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2005 Mazda Tribute fuel system problems

20 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2005 Mazda Tribute, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
20 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
80,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2005 Mazda Tribute Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 80,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 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: 80,000 miles
Based on 18 complaints that include mileage. 33% 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 miles5
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 18 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

When approaching a 4-way intersection during daylight hours, the light turned yellow then red. I tried to stop by pressing my brake pedal. My vehicle did not slow down, but continued to accelerate up hill. I pressed as hard as possible but my vehicle went through the intersection and I ran into the side of another vehicle. I was originally going about 30MPH and when I hit the other vehicle, I was going about 25MPH. My vehicle stopped after hitting the other vehicle but continued to rev higher.

Reported at 81,150 miles, April 2014 CrashInjury

While accelerating, the accelerator gets stuck and the car suddenly slows down to a crawl. Driver has to pull over and pump accelerator in order to get it unstuck. Checked with dealer initially and called mazda today january 8, 2014 to ask if there have been a recall. Was told, no. In the past, had to take car to mechanic and left it to be test driven in order for mechanic to replicate problem. Mechanic found the problem and cleaned accelerator. Problem continuous sporadically.

Reported at 9,000 miles, January 2006

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