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2001 Mazda Tribute electrical system problems

88 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2001 Mazda Tribute, which is 12% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
88 12% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
58,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 4
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2001 Mazda Tribute Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 58,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 9 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 58,000 miles
Based on 26 complaints that include mileage. 50% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles7
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles9
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 26 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 58,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 fires.

What owners wrote

Our 2001 mazda tribute was parked in the garage at the embarcadero center in sf on wednesday 03/28/07 at 7:00 am and it was later reported to us by the garage personnel that at about 8:30 am it started smoking then caught fire. Everything under the hood burned to the ground and inside the car the dash was completely burned as well - it looked like a sink-hole. The tires were melted, the engine oozed all over the ground, the fenders melted, and the windshield was broken.

Reported at 70,000 miles, March 2007 Fire

I bought a 2001 mazda tribute (used) in march 2003. About a month later, it began stalling frequently - mostly when I was backing out of a driveway/parking spot. I took it to the local mazda dealership in july 2003 and they looked it over and could find no explanation, but they did a PCM update on it anyway. It continued stalling intermitently - no pattern to the stalling. I took it back in december 2003 and they again looked it over and could find no reason for it to be stalling.

Reported at 55,000 miles, July 2004

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