Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="answerguru1" data-source="post: 1456115" data-attributes="member: 512609">Any idea what happened to my Mazda Tribute ...?I was driving along and I hear this POP and then it sounded as if there was no exhaust on the vehicle. I tried looking under the hood but it is impossible to see anything. I checked the tail pipe and there is what seems like normal exhaust coming out (no moisture etc). The engine is running very rough and although it is still running there is a terrible vibration when going down the road and if I lift my foot from the gas pedal and then accelerate again it seems to run smooth again but still very loud. Any ideas what may have happened? All the fluids are full etc.No smoking or any strange signs other than the loud exhaust type sound and rough running. It is a 2002 with 3.0L V/6, auto. trans. and has about 100K miles. It is actually a darn good vehicle before</blockquote>