Only one issue to date.
The Tribute had severe negative chamber right out of the manufacturing plant. Never noticed it because it didn't pull to either side and the tire wear was facing inside. Only noticed it after someone else pointed out the severe wear when the tires were turned out in a parking lot. Our local mechanic said it came out of the plant that way. tisk, tisk... must've been a Friday afternoon...
To adjust, the struts etc need to be pulled out. 2-3 hours labor plus a new tire.
We hope our local dealer will take care of this for us under warranty. We'll see.
We love the Tribute in general.
Drives like a champ in the snow (already 2 feet this season in Denver). My wife who hates driving in snow doesn't think twice about it with the Tribute.
Drives great up to and in the mountains.
Does squeak a bit over bumps.
Follow-up – Our new Tribute needed a four wheel alignment and a new tire.
The dealer we bought it from (Burt Mazda. 10301 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112) would not take ownership of the problem but admitted that the cars do tend to get handled pretty rough when being loaded / offloaded during shipment to the dealership.
He didn’t indicate why they wouldn’t have checked this out since he was aware that this happens quite a bit. However, this is something that Mazda (HQ or local dealer) would not help us with.
Total cost to repair $330 after just 17,000 miles. Not impressed with post sale service. Would probably buy Mazda again, probably not from this dealer though.
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