2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE — Complaint #940821
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NHTSA Complaint about VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES filed September 24, 2012
NHTSA complaint #940821 (ODI reference 10477661) concerns a 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE and was filed on September 24, 2012. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 2, 2011. The report was geocoded to District of Columbia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as vehicle speed control:cables, 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: yes, fire: yes, injuries: 1, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. 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 vehicle speed control:cables 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 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
EMAIL REFERRAL FROM CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY ON BEHALF OF CONSUMER RE: NHTSA RECALL 12V357 / PE12-09. REFERRAL ASSOCIATED AN APRIL 2011 INCIDENT WITH THE RECALL AND INCLUDED A POLICE ACCIDENT REPORT AND TWO PHOTOS *TGW ACCORDING TO THE NARRATIVE FROM THE POLICE REPORT, THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE STATED SHE WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON ROUTE 35, WHEN THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING, WHICH CAUSED HER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AT AN INTERSECTION. SHE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT RUN FROM ROUTE 35 ONTO A BRIDGE, BUT THE VEHICLE CROSSED ALL THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC AND CRASHED THROUGH A GUARDRAIL AND LANDED AGAINST A TREE. THE VEHICLE THEN BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 940821 |
| ODI Number | 10477661 |
| Date Filed | September 24, 2012 |
| Failure Date | April 2, 2011 |
| VIN | 4F2YU08161K |
Similar VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES Complaints for 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE
2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE. CONSUMER STATES BRAKE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING A CRASH AND VEHICLE FIRE *TGW RECALL # 12V357000 WAS REFERENCED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ABNORMALLY DEPRESSED INTO THE FLOORBOARD AND BECAME STUCK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCE
THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE GAS PEDAL ON HIS 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE HAS BECOME HARDER TO DEPRESS AND THE ENGINE JUMPS WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES. *NM THE CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW IF RECALL 04V57400
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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