Mazda Tribute: Years to Avoid and Best Years to Buy

Year-by-year data table

Running cost is fuel or energy plus the maintenance band midpoint for that car at its age today, re-priced to your country. Purchase price, insurance and depreciation are not included.

Photographs and every generation of the Tribute, through the years →

Tribute sub-models & family

Variants & trims on record

Body, powertrain and trim variants of the Tribute on the federal record. Variants folded into this nameplate are counted in this page's data; the rest have too thin a record for a page of their own yet.

What goes wrong on the Mazda Tribute

Across every Tribute model year in our index, owners report these component groups most often. The cost beside each one is the representative repair for that group at a US independent shop, re-priced to your country.

• Steering5 complaints across all Tribute years · typical job: Electric power-steering rack or column motor replacement$1,020–$2,500
• Fuel/Propulsion System3 complaints across all Tribute years · typical job: Fuel pump or injector replacement$680–$1,620
• Vehicle Speed Control2 complaints across all Tribute years · typical job: Throttle body, pedal sensor or cruise module replacement$520–$1,150
• Power Train2 complaints across all Tribute years · typical job: Transmission service or clutch-pack repair$1,290–$4,040
• Air Bags2 complaints across all Tribute years · typical job: Airbag module, clockspring or sensor replacement$600–$1,700
• Structure1 complaints across all Tribute years · typical job: Body, subframe or corrosion repair$1,070–$2,920

Flat-rate labour hours x local shop rate plus a parts band. An estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote. Formula.

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