2001 Mazda Tribute Classic review from Australia and New Zealand

Please help me!!! All help will be greatly appreciated -

I have listed my private email at the bottom so anyone with any suggestions on what I can do can contact me. Please help, because I'm running out of money to fix this beast!!!

About the car:

Purchased 2007 with 90,000km (60,000mi)

Full service book history

Never been 4x4 offroad

Never towed (no tow bar)

Excellent condition.

I change oil every 5,000 km (3100mi) as well as oil filter, air filter etc.

I only ever run on 95 or 98 octane petrol.

Problems:

48hrs after purchased the "engine system failure"

light appeared

- 02 sensors gone - $500 later still not fixed

- Brake booster failed, $550 later reco booster fitted

- 4 hours later reco brake booster fails

- New booster replaced under warranty

- 02 light still on constantly

- Car runs like crap, revs get stuck at under 2,000 when cruising and when you put your foot down to take off there is a few second lag where the car rumbles, then takes a few seconds to "free" itself before it starts reving freely again.

- Fuel economy is crap - it's worse than a new Lamborghini (according to Top Gear)

- I'm getting 19.0L/100km (for those in the US, I'm using approx 8 gallons to go 100 miles (I think my maths is OK.. :s)

- The suspension (front) is clunky and bottoms out all the time going over speed bumps or potholes

- The engine system failure light will not go off, and I've sunk over $1000 into diagnostics, only for people to suggest possible but not probable expensive things that need fixing.

If anyone can help or suggest something I can do, please help, because with petrol at $1.70 per litre I can't afford to fuel it or fix it these days.

My email is closkey691@gmail.com

I really appreciate anyone's time and assistance.

Regards.

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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT BUY!!!

You may be lucky and get a good one but the probability is you'll get a lemon, save your time money and stress and look elsewhere for another car...