2005 Mazda Mazda problems, complaints & recalls

2007-12-10 · Electrical System:ignition · 7,100 mi

“my 2005 mazda tribute began to vibrate uncontrollably, skips and making loud popping noises. the car than shut down completely in traffic. i then had it towed to the dealership and they said that the computer was completely burned up. the car was still under warranty and so they fixed it at no cost to me which was 2,000 dollars. however, i was resp…”

2007-04-09 · Visibility:defroster/Defogger/Hvac System:heater Core

“being in one dealer 4 times and another one time. still not fixed whining noise in back, ticking and clicking noise in rotor/ brake, air conditioner, heat, rough drive, and seat sagging. new dealer verified the problems, and said all was the characteristic of the car, but we fixed the rotor/brake noise by resurfacing the rotor. the first deal…”

2005-10-10 · Fuel System, Gasoline · 9,521 mi

“2005 mazda 3 sedan has had the following fuel/stall failures over the last 6 months. 1st incident happened while driving on freeway, car stalled and had to pulled to side of road and restarted after several minutes and attempts. 2nd incident, car was parked in owners driveway and failed to start (lack of fuel), 3rd incident car again parked in o…”

2005-07-11 · Power Train:automatic Transmission · 37,000 mi

“while driving my mazda 2000 protege(automatic) home from friends on july 4 th, noticed that there was a big jerk from transmission and engine started rewing at ~4k to ~5k and the car was loosing power. i was doing 55 mph at the time and the speed came down to 40 mph. from that point on car would not go beyond 40 mph and engine still keeps rewing at…”

2005-04-11 · Vehicle Speed Control · 1,300 mi

“my wife was driving her new mazda 3 (5 dr hatchback) to work. she applied full throttle acceleration to pass a slow moving car. after completing the pass, and backing off of the accelerator, the car stayed at max throttle/rpm. she had to put the car in nuetral to slow down and after a few seconds of redline rpm, the throttle came down to idle. …”

2005-03-08 · Service Brakes, Hydraulic:antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip · 4,800 mi

“madza 2005 tribute, ccasional brake failure - 3 times - brakes work fine, then go nearly to floor when fails. the engine speeds up slightly, just like hitting the clutch before brakes. the dealer is replacing the master cyclinder, but i think the problem is a race condition between the awd and the brakes - the awd might think that the brakes are…”