This 2004 Mazda Tribute came in with the complaint that engine stalls when the transmission is placed into drive. It also stalls when coming to a stop. It does not stall in reverse or neutral. Checking codes found a code P0320 stored for a crank sensor fault. As most of you should know a Mazda … Continue reading “2004 Mazda Tribute Stalls in Drive-Code P0320 Stored”
This 2005 Mazda Tribute came in with the complaint that the tail lights would not work.This same general information would apply to the Ford Escape and the Mercury Mariner of the same era. A quick check revealed that fuse #3 in the interior fuse box was blown. One of the more common places for a … Continue reading “2005 Mazda Tribute, Fuse #3 Blows, No Tail Lights”
This 2003 Mazda Tribute came in with the interior lights on and the door ajar light in the instrument cluster on. I started by checking the data the door positions. All door positions showed as being closed or “no” according to the data stream except for the hood. It showed being open or “yes”. I … Continue reading “2003 Mazda Tribute, Door Ajar Light Stays On”
This 2005 Mazda MPV came in with the complaint that the air flow from the vents was very weak although the fan motor seemed to be blowing fast. Sounds like a restricted cabin air filter to me. The cabin air filter on this vehicle is located behind the glove box. To change the filter start … Continue reading “2005 Mazda MPV, Changing The Cabin Air Filter”
2001 Mazda Tribute with a 3.0 liter v6 engine Vin 1 and codes P0300 and P0304 stored. The P0304 code is very specific to cylinder #4 so that is where I started. After finding that cylinder #4 was one of the easiest to access I was quite happy. I first removed the coil cover on … Continue reading “2001 Mazda Tribute, Code P0300 and P0304”
This Mazda had several problems, most of which were caused by previous work done to vehicle by others. The P0300 code is for random general misfires, P0304 is also for a misfire but is specific to cylinder #4 and P0401 is for insufficient EGR flow. I started with the easiest code which is the EGR … Continue reading “2001 Mazda Tribute,Code P0401 Stored”