2002 Mazda Tribute Suspension Problems

“We took our Mazda in for the sub-frame recall 11-30-2015 and the dealership, morries Mazda inver grove heights, mn, signed off that it was fine. Now 29 months and 10,000 miles later there is a dime sized hole rusted through the sub-frame and both the dealership and Mazda USA are refusing to pay for any of the recall repairs which will run about $4,000. The frame is a heavy piece of metal and there is no way a dime sized hole should occur in that short a period of time. …”

“Driving the vehicle down a city street the steering became extremely loose. Upon inspection we found that the front subframe had rusted/broken and the lower control arm had separated from it. After a search we discovered that this issue is covered under the 7514d recall. A VIN search confirmed that this was an open recall on this vehicle. We towed the vehicle to the nearest Mazda dealer to have the recall completed. After about 1 week, the service advisor called and told me that Mazda was refusing to repair the vehicle. …”

“I was driving home and the front coil spring broke{the top portion} when it broke it blew out my tire and lodged a piece of it in between the brake rotor some how tearing the tire to bits. And then apx a month after that the other one broke luckily it di not do the same damage as the first time. So because of the cheaply made and wrongfully heat treated metal the spring broke. …”

“I brought this car front the dealer and didn't know about the recall on the control arm and no one told me it is now 17 years old and I only had it for a year”

“1. Increased vibration and noise coming from the wheel area. Vibrations transmitted up through steering wheel and even through brake / acceleration pedals. Vehicle had approx 70k miles on odometer. 2. The failure was in the left front wheel spindle bearings. 3. Both front wheel spindle and bearings replaced.”