Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-04-12 | 06V116000 |
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT | 23,100 | — | Details |
| 2004-12-23 | 04V605000 |
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK | 49,800 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Passenger rear shock mount toatly rusted through. A big hole! |
| 2023-07-09 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Rear passenger shock mount rusted out completely |
| 2023-04-20 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | The rear wheel well was completely rusted out while the other side is fine. The shock broke loose causing the vehicle t… |
| 2022-01-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The passenger side rear wheel well has rusted out and the brake mount is deteriorating as well affecting the safety of … |
| 2021-12-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | owned since day one, bought brand new, religiously maintained, perfect shape other than completely rusted wheel house b… |
| 2021-09-17 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The wheel well rusted out, completely leaving the shock tower and stability of the car at risk, rusted out completely,… |
| 2021-05-08 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | AS A PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER MAZDA TRUBUTES, THE WHEEL WELL IS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE STRUT IS NO LONGER HELD IN PLACE,… |
| 2021-04-19 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | RIGHT REAR SHOCK TOWER RUSTED OUT AND SHOCK BROKE THROUGH AND INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. SEVER RUST ON RIGHT SIDE … |
| 2021-02-05 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 0 | RIGHT REAR FRAME HAS RUSTED OUT ENOUGH TO CAUSE BRAKE AND SHOCK ISSUES CAUSING A PERFECTLY GOOD VEHICLE TO BECOME UNSAF… |
| 2020-09-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL… |
| 2020-07-30 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | CRUISE, BLAKE PEDAL HARD TO PRESS WHEN CRUISE IS ON. AIR BAG LITE ON 99 PERCENT OF THE TIME |
| 2020-07-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | BOUGHT CAR FOR MY SON. NOTICED A BAMGING NOISE IN REAR RIGHT BACK SOME OF CAR. LOOKED AT WHEEL WELL, COMPLETELY RUSTED … |
| 2020-06-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON A FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE UNCONTRO… |
| 2020-01-08 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING … |
| 2019-12-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING, THE LIFTGATE FLEW OPEN AND SEVERAL GROCERY ITEMS FELL ONTO TH… |
| 2019-11-16 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | HAVE HAD VEHICLE SINCE NEW IN 2005. PASSENGER SIDE REAR WELL SEVERELY RUSTED OUT, UPPER PORTION OF SHOCK HAS BECOME DE… |
| 2019-10-23 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE ON A PAVED CITY STREET, I NOTICED A SUDDEN LOUD CLANKING/POUNDING IN THE PASSENGER … |
| 2019-09-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SENSOR ALARM FOR DOORS IS GOING OFF..CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY TI SOLVED THIS. |
| 2019-09-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A LOUD CLANKING NOISE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM … |
| 2019-08-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | BEGAN HEARING LOUD BANGING NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. UPON INSPECTION, THE PASSEN… |
| 2019-08-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS RUST ACCUMULATION ON THE REAR PASSENGER SI… |
| 2019-08-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE HAS BEEN TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF SINCE IT WAS BOUGHT NEW. THE CAR HAS BEEN RUST PROOFED SEVERAL T… |
| 2019-07-16 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | CAR IS MAKING A LOT OF NOISE AND VIBRATION AND CHATTER FROM THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL.I HAD NEW SHOCKS PUT IN AND HE M… |
| 2019-06-20 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL THE REAR PASSENGER SHOCK MOUNT HAS RUSTED TO THE POINT TO WHERE IT MAKES A HORRIBLE CLUNK SEVERE METAL … |
| 2019-05-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT SUCH THAT THE SUSPENSION IS NOW PROTRUDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE V… |
| 2019-05-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE REAR FRAME OF VEHICLE COMPLETELY RUSTING OUT. THE MECHANICS SAID IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND COSTS… |
| 2019-02-13 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TRUCK STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE INNER… |
| 2019-01-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SUBFRAME AND SHOCK MOUNT WERE EXT… |
| 2018-12-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WAS TUGGED LIGHTLY, THE SEAT BELT UNLATCHE… |
| 2018-10-21 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL SEVERELY RUSTED, SHOCK/STRUT DETACHED FROM VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. LOUD THUMPING/BANGING … |
| 2018-10-20 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL HAS RUSTED OUT. ALL OF THE OTHER WHEEL WELLS LOOK FINE. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE… |
| 2018-09-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY MECHANIC NOTICED THE SHOCK SUPPORT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL WAS BADLY RUSTED AND SAID THE SHOCK COULD R… |
| 2018-09-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE REAR WHEEL WELL IS EXTREMELY RUSTED TO THE POINT OF THE SHOCK BEING LOOSE. THEIR IS A RECALL FOR 01-04 BUT DOESN'T … |
| 2018-09-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | RIGHT REAR STARTING MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND, INVESTIGATED AND FOUND SHOCK TOWER MOUNT WAS RUSTED OUT, AND BANGING … |
| 2018-08-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. WHEN COMPARED TO THE OTHER WHEEL WELLS YOU CAN SEE THE W… |
| 2018-07-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED OUT CAUSING THE SHOCK TO POKE A HOLE THRU THE BACK OF MY CARGO AREA. THIS CREATED A VERY DA… |
| 2018-07-13 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THERE WAS A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE RE… |
| 2018-06-19 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | OUR 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL IS RUSTED OUT TO THE POINT THE STRUT HAS DETACHED FROM IT'S MOUNT… |
| 2018-06-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED WHERE IT HOLDS SHOCK. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM OF RECALLED 2001-2004 MAZDAS.… |
| 2018-04-16 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE SHOCK TOWER WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR. IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE THE TIRE. THE RUST BEGAN IN G… |
| 2018-04-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, SMOKE WAS NOTICED. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE ENG… |
| 2018-03-05 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I have found several complaints on the 2005 Mazda Tribute with the rear wheel well rusting out. Mazda did a recall on … |
| 2018-02-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | ENTIRE UPPER MOUNTING AREA FOR RIGHT REAR SHOCK RUSTED AWAY; SHOCK INSECURE AT TOP INNER FENDER. REATTACHMENT NOT POSSI… |
| 2018-01-08 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FR… |
| 2017-11-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MOUNT SHOCK COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY RUST. I DID NOT KNOW THIS UNTIL IT BEGAN CREATING STRANGE NOISES. ITS DANGEROUS TO … |
| 2017-11-05 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | RIGHT REAR SHOCK TOWER RUSTED OUT, CAME APART FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH |
| 2017-11-05 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE S (3.0L V6), ALSO KNOWN AS THE 2005 FORD ESCAPE (SAME PARTS, ASSEMBLY LINE, PCM, ETC) HAS A KNOW… |
| 2017-11-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER REAR WHEEL WELL RUSTED OUT ALMOST ALLOWING THE SHOCK ABSORBER TO BREAK FREE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPER… |
| 2017-10-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | PASSENGER REAR WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH LEADING TO FAILURE OF THE SHOCK MOUNT. SHOCK ENTERING THE VEHICLE C… |
| 2017-10-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL MY SEAT BELTS DO NOT TIGHTEN AND MY AIRBAG LIGHT WAS FIXED BUT IS NOW ON AGAIN I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT MY AI… |