2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE — Complaint #1900376
Open-data reference.
NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE filed June 7, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1900376 (ODI reference 11525841) concerns a 2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE and was filed on June 7, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 16, 2023. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:software, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MAZDA TRIBUTE cohort independently describe similar electrical system:software failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2006 MAZDA TRIBUTE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
2006 MAZADA TRIBUTE- Consumer sent a request to Mazda North America to request estimate for cost of repair for replacement of the sensor and switches on the doors and service to the "door ajar" alarm system. Mazda customer care stated they wouldn't be able to provide assistance in the issue. The vehicle is out of warranty and there is no open recalls or special service programs. Consumer resubmitted request to Mazda. Consumer states: "This is the responsibility of the manufacturer! This feature·, (Door Ajar) notification is a major preventative safety item that should have an interrupt feature within. It does not! The defect of malfunction, ringing of the chime, is a conscience detraction element that cannot be tolerated continuously!" The consumer stated the cost of repairs will cost $4590 and feels this is the responsibility of the manufacturer.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1900376 |
| ODI Number | 11525841 |
| Date Filed | June 7, 2023 |
| Failure Date | May 16, 2023 |
| VIN | 4F2YZ04166K |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.