The door latch on the drivers door won't open and i don't feel safe. if something happened and i had to get out, i would be in trouble. a friend recently taught me how to open the door by pushing the latch backwards. it has to be done by reaching across my body with my right hand and pushing the lock backwards (ex: like you're pinching something). there are too many complaints on this website concerning this same problem. why hasn't there been a recall on this problem??? the only benefit for this is if someone steals my vehicle and can't get out, resulting in being caught. *tr
2001 mazda tribute es v6...driver's side door handle broke under normal use. plastic piece broke off of handle... cannot open door from inside vehicle. a relative of ours had the same proplem with her 2001 tribute. her door handle came off entirely under normal use.*ak
I bought my tribute in february 2001 and in april 2004 the inside driver side door handle malfunctioned. when i attempted to open the door from the inside, the door handle would not work. i took my tribute to the dealership and paid to have this fixed. in july 2004 the same situation occurred to the front passenger side door. after two occurences, this is obviously a defect considering the vehicle is three years old. i am concerned about my family's safety in the tribute because you can not open the door from the inside. *ak
Dt: 2001 mazda tribute. consumer states the doors will not open from the inside. the vehicle was taken to the dealer, but they did not try to do anything, they would not even look at vehicle. the doors were on child safety locks, and consumer thought that may have been the reason for doors locking. however, when she took the safety locks off it did not help. consumer received a recall, and called the manufacturer. she was advised to take the vehicle to dennison mazda. there was no information on the recall at this time. she took the vehicle to dealer, and was told they had to order the parts and she was to come back that following tuesday. when she returned to dealer, she was told warranty expired and they would not do the work. the recall was on a sensor.*ak
Hood latch opens when there is a temperature change plus or minus 20 or more degrees or randomly. *la
Unable to open doors from inside of vehicle. after 90000 miles driver and passenger doors became inopperable within 2 days of each other. driver's side could not be opened from inside or outside while passenger side door could be opened by rolling down the window and lifting up on outside handle. shop determined that handle(chromed plastic) inside door mechanism(mazda part#ec01-58-330n)cracked. the handle has a 1/16th" raised catch that cracked off on both handles. the second incident happened just 10months later @109k once again both handles were involved but this time they were 1 week apart. the parts cost (as of 8/24/04) 52.29 + labor each. i have old parts. no children used these doors only 2 adults. this is a serious situation due to the inability to open the doors from the inside in the event of an emergency or the need to exit the vehicle quickly. you must first roll down the window & reach outside or if the vehicle is off you must restart to open electric windows if you have power at all, if not you are stuck inside and unable to exit. *ak
I bought a mazda tribute new and it wasn't a year old when the inside drivers door latch broke. i have noticed many others have had the same problem. this is just the beginning of my problems. *tr
1. normal use. 2. broken door handles--within door. front passenger can't open door from inside. 3. i am looking for a replacement part. *tr
Both front side doors are unable to close, dealer notified. feel free to provide any further information.*ak