2003 Mazda Tribute engine problems
29 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2003 Mazda Tribute, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 29 11% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 59,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When engine problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 8 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 26 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 59,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 fires.
What owners wrote
Wife drove 2003 mazda tribute to arby's (I was meeting her there), got out of car and walked up to the entrance. As she got to arby's door, someone outside mentioned to her that her car was smoking. She came inside to get me and as I came out a lot of smoke was coming out of the engine compartment. I unlocked the car cracked the hood slightly where I saw flames close to the firewall. Used fire extinguisher to put out flames. Fire seemed to originate towards the back of the engine close to brake master cylinder.
When accelerating the vehicle first hesitated and then accelerated. The dealership was notified but did not resolve the problem.
Other problems reported for the 2003 Mazda Tribute
- Cruise control 40 complaints
- Brakes 37 complaints
- Air bags 36 complaints
- Body & structure 29 complaints
- Transmission 16 complaints
- Electrical system 15 complaints