Recall Register

Mazda Tribute: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 20 recall campaigns for the Mazda Tribute, model years 2000 to 2011. NHTSA has 2,102 complaints on file for this model line. 9 of the 12 model years have a page on this register.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20000
  2. 200113
  3. 20027
  4. 20036
  5. 20045
  6. 20053
  7. 20062
  8. 20070
  9. 20084
  10. 20091
  11. 20102
  12. 20110
Mazda Tribute: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2011 Mazda Tribute NHTSA page074%
2010 Mazda Tribute23922%33,912
2009 Mazda Tribute13520%33,000
2008 Mazda Tribute4202115%250,927
2007 Mazda Tribute NHTSA page042%
2006 Mazda Tribute213074%221,482
2005 Mazda Tribute3377215%290,400
2004 Mazda Tribute515790%592,600
2003 Mazda Tribute6199114%698,600
2002 Mazda Tribute7384219%750,990
2001 Mazda Tribute13563321%723,837
2000 Mazda Tribute NHTSA page053%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

2,831 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Mazda Tribute: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Engine and Engine Cooling124.3352
Vehicle Speed Control124.3352
Structure103.5293
Suspension89.4253
Power Train81.6231
Electrical System71.4202
Steering69.6197
Service Brakes, Hydraulic59.3168
Air Bags50.5143
Latches/Locks/Linkages31.188

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Mazda Tribute, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2000, with 6 campaigns.
Complaints about the Mazda Tribute, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2002, with 198 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Mazda: all 40 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Mazda Tribute: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mazda/tribute/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file
Mazda North American Operations

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Mazda Tribute model years have the most recall campaigns?
2001 with 13, 2002 with 7, 2003 with 6. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Mazda Tribute model year has the most complaints?
The 2001 model year, with 563 of the 2,102 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Mazda Tribute name?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 124.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Vehicle Speed Control: 124.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Structure: 103.5 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Mazda Tribute?
10 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.