaner into my gas tank, but with no guaratee it would work. this would not be covered by my extended warranty. a badly sticking accelerator pedal should now be classified as a safety concern! | |||
| 03/14/2010 | 24000 | 1 | |
| Gas pedal sticks, preventing you from accelerating the vehicle. so when driving down the road you might be fine, or you could be sitting idle, until the gas pedal will free up. this has probably happened 30 times or more. needs to be recalled. also around 30,000 miles the paint started coming off all the door trim. *tr | |||
| 03/07/2010 | 65000 | 1 | |
| 2008 mazda tribute: accelerator sticks in the unaccelerated position. have had i fixed before and the mechanic new exactly what the problem was. he fixes at least two a week. he said the throttle cable runs through the intake and it accumulates grime until it sticks. costs me $75 bucks everytime. one day mr mazda is going to be sitting infront of a congressional hearing explaining why a mother and her kids couldn't get off of the rxr tracks in time. because her pedal stuck. *tr | |||
| 02/16/2010 | 69896 | 1 | |
| The gas pedal of my vehicle sticks when it is first depressed, after setting idle at traffic stops. it also sticks when first accelerating the vehicle on most mornings. this has occurred several times, and has become very frequent. the most recent incident was on tuesday, february 16, 2010. *tr | |||
| 12/15/2009 | 50000 | 1 | |
| The gas pedal sticks. you must press gas pedal abnormally hard and then when it gives the car lunges forward dangerously and unexpectedly. requires repeated throttle body cleaning. dealership recommends replacing the throttle body every time--a $130 part. *tr | |||
| 01/03/2010 | 24750 | 1 | |
| Gas pedal sticking intermittently & has occurred previously typically driving on highway at 65-70mph. not something that happens daily. *tr | |||
| 08/13/2008 | 10954 | 1 | |
| 2008 mazda tribute - gas pedal sticking. *tr | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 02/14/2010 | 42000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2008 mazda tribute. the contact took off and the accelerator got stiff and stuck. while driving 30 mph, the accelerator pedal became stiff, the vehicle surged forward and nearly hit another vehicle. the contact did notify the manufacturer and they informed him that there were no related recalls. the failure mileage was 42,000. the current mileage was 42,000. | |||