14V174000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
A separation of the lower control arm can result in a significant loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
2003 MAZDA TRIBUTE
2 safety recall campaigns, 6 defect investigations, 266 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations6
Owner complaints266
Complaints citing a crash22
Complaints citing a fire11
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
12V357000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
A stuck throttle may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop or slow the vehicle, which could cause a crash, serious injury or death.
What owners report most
- 30AIR BAGS
- 23VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 18STRUCTURE:BODY
- 16ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 12SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 12ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 11SUSPENSION
- 10POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2003 MAZDA TRIBUTEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.