2001 Mazda Tribute Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“Drivers side front door handle stopped working, window needs to be down in order to open door. If in an accident or fire driver will need assistance in exiting car. This is proven by all other complaints to be common with this vehicle and in hazardous situations potentially fatal unless government steps in and demands recall. Dealer wants $300.00+ to fix, have already spent $3000.00+ at dealer on computer failures and left side driver door window assembly failure.”

“Vehicle sunroof failed after approximately 5-6 operations. Vehicle had approximately 68000 miles on 11/30/04 when taken to dealership for repair. Due to the minimal usage prior to failure, it was expected and requested that Mazda pick up the repair expense. They diagnosed failure of the motor assembly requiring complete replacement of the system for $1678.00. Mazda has refused to pay for this.”

“Mazda tirbute esv6 has lost all power under normal driving conditions; no power steering or brakes and all indicator lights came on. Which is very difficult to steer out of oncoming traffic to get out to safety. The mechanic from jim ellis Mazda at marietta, ga told that this case already happened twice (one from a different car). In addition, it was reported that the valve gets carbed up. This occurs when a driver is coasting between accelerating and braking. …”

“The driver's side mirror vibrates at speeds of 30 MPH and above. The vibration is excessive enough on the freeway that images reflected are completely distorted and blurry which disallows proper visualization of traffic and other vehicles. The vibration is also so bothersome that I refrain from looking in the mirror anymore which I view to be a serious safety issue. According to the dealership and car manufacturer, the problem is a characteristic of the vehicle, including all models of Mazda tributes, that cannot be corrected. I find that to be unacceaptable!”

“The driver side mirror shakes so badly that the image in the mirror is so blurred you can not see anything. I took it back to the dealer, they replaced the mirror and it still did the samething. I complained a second time and they said there was nothing they could do since they already replaced it once. The second problem is that there is a lot of wind noise and a howling noise when driving on the freeway at 50 + MPH. It gets so loud that it give me a headache. I told the dealer 3 times about this already. They changed out the window seals out 2 times and this has not solved the problem. …”