2007 MAZDA CX-7 Problems & Recalls

The headlights are horrible for night time driving. The low beam lights are nearly invisible, which leaves you no choice but to drive with high beam lights and still poses a serious safety risk. Vehicle was taken to dealership and asked if there had been any recalls on the headlights because they�...

The contact owns a 2007 Mazda CX-7. The contact stated that the air conditioning system was inoperable, and the cabin air filter was replaced; however, the failure persisted. Additionally, the contact stated that while her husband was driving at an undisclosed speed, he smelled a burning odor. The c...

Mileage: 174,000

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE COMPLETELY INADEQUATE FOR NIGHT DRIVING. THEY DO NOT PROJECT ANY WHERE NEAR ENOUGH LIGHT TO SEE IN UNLIT AREAS WHERE YOU CANNOT USE HIGH BEAMS. THE LIGHT IS YELLOW NO MATTER WHAT BULB YOU USE AND DOES NOT PROJECT DOWN ROAD AT ALL.

ENGINE VVT SOLENOID SEIZED CAUSING COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60MPH. THE DEALER IS ASKING $10,730 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE CAR HAS 76,000 MILES.

Mileage: 76,000

WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED FROM A CAR DEALERSHIP CALLED HEAVY FOOT MOTORS IN SAN ANTONIO TX. THE VERY NEXT DAY, THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING FROM THE HOOD, EXHAUST, AND SMOKE CAME THROUGH THE AIR VENTS. MY WIFE GOING ABOUT 5-10MPH WHILE MAKING A TURN IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE SMOKING STA...

Mileage: 140,000

WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED FROM A CAR DEALERSHIP CALLED HEAVY FOOT MOTORS IN SAN ANTONIO TX. THE VERY NEXT DAY, THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING FROM THE HOOD, EXHAUST, AND SMOKE CAME THROUGH THE AIR VENTS. MY WIFE GOING ABOUT 5-10MPH WHILE MAKING A TURN IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE SMOKING STA...

Mileage: 140,000

WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED FROM A CAR DEALERSHIP CALLED HEAVY FOOT MOTORS IN SAN ANTONIO TX. THE VERY NEXT DAY, THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING FROM THE HOOD, EXHAUST, AND SMOKE CAME THROUGH THE AIR VENTS. MY WIFE GOING ABOUT 5-10MPH WHILE MAKING A TURN IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE SMOKING STA...

Mileage: 140,000

BEFORE I RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE I HAD TAKEN THE CAR IN TO STAR MAZDA AN AUTHORIZED DEALER IN GLENDALE TWICE FOR THE AIRBAG LIGHT WARNING SIGN WHICH HAD BEEN LIT UP ON THE DASHBOARD. TWICE STAR MAZDA CHARGED ME $140.00 FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM WITH THE LIGHT. AFTER I RECEIVED...

JUNE 2014, I WAS DRIVING VEHICLE OUT OF TOWN ON VACATION AND IT SUDDENLY BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH LIKE THE PISTONS WERE MISFIRING. MILEAGE WAS 69,700. I PULLED INTO A DEALERSHIP (1 MILE AWAY), DROPPED THE KEYS, AND CALLED TO EXPLAIN IN THE MORNING. LATER, THEY SAID THEY DROVE THE CAR AROUND THE LOT AND...

Mileage: 69,700

I'VE ALREADY MAKE THE AIRBAG REPLACEMENT IN 16-MARCH-2018 BUT I'M STILL RECEIVING THE NOTIFICATIONS. THERE'S BEEN 1 YEAR AND A HALF SINCE THEN AND GOT LIKE A HUNDRED OF NOTIFICATIONS. I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THAT THE DEALER DIDN'T DO THE REPLACEMENT. OR MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T UPDATED THE DATABASE? I'M WO...

HAPPEN 2 DAYS AGO WHILE DRIVING I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL OF PLASTIC INSIDE THE CABIN AND UPON INSPECTION I TRACED IT AT THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS. THE BULBS GETS TO HOT AND MELTING THE PLASTIC INSIDE THE HOUSING OF THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THIS CAR HAS A CLEAR TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND SINCE IT'S BURNING...

Mileage: 100,000

MAZDA WILL NOT COMPLETE THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL ON OUR VEHICLE NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY ARE CONTACTED. WE HAVE MADE AT LEAST 6 ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THEM, I THINK MORE, FOR NEARLY A YEAR. MAZDA REPS HAVE PROMISED TO GET BACK TO ME, BUT WE NEVER HEAR MORE. THEY KEEP SENDING NOTICE BY MAIL, BUT T...

TAMARA RECALL

' TAKATA RECALL' IT SEEMS AFTER HAVING MY CAR FOR 4 MONTHS I RAN INTO ISSUES. I WAS DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET WHEN MY CAR STARTED MAKING A STRANGE WHINING NOISE AND SMALL PLUMES OR WHITE SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM THE HOOD, NEAR THE PULLEY SYSTEMS. I DROVE HOME APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES AWAY . I WE...

Mileage: 150,000

' TAKATA RECALL' IT SEEMS AFTER HAVING MY CAR FOR 4 MONTHS I RAN INTO ISSUES. I WAS DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET WHEN MY CAR STARTED MAKING A STRANGE WHINING NOISE AND SMALL PLUMES OR WHITE SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM THE HOOD, NEAR THE PULLEY SYSTEMS. I DROVE HOME APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES AWAY . I WE...

Mileage: 150,000

' TAKATA RECALL' IT SEEMS AFTER HAVING MY CAR FOR 4 MONTHS I RAN INTO ISSUES. I WAS DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET WHEN MY CAR STARTED MAKING A STRANGE WHINING NOISE AND SMALL PLUMES OR WHITE SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM THE HOOD, NEAR THE PULLEY SYSTEMS. I DROVE HOME APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES AWAY . I WE...

Mileage: 150,000

WHILE DRIVING THE WHEEL AND STEERING BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. THE CAR WAS ONLY STOPPED BY A WALL ON THE HIGHWAY. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND HAD A HEART ATTACK DURING THIS INCIDENT WITH THE CAR. THE AIRBAG ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS DEPLOYED.

Mileage: 77,000

WHILE DRIVING THE WHEEL AND STEERING BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. THE CAR WAS ONLY STOPPED BY A WALL ON THE HIGHWAY. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND HAD A HEART ATTACK DURING THIS INCIDENT WITH THE CAR. THE AIRBAG ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS DEPLOYED.

Mileage: 77,000

WHILE DRIVING THE WHEEL AND STEERING BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. THE CAR WAS ONLY STOPPED BY A WALL ON THE HIGHWAY. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND HAD A HEART ATTACK DURING THIS INCIDENT WITH THE CAR. THE AIRBAG ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS DEPLOYED.

Mileage: 77,000

THE MOTOR STARTED RUNNING HOT AND LOSING POWER AND I SHUT IT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE AND WAS SCANNED ON COMPUTER AND ONLY SHOWED CODE FOR STEERING WHEEL ANGLE. THE MECHANIC PULLED THE COILS AND PLUGS AND CHECKED FOR SPARK AND INSTALLED NEW PLUGS AND ALL COILS OPERATED NORMALLY. COMPRE...

Mileage: 115,466

MAZDA IS AWARE THAT THE CX-7 IS A HORRIBLY MADE CAR WHICH CAN BE NOTED WITH THE EXTENSIVE LIST OF RECALLS WHICH THE COMPANY HAS PUT OUT SINCE ITS CREATION. ENGINE FAILURE BEING THE BIGGEST CONCERN TO THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE ON THE ROAD. ENGINE FAILURE AT 70MPH ON A BUSY HIGHWAY CAN RESULT IN DEATH. ...

MAZDA IS AWARE THAT THE CX-7 IS A HORRIBLY MADE CAR WHICH CAN BE NOTED WITH THE EXTENSIVE LIST OF RECALLS WHICH THE COMPANY HAS PUT OUT SINCE ITS CREATION. ENGINE FAILURE BEING THE BIGGEST CONCERN TO THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE ON THE ROAD. ENGINE FAILURE AT 70MPH ON A BUSY HIGHWAY CAN RESULT IN DEATH. ...

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON AND ONLY GOES OFF WHEN CAR IS SHUT OFF.

Mileage: 104,376

AIR BAGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AFTER RECALL IN JULY OF 2018 AND AIR BAG L8GHTS HACE COME BACK ON IN OCTOBER 2018. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN STATIONARY AFTER STARTING THE CAR.

Mileage: 134,400

AIR BAGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AFTER RECALL IN JULY OF 2018 AND AIR BAG L8GHTS HACE COME BACK ON IN OCTOBER 2018. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN STATIONARY AFTER STARTING THE CAR.

Mileage: 134,400

AIR BAGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AFTER RECALL IN JULY OF 2018 AND AIR BAG L8GHTS HACE COME BACK ON IN OCTOBER 2018. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN STATIONARY AFTER STARTING THE CAR.

Mileage: 134,400

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. NORTH FRONTIER AUTO (205 8TH AVE SE, PINE CITY, MN) WAS CALLED AND DIAGNOSED THAT AN UNKNOWN SENSOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STARTED. THE CON...

Mileage: 148,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. NORTH FRONTIER AUTO (205 8TH AVE SE, PINE CITY, MN) WAS CALLED AND DIAGNOSED THAT AN UNKNOWN SENSOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STARTED. THE CON...

Mileage: 148,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM MALFUNCTIONED AND THE DOOR COULD NOT BE UNLOCKED FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S DOOR WAS ALSO LOCKED AND COULD NOT BE OPENED. THE...

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR MY VEHICLE, BUT SEARCHING YOUR SITE DOES NOT SHOW IT. HOW DO I KNOW WHICH IS TRUE?

I HAD THE AIR CONDITIONING FIXED AND IT KEEPS GOING OUT,IT IS IN THE SHOP FOR THE 3RD TIME. THE CAR WILL NOT RUN WITHOUT THIS WORKING,IT IS ALL ON ONE BELT. I WANT MAZDA TO REPLACE THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND GUARENTEE THIS. I WANT MAZDA TO REEMBURSE ME FOR THE REPAIRS I MADE 3 TIMES.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V429000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE CONTACT CALLED BILL HOOD MAZDA AT 985-345-0321 (333 N MORRISON BLVD, HAMMOND, LA 70401) AND WAS INFORMED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO TH...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V429000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE CONTACT CALLED BILL HOOD MAZDA AT 985-345-0321 (333 N MORRISON BLVD, HAMMOND, LA 70401) AND WAS INFORMED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO TH...

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I TOOK MY 2007 MAZDA CX7 FOR SERVICE AND TWO SAFETY RECALLS, LAST YEAR. THE REPLACED THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS AT THE FRONT END. THEY ALSO DID THE SAFETY RECALL 9516E=PASSENGER AIR BAG REPLACEMENT. AFTER A WHILE THE AIR BAG DASH RED LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR A WHILE. MY CX7 HAS 97,500 MILES A...

Mileage: 93,000

I TOOK MY 2007 MAZDA CX7 FOR SERVICE AND TWO SAFETY RECALLS, LAST YEAR. THE REPLACED THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS AT THE FRONT END. THEY ALSO DID THE SAFETY RECALL 9516E=PASSENGER AIR BAG REPLACEMENT. AFTER A WHILE THE AIR BAG DASH RED LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR A WHILE. MY CX7 HAS 97,500 MILES A...

Mileage: 93,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT PREVIOUSLY HAD THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS REPLACED. A WEEK LATER, THE AIR BAG SENSOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MAPLE SHADE MAZDA (2921 NJ-73, MAPLE SHADE TOWNSHIP, NJ 08052, (856) 667-8004) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT ...

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED FOR AN UNKNOWN AIR BAG RELATED RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS WERE NOT CONNECTED...

Mileage: 156,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED FOR AN UNKNOWN AIR BAG RELATED RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS WERE NOT CONNECTED...

Mileage: 156,000

TAKATA RECALL - I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR FOR THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE TAKATA AIRBAG BUT THEY TELL ME THAT THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE AND I'VE RECEIVED MANY MANY NOTIFICATIONS BY REGULAR MAIL ABOUT THIS. THE DEALER IS FLAGSHIP MAZDA IN SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN IMPOR...

I AM HAVING ISSUES WITH MY ENGINE LIGHT ON AND MY CAR HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AS WELL AS SOMETIMES SHAKING WHILE STOP IN A LIGHT FOR A WHILE.

Mileage: 8,000

I AM HAVING ISSUES WITH MY ENGINE LIGHT ON AND MY CAR HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AS WELL AS SOMETIMES SHAKING WHILE STOP IN A LIGHT FOR A WHILE.

Mileage: 8,000

I AM HAVING ISSUES WITH MY ENGINE LIGHT ON AND MY CAR HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AS WELL AS SOMETIMES SHAKING WHILE STOP IN A LIGHT FOR A WHILE.

Mileage: 8,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V429000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (T...

WHEN DRIVING THERE IS A RATTLING NOISE THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE. WAS TOLD FROM MAZDA SERVICE DEPT. THAT IT WAS VVT (VARIABLE VALVE TIMING) ITS A CHAIN WHICH IS - THE PROCESS OF ALTERING THE TIMING OF A VALVE LIFT EVENT, AND IS OFTEN USED TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE, FUEL ECONOMY OR EMISSIONS. ...

Mileage: 147,000

MY VEHICLE IS AFFECTED BY NHTSA RECALL #: 16V-593 RECALL DATE: 08/10/16. IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE THE RECALL AND MAZDA STILL DOES NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE TO REPAIR MY CAR. MY VEHICLE IS AFFECTED BY MAZDA RECALL #: 1317F NHTSA RECALL #: 17V-429 . IT HAS BEEN ONCE YEAR SINCE THE RECALL AND ...

MY VEHICLE IS AFFECTED BY NHTSA RECALL #: 16V-593 RECALL DATE: 08/10/16. IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE THE RECALL AND MAZDA STILL DOES NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE TO REPAIR MY CAR. MY VEHICLE IS AFFECTED BY MAZDA RECALL #: 1317F NHTSA RECALL #: 17V-429 . IT HAS BEEN ONCE YEAR SINCE THE RECALL AND ...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V429000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS ...

Mileage: 116,000

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V429000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS ...

Mileage: 116,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE CONTACT WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS BY THE IMPACT AND STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISING TO THE HEAD, WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL AT...

THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONERS & BEARINGS THAT KEEP THE CHAIN TIGHT WEAR OUT WAY BEFORE THEIR LIFE SHOULD BE UP. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT & THE SHOP TECHNICIANS SAID THEY GET THIS PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS ALL THE TIME. ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS LISTEN WHEN THE CAR WAS STA...

Mileage: 106,000

NHTSA RECALL #16V-593 - THIS RECALL INDICATES THAT THERE IS THE RISK OF SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. THIS RECALL IS TAKING AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME, AND I THINK THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THIS BE EXPEDITED IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE PART BEFORE IT BECOMES A...

Mileage: 112,500

NHTSA RECALL #16V-593 - THIS RECALL INDICATES THAT THERE IS THE RISK OF SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. THIS RECALL IS TAKING AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME, AND I THINK THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THIS BE EXPEDITED IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE PART BEFORE IT BECOMES A...

Mileage: 112,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SIEMANS FORD INC. (LOCATED AT 8961 RED ARROW HWY, BRIDGMAN, MI 49106, TEL: (888)501-0429) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL. THE CONTACT CALLED DEERY BROTHERS MAZDA (LOCATED AT 200 S GEAR AVE, WEST BURLINGTON, IA 52655) WHO STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR....

Mileage: 138,000

AC UNIT SMOKE WHEN IT BRAKES CAUSING SMOKE TO COME IN SIDE AND CAUSING CERVITEEN BELT TO BREAK ALSO.

I RECEIVE A RECALL LETTER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE THIS DAY I BEEN DEALING WITH THE MAZDA DEALER AT 635 RIVERDALE ST WEST SPRINGFIELD AND THEY BEEN TELLING ME THAT THEY NEED TO OTHER THE PART AND THEY WILL CALL ME WHEN THEY HAVE IT SO THEY CAN FIX THE PROBLEM I BEEN CALLING THEM EVERY MONTH AND THEY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V012000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED A LO...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V012000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEAL...

FAULTY FUEL RAIL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO NOT ACCELLERATE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V429000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT, A LOUD POPPING NOISE COULD BE HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIRS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN...

Mileage: 193,000

SO MY A.C. DECIDES TO GO OUT THE OTHER DAY WHILE ON THE WAY TO CLASS (ON THE INTERSTATE ) AND I START TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING, THEN TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE SMOKE STARTS COMING FROM THE VENTS!! I IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER AND HAD TO GET IT TOWED ! TOOK IT TO REPAIR SHOP TO BE LOOKED AT AND LEARNED THAT ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V-356 000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. A LOCAL DEALER NORTHT...

Mileage: 140,000

BOUGHT MY MAZDA CX-7 2007 BRAND NEW. AC BROKE, ARM JOINT HAS BE CHANGE, BOTH ROLLER CHANGED MORE THEN TWO TIMES. ENGINE IS MAKING NOISE. DEALER TOLD US THAT IT'S THE TIMING CHAIN WHICH IS THE ENGINE NOW. I CALLED MAZDA FOR AN ENGINE AND IT'S ABOUT $6,291 FOR JUST THE ENGINE NOT EVEN INCLUDED THE LAB...

Mileage: 160,000

MAZDA RECALL #: 9716H (NHTSA RECALL #: 16V-593) THIS RECALL IS DATED 8/10/16. FROM MAZDA'S RECALL NOTICE, "THE BALL JOINT AND LOWER CONTROL ARM MAY SEPARATE, CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH." SO ALMOST A YEAR AND NOTHING....RECALL STILL "REMEDY NOT AV...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS NO...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RE...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RE...

ON THE 4TH OF JULY MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING TO WESTCHESTER FROM MANHATTAN. WE HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS, RECENT OIL CHANGE AND NEW CAR BATTERY. THE CAR IS ALWAYS MAINTAINED AND IT HAS NEVER GIVEN US ANY TROUBLE. DURING OUR DRIVE WE NOTICED SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE THE CAR STARTED TO FEEL HOT, B...

Mileage: 122

ON THE 4TH OF JULY MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING TO WESTCHESTER FROM MANHATTAN. WE HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS, RECENT OIL CHANGE AND NEW CAR BATTERY. THE CAR IS ALWAYS MAINTAINED AND IT HAS NEVER GIVEN US ANY TROUBLE. DURING OUR DRIVE WE NOTICED SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE THE CAR STARTED TO FEEL HOT, B...

Mileage: 122

ON THE 4TH OF JULY MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING TO WESTCHESTER FROM MANHATTAN. WE HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS, RECENT OIL CHANGE AND NEW CAR BATTERY. THE CAR IS ALWAYS MAINTAINED AND IT HAS NEVER GIVEN US ANY TROUBLE. DURING OUR DRIVE WE NOTICED SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE THE CAR STARTED TO FEEL HOT, B...

Mileage: 122

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN JUNE OF 2016 AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION) WAS RECEIVED IN AUGUST OF 2016. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER (WITTEN BROTHERS OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN JUNE OF 2016 AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION) WAS RECEIVED IN AUGUST OF 2016. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER (WITTEN BROTHERS OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TIGHT AND DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. IN ADDITION, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER (SHORTLINE MAZDA,90 HAVANA ST, AURORA, CO 80010, (303) 364-2200 ) WAS CONTACTED AND THEY IND...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TIGHT AND DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. IN ADDITION, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER (SHORTLINE MAZDA,90 HAVANA ST, AURORA, CO 80010, (303) 364-2200 ) WAS CONTACTED AND THEY IND...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TIGHT AND DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. IN ADDITION, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER (SHORTLINE MAZDA,90 HAVANA ST, AURORA, CO 80010, (303) 364-2200 ) WAS CONTACTED AND THEY IND...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION) HOWEVER THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (ORANGE PARK MITSUBISHI, ...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION) HOWEVER THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (ORANGE PARK MITSUBISHI, ...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V012000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECA...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V012000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECA...

MY VEHICLE WAS RECALLED EXACTLY 10 MONTHS AGO UNDER MAZDA # 9716H, NHTSA # 16V593000. THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED RECALL, AS STEERING CONTROL MAY BE LOST. AFTER 10 MONTHS, PARTS ARE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. I AM PUTTING MY FAMILY AT RISK EVERY TIME WE TRAVEL IN THIS VEHICLE. HOW CAN A CAR BE RECALLED AS A ...

Mileage: 124,000

MAZDA'S L-SERIES ENGINES ARE EARNING A REPUTATION FOR VARIABLE VALE TIMING (VVT) DEFECTS THAT CAN CAUSE OIL LEAKS, EXCESSIVE SMOKE OUT OF THE TAILPIPE, LOOSE TIMING CHAINS, AND CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. MAZDA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE VVT PROBLEMS IN A 'SPECIAL SERVICE PROGRAM' BUT, ACCORDING TO OW...

Mileage: 100,000

TAKATA RECALL - THE RECALL FOR THIS DANGEROUS MUST BE REPLACED PART OF THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST DONE LAST AUGUST 2016. THAT IS NINE MONTHS THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN UNSAFE. WE CAN'T PUT ANYONE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AT ALL, SO WE DO NOT HAVE THE FREE AND FULL USE OF THE VEHICLE. NINE MONTHS. WE MAY WANT TO ...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECA...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECA...

TAKATA RECALL I WAS NOTIFIED BY MAZDA OF NHTSA RECALL NUMBER'S 17V-012 AND 16V-593 (MANUFACTURE RECALL NUMBER 0717A AND 9716H), INFORMING ME HOW I MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF STEERING THAT MAY RESULT IN A CRASH, PLUS I WAS ADVISED NOT TO EVER HAVE A PASSENGER IN MY VEHICLE IN THE EVENT OF A ...

Mileage: 148,000

TAKATA RECALL I WAS NOTIFIED BY MAZDA OF NHTSA RECALL NUMBER'S 17V-012 AND 16V-593 (MANUFACTURE RECALL NUMBER 0717A AND 9716H), INFORMING ME HOW I MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF STEERING THAT MAY RESULT IN A CRASH, PLUS I WAS ADVISED NOT TO EVER HAVE A PASSENGER IN MY VEHICLE IN THE EVENT OF A ...

Mileage: 148,000

TAKATA RECALL: PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY AND SOMETIMES STAYS ON OR BLINKS. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 60 MPH IT SWERVED WITHOUT WARNING TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRES TO FALL OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND NEARLY RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL.

Mileage: 123,600

TAKATA RECALL: PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY AND SOMETIMES STAYS ON OR BLINKS. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 60 MPH IT SWERVED WITHOUT WARNING TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRES TO FALL OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND NEARLY RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL.

Mileage: 123,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTUR...

AT HWY SPEED, IN MOTION, ON STATE HWY, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, HEARD A POP AND THEN VEHICLE DIED

Mileage: 120,580

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE THERE IS A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE FOR 2-3 SECONDS . IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A CARD GOING THROUGH BICYCLE SPOKES AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY A HIGH REV SOUND . THIS SOUND ALSO HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING DIRECTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY SHIF...

Mileage: 156,000

MAZDA HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE RECALL PARTS AVAILABLE IN A TIMELY MANNER RESULTING IN MY LOWER CONTROL ARM/BALL JOINT TO BREAK AWAY FROM MY TIRE CAUSING ME TO LOOSE STEERING WHILE TURNING. ALSO BEING BROKE DOWN ON RAILROAD TRACKS AND NEEDED TO GET MY CAR AND MYSELF TO SAFETY. MY CAR HAD TO BE LIFTED...

Mileage: 118,000

MAZDA HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE RECALL PARTS AVAILABLE IN A TIMELY MANNER RESULTING IN MY LOWER CONTROL ARM/BALL JOINT TO BREAK AWAY FROM MY TIRE CAUSING ME TO LOOSE STEERING WHILE TURNING. ALSO BEING BROKE DOWN ON RAILROAD TRACKS AND NEEDED TO GET MY CAR AND MYSELF TO SAFETY. MY CAR HAD TO BE LIFTED...

Mileage: 118,000

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FO...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATIONS OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL RE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATIONS OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL RE...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECA...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECA...

I RECEIVED THE PRIMARY NOTIFICATION OF SAFETY RECALL IN JULY 2016. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY MORE INFORMATION SINCE THEN, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR POPS IN THE DASHBOARD OFTEN AND I CANNOT TAKE MY CARE TO THE EMISSION TEST UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS CORRECTED.

I RECEIVED THE PRIMARY NOTIFICATION OF SAFETY RECALL IN JULY 2016. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY MORE INFORMATION SINCE THEN, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR POPS IN THE DASHBOARD OFTEN AND I CANNOT TAKE MY CARE TO THE EMISSION TEST UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS CORRECTED.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REC...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REC...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE INTERIM RECALL NOTICES FROM THE MANUFACTUR...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE INTERIM RECALL NOTICES FROM THE MANUFACTUR...

TAKATA RECALL I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THIS RECALL. IT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY, APRIL 18,2017 THAT I WAS INFORMED FROM A DEALERSHIP WHEN I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO TRADE IT IN. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS CAR WITH THE RECALL WITH OTHER PASSENGERS, INCLUDING MY 5 YEAR OLD SON.

SOLO SE MIRA LA LUZ DE LAS BOLSAS DE AIRE Y SOMO 5 DE FAMILUA Y DE UNA FORMA U OTRA ES MUY DIFICIL NO SENTARSE ENFRENTE PERO AHORITA ME ESTA FALTANDO MUCHO LA VISIBILIDAD PORQUE SALE MUCHO VAPOR DEL CALENTON Y CON LA LLUVIA CASI NO MIRO BIEN AL MANEJAR Y NECESITI QUE PORFAVOR ME REVISE EL VEHCULO HE...

Mileage: 1

SOLO SE MIRA LA LUZ DE LAS BOLSAS DE AIRE Y SOMO 5 DE FAMILUA Y DE UNA FORMA U OTRA ES MUY DIFICIL NO SENTARSE ENFRENTE PERO AHORITA ME ESTA FALTANDO MUCHO LA VISIBILIDAD PORQUE SALE MUCHO VAPOR DEL CALENTON Y CON LA LLUVIA CASI NO MIRO BIEN AL MANEJAR Y NECESITI QUE PORFAVOR ME REVISE EL VEHCULO HE...

Mileage: 1

SOLO SE MIRA LA LUZ DE LAS BOLSAS DE AIRE Y SOMO 5 DE FAMILUA Y DE UNA FORMA U OTRA ES MUY DIFICIL NO SENTARSE ENFRENTE PERO AHORITA ME ESTA FALTANDO MUCHO LA VISIBILIDAD PORQUE SALE MUCHO VAPOR DEL CALENTON Y CON LA LLUVIA CASI NO MIRO BIEN AL MANEJAR Y NECESITI QUE PORFAVOR ME REVISE EL VEHCULO HE...

Mileage: 1

TAKATA RECALL. WHILE DRIVING A LOT OF NOISE WASCOMING FROM MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. I TOOK IT TO A GARAGE TO GET INSPECTED. THEY INFORMED ME OF THE RECALL AND THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. NOW THE CAR IS UNABLE TO PASS INSPECTION.

Mileage: 113,000

TAKATA RECALL. WHILE DRIVING A LOT OF NOISE WASCOMING FROM MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. I TOOK IT TO A GARAGE TO GET INSPECTED. THEY INFORMED ME OF THE RECALL AND THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. NOW THE CAR IS UNABLE TO PASS INSPECTION.

Mileage: 113,000

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE PROGRESSING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE EIGHT MONTHS PRIOR TO THE NOISE WAS HEARD AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN. UPON LEAVING THE DEALER, THE C...

Mileage: 92,000

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE PROGRESSING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE EIGHT MONTHS PRIOR TO THE NOISE WAS HEARD AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN. UPON LEAVING THE DEALER, THE C...

Mileage: 92,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPER...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE MAKING AT LEFT TURN AT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE CONTROL ARMS AND BALLS JOINTS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE R...

Mileage: 109,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSU...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FO...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FO...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT ...

Mileage: 70,000

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT ...

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT, THERE WAS A LOUD BALLOON POP NOISE. THE CONTACT NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND EXITED THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED T...

Mileage: 141,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURE EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V593000 (SUSPENSION) BUT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACTS VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTAC...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V012000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REC...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V012000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REC...

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE REPLACED TIMING, TURBO, EXAUST, BALL JOINTS, TIE ROD ENDS & MUCH MORE. TIMING WAS FIRST, THEN DRIVING AND TURBO WENT OUT. 2 DAYS AGO CAR SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, NOT RUNNING, STARTED SMOKING FROM UNDER HOOD, BUTST INTO FLAMES AND BURNT UP. MAZDA SAID NO RECALLS, CLEARLY ...

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE REPLACED TIMING, TURBO, EXAUST, BALL JOINTS, TIE ROD ENDS & MUCH MORE. TIMING WAS FIRST, THEN DRIVING AND TURBO WENT OUT. 2 DAYS AGO CAR SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, NOT RUNNING, STARTED SMOKING FROM UNDER HOOD, BUTST INTO FLAMES AND BURNT UP. MAZDA SAID NO RECALLS, CLEARLY ...

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE REPLACED TIMING, TURBO, EXAUST, BALL JOINTS, TIE ROD ENDS & MUCH MORE. TIMING WAS FIRST, THEN DRIVING AND TURBO WENT OUT. 2 DAYS AGO CAR SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, NOT RUNNING, STARTED SMOKING FROM UNDER HOOD, BUTST INTO FLAMES AND BURNT UP. MAZDA SAID NO RECALLS, CLEARLY ...

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE REPLACED TIMING, TURBO, EXAUST, BALL JOINTS, TIE ROD ENDS & MUCH MORE. TIMING WAS FIRST, THEN DRIVING AND TURBO WENT OUT. 2 DAYS AGO CAR SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, NOT RUNNING, STARTED SMOKING FROM UNDER HOOD, BUTST INTO FLAMES AND BURNT UP. MAZDA SAID NO RECALLS, CLEARLY ...

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE REPLACED TIMING, TURBO, EXAUST, BALL JOINTS, TIE ROD ENDS & MUCH MORE. TIMING WAS FIRST, THEN DRIVING AND TURBO WENT OUT. 2 DAYS AGO CAR SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, NOT RUNNING, STARTED SMOKING FROM UNDER HOOD, BUTST INTO FLAMES AND BURNT UP. MAZDA SAID NO RECALLS, CLEARLY ...

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE REPLACED TIMING, TURBO, EXAUST, BALL JOINTS, TIE ROD ENDS & MUCH MORE. TIMING WAS FIRST, THEN DRIVING AND TURBO WENT OUT. 2 DAYS AGO CAR SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, NOT RUNNING, STARTED SMOKING FROM UNDER HOOD, BUTST INTO FLAMES AND BURNT UP. MAZDA SAID NO RECALLS, CLEARLY ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES WITHOUT WARNING. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEA...

Mileage: 92,600

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V593000 (SUSPENSION) AND 17V012000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT O...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V593000 (SUSPENSION) AND 17V012000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT O...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V593000 (SUSPENSION) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PA...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FO...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FO...

SUBJECT: RECALL HTTPS://WWW.CPSC.GOV/NEWSROOM/NEWS-RELEASES WHAT IS THE UPDATE ON LETTER THAT I RECEIVED IN OCTOBER 2016 REGARDING THE RECALL ON MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 FOR A DEFECT WHICH RELATES TO THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER ARM BALL JOINT FITTING CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL???THIS LETTER...

Mileage: 62,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MA...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT FOUND EXCESSIVE MOISTURE IN THE EXTERIOR HEADLAMPS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER INCLEMENT WEATHER. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE HEADLAMPS EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE MOISTURE AND THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VE...

Mileage: 134,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND MADE A KNOCKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIV...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND MADE A KNOCKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIV...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE CORRODED; HOWEVER, A REMEDY WAS NOT DISCLOSED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUM...

Mileage: 72,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE CORRODED; HOWEVER, A REMEDY WAS NOT DISCLOSED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUM...

Mileage: 72,000

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE DEALER SCHEDULED THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE TWO RECALL REPAIRS AND LATER INDICATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER DID N...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE DEALER SCHEDULED THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE TWO RECALL REPAIRS AND LATER INDICATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER DID N...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TIRES NUTS DETACHED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMP...

Mileage: 135,422

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TIRES NUTS DETACHED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMP...

Mileage: 135,422

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16...

Mileage: 108,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16...

Mileage: 108,000

TAKATA RECALL - THEY STILL DON'T HAVE PART AVAILABLE TO REPAIR MY CAR. THIS RECALL HAS BEEN OUT SINCE MAY 25 2016.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE A...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE A...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MA...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MA...

TAKATA RECALL- I'M IN ZONE B OF THE RECALL (WAS FIRST NOTIFIED IN JULY 2016). MY 2007 CAR IS NOW IN THE 10-15 YEAR WINDOW WHERE DEGRADATION IS PROJECTED TO OCCUR, SO I AM HESITANT TO DRIVE IT ANY LONGER SINCE I FREQUENT TRANSPORT MULTIPLE PASSENGERS. HOW DO I KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER THIS WILL TAKE? I ...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE REMEDY WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS M...

I WENT TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT SUSPENSION SYSTEM HAD A RECALL BUT PARTS WAS NOT AVAILABLE. SINCE THEN THE SUSPENSION ARM HAS BROKEN, LEAVING ME TO FIND A WAY TO REPAIR THE ITEMS MYSELF. WITH LIMITED RESOURCES. CAR NEEDS TO BE TOWED ALSO. *TR

Mileage: 152,000

I WENT TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT SUSPENSION SYSTEM HAD A RECALL BUT PARTS WAS NOT AVAILABLE. SINCE THEN THE SUSPENSION ARM HAS BROKEN, LEAVING ME TO FIND A WAY TO REPAIR THE ITEMS MYSELF. WITH LIMITED RESOURCES. CAR NEEDS TO BE TOWED ALSO. *TR

Mileage: 152,000

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WH...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, A WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. A CRASH DID NOT OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONTROL ARMS DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE REPAIR WOULD COST $1,490. THE MANUFACTURER WAS N...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, A WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. A CRASH DID NOT OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONTROL ARMS DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE REPAIR WOULD COST $1,490. THE MANUFACTURER WAS N...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFA...

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX7 I'VE SEEN ALOT OF RECALLS BUT ONE COMPLAINT I AM CONSTANTLY SEEING IS THE TURBO FAILURE AND LEAKING AN INDECENT AMOUNT OF OIL CAUSING AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD. I AM IN A SITUATION NOW WHERE MY TURBO IS LEAKING ALOT OF OIL AND ALOT OF CX7 OWNER ARE GETTING GOOD THEIR TURBOS REP...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR ...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFA...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME ...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME ...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CONTROL ARMS MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURE...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR T...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MAN...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER W...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V593000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WA...

MY CAR HAS A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE FRONT SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT. AND THERE ARE NO PARTS YET AVAILABLE ACCORDING TO ONLINE MAZDA. HOWEVER MY CAR WILL NOT PASS SAFETY INSPECTION HERE UNTIL IT IS FIXED. THIS I CANNOT REGISTER THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE IT LEGALLY IN 2 MONTHS. CAN YOU PLEASE ADVIS...

Mileage: 100,355

MY CAR HAS A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE FRONT SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT. AND THERE ARE NO PARTS YET AVAILABLE ACCORDING TO ONLINE MAZDA. HOWEVER MY CAR WILL NOT PASS SAFETY INSPECTION HERE UNTIL IT IS FIXED. THIS I CANNOT REGISTER THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE IT LEGALLY IN 2 MONTHS. CAN YOU PLEASE ADVIS...

Mileage: 100,355

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN MAY. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE STI...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIE...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECA...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V593000 (SUSPENSION). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECA...

"TAKATA RECALL" THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS AND OTHER MAZDA CAR MODELS HAS GONE ON TOO LONG. AFTER RECEIVING NOTIFICATION IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, I WENT ONLINE AND DISCOVERED AIR BAG COMPLAINTS DATING BACK TO 2008!. THE FACT THAT MAZDA IGNORED THESE COMPLAINTS, WAITING MORE THAN EI...

Mileage: 112,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, A HOSE FAILED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NO...

Mileage: 145,000

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFA...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE...

HI, WE BOUGHT MAZDA CX-7 GRAND TOURING [VIN# LAST 8 DIGITS: [XXX] USED CAR DURING OCT 2014 IN FREMONT. THE CAR HAD AROUND 84K MILES. WE SPENT AROUND $13K THINKING GOOD FIT FOR KIDS SCHOOL DROP IN SHORT DISTANCE. HARDLY USED < 9K MILES IN 2 YEARS. TIMELY SERVICE HAS BEEN DONE. HOWEVER, RECENTLY S...

Mileage: 96,062

AIRBAG RECALL ISSUED. LETTER ADVISED THAT VEHICLE OWNER SHOULD NOT TO CONTACT MAZDA. MAZDA WOULD CONTACT VEHICLE OWNER ONCE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. WORK AROUND OUTLINED IN THE LETTER STATED THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RIDE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. HOWEVER, THE LETTER EXPLICITLY STATES THAT DE...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED ...

TAKATA RECALL: DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT IS COMING ON WHILE DRIVING, SO FAR ON CITY STREETS. SINCE THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG, CONCERNED THERE MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH DRIVER SIDE, AS WELL.

Mileage: 145,000

WHILE TURNING RIGHT ONTO A CITY STREET THE DRIVER SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT FAILED. THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS SIGNS THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN, EG. SLOPPY WHEEL OR UNEVEN WEAR ON TIRE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE CX SERIES AND IS A CURRENT RECALL WITH THE CX9.

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN JUNE OF 2016. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE...

I TOOK THE CAR IN THE HAVE THE AC COMPRESSOR REPLACED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. JUNE 9 I LOST ALL COLD AIR AND DONE ACCELERATION. I THOUGHT THE TWO WERE RELATED BUT WE'RE NOT. MY CAR WOULD SOMETIMES DRIVE AS NORMAL AND OTHER TIMES UNEXPECTEDLY SLOW DOWN TO 25 MPH IN A 60 MPH ZONE AND I COULDN'T SPEED UP. ...

Mileage: 140,000

I JUST BUY BUT THE ENGINE MAKE A NOISE LIKE DIESEL, MECHANIC SAY IS THE TIMMING CHAIN AND COMPONENTS AND VVT VALVLE

Mileage: 107,000

TOOK MY CAR TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. COMPUTER REGISTERS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH INTAKE BUT, ONCE REMOVED IT WORKS FINE. CHECKED EGR VENTILATION SYSTEM WORKS FINE. CAR STILL CUTS OUT DURING ACCELERATION. IDLES VERY HIGH HE INFORMED ME THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH MY COMPUTER ELECTRICAL SY...

Mileage: 143,000

MY DAUGHTER WITH HER NEWBORN INFANT HAD THE VECHILE STALL ON THEM IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE CAR HAS 60,000.00 MILES AND IS METICULOUS MAINTAINED. WE BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE AT A COST 9,000.00. I OPENED A CASE WITH MAZDA CORPORATE CASE #1-290023-832 AND WAS TOLD ...

Mileage: 600,000

I PURCHASED A 2007 MAZDA CX-7, 3 YEARS AGO. I HAVE TAKEN PRISTINE CARE OF MY VEHICLE AS I HAVE ALWAYS. I AM A FAN OF MAZDA AND HAVE OWNED OTHERS IN MY LIFETIME. HOWEVER, I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN MAZDA CX-7. I HAVE ALWAYS PUT PREMIUM GAS IN MY VEHICLE, REGULAR OIL CHANGES, AND HAD MY VEHICLE SE...

Mileage: 128,000

I PURCHASED A 2007 MAZDA CX-7, 3 YEARS AGO. I HAVE TAKEN PRISTINE CARE OF MY VEHICLE AS I HAVE ALWAYS. I AM A FAN OF MAZDA AND HAVE OWNED OTHERS IN MY LIFETIME. HOWEVER, I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN MAZDA CX-7. I HAVE ALWAYS PUT PREMIUM GAS IN MY VEHICLE, REGULAR OIL CHANGES, AND HAD MY VEHICLE SE...

Mileage: 128,000

TIMING CHAIN CAUSED BENT VALVES AND HEAD NEEDED TO BE FIXED. STUPID DESIGNED ENGINE. MAZDA WON'T RECALL HUNDREDS OF CARS AFFECTED BY THIS. NEVER BUYING A MAZDA AGAIN.

Mileage: 100,000

IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATING ON THE DASH AND ALSO THE PASSENGER OCCUPANCY LIGHT NOT ILLUMINATING AT ALL. I THEN HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND HAD IT DIAGNOSED AND IT IS THE THERMOSTAT THAT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE TECH AT THE AUTO SHOP SAID...

IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATING ON THE DASH AND ALSO THE PASSENGER OCCUPANCY LIGHT NOT ILLUMINATING AT ALL. I THEN HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND HAD IT DIAGNOSED AND IT IS THE THERMOSTAT THAT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE TECH AT THE AUTO SHOP SAID...

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND TURNING OUT OF A BUSINESS AND INTO TRAFFIC THE RIGHT, FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM SEPARATED FROM THE BALL JOINT CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR CX9'S AND I AM UNSURE WHY THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEE...

Mileage: 117,000

CAR POPPED AND THEN SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE HOOD AND CAUGHT ON FIRE BURNT CAR UP.

Mileage: 109,375

DECEMBER 2015 I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A MAZDA DEALERSHIP (AAA SERVICE SAID TO DO SO BECAUSE OF THE NOISE AND FEAR THE VVT WOULD BREAK WHILE IN MOTION) TO REPLACE THE VVT (TIMING CHAIN) AND VALVE COVER GASKETS - PAYING OUT OF POCKET. AS OF TODAY, 2/12/16, THE SAME NOISE, BUT LOUDER, STILL OCCURS WHEN...

DECEMBER 2015 I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A MAZDA DEALERSHIP (AAA SERVICE SAID TO DO SO BECAUSE OF THE NOISE AND FEAR THE VVT WOULD BREAK WHILE IN MOTION) TO REPLACE THE VVT (TIMING CHAIN) AND VALVE COVER GASKETS - PAYING OUT OF POCKET. AS OF TODAY, 2/12/16, THE SAME NOISE, BUT LOUDER, STILL OCCURS WHEN...

DECEMBER 2015 I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A MAZDA DEALERSHIP (AAA SERVICE SAID TO DO SO BECAUSE OF THE NOISE AND FEAR THE VVT WOULD BREAK WHILE IN MOTION) TO REPLACE THE VVT (TIMING CHAIN) AND VALVE COVER GASKETS - PAYING OUT OF POCKET. AS OF TODAY, 2/12/16, THE SAME NOISE, BUT LOUDER, STILL OCCURS WHEN...

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX7, MY VEHICLE HAS 71,000 MILES I HAVE NOTICED A RATTLING NOISE FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. I VISIT THREE MECHANICS AND ALL THREE MECHANICS ARE TELLING ME IT'S THE VVT TIMING CHAIN. THE COST THE REPAIR MY VEHICLE IS $3,000 TO $4,000 DOLLARS. I CONTACT THE MAZDA DEALER AND BECAUSE I...

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX-7, MY VEHICLE HAS 71,000 MILES I HAVE NOTICED A RIDDLING NOISE FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. I VISIT THREE MECHANICS AND ALL THREE MECHANICS ARE TELLING ME IT'S THE VVT TIMING CHAIN. THE COST THE REPAIR MY VEHICLE IS $3,000 TO $4,000 DOLLARS. I CONTACT THE MAZDA DEALER AND BECAUSE...

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX-7, MY VEHICLE HAS 71,000 MILES I HAVE NOTICED A RIDDLING NOISE FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. I VISIT THREE MECHANICS AND ALL THREE MECHANICS ARE TELLING ME IT'S THE VVT TIMING CHAIN. THE COST THE REPAIR MY VEHICLE IS $3,000 TO $4,000 DOLLARS. I CONTACT THE MAZDA DEALER AND BECAUSE...

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX-7, MY VEHICLE HAS 71,000 MILES I HAVE NOTICED A RIDDLING NOISE FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. I VISIT THREE MECHANICS AND ALL THREE MECHANICS ARE TELLING ME IT'S THE VVT TIMING CHAIN. THE COST THE REPAIR MY VEHICLE IS $3,000 TO $4,000 DOLLARS. I CONTACT THE MAZDA DEALER AND BECAUSE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGES FLICKERED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN BELT AND THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY. THE DEALER PROVIDED NO INVOICE OF THE REPAIRS. MO...

Mileage: 34,366

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGES FLICKERED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN BELT AND THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY. THE DEALER PROVIDED NO INVOICE OF THE REPAIRS. MO...

Mileage: 34,366

FIRST THE AIR CON COMPRESSOR WENT OUT,NOW THE AIR BAGS LIGHTS STAYS ON.THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ALSO ON.MAZDA NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES.THERE HAS BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE FROM THE BEGINNING.

FIRST THE AIR CON COMPRESSOR WENT OUT,NOW THE AIR BAGS LIGHTS STAYS ON.THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ALSO ON.MAZDA NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES.THERE HAS BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE FROM THE BEGINNING.

FIRST THE AIR CON COMPRESSOR WENT OUT,NOW THE AIR BAGS LIGHTS STAYS ON.THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ALSO ON.MAZDA NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES.THERE HAS BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE FROM THE BEGINNING.

WHILE DRIVING ON COLORADO STATE HIGHWAY 91 AT APPROX 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED. THE ENGINE CEASED WORKING, ALL SYSTEMS CEASED IMMEDIATELY. I WAS UNABLE EVEN TO SAFELY PULL THE CAR ONTO THE SHOULDER, THE LOSS OF POWER WAS SO COMPLETE AND SO SUDDEN. THE VEHICLE WAS 200 MILES FROM MY HOME, A...

Mileage: 77,000

WHILE DRIVING ON COLORADO STATE HIGHWAY 91 AT APPROX 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED. THE ENGINE CEASED WORKING, ALL SYSTEMS CEASED IMMEDIATELY. I WAS UNABLE EVEN TO SAFELY PULL THE CAR ONTO THE SHOULDER, THE LOSS OF POWER WAS SO COMPLETE AND SO SUDDEN. THE VEHICLE WAS 200 MILES FROM MY HOME, A...

Mileage: 77,000

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACETHE AC COMPRESSOR PUMP THIS WILL BE THE THIRD ONE. I CANT AFFORD $700.00 DOLLARS PER PUMP AND IT ONLU LAST FOR 8 MONTHS. I SEEN ALL THE COMPLAINT PEOPLE HAVE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. WHEN IS MAZDA GOING TO STEP UP AND HELP US RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I WILL NEVER BUY OR RECOMMEND A MAZD...

Mileage: 115,000

WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, THE VEHICLE A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP CAUSING THE SERPENTINE BELT TO MELT AND BREAK. THIS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND MADE CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT, IF NOT DANGEROUS. BASED ON OTHER COMPLAINTS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON 20...

Mileage: 138,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A COIL SPRING FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRE...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRE...

WHILE TURNING ONTO A MAIN ROAD EXISTING A PARKING LOT, I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE, ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A LOUD POP AND COULD NO LONGER STEER MY VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE SLOWED TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I CAREFULLY EXITED THE VEHICLE TO FIND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL SIDEWAYS. I WAS UN...

Mileage: 101,313

I WAS DRIVING MY MAZDA CX-7 2007 WHEN MY AC STOPPED WORKING. THE AC STARTED BLOWING HOT AIR EVEN THOUGH THE CONTROLS WERE ON AC MODE. I PILLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND CALLED A MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT MY AC COMPRESSOR STOPPED WORKING.

Mileage: 100,000

THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON SUDDENLY. I PUT OF THE VEHICLE ON A FEW TIMES HOPING THE LIGHT WILL GO OFF, BUT IT NEVER DID. FOR THREE DAYS NOW THE AIR BAG LIGHT OF THE DRIVER SIDE HAS REMAINED ALIGHT. EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND THE ENGINE IS TURNED ON, THE AIR BAG COMES ON IMMEDIATELY.

Mileage: 79,866

THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON (NOT THE FIRST TIME). THE MAZDA MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE ECT SENSOR. IT WAS REPLACED AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. TOOK IT BACK AND THEY SAID, WELL IT IS PROBABLY ANOTHER PROBLEM. I HAVE TAKEN T BACK A FEW TIME, BUT NO ONE IS ABLE TO GIVE AN ACTUAL SOL...

Mileage: 80,000

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN FEBRUARY 2013 AND TWO TIMES SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TIMING CHAIN, THANKFULLY MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT IT WILL DO IT AGAIN BEFORE I EVEN PAY MY CAR OFF. JUST A MONTH AGO I HAD TO TAKE MY CAR IN BECAUSE MY ENGINE LIGHT C...

Mileage: 124,000

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN FEBRUARY 2013 AND TWO TIMES SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TIMING CHAIN, THANKFULLY MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT IT WILL DO IT AGAIN BEFORE I EVEN PAY MY CAR OFF. JUST A MONTH AGO I HAD TO TAKE MY CAR IN BECAUSE MY ENGINE LIGHT C...

Mileage: 124,000

ON THE DAY OF APRIL 22, 2015, WHILE DRIVING MY CAR(2007 MAZDA CX-7) OFF A FREEWAY RAMP, THE CAR BEGAN TO RATTLE AS IF IT WAS BEING PUSHED BY A WIND. I SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM THE INSIDE COMPARTMENT OF THE CABIN AREA OF THE CAR. I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT THE CAR WON'T STOP! FLAMES WAS ...

Mileage: 800,000

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK WHEN I NOTICE THAT MY MAZDA STARTED TO SLOW DOWN IN SPEED, I TURNED OFF THE A/C TO SEE IF I CAN HEAR ANY NOISE AND ALL I HEARD WAS A LOW NOISE LIKE A CHAIN, I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD CALLED MY HUSBAND WHO'S A MECHANIC AND HE SAID YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TA...

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APP...

Mileage: 86,500

MY CX-7 HAD BEEN MAKING SOME ENGINE NOISE FOR MONTHS THAT MY HUSBAND ATTRIBUTED TO FUEL INJECTOR NOISE, BUT WHEN THE SOUND GOT WORSE HE RESEARCHED IT AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A MAZDA DEALERSHIP. AFTER AN EVALUATION OF MY CAR THE SERVICEMAN TOLD ME THAT THERE HAD BEEN A DEFECT IN THE ENGINES IN 2...

Mileage: 117,850

PURCHASED USED IN JANUARY OF 2014. NOTICED RED PLASTIC HOUSING FOR BRAKE LIGHTS MELTING ABOVE ACTUAL LIGHTBULB. BRAKE LIGHTS NOW SHINE CLEAR/WHITE ON TOP (WHERE MELTED), INSTEAD OF JUST RED. SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND SEVERAL SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. CHECKED OTHER MAZDA CX-7'S AND CAN SEE THEY ALL HAVE TH...

Mileage: 67,000

ON JANUARY WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM A SHOPPING TRIP MY HUSBAND AND I HEARD A REALLY LOUD NOISE. IN A MATTER OF SECONDS MY VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I HAD IT TOWED AND CALKED THE DEALER I PURCHASED IT FROM AFTER BEING TOLD BY A FAMILY MECHANIC THAT I SHOULD CALL BECAUSE THESE ...

Mileage: 92,661

VEHICLE STALLED IN SAMS CLUB PARKING LOT. IT DID RESTART BUT STARTED MAKING A RUBBING OR GRINDING NOISE. TURNS OUT THE AC COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP. ACCORDING TO INTERNET POSTINGS IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2007/2008 MODELS. APPARENTLY IT WAS ADDRESSED FOR 2009 MODEL. I'VE RAN 7 OR 8 VEHICLES FOR 200,000 P...

Mileage: 65,000

AFTER HAVING VEHICLE AT ROYAL PALM MAZDA FOR SERVICE AND COMPLAINT OF ENGINE NOISE ON 25 OCT 2014, AND BEING TOLD THE ENGINE NOISE WAS NORMAL, NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. THE ENGINE SUFFERED A COMPLETE FAILURE DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN AND/OR VVT THAT MAZDA HAD ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT IN...

Mileage: 92,300

EXTERIOR HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY GETS CRACKED DUE TO POOR CONSTRUCTION AND WHOLE ASSEMBLY REQUIRES REPLACING IN LIEU OF SIMPLY REPLACING THE HEADLAMP. THIS IS QUITE PRICEY AT APPROX $700 EACH FOR BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE RESPECTIVELY. *TR

BOUGHT THE CAR AT 103500 AND NOTICED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AFTER EXTENSIVE ONLINE RESEARCH AND CONTACT WITH THE DEALERSHIP, I DISCOVERED THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT INDICATES THE AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. SINCE THIS APPEARS ...

Mileage: 105,000

I WAS DRIVING 60 MPH IN THE FREEWAY SUDDENLY I SMELLED BURN RUBBER INSIDE THE CABIN AND I HEARD A LOUD NOISE CAME FROM THE ENGINE, AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS BROKE. I FOUND OUT THE AC COMPRESSOR LOCK-UP. I WAS LUCKY THERE IS NO INCIDENT HAPPEN. HOPE THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS CONCER...

Mileage: 87,200

I HAVE AN ON GOING ISSUE WITH MY CAR 2007 MAZDA CX7 LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER 2013, THE TURBO WENT OUT ON THE CAR AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT $4000.00).I HAD A TUG OF WAR WITH THE DEALERSHIP. THEY FINALLY TOOK RESPONSIBILITY AND REPLACED THE TURBO. TODAY DECEMBER 2014, I SIT HERE IN THE SAME SITUATION ONCE AG...

MAZDA CX-7, 2007 - FOUR DAYS AND 7,000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY. DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY QUIT SUDDENLY AND THE CAR DIED. THE VIN NUMBER ON THE CAR IS IN THE RANGE OF NUMBERS FROM 2007 THAT HAVE REPORTED THE SAME AND SIMILAR DEFECTS MANY TIMES FROM OTHER CAR OWNERS. THE VVT ACTU...

Mileage: 77,876

THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR CAN NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. I HAVE NEVER ACTIVATED THE CHILD LOCK ON THE DOOR. IT IS NOT IN THE LOCK POSITION. IT IS DANGEROUS. I AM UNABLE TO LET MY SON OUT ON STREET SIDE PROTECTING HIM FROM ON COMING CARS. DURING INSPECTION NOTHING WAS BROKEN AND THEY RECOMMENDED I TAKE ...

Mileage: 39,000

I NOTICED A "RUBBING: SOUND, OR A SOUND IN THE SUSPENSION OR STEERING THAT WOULD LEAD ME TO THINK IT NEEDED A "LUBE JOB", BUT NEWER VEHICLES NO LONG NEED TO BE GREASED SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THE SOUND OCCURRED MOST NOTABLY AT LOW SPEED WHILE TURNING SLOWLY, MANY TIMES WHILE BACKING UP AND TURN...

I WAS PREPARING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN WHEN MY CAR STOPPED RUNNING. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE GARAGE WHO ALWAYS MAINTAINS MY CAR. THEY FOUND THAT THE TIMING BELT HAD BROKEN. I THOUGHT THIS WAS STRANGE SINCE MY CAR ONLY HAD 61000 MILES ON IT, SO I STARTED RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM. I FOUND THAT MAZDA H...

Mileage: 61,000

I PURCHASED MY CAR, A 2007 MAZDA CX7 USED WITH 34,000 MILES ON IT APPROXIMATELY 4 YEARS AGO. I WAS DRIVING APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND MY CAR JUST STOPPED RUNNING. I WAS ABLE TO GO AROUND THE CORNER AND GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE GARAGE NEAR MY WORK WH...

Mileage: 61,000

I PURCHASED MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 FROM A DEALERSHIP IN GREENSBURG, PA IN FEBRUARY OF 2014, IT WAS PURCHASED AS A USED CAR WITH ONLY 36,500 MILES ON IT. I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR AT FIRST, THEN I NOTICED MY GAS MILEAGE WAS GETTING WORSE, THAT IS WHEN ON MEMORIAL DAY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COM...

Mileage: 44,500

I PURCHASED MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 FROM A DEALERSHIP IN GREENSBURG, PA IN FEBRUARY OF 2014, IT WAS PURCHASED AS A USED CAR WITH ONLY 36,500 MILES ON IT. I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR AT FIRST, THEN I NOTICED MY GAS MILEAGE WAS GETTING WORSE, THAT IS WHEN ON MEMORIAL DAY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COM...

Mileage: 44,500

I PURCHASED MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 FROM A DEALERSHIP IN GREENSBURG, PA IN FEBRUARY OF 2014, IT WAS PURCHASED AS A USED CAR WITH ONLY 36,500 MILES ON IT. I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR AT FIRST, THEN I NOTICED MY GAS MILEAGE WAS GETTING WORSE, THAT IS WHEN ON MEMORIAL DAY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COM...

Mileage: 44,500

AFTER LEAVING A FAMILY MEMBER'S OUT OF STATE HOME EARLY ON MONDAY AUGUST 25, 2014 MORNING NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES LATER A BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ALONG WITH LOUD SQUEALING. PULLED ONTO SHOULDER OF ROAD AND...

Mileage: 49,436

PRIOR TO THIS DATE, WHICH LEAD UP TO THE LAST INCIDENT, UPON GETTING THE FIRST FEW OIL CHANGES, AT A DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SOUND LIKE A TRUCK (OIL USED WAS NOT SYNTHETIC AND I WERE SCHEDULED TO COME BACK IN 5-MONTHS). WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT IT, I WAS TOLD, "THAT WA...

Mileage: 105,000

PRIOR TO THIS DATE, WHICH LEAD UP TO THE LAST INCIDENT, UPON GETTING THE FIRST FEW OIL CHANGES, AT A DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SOUND LIKE A TRUCK (OIL USED WAS NOT SYNTHETIC AND I WERE SCHEDULED TO COME BACK IN 5-MONTHS). WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT IT, I WAS TOLD, "THAT WA...

Mileage: 105,000

PRIOR TO THIS DATE, WHICH LEAD UP TO THE LAST INCIDENT, UPON GETTING THE FIRST FEW OIL CHANGES, AT A DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SOUND LIKE A TRUCK (OIL USED WAS NOT SYNTHETIC AND I WERE SCHEDULED TO COME BACK IN 5-MONTHS). WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT IT, I WAS TOLD, "THAT WA...

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PULLING OUT OF HER DRIVEWAY AND ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE V...

Mileage: 90,000

WE PURCHASED OUR VEHICLE NEW. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHTS UP FOR NO REASON. IT'S INTERMEDIATE. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CLAIM THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE HOWEVER NOT A RECALL THEREFORE MAZDA WILL NOT PAY FOR THE EXPENSE TO REPAIR/FIX IT. I HAVE ASKED IF THE AIR BAG WILL WORK...

Mileage: 65,000

WE PURCHASED OUR VEHICLE NEW. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHTS UP FOR NO REASON. IT'S INTERMEDIATE. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CLAIM THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE HOWEVER NOT A RECALL THEREFORE MAZDA WILL NOT PAY FOR THE EXPENSE TO REPAIR/FIX IT. I HAVE ASKED IF THE AIR BAG WILL WORK...

Mileage: 65,000

WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY VEHICLE. I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND HEARD A CLICKING SOUND AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN. VEHICLE DIED AT THE LIGHT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC. TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED AND BROKE WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND VALVES. VEHICLE...

Mileage: 74,500

MY AIRBAG RANDOMLY COMES ON WITHOUT ANYONE SITTING IN THE SEAT. I HAD THE CAR IN THE SHOP IN JUNE TO REPLACE THE THERMOSTAT , AND THE PART CENTER SAID THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, IF YOU ARE IN A CAR ACCIDENT IT WILL NOT DEPLOY. I PERSONALLY FEEL THIS MODEL ON AIRBAGS SHOULD LOOK INTO A RECALL TOO! *TR

AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED AND STARTED SMOKING AND RATTLING WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY. MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE AC COMPRESSOR WAS CLOSE TO DETACHING COMPLETELY AND COULD HAVE CAUSED EVEN GREATER DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE IF I CONTINUED DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 94,400

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN OCTOBER 2012 WITH ROUGHLY 75K MILES. AFTER ONE WEEK OF OWNING THE VEHICLE I NOTICED AFTER IDLING FOR A FEW MINUTES O LARGE PLUME OF FOG WOULD COME FROM MY EXHAUST PIPE. THIS HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES NOW SINCE PURCHASE AND THE DEALERS RESPONSE WAS THAT IT WAS DUE TO "WINTER F...

Mileage: 95,000

CAR DID NOT WANT TO MOVE AND WHITE SMOKE CAME OUT TAIL PIPE WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. *TR

Mileage: 83,000

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYING ON IN MY TRUCK? AC COMPRESSOR IS DEFECTIVE EVEN AFTER I JUST HAD THE TURBO REPLACE IN MARCH .NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THE PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAGS AND AC COMPRESSOR. *TR

Mileage: 105,789

TIMING CHAIN REPLACEMENT RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AND ITS HOUSING. REPLACING THE TIMING CHAIN RETURNED THE ENGINE TO PRODUCTION LINE SPECS, THAT WERE TOO MUCH FOR A WORN FUEL PUMP TO HANDLE. THE INCREASED PRESSURE TO THE FUEL PUMP SHATTERED IT INTO NUMEROUS...

Mileage: 104,232

TIMING CHAIN REPLACEMENT RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AND ITS HOUSING. REPLACING THE TIMING CHAIN RETURNED THE ENGINE TO PRODUCTION LINE SPECS, THAT WERE TOO MUCH FOR A WORN FUEL PUMP TO HANDLE. THE INCREASED PRESSURE TO THE FUEL PUMP SHATTERED IT INTO NUMEROUS...

Mileage: 104,232

TIMING CHAIN REPLACEMENT RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AND ITS HOUSING. REPLACING THE TIMING CHAIN RETURNED THE ENGINE TO PRODUCTION LINE SPECS, THAT WERE TOO MUCH FOR A WORN FUEL PUMP TO HANDLE. THE INCREASED PRESSURE TO THE FUEL PUMP SHATTERED IT INTO NUMEROUS...

Mileage: 104,232

MAZDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON AC COMPRESSORS, WELL, MY ORIGINAL COMPRESSOR FAILED AND WAS REPLACED UNDER THAT ORIGINAL WARRANTY. EXACTLY 30,000 MILES LATER THE REPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR FAILED ALMOST 3 YEARS TO THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL FAILURE. MAZDA IS REFUSING ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS SINCE NOW...

Mileage: 70,000

I WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WITH MY 10 YR OLD IN THE CAR, AND AS SOON AS I PULLED OUT FORM THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WE NOTICED SMOKE AND PEOPLE HONKING THEIR CAR HORNS AT US. I LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND THERE WAS A "PUDDLE" OF FIRE ON THE ROAD THAT WAS NOT THERE WHEN I PULLED UP TO THE STOP ...

Mileage: 82,500

MY GAS LIGHT WAS ON. I WAS GOING TO GET GAS. THE CAR WAS DRIVING FINE THEN I FELT A PULL LIKE A CHUG I DID NOT WANT TO RUN OUT OF GAS. I TURNED AROUND TO GO HOME A FEW BLOCKS AWAY I WOULD RATHER CALL THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB TO BRING GAS TO ME THAN GET STUCK ON EMPTY. THE CAR STARTED PULLING AND CHUGGING...

Mileage: 74,542

JUST BOUGHT A USED 2007 MAZDA CX7 ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO AND THE CAR STARTING PRODUCING SMOKE OUT OF THE TAILPIPE. TOOK THE CAR IN AS IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, AND THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT THE TURBO CHARGER IS GOING OUT IN THE CAR! I ASKED THE DEALER IF THIS IS COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY AND THEIR RESPO...

Mileage: 91,000

DRIVING TO WORK ON INTERSTATE TRUCK LOST POWER AND HAD TO ROLL TO SIDE OF THE ROAD UNTIL IT FINALLY STOPPED ROLLING. HAD TRUCK TOWED TO LOCAL MAZDA DEALER, SERVICE MANAGER STATED THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. ADVISED MANAGER TO FIX THE TIMING CHAIN AT A COST 1700.00, NOTIFI...

Mileage: 72,000

I PULLED FROM MY DRIVEWAY ONTO A HIGHWAY DECIDED TO TURN ON HEADLIGHTS BECAUSE OF HEAVY TREE COVER COMING UP, IT WAS ALMOST FULL DARK TURNED KNOB ON LEVER NO LIGHTS HIT BREAKS THANK GOD THOSE WERE STILL WHERE I REMEMBERED THEM HIT FOG LIGHTS THEY CAME ON. WENT TO HIGH BEAM FOGS SHUT OFF (CORRECT) HI...

Mileage: 78,000

I PULLED FROM MY DRIVEWAY ONTO A HIGHWAY DECIDED TO TURN ON HEADLIGHTS BECAUSE OF HEAVY TREE COVER COMING UP, IT WAS ALMOST FULL DARK TURNED KNOB ON LEVER NO LIGHTS HIT BREAKS THANK GOD THOSE WERE STILL WHERE I REMEMBERED THEM HIT FOG LIGHTS THEY CAME ON. WENT TO HIGH BEAM FOGS SHUT OFF (CORRECT) HI...

Mileage: 78,000

DRIVING ON MY WAY TO TENNESSEE, THE CAR HAD A MAJOR POWER LOSS AND SCREECHING NOISE FROM INSIDE THE ENGINE BAY. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE CLOSEST MAZDA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TURBO HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE. THE CAR HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES USING THE PROPER AMOUNT AND OIL WEIGH...

Mileage: 76,000

CAR STARTED TO MAKE A TICKING NOISE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS A TIMING CHAIN RELATED ISSUE. WILL COST ABOUT $1500 IN PARTS AND LABOR TO REPLACE TIMING CHAIN, VVT VALVE, AND SPROCKETS. *TR

Mileage: 98,300

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, HE WAS ALERTED THAT THE UNDERBODY OF THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE SPREAD RAPIDLY TO THE VEHICLE INTERIOR HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD FOR FURTHER ...

Mileage: 64,000

I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 A FEW DAYS AGO ON A MAJOR ROAD AND IT SUDDENLY STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE AS I ACCELERATED AND WOULD NOT INCREASE SPEED. THIS WAS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS EXPERIENCE FOR ME BECAUSE MY CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO CUTOFF ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHILE CARS WERE DRIVING A...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUOUSLY EXHIBIT A TICKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE NOISE WAS NORMAL BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE NOISE. THE...

Mileage: 49,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS ALL OF THE WARNING LAMPS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS FRACTURED AND CAUSING IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. AS ...

Mileage: 100,000

TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED AND VARIABLE VALVE TIMING, AND THROTTLE WENT OUT. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAS BEEN STRETCHED OUT ON THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS AT AROUND 64000 MILES. THE 2ND INCIDENT WAS AT 124966 MILES. MAZDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE TIMING TO 70,000 MILES O...

Mileage: 124,966

TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED AND VARIABLE VALVE TIMING, AND THROTTLE WENT OUT. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAS BEEN STRETCHED OUT ON THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS AT AROUND 64000 MILES. THE 2ND INCIDENT WAS AT 124966 MILES. MAZDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE TIMING TO 70,000 MILES O...

Mileage: 124,966

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2007 MAZDA CX-7 IN APRIL 2007, THE VEHICLE STARTED EXPERIENCING ENGINE PROBLEMS IN SEPTEMBER 2007, I WAS TOLD IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE VVT (VARIABLE VALVE TIMING) AND TIMING CHAIN. THE VVT WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP A SHORT TIME LATER; HOWEVER, NOT THE TIMIN...

Mileage: 9,351

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2007 MAZDA CX-7 IN APRIL 2007, THE VEHICLE STARTED EXPERIENCING ENGINE PROBLEMS IN SEPTEMBER 2007, I WAS TOLD IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE VVT (VARIABLE VALVE TIMING) AND TIMING CHAIN. THE VVT WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP A SHORT TIME LATER; HOWEVER, NOT THE TIMIN...

Mileage: 9,351

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE A WHINNYING NOISE BEFORE THE CHECK ENGINE LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHITE SMOKE STARTED TO EMITTED FROM THE EXHAUST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. TH...

Mileage: 62,839

I DID ALL MY MAZDA CX7 MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE, I PAID A LOT FOR IT. THEN MY CAR STARTED MAKING NOISES, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER SO MANY TIMES AND THEY SAID THAT THE NOSE WAS NORMAL BECAUSE ITS A TURBO CAR. ONE DAY, RUNNING AT APROX 40 M/H MY CAR LOWER THE SPEED AT NO MORE THAT 20 M/H, IT WAS SUNDAY AFT...

Mileage: 65,000

DECEMBER 2012 (AT ABOUT 64,000 MILES) DEALER REPLACED TIMING CHAIN UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT INTERMITTENT POWER LOSS AND ENGINE HESITATION THAT I HAD COMPLAINED TO THEM AT THE TIME. NOVEMBER 2013 (AT ABOUT 78,000 MILES), THE CAR EXPERIENCED SEVERE LOSS OF POWER, STALL...

Mileage: 78,000

IN SEPTEMBER 2013 MY CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING WHILE DRIVING IT... HEARD A LOUD, GRINDING, SCREECHING NOTICE.. AND SUDDENLY MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. BROUGHT MY CAR TO MAZDA.. 4 DAYS LATER THEY TELL ME THAT MY TURBOCHARGER BLEW.. AND THAT I HAVE DAMAGE TO MY ENGINE. TOLD THEM I PURCHA...

Mileage: 72,000

TIMING CHAIN REPLACED ON 2007 MAZDA CX7, JULY 2013. VEHICLE OVER EXTENDED WARRANTY ISSUED BY MAZDA, REPAIR WAS OUT OF POCKET, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR MAZDA. NOW 5 MONTHS LATER, SECOND TIMING CHAIN HAS GONE BAD AND MAZDA IS REFUSING TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY STATING T...

Mileage: 115,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT AND HEADLIGHT ON PASSENGER SIDE WENT OUT DUE TO CONDENSATION SEE SB-09-003-13 MAZDA IS FULLY AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I ORDERED OEM PARTS AT A COST OF $1400 FROM MAZDA AND HAD THEM INSTALLED AT CERTIFIED BODY SHOP AND WITHIN TWO WEE...

Mileage: 80,000

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, TURNED ON THE A/C AND A BURNING SMELL STARTED EMITTING INTO THE CAR. OPEN UP THE WINDOWS AND THE ODOR WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. VERY AFRAID TO DRIVE CAR AND AFTER READING NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS HERE: HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2007/MAZDA/CX-7/ENGINE/PROBL...

Mileage: 108,000

I PURCHASED A USED 2007 MAZDA CX 7 AUGUST 2012 WITH 60K MILES. RECENTLY TOOK CAR FOR OIL CHANGE AT THE DEALERSHIP RECOMMEND TO NEEDING TIMING CHAIN REPLACEMENT, REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE COOLANT AND OIL LEAKING AROUND THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE IS MAKES A LOUD TAPPING SOUND LIKE THE ENGINE ROD IS GOING OUT....

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF RANDOMLY WITH OR WITHOUT PASSENGER IN SEAT. HAVE HAD SO MANY ISSUES WITH THIS 2007 CX-7 FROM 2 DIFFERENT COMPLETE A/C SYSTEM REBUILDS IN FIRST 2 YEARS, BELT TENSIONER PULLEY, EGR VALVE CODES (HAD TO GET EGR VALVE CLEANED), COOLANT TEMP CODES (REPLACED THERMOSTAT & TEMP...

Mileage: 90,000

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF RANDOMLY WITH OR WITHOUT PASSENGER IN SEAT. HAVE HAD SO MANY ISSUES WITH THIS 2007 CX-7 FROM 2 DIFFERENT COMPLETE A/C SYSTEM REBUILDS IN FIRST 2 YEARS, BELT TENSIONER PULLEY, EGR VALVE CODES (HAD TO GET EGR VALVE CLEANED), COOLANT TEMP CODES (REPLACED THERMOSTAT & TEMP...

Mileage: 90,000

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF RANDOMLY WITH OR WITHOUT PASSENGER IN SEAT. HAVE HAD SO MANY ISSUES WITH THIS 2007 CX-7 FROM 2 DIFFERENT COMPLETE A/C SYSTEM REBUILDS IN FIRST 2 YEARS, BELT TENSIONER PULLEY, EGR VALVE CODES (HAD TO GET EGR VALVE CLEANED), COOLANT TEMP CODES (REPLACED THERMOSTAT & TEMP...

Mileage: 90,000

A FRIEND OF OURS WAS DRIVING TO PICK US UP FROM THE AIRPORT (OUR CAR HADN'T BEEN STARTED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS) AND, ABOUT 15 MILES INTO THE TRIP, THE AC QUIT WORKING. WHEN HE GOT TO THE AIRPORT, THE CAR ENGINE WAS SMOKING, THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE ENGINE, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A BEA...

Mileage: 52,000

TURNING INTO A WALMART PARKING LOT MY CAR SHUT DOWN FOR NO REASON. ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR THAT WAS PASSING BY SINCE I WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN. TURNING INTO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX THE CAR TURNED OFF AGAIN. STARTED TO RESEARCH ISSUES WITH THIS CAR AND I RAN INTO MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. CAR TURNED O...

Mileage: 98,000

TURNING INTO A WALMART PARKING LOT MY CAR SHUT DOWN FOR NO REASON. ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR THAT WAS PASSING BY SINCE I WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN. TURNING INTO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX THE CAR TURNED OFF AGAIN. STARTED TO RESEARCH ISSUES WITH THIS CAR AND I RAN INTO MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. CAR TURNED O...

Mileage: 98,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD TIMING CHAIN JUMPED CAUSING SEVERE INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE ... (BENT ALL VALVES) APPROXIMATELY $8000. TO REPAIR! *TR

Mileage: 69,655

COMPRESSOR KIT WAS ALREADY HAVING ISSUES WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN STOPPED TO FUEL UP, THE CAR WOULD NOT START AS THE PULLEY ON THE COMPRESSOR KIT WAS CATCHING AND NOT TURNING CORRECTLY TO START THE IGNITION. THE CAR IS ONLY A 2007 AND ONLY HAD 60,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

COMPRESSOR KIT WAS ALREADY HAVING ISSUES WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN STOPPED TO FUEL UP, THE CAR WOULD NOT START AS THE PULLEY ON THE COMPRESSOR KIT WAS CATCHING AND NOT TURNING CORRECTLY TO START THE IGNITION. THE CAR IS ONLY A 2007 AND ONLY HAD 60,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

ON 9/4/2011 THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FROZE UP MELTING SEVERAL BELTS UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. SMOKE POURED THROUGH THE VENTS ENTERING THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED MAZDA DEALERSHIP IN OLYMPIA ON 9/4/2011 . ON 4/10/2013, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANI...

Mileage: 55,000

AS I WAS DRIVING, THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND IMPLODED INTO THE ENGINE, DAMAGING THE ENGINE WHICH NOW NEEDS REPLACEMENT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 107,000

AS I WAS DRIVING, THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND IMPLODED INTO THE ENGINE, DAMAGING THE ENGINE WHICH NOW NEEDS REPLACEMENT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 107,000

AS I WAS DRIVING, THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND IMPLODED INTO THE ENGINE, DAMAGING THE ENGINE WHICH NOW NEEDS REPLACEMENT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 107,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I HEARD A TICKING NOISE AFTER A FEW SECONDS LATER THE CAR LOST POWER AND SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE EXHAUST. WHEN I PULLED OVER I TOOK THE COVER OFF FROM THE ENGINE AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS OIL COMING OUT FROM WHERE THE TOP OF THE OIL GOES.THE OIL PRESSURE ON THE BLOCK WAS ...

Mileage: 65,000

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS I WAS DRIVING AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. I DID NOT NOTICE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY THE CAR WAS HANDLING, HOWEVER I TOOK MY CAR INTO MY LOCAL MAZDA DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED. THEY INFORMED ME THE CARS TIMING BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THERE WAS SLUDGE ON THE ENGINE. ...

Mileage: 76,000

A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP. *TR

Mileage: 96,000

A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP. *TR

Mileage: 96,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS ADVISED TO THE CONTACT THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO ...

Mileage: 82,000

2007 MAZDA CX-7: TIMING CHAIN AND VVT HUB STARTED TO FAIL PREMATURELY, LEADING THE CAR TO NOT BE DRIVEN AND POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE AT SPEED. MAZDA IS AWARE OF THIS DESIGN FLAW AND POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS SITUATION, BUT IS RELUCTANT TO REPAIR AT THEIR COST. ENGINE MOUNT #3 HAS ALSO BROKEN CREATING UN...

Mileage: 82,000

65MPH CAR DROPPED OUT OF 6TH AND POWERED DOWN. TURBO KILLED THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE, SCRAPING SOUND, A/C STOPPED WORKING. I HAD CAR TOWED TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE A/C COMPRESSOR, TIMING CHAIN AND ACTUATOR. TOTAL COST $2306.57. DEALERSHIP STATED THEY BROUGHT PCM UP TO DATE. EGR VALVE INDICATOR FAULT NOW ACTIVE. *TR

Mileage: 89,725

ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE, SCRAPING SOUND, A/C STOPPED WORKING. I HAD CAR TOWED TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE A/C COMPRESSOR, TIMING CHAIN AND ACTUATOR. TOTAL COST $2306.57. DEALERSHIP STATED THEY BROUGHT PCM UP TO DATE. EGR VALVE INDICATOR FAULT NOW ACTIVE. *TR

Mileage: 89,725

I WAS ACCELERATING TO MERGE INTO EXPRESSWAY TRAFFIC WHEN I HEARD A LOUD WHINE/SQUEAL FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE CAR LOST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POWER. THE NOISE WAS SO UNEXPECTED AND UNRECOGNIZABLE THAT THE SHOCK I EXPERIENCED WHEN I HEARD IT CAUSED ME TO TENSE UP AND VEER OFF TO THE RIGHT. FORTUN...

Mileage: 57,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VARIABLE VALVE TIMING (VVT) BURNED OUT AND CAUSED SMOKE TO EMIT FROM THE EXHAUST PIPES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VVT VALVE TIMING CHAIN WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED THE...

Mileage: 70,000

STARTED SMELLING STRONG BURNING RUBBER ODOR EMANATING THROUGH VENTS OF CAR WHILE IN OPERATION, EXITED HIGHWAY UPON SEEING WHITE SMOKE FUMING FROM UNDER HOOD. LOSS CONTROL OF STEERING AND VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT CRANK AGAIN. MECHANIC DETERMINED AC COMPRESSOR HAS SEIZED AND SERPENTINE BELT WAS ...

Mileage: 55,882

STARTED SMELLING STRONG BURNING RUBBER ODOR EMANATING THROUGH VENTS OF CAR WHILE IN OPERATION, EXITED HIGHWAY UPON SEEING WHITE SMOKE FUMING FROM UNDER HOOD. LOSS CONTROL OF STEERING AND VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT CRANK AGAIN. MECHANIC DETERMINED AC COMPRESSOR HAS SEIZED AND SERPENTINE BELT WAS ...

Mileage: 55,882

STARTED SMELLING STRONG BURNING RUBBER ODOR EMANATING THROUGH VENTS OF CAR WHILE IN OPERATION, EXITED HIGHWAY UPON SEEING WHITE SMOKE FUMING FROM UNDER HOOD. LOSS CONTROL OF STEERING AND VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT CRANK AGAIN. MECHANIC DETERMINED AC COMPRESSOR HAS SEIZED AND SERPENTINE BELT WAS ...

Mileage: 55,882

STARTED SMELLING STRONG BURNING RUBBER ODOR EMANATING THROUGH VENTS OF CAR WHILE IN OPERATION, EXITED HIGHWAY UPON SEEING WHITE SMOKE FUMING FROM UNDER HOOD. LOSS CONTROL OF STEERING AND VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT CRANK AGAIN. MECHANIC DETERMINED AC COMPRESSOR HAS SEIZED AND SERPENTINE BELT WAS ...

Mileage: 55,882

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THE TURBO SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SLUDGE AND THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND ADVISED T...

Mileage: 93,000

I WAS EXPERIENCING A SHAKE IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT HIGH SPEEDS, WHICH WE ATTRIBUTED TO A TIRE/WHEEL/ALIGNMENT ISSUE. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I NEEDED THE TIMING CHAIN (AND ASSORTED PERIPHERALS) REPLACED...FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS. TH...

Mileage: 78,000

THE VEHICLE STARTED TAPPING UPON START UP AND SEEMED TO HAVE TROUBLE ACCELERATING. THERE WAS ALSO A RATTLING NOISE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED. I CALLED THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT THIS IS NOT THEIR ISSUE BUT THEY COULD LOOK AT MY VEHICLE IF I PAID A $50.00 FEE AND WHAT EVER THE...

Mileage: 112,050

IN NOVEMBER OF 2012 MY FAMILY WAS DRIVING HOME FROM SEATTLE, WA TO SAN DIEGO, CA. WHEN WE WERE DRIVING WE SMELLED BURNING RUBBER SO PULLED OVER TO SEE IF WE COULD SEE SOMETHING WRONG UNDER THE HOOD. SINCE IT WAS 10PM AND DARK OUTSIDE WE COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING AND DECIDED TO FIND THE NEAREST HOTEL T...

Mileage: 48,500

IN NOVEMBER OF 2012 MY FAMILY WAS DRIVING HOME FROM SEATTLE, WA TO SAN DIEGO, CA. WHEN WE WERE DRIVING WE SMELLED BURNING RUBBER SO PULLED OVER TO SEE IF WE COULD SEE SOMETHING WRONG UNDER THE HOOD. SINCE IT WAS 10PM AND DARK OUTSIDE WE COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING AND DECIDED TO FIND THE NEAREST HOTEL T...

Mileage: 48,500

WE WERE DRIVING HOME ON CHRISTMAS EVE GOING ABOUT 65 MPH WHEN THE CARS ENGINE JUST DIED. WE LOST ALL POWER TO THE CAR INCLUDING THE POWER STEERING. THANKFULLY WE WERE ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH AND DUE TO TIME OF NIGHT THERE WERE NOT MANY OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD. WE WERE ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE R...

Mileage: 98,700

I BOUGHT MY 2007 MAZDACX7 IN FEB 2012.IVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 8 MTHS WHEN THE TURBO WENT OUT ALSO THE PISTON RINGS,FIRST THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW CAME OFF THE TRACK COULD'NT LET WINDOW DOWN ANYMORE,THE THE DRIVERSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE,CALLED MAZDA THEY SAID THE HANDLE WOULD COST 200.00 TO REPLACE,COU...

Mileage: 91,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE VVT TIMING CHAIN HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE ...

Mileage: 56,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED CONTACT SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ...

Mileage: 60,000

I STARTED THE CAR, LIKE I REGULARLY DO AND THE ENGINE/TIMING CHAIN MADE A HORRIBLE SOUND THAT GOT ME VERY WORRIED SINCE THIS CAR IS TAKING CARE VERY GOOD SINCE ITS THE ONLY CAR IN THE HOUSEHOLD. I CONTACTED MAZDA AND THEY SAID THE CAR HAD A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR A L3T ENGINE VARIABLE VALVE TIMI...

Mileage: 101,000

I WANTED TO REPORT A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE AC COMPRESSOR AND INSTEAD OF DOING A RECALL ON THE PRODUCT THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 5 YEARS OR 60,000 MILES (INSTEAD OF 32,000 MILES). I BOUGHT MY CAR RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THEY SENT THESE LETTERS OUT,...

Mileage: 80,000

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DUE TO THE EGR VALVE = EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE BEING STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION WITH 51K MILES. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE VALVE (PART NUMBER L3K9-20-300A) AND THE GASKET (PART NUMBER LF6T-20-305) FOR $882.63 BEING THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY CERTIFIED PRE OWNED WARR...

Mileage: 51,113

DRIVING EAST ACROSS THE BAY BRIDGE FROM SF, THE ENGINE MADE A WHEEZING NOISE. AFTER A MILE THE POWER DROPPED, AND THE CAR WOULD ONLY TRAVEL AT 30 MPH. NO ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON TO WARN OF THIS, EVEN DURING THE EVENT. AT THIS POINT IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT IT NEEDED REPAIR ATTENTION, AND WE FOUND A MAZDA D...

Mileage: 67,500

DRIVING EAST ACROSS THE BAY BRIDGE FROM SF, THE ENGINE MADE A WHEEZING NOISE. AFTER A MILE THE POWER DROPPED, AND THE CAR WOULD ONLY TRAVEL AT 30 MPH. NO ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON TO WARN OF THIS, EVEN DURING THE EVENT. AT THIS POINT IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT IT NEEDED REPAIR ATTENTION, AND WE FOUND A MAZDA D...

Mileage: 67,500

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE AC COMPRESSOR MADE A NOISE AND CEASED TO WORK. I NOTICED A STRANGE SMELL COMING FROM THE CAR FOLLOWED BY SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I PULLED OVER AND OPENED UP THE HOOD TO FIND SMOKE POURING OFF OF THE AC COMPRESSOR AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF SPARKS SHOOTING OFF O...

Mileage: 49,000

WE WERE DRIVING 65MPH ON THE I-15 FREEWAY IN CENTERVILLE UTAH AND THE SUNROOF EXPLODED WITH TREMENDOUS FORCE, THE SUNROOF WAS CLOSED AND WE WERE NOT NEAR AN OVER PASS, GLASS SHOT INTO THE CAR AND LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED, IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME ONE IN THE BACK SEAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BLAS...

Mileage: 44,000

WE WERE DRIVING 65MPH ON THE I-15 FREEWAY IN CENTERVILLE UTAH AND THE SUNROOF EXPLODED WITH TREMENDOUS FORCE, THE SUNROOF WAS CLOSED AND WE WERE NOT NEAR AN OVER PASS, GLASS SHOT INTO THE CAR AND LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED, IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME ONE IN THE BACK SEAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BLAS...

Mileage: 44,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SMOKE WAS EMITTING FROM THE VENTS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MERGE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE AIR COMPRESSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 139,000

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING NORTH BOUND WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS AT ON THE DRIVER CONSOLE, THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OR SHIFT FROM 3RD GEAR IN THE MIDDLE HIGHWAY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DECREASE IN SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 84,000

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING NORTH BOUND WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS AT ON THE DRIVER CONSOLE, THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OR SHIFT FROM 3RD GEAR IN THE MIDDLE HIGHWAY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DECREASE IN SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 84,000

ON 7/11/12 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO THE FL. TURNPIKE WHEN HER MAZDA CX7, 07 ENGINE TURNED OFF COMPLETELY WITHOUT WARNING. SHE WAS ON A ONE LANE ROAD WITH A BLIND SIDED CURVE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. A 18 WHEELER TRUCK WAS COMING UP BEHIND HER AND ALMOST REAR ENDED HER VEHICLE. FORTUNAT...

Mileage: 71,000

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED RUNNING WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE 95. THE VEHICLE WAS SAFELY MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE OPENED AT A COST OF $500 TO DETERM...

Mileage: 68,400

MY 2007 CX-7 EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE A/C COMPRESSOR RESULTING IN SMOKE IN THE CABIN. AFTER PARKING TO ALLOW THE CAR TO CLEAR IT WOULD NOT RE-START AND I HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER. THIS OCCURRED LATE ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SO THEY WERE CLOSED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MONDAY....

Mileage: 33,000

FELT SLIGHT JOLT, AND IMMEDIATELY LESS POWER, THEN ENGINE JUST STOPPED. MY OPINION IS THAT THE TIMING CHAIN FIRST "JUMPED" A TOOTH, THEN FAILED ALTOGETHER. I WAS ABLE TO COAST SAFELY OFF TO THE SHOULDER, WHERE I CALLED FOR A TOW. CAR WAS FLATBEDDED BACK TO THE DEALER AT MY REQUEST, AS THEY HAVE D...

Mileage: 80,000

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE DOWN A BACKROAD HIGHWAY GOING 60 WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STOPPED. THERE WAS NO NOTICE, NO NOISE NOTHING. THE POS WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL MAZDA DEALERSHIP. THE LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND SAID "TIMING CHAIN..$3000". OK, NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED BUT FINE, FIX IT. 24 HO...

Mileage: 76,500

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE DOWN A BACKROAD HIGHWAY GOING 60 WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STOPPED. THERE WAS NO NOTICE, NO NOISE NOTHING. THE POS WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL MAZDA DEALERSHIP. THE LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND SAID "TIMING CHAIN..$3000". OK, NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED BUT FINE, FIX IT. 24 HO...

Mileage: 76,500

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICAL STARTED TO MAKE NOISE TOOK IT TO FIRST MECHANIC SHOP NEAR BYE AND THEY TOLD USE THE AC COMPRESSOR WAS FAILING BUT IT WOULD BE OK THEN ON THE WAY BACK HOME THE CAR STARTED TO SMOKE FROM THE COMPRESSOR BECAUSE THE CLUTCH HAD SEIZED UP WE PULLED OVER OTHERWISE IM SURE WE WOULD...

Mileage: 52,870

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICAL STARTED TO MAKE NOISE TOOK IT TO FIRST MECHANIC SHOP NEAR BYE AND THEY TOLD USE THE AC COMPRESSOR WAS FAILING BUT IT WOULD BE OK THEN ON THE WAY BACK HOME THE CAR STARTED TO SMOKE FROM THE COMPRESSOR BECAUSE THE CLUTCH HAD SEIZED UP WE PULLED OVER OTHERWISE IM SURE WE WOULD...

Mileage: 52,870

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN HE SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD WHINING NOISE THEN LOST POWER. ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER, HE NOTICED IT WAS SMOKING. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, LOUD TICKING AND WHIRRING SOUND CAME FROM ENGINE. BLACK SMOKE CAME FROM REAR TAILPIPES AND WHITE SMOKE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STOPPED. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

MY MAZDA BEGAN MAKING A CLANGING SOUND AT IGNITION. I TOOK THE MAZDA TO SUSSMAN MAZDA IN ABINGTON, PA. I WAS TOLD THAT THOUGHT THE WARRANT 5 YRS/60,000 MILES HAD EXPIRED. HOWEVER, MAZDA HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE VVT ACTUATOR AND TIMING CHAIN DUE TO THIS BEING A KNOW PROBLEM. I WAS ASKED TO PR...

Mileage: 55,080

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK 8/23/12, MY HUSBAND NOTICED THAT THE A/C WAS NOT COOLING AND THAT THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A SQUEALING NOISE. HE STATED THAT THE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS FAILING. FORTUNATELY FOR US, HE MADE IT HOME SAFELY. IF IT FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR (OR HE) COULD HAVE DI...

Mileage: 60,598

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK 8/23/12, MY HUSBAND NOTICED THAT THE A/C WAS NOT COOLING AND THAT THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A SQUEALING NOISE. HE STATED THAT THE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS FAILING. FORTUNATELY FOR US, HE MADE IT HOME SAFELY. IF IT FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR (OR HE) COULD HAVE DI...

Mileage: 60,598

I DROVE 200 MILES STOPPED THE CAR TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT, WHEN I RESTARTED IT A LOUD WHISTLING NOISE CAME FROM ENGINE AND WOULDN'T STOP. CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND IT WAS TOWED 2 DAYS LATER BECAUSE IT HAPPENED ON A SATURDAY NIGHT. IT TOOK 3DAYS FOR IT TO BE FIXED AND I'M NOT SURE IT IS RUNNING ...

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING OVER 20 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A FAULTY TURBO ENGINE CHARGER WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE ...

Mileage: 78,590

WHILE DRIVING WITH MY AC (AIR CONDITIONING) ON, IT SUDDENLY STARTED BLOWING WARM AIR. THE CAR FILLED UP WITH A BURNT TIRE LIKE SMELL AND I QUICKLY TURNED THE AIR CONDITIONING OFF. AFTER GIVING IT A FEW MINUTES AND PARKING MY CAR ON A SHOULDER LANE, I TURNED THE AIR CONDITIONING BACK ON TO SEE IF IT'...

Mileage: 45,991

I CALLED A MAZDA CAR DEALERSHIP TO LET THE KNOW I RECEIVE A RECALL LETTER AND TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR MY MAZDA CX7, THE SERVICE MAN SAID IF THE CAR WAS NOT MAKING ANY NOISE OR SMOKING I DIDN'T NEED TO BRING THE CAR IN. AFTER WEEKS BY AFTER TAKING THE SERVICE MAN ADVISE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGH...

Mileage: 73,000

I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY HOME ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE AC WAS NOT COLD. WHEN WE GOT HOME THE BELT WAS SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WE RECENTLY BOUGHT THE CAR FROM A GMC DEALERSHIP AT JUST UNDER 39K MILES. ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR MAYBE 4 MONTHS. TURNS OUT THE CAR NEEDED A WHOLE NEW CO...

Mileage: 50,000

VTT TIMING CHAIN BROKE ON THIS VEHICLE WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT IF THE CAR HAD BEEN MOBILE. MAZDA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS ENGINE COMPONENT IS FAULTY, BECAUSE THEY ISSUED A WARRANTY EXTENSION TO 72,000 MILES IN JANUARY 2012. THIS SORT OF ENGINE FAILURE COULD LEAD, AND MAY H...

Mileage: 102,500

ON MAY 18TH I TOOK MY CAR TO THE MAZDA DEALER IN NJ FOR A TIMING BELT RECALL AND WAS REPLACED. ON MAY 28TH DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE A/C STOPPED WORKING, THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND IMMEDIATELY THE CAR STALLED. I THEN HAD IT TOWED TO THE SAME MAZDA DEALER. THE NEXT DAY THEY TOLD ME THAT MY ENG...

Mileage: 57,040

MY 2007 CX-7 STARTED MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE WHEN I STARTED IT (MAY 7,2012). I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY TIMING CHAIN & ACTUATOR (VVT) AND IT WOULD TAKE $1350 TO REPAIR. I PAID THE MONEY AND IT WAS FIXED IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. ON JUNE 7TH,2012 I ST...

Mileage: 101,000

MY 2007 CX-7 STARTED MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE WHEN I STARTED IT (MAY 7,2012). I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY TIMING CHAIN & ACTUATOR (VVT) AND IT WOULD TAKE $1350 TO REPAIR. I PAID THE MONEY AND IT WAS FIXED IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. ON JUNE 7TH,2012 I ST...

Mileage: 101,000

MY 2007 CX-7 STARTED MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE WHEN I STARTED IT (MAY 7,2012). I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY TIMING CHAIN & ACTUATOR (VVT) AND IT WOULD TAKE $1350 TO REPAIR. I PAID THE MONEY AND IT WAS FIXED IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. ON JUNE 7TH,2012 I ST...

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD TO REPLACE THE TURBO IN THE ENGINE FOUR TIMES DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE MOST RECENT TURBO FAILURE CAUSED THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFOR...

Mileage: 33,000

THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR WENT OUT. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HAVE ACCELERATION ISSUES AND STARTED SMOKING LIKE BURNT RUBBER. MAZDA HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 60,000 MILES BUT REFUSES TO REPLACE THE COMPRESSOR BEYOND THAT MILEAGE. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR WENT OUT. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HAVE ACCELERATION ISSUES AND STARTED SMOKING LIKE BURNT RUBBER. MAZDA HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 60,000 MILES BUT REFUSES TO REPLACE THE COMPRESSOR BEYOND THAT MILEAGE. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH, MY 2007 MAZDA CX7 RANDOMLY LOST POWER. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY EVEN THOUGH THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HARD TO TURN. I WAS VERY LUCKY THERE WERE NOT MANY CARS AROUND ME. THE MOTOR WOULD ONLY REV WHEN I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL. I HA...

Mileage: 62,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH, MY 2007 MAZDA CX7 RANDOMLY LOST POWER. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY EVEN THOUGH THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HARD TO TURN. I WAS VERY LUCKY THERE WERE NOT MANY CARS AROUND ME. THE MOTOR WOULD ONLY REV WHEN I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL. I HA...

Mileage: 62,000

WHILE DRIVING OUR CX-7 STOPPED RUNNING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MAZDA CX-7 VVT PIN/TIMING CHAIN BREAKING. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR STOPPED, BUT IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RODE AND WAS A HAZARD NOT ONLY TO OUR CAR, BUT OTHER CARS COMING UP BEH...

Mileage: 94,000

WHILE DRIVING OUR CX-7 STOPPED RUNNING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MAZDA CX-7 VVT PIN/TIMING CHAIN BREAKING. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR STOPPED, BUT IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RODE AND WAS A HAZARD NOT ONLY TO OUR CAR, BUT OTHER CARS COMING UP BEH...

Mileage: 94,000

AFTER SIX MONTHS, WE BEGAN TO HAVE MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. A DIESEL-SOUNDING CHUG COMING FROM THE ENGINE SEEMED OFF FOR AN UNLEADED FOUR-CYLINDER SUV. THE COMMON ISSUE SEEMED TO BE A PART CALLED A VVT ACTUATOR. NO RECALLS OR SERVICE ADVISORIES HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR ENGINE PARTS AT THIS TIM...

Mileage: 77,312

AFTER SIX MONTHS, WE BEGAN TO HAVE MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. A DIESEL-SOUNDING CHUG COMING FROM THE ENGINE SEEMED OFF FOR AN UNLEADED FOUR-CYLINDER SUV. THE COMMON ISSUE SEEMED TO BE A PART CALLED A VVT ACTUATOR. NO RECALLS OR SERVICE ADVISORIES HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR ENGINE PARTS AT THIS TIM...

Mileage: 77,312

VVT AND TIMING CHAIN REPLACEMENT NEEDED MAZDA KNEW THESE TO BE DEFECTIVE PARTS BUT ONLY ISSUED WARNING TO ME JUST THIS MONTH AND NOW THAT IM OVER THE MILEAGE I HAVE TO PAY FOR COST OF REPLACING BOTH ... WHY HASN'T THE SAFETY BOARD LOOKED INTO THIS VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE THAT WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE SOME...

PURCHASED 2007 MAZDA CX-7 WITH 65,000 MILES. AT THE TIME WAS TOLD IT HAD A NEW TURBO. HAD THE VEHICLE 2 MONTHS AND THE ERG VALVE DIED (TECHNICIAN STATED THEY SHOULD LAST 100K MILES) WAS REPLACED AT MY COST OF $850. WHEN REPLACING THE ERG VALVE THEY ALSO NOTICED A WORN TUBE THAT WILL COST AN ADDITION...

Mileage: 68,500

AFTER OWNING OUR 2007 MAZDA CX-7 FOR OVER 5 YEARS, WE RECEIVED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY NOTICE THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS DEFECTIVE AND AT RISK OF BREAKING. HAVING NOTICED A SLIGHT TICKING NOISE ALREADY, WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. THEY EXAMINED IT AND NOTIFIED US THA...

Mileage: 83,000

WE HAVE A MAZDA CX7, 2007, THAT WE PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN APRIL 2007. WE HAVE HAD ALL OIL, FILTER AND OTHER SERVICES BY OUR LOCAL MAZDA DEALERSHIP IN ACCORDANCE TO MAZDA GUIDELINES. RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH DOWN INTERSTATE 81 WITH OUR 10 YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR, OUR MAZDA STOPPED WORKING. LU...

Mileage: 108,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE FAULTY VARIABLE VALVE TIMING WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER MAILED A NOTIFICATION, WHICH INDIC...

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE DRIVING, HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE, SOME SMELL COMING FROM THAT DIRECTION AS WELL. LOST POWER TO THE VEHICLE, TURNED OFF THE ROAD AND NOTICE THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE A/C COMPRESSOR. *JS

WHILE DRIVING, HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE, SOME SMELL COMING FROM THAT DIRECTION AS WELL. LOST POWER TO THE VEHICLE, TURNED OFF THE ROAD AND NOTICE THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE A/C COMPRESSOR. *JS

MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 STARTING MAKING A POPPING NOISE AND BEGAN LOSING POWER ON APRIL 13, 2012. I DROVE MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIMING CHAIN AND TURBO CHARGER ARE BAD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. MY CAR HAS 80,477 MILES ON IT AND THEREFORE, NOTHING IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND I C...

Mileage: 80,477

MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 STARTING MAKING A POPPING NOISE AND BEGAN LOSING POWER ON APRIL 13, 2012. I DROVE MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIMING CHAIN AND TURBO CHARGER ARE BAD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. MY CAR HAS 80,477 MILES ON IT AND THEREFORE, NOTHING IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND I C...

Mileage: 80,477

I WAS HEADING WEST OUT OF DENVER ON INTERSTATE 70 WHEN MY CAR COMPLETELY FAILED AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. I WAS IN THE LEFT (PASSING) LANE AND WAS FORTUNATELY ABLE TO PULL INTO THE MEDIAN TO AVOID A CRASH AT HIGH SPEEDS. MY FOUR-MONTH OLD SON WAS IN THE BACK SEAT SO I WAS SHAKEN AND FRIGHTENED FOR ...

Mileage: 76,000

I WAS DRIVING MY MAZDA CX-7 ON THE HIGHWAY AROUND 65 MPH WHEN MY CAR STARTING MAKING A LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AND HAD A SUDDEN LOSS IN POWER. SO I PULLED OVER IN THE NEXT TOWN AND STAYED IN A MOTEL FOR THE NIGHT. THE NEXT DAY I RENTED A TRAILER FROM UHAUL TO TOW THE CAR TO A MAZDA DEALER WHO S...

Mileage: 72,126

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX-7, WHICH I PURCHASED IN NOV. 2006, BRAND NEW. OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS, I HAVE HEARD A TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE. TWICE IN THE PAST 9 MONTHS, THE VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER. I ASKED MAZDA TO CHECK THE VEHICLE AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS COMM...

Mileage: 55,600

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX-7, WHICH I PURCHASED IN NOV. 2006, BRAND NEW. OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS, I HAVE HEARD A TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE. TWICE IN THE PAST 9 MONTHS, THE VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER. I ASKED MAZDA TO CHECK THE VEHICLE AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS COMM...

Mileage: 55,600

WHEN OUR MAZDA CX-7 2007 REACHED 45000 MILES, THE AIR BAG WITNESS LIGHT STARTED TURNING ON AND OFF RANDOMLY, IF I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND STARTED IT AGAIN, IT SOMETIMES WENT OFF. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID THEY "CLEAN THE CONNECTIONS" AND IT WENT OFF FOR TWO WEEKS, NOW IT IS BACK ON. AT...

Mileage: 45,000

VEHICLE HAS A DEFECTIVE VARIABLE VALVE TIMING ACTUATOR (AS PER THE MANUFACTURERS CAMPAIGN LETTER) THAT CAUSES A NOISE AT START UP AND A LOOSE TIMING CHAIN. THAT FIRST PHASE OF THE FAILURE HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. THE NEXT STAGE OF THE FAILURE WHICH HASN'T HAPPENED TO ME YET (BUT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED B...

Mileage: 60,000

MAZDA SENT INFORMATION REGARDING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE VVT ACTUATOR/TIMING CHAIN FOR 70,000 MILES OR 7 YEARS OF AGE. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, LITERALLY DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THIS MAILING, AND WAS INFORMED THAT I NEEDED THIS REPAIRED ON MY VEHICLE. MY CAR WAS AROUND 15,000 MILES OVER...

Mileage: 85,000

I HAVE ONLY OWNED MY MAZDA CX-7 FOR 6 MONTHS BEFORE THE TURBO WENT ON MY CAR. THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE MAZDA DEALER REPORTED SLUDGE BUILD UP AND AS A RESULT THE TURBO FAILED. NO ONE WILL COVER THE WORK AS I LACK APPROPRIATE MAINTENANCE RECORDS ON THE CAR (SINCE I'VE ONLY OWNED IT LONG ENOUGH TO MA...

Mileage: 55,000

ENGINE RATTLING DUE TO STRETCHED TIMING CHAIN NHTSA# 10039251. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

THE TIMING CHAIN IN THIS VEHICLE BROKE WHILE UNDER POWER. WE RECENTLY RECEIVED A VOLUNTARY WARRANTY EXTENSION NOTICE (MAZDA CALLS IT A SPECIAL SERVICE PROGRAM) THAT INDICATED THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE IN THE VEHICLE, SPECIFICALLY ELEMENTS RELATED TO THE TIMING CHAIN AND VARIABLE VALVE ...

Mileage: 83,000

OUR 2007 MAZDA CX7 SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND I WAS FORCED TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN THE CENTER MEDIAN OF THE HIGHWAY, AS I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE TO THE RIGHT DUE TO OTHER TRAFFIC. VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BROKEN PIN ON THE VARIABLE VALVE TIME ACTUATOR (VVT). ...

Mileage: 79,800

OUR 2007 MAZDA CX7 SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND I WAS FORCED TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN THE CENTER MEDIAN OF THE HIGHWAY, AS I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE TO THE RIGHT DUE TO OTHER TRAFFIC. VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BROKEN PIN ON THE VARIABLE VALVE TIME ACTUATOR (VVT). ...

Mileage: 79,800

ON 2/11/2012 WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF 70 MILES PER HOUR MY MAZDA CX-7'S ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID HAVING AN ACCIDENT AND MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH FAILURE OF THE TURBO SYSTEM AND TIMING CHAIN (A VERY SERIOUS AN...

Mileage: 56,000

RECEIVED WARRANTY EXTENSION PROGRAM SSP87 LETTER TO HANDLE VARIABLE VALUE TIMING ACTUATOR FIX. EXTENDS WARRANTY TO 84 MONTHS OR 70000 MILES. MY CAR HAS 74,000 MILES AND HAS SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED IN SSP. WAS TOLD BY BOTH THE DEALER ( TURNERSVILLE MAZDA IN TURNERSVILLE NJ ) AND MAZDA NORTH AMERICA THAT N...

Mileage: 74,000

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX7 THAT HAS A BROKEN VVT TIMING SYSTEM. THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE AND THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CAR CURRENTLY HAS 74,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE WITH MAZDA AND THEY ARE NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. THIS IS DEVASTATING AS A CONSUMER TO NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MAZDA...

Mileage: 61,263

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX7 THAT HAS A BROKEN VVT TIMING SYSTEM. THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE AND THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CAR CURRENTLY HAS 74,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE WITH MAZDA AND THEY ARE NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. THIS IS DEVASTATING AS A CONSUMER TO NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MAZDA...

Mileage: 61,263

VVT ACTUATOR BROKE WHILE WE WERE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING WE REALIZED THE BROKEN PART CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR CAUSING A COMPLETE MOTOR REPLACEMENT NECESSARY. WE CONTACTED THE MAZDA DEALER IN OUR AREA WHO TOLD US MAZDA WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH 2007 CX-7 AND ARE IGNORING...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A CLUNKING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE DEALER STA...

Mileage: 71,000

THE ENGINE HAS TWO FAULTY PARTS. V.V.T. ACTUATOR AND TURBO. THEY ADMIT BAD DESIGN, BUT ONLY WARRANTY IT TO 70K. THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO GET OUT OF THIS REPAIR WHEN THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PART OF THEIR DESIGN IS FAILING. TOTAL ENGINE DAMAGE WHEN PARTS FAIL. THIS NEEDS ATTENTION AS CONSU...

Mileage: 72,000

THIS VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED USED BY ME DAUGHTER, SINCE THE FAILURE MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT IT, I REPLACED THE FAULTY TURBO CHARGER AND IT IS NOW BACK IN SERVICE. THOUGH MY WIFE HAS VERY LIMITED FAITH IN THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. THE ISSUE IS THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MAZDA, THE DE...

Mileage: 72,000

TURBO PROBLEMS IN MY MAZDA CX-7. REPLACED FIRST TURBO IN OCTOBER 2010 TOTAL $$ 4500.00. NOW MY TURBO HAS FAILED FOR THE 2ND TIME IN JANUARY 2012. I HAVE ALL MY RECEIPTS FOR OIL CHANGES, BUT JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER POSTS THAT YOU READ FROM OTHER MAZDA CX-7 OWNERS, MAZDA FINDS A REASON TO NOT TAKE RE...

Mileage: 57,000

THE 2.3 LITER 4 CYLINDER L3T ENGINE THAT IS IN MY WIFE'S 2007 MAZDA CX-7 HAS A BAD VARIABLE VALVE TIMING ACTUATOR WHICH WAS VERIFIED TODAY BY DUAL MAZDA OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA. A WARRANTY EXTENSION WAS ISSUED BY MAZDA AROUND THE 14TH OF JANUARY 2012 FOLLOWING THE INITIAL TSB (TECHNICAL SERVICE BULL...

Mileage: 69,850

AS THE PROUD OWNER OF A NEW MAZDA CX7, I FELT CONFIDENT AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF DRIVING THIS SUV THAT IT WOULD CARRY ME AT LEAST 10YRS. UNTIL I BEGIN TO NOTICE ACCELERATION PROBLEMS AND NOTICING PUFFS OF WHITE SMOKE EXPELLED FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE WHEN IT FINALLY REALIZED I WAS TRYING TO INCREASE SP...

Mileage: 71,000

AS THE PROUD OWNER OF A NEW MAZDA CX7, I FELT CONFIDENT AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF DRIVING THIS SUV THAT IT WOULD CARRY ME AT LEAST 10YRS. UNTIL I BEGIN TO NOTICE ACCELERATION PROBLEMS AND NOTICING PUFFS OF WHITE SMOKE EXPELLED FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE WHEN IT FINALLY REALIZED I WAS TRYING TO INCREASE SP...

Mileage: 71,000

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AT 75,287 MILES. ENTIRE ENGINE IS BURNED UP, OIL CHANGED REGULARLY, NO OIL LEAKS, TURBO SENSOR REPLACED IN APRIL 2011 BY DEALER UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY, ENGINE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY IN DECEMBER 2011, CITED LACK OF MAINTENANCE EVEN WITH RECEIPTS OF OIL CHANGES. AFTER ...

Mileage: 75,287

FAILURE OF AC CLUTCH INTERFERENCE WITH BELTS CREATING SMOKE AND BURNING OF BELTS AND INTERNAL SYSTEMS. *KB

Mileage: 96,000

ON 12/19/11, I WAS DRIVING APPX. 60 - 65 MPH ON I-81 WHEN MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 JUST SHUT OFF. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE, WITH A LARGE TRACTOR TRAILER BEHIND ME, BUT I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MANEUVER MY CAR ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE. MY CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I DID QUIT...

Mileage: 65,000

ON 12/19/11, I WAS DRIVING APPX. 60 - 65 MPH ON I-81 WHEN MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 JUST SHUT OFF. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE, WITH A LARGE TRACTOR TRAILER BEHIND ME, BUT I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MANEUVER MY CAR ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE. MY CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I DID QUIT...

Mileage: 65,000

DEALERSHIP MAINTAINED CX-7 EXPERIENCED MAJOR FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. ENGINE DIED AND MAJOR OIL LEAK WAS NOTICED. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP FIRST INDICATED THAT THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF FAILURE REGARDING THE #3 CYLINDER. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS ...

Mileage: 97,633

ENGINE CEASED ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING. MAZDA SAYS IT IS MY FAULT FOR GOING 2000 MILES OVER THE OIL CHANGE. HOWEVER, OIL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON; CAR WAS NOT DRIVING ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN NORMAL; AND NO SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. EVEN THOUGH CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY, MAZDA IS REFUSING TO PAY FO...

Mileage: 51,000

THIS VEHICLE HAS CAUSED ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS! I HAVE HAD IT FOR 3 YEARS AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES AND THIS LAST TIME IS THE TRANSMISSION AT 70,000 MILES! THIS IS RIDICULOUS...MAZDA NEEDS TO CLEAN UP IT'S ACT. CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE CHARGES LIKE THIS EARLY ON IN THE LIFE OF A VEHICLE....

Mileage: 70,000

THIS VEHICLE HAS CAUSED ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS! I HAVE HAD IT FOR 3 YEARS AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES AND THIS LAST TIME IS THE TRANSMISSION AT 70,000 MILES! THIS IS RIDICULOUS...MAZDA NEEDS TO CLEAN UP IT'S ACT. CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE CHARGES LIKE THIS EARLY ON IN THE LIFE OF A VEHICLE....

Mileage: 70,000

THIS VEHICLE HAS CAUSED ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS! I HAVE HAD IT FOR 3 YEARS AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES AND THIS LAST TIME IS THE TRANSMISSION AT 70,000 MILES! THIS IS RIDICULOUS...MAZDA NEEDS TO CLEAN UP IT'S ACT. CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE CHARGES LIKE THIS EARLY ON IN THE LIFE OF A VEHICLE....

Mileage: 70,000

THIS VEHICLE HAS CAUSED ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS! I HAVE HAD IT FOR 3 YEARS AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES AND THIS LAST TIME IS THE TRANSMISSION AT 70,000 MILES! THIS IS RIDICULOUS...MAZDA NEEDS TO CLEAN UP IT'S ACT. CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE CHARGES LIKE THIS EARLY ON IN THE LIFE OF A VEHICLE....

Mileage: 70,000

JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FOR MY MOM AS A PRESENT BECAUSE SHE HAS WANTED ONE SINCE THEY CAME OUT. IT HAS 81,000 MILES ON IT. THE VVT HAS GONE OUT, THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDS REPLACED AND NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THE ENGINE IS SHOT BECAUSE OF THE SLUDGE AND THE NEGLECTED CARE TO THE VEHICLE. I PURCH...

Mileage: 81,887

TIMING VALVE REPLACED AT 34,951 MILES, THEN ENGINE REPLACED AT 41,060 MILES ON JULY 24, 2008. *TR

Mileage: 34,951

TIMING VALVE REPLACED AT 34,951 MILES, THEN ENGINE REPLACED AT 41,060 MILES ON JULY 24, 2008. *TR

Mileage: 34,951

MY CAR (WHICH I BOUGHT IN AUG. OF 2010) STARTED MAKING A LOUD TAPPING NOISE AND 2 DAYS LATER IT JUST QUIT ON ME, I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT WERE I WORK SO THANK GOD I WASN'T ON A MAJOR STREET OR ANYTHING BECAUSE IT JUST TURNED OFF OUT OF THE BLUE. I HAD TO GET HELP TO PUSH IT IN A PARKIN...

Mileage: 84,898

BOUGHT MY 2007 MAZDA CX7 WITH 76000 MILES NOT EVEN KIDDING BUT 12HRS LATER MY MOTOR MOUNT AND THE VVT WENT OUT. A MONTH LATER RADIATOR CRACKED AND NOW IT HAD A BAD OIL LEAK AND LOUD KNOCKIN NOISE IT SOUNDS LIKE AN OLD TRUCK VERY BUMPED OUT I HAVE ONLY HAD IT FOR FIVE MONTHS. *TR

Mileage: 76,000

BOUGHT CAR 4 MONTHS AGO, 61K MILES, AT 64K MILES CAR TURNED OFF ON HIGHWAY, HAD THE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED AND THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE, AND NOW CAR NEEDS A NEW ENGINE AT 64K MILES AND MAZDA WILL NOT COVER DUE TO OUT OF WARRANTY. *KB

THE POWER TRAIN (TIMING CHAIN) FAILED IN LESS THAN 4 YEARS , 47,000 MILES --ONE OWNER WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE DONE. *TR

Mileage: 47,500

THE POWER TRAIN (TIMING CHAIN) FAILED IN LESS THAN 4 YEARS , 47,000 MILES --ONE OWNER WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE DONE. *TR

Mileage: 47,500

DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN IT MAKES A LOUD SQUEALING SOUND AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER BEGINS TO SMOKE. AIR CONDITIONING HAD QUIT WORKING THE DAY BEFORE. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THE A/C COMPRESSOR "TOOK A CRAP" AND THE CLUTCH LOCKED UP, FURTHERMORE THIS CAUSED ALL OF THE FLUIDS TO LEAK OUT OF THE BEA...

Mileage: 63,000

SMOKE AND RATTLING AND LOW OIL PROMPTED ME TO MAKE AN APT AT MY LOCAL MAZDA DEALER ONLY TO FIND THAT MY TURBO HAS BLOWN AND MY VVT VALVE AND TIMING CHAIN. (THE TRUCK IS A 2007) I WAS TOLD THAT I SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK AS IT WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE WITH 2 KIDS. SO AFTER MY QUOTE OF 7000.00 TO F...

Mileage: 68,000

THE AC COMPRESSOR ON THE VEHICLE SEIZED CAUSING SMOKE AND SPARKS TO COME OFF OF THE BELT. THE AC COMPRESSOR AND THE BELT BOTH NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 66,300

PURCHASED MY VEHICLE 15 MONTHS AGO AT 38,000 MILES. IN OCTOBER, I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING. NO WARNING, NOTHING ON THE DASH LIGHTING UP, THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED LOOSING SPEED. THE STEERING WAS GOING AS WELL. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO TRY AND GET THE STEERING BACK AND ...

Mileage: 62,000

PURCHASED MY VEHICLE 15 MONTHS AGO AT 38,000 MILES. IN OCTOBER, I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING. NO WARNING, NOTHING ON THE DASH LIGHTING UP, THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED LOOSING SPEED. THE STEERING WAS GOING AS WELL. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO TRY AND GET THE STEERING BACK AND ...

Mileage: 62,000

PURCHASED MY VEHICLE 15 MONTHS AGO AT 38,000 MILES. IN OCTOBER, I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING. NO WARNING, NOTHING ON THE DASH LIGHTING UP, THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED LOOSING SPEED. THE STEERING WAS GOING AS WELL. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO TRY AND GET THE STEERING BACK AND ...

Mileage: 62,000

TIMING CHAIN BROKE. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

I STARTED TO ACCELERATE AFTER COMING OFF OF AN EXIT RAMP WHEN I HEARD A NOISE FROM THE ENGINE THEN I STARTED TO LOSE POWER. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT WHEN I DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, A GRINDING NOISE OCCURRED. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO A PARKING LOT. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MAZDA DEA...

Mileage: 53,000

I STARTED TO ACCELERATE AFTER COMING OFF OF AN EXIT RAMP WHEN I HEARD A NOISE FROM THE ENGINE THEN I STARTED TO LOSE POWER. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT WHEN I DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, A GRINDING NOISE OCCURRED. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO A PARKING LOT. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MAZDA DEA...

Mileage: 53,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING COULD BE HEARD HEAR FROM THE ENGINE WHEN FIRST STARTING THE VEHICLE. LATER, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AND WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE TIME BELT WAS FRACTURED AND...

Mileage: 100,000

ANOTHER DRIVER TURNED IN FRONT OF ME, FAILING TO YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. I WAS DOING THE SPEED LIMIT (45 MPH) UPON ENTERING THE INTERSECTION. WHEN MY CX-7 MADE CONTACT WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE OF HER MINIVAN, NONE OF MY AIRBAGS EVER DEPLOYED. MY SHOULDER, NECK AND HIP (I STILL NEED SURGERY ...

Mileage: 53,000

THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR ON THE VEHICLE SEIZED WITH NO WARNING & CAUSED THE SERPENTINE BELT TO CATCH ON FIRE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE, BASED ON MANY POSTINGS ON THE INTERNET. ADDITIONALLY, THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALER I TAKE MY VEHICLE TO FOR SERVICE SAID A NOI...

Mileage: 88,000

THERE ARE TWO COMPLAINTS FOR THIS VEHICLE. 1. TIMING BELT...FAILURE AFTER 68,000 MILES CHANGED AFTER A DISPUTE WITH DEALERSHIP, WE STILL HAD TO PAY FOR 2 HRS OF LABOR. 2. TURBO UNIT...FAILURE AFTER 70,000 MILES STILL AT DEALERSHIP...NO OPTION BUT TO PAY $3083 TO GET FIXED. TURBO FAILURE HAPP...

Mileage: 70,000

THERE ARE TWO COMPLAINTS FOR THIS VEHICLE. 1. TIMING BELT...FAILURE AFTER 68,000 MILES CHANGED AFTER A DISPUTE WITH DEALERSHIP, WE STILL HAD TO PAY FOR 2 HRS OF LABOR. 2. TURBO UNIT...FAILURE AFTER 70,000 MILES STILL AT DEALERSHIP...NO OPTION BUT TO PAY $3083 TO GET FIXED. TURBO FAILURE HAPP...

Mileage: 70,000

CAR SUDDENLY STALLED 3 HOURS AWAY FROM HOME; NO NOTICEABLE PERFORMANCE ISSUES / NOISE PRIOR. TOWED TO MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED TIMING BELT BROKE CAUSING SOME VALVES TO BEND AND OTHER DAMAGE THEREFORE REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE REQUIRED. WAS ON , OTHER CAR BLOG SITES ALONG WITH RESEARCHING THIS SITE AND ...

Mileage: 63,000

I HAVE HAD MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 FOR LESS THAN ONE YEAR. I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AFTER EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR ENGULFED IN THICK WHITE SMOKE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP PER MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THE REPAIR SHOP AT FIRST CALLED TO TELL ME IT WAS THE STARTER, AND T...

Mileage: 92,700

I HAVE HAD MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 FOR LESS THAN ONE YEAR. I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AFTER EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR ENGULFED IN THICK WHITE SMOKE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP PER MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THE REPAIR SHOP AT FIRST CALLED TO TELL ME IT WAS THE STARTER, AND T...

Mileage: 92,700

AFTER DRIVING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING. I BROUGHT IT TO THE MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE AIR COMPRESSOR KIT WENT OUT AND IT IS $2,300 TO FIX. *TR

Mileage: 31,000

MY CAR MAKES A RATTLING NOISE AT START UP. AFTER READING THE HORROR STORY'S ONLINE ABOUT THIS CAR VVTA GOING OUT, OR THE AC COMPRESSOR GOING OUT AND MESSING UP THE ENGINE I TOOK IT TOO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW VARIABLE VALVE TIMING ACTUATOR. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH YEAR MA...

Mileage: 85,000

MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 BROKE DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. FOUND OUT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD SNAPPED AS A RESULT OF A PISTON BLOWING. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE TURBO SEIZED AND CAUSED EXCESS PRESSURE CAUSING THE PISTON TO BLOW AND BREAKING THE TIMING CHAIN. HAVE FOUND MANY PEOPLE ONLINE COMPLAINING OF SAME THING HAP...

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND A RATTLING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE VARIABLE VALVE TIMING ACTUATOR FAILED AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONT...

Mileage: 69,420

2007 MAZDA CX7 - TURBO BROKE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING TREMENDOUS SQUEALING SOUND AND LOSS OF POWER. ABLE TO DRIVE HOME AND HAD TOWED TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP. SERVICE MGR CALLED ME SAYING THEY CHECKED CAR OVER AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AND ASKED IF I WANTED AN OIL CHANGE. I SAID GO AHEAD ...

Mileage: 34,000

THE AC HAD BEEN GETTING LESS COOL AND COMPLETELY WENT OUT 2 DAYS AGO. YESTERDAY IT STARTED MAKING A TICKING NOISE. TODAY IT STARTED SMOKING AND SMELLED LIKE BURNT RUBBER. I TOOK IT IN AND WAS TOLD THE AC COMPRESSOR HAD GONE OUT. IT IS NOW GETTING A NEW COMPRESSOR/FILTER/DRYER/BELT WHICH I AM PAY...

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO UNLOCK THE DOORS USING THE KEY FOB, BUT THE DOORS WOULD NOT UNLOCK. UPON UNLOCKING THE VEHICLE MANUALLY, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE UNLOCK BUTTONS ON THE INTERIOR ALSO WOULD NOT UNLOCK THE D...

Mileage: 113,000

TIMING CHAIN AND VARIABLE VALVE TIMING MODULE FAILURE ON 2007 MAZDA CX-7. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

MY WIFE AND I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX 7 WITH 68000 MILES ON IT. ON AUGUST 13TH MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH MY 9 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER AND NOTED A FUNNY SOUND WITH LOSS OF AIR CONDITIONING OR CHANGE OF QUALITY OF AIR CONDITIONING. SHE REPORTED SMOKE AND NOISE THAT FOLLOWED. LUCKILY SHE WAS ON A BACK ROAD A...

Mileage: 68,000

I OWN A MAZDA CX-7 AND WAS DRIVING LIKE A NORMALLY DO AND TURNED ON THE AIR CONDITIONER. IT STARTED TO BLOW HOT AIR AND I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY. SHORTLY AFTER MY ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD SQUEAKING SOUND AND BEGIN SMOKING, I TOOL IT THE MECHANIC AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS THE COMPRESSOR....

Mileage: 71,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE IT FAILED TO START ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE OR DUPLICATE IT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS...

Mileage: 26,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND HE RESTARTED IT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THE DEALER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO...

Mileage: 26,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD MAKE A LOUD RATTLING NOISE AFTER STARTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE ...

Mileage: 34,000

7/6/10(25,000 MILES) DRIVING "PIECE OF CRAP" FROM W-PA TO PHILA AFTER 1 1/2 HOURS IN CAR AIRCONDITIONING GETS HOT & LOUD NOISE STARTS. ABLE TO PULL OFF MAIN HIGHWAY &FIND A SEARS AUTO SHOP THEY SAY AIR COMPRESSOR IN MY PICE OF CRAP (2007 CX7) HAS FALLEN APART - THEY DON'T DO THIS WORK-I NEEDED A MA...

Mileage: 25,000

7/6/10(25,000 MILES) DRIVING "PIECE OF CRAP" FROM W-PA TO PHILA AFTER 1 1/2 HOURS IN CAR AIRCONDITIONING GETS HOT & LOUD NOISE STARTS. ABLE TO PULL OFF MAIN HIGHWAY &FIND A SEARS AUTO SHOP THEY SAY AIR COMPRESSOR IN MY PICE OF CRAP (2007 CX7) HAS FALLEN APART - THEY DON'T DO THIS WORK-I NEEDED A MA...

Mileage: 25,000

WAS RETURNING TO CALIFORNIA FROM ARIZONA WHEN CAR STARTED MAKING AN AWFUL NOISE. I SUSPECTED IT WAS THE A/C COMPRESSOR AS I HAD READ ABOUT THEIR FAILURES ONLINE. I HAD JUST PASSED THE 60,000 MILE EXTENDED COVERAGE PERIOD, HOWEVER MY MAZDA DEALER WAS ABLE TO GET MAZDA TO COVER 95% OF THE CHARGES. ...

Mileage: 63,000

WAS REAR-ENDED AT A FAST SPEED BY AN 18 TRACTOR TRAILER. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I WAS SLUNG WITH SUCH FORCE AGAIN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT THE BACK OF MY SEAT FELL BACKWARDS. MY SONS SEATBELT CAME LOOSE AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD I HAD ENOUGH STRENGTHS TO GRAB HIM AND PULL HIM BACK TO KEEP FROM GOING THR...

Mileage: 66,000

WAS REAR-ENDED AT A FAST SPEED BY AN 18 TRACTOR TRAILER. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I WAS SLUNG WITH SUCH FORCE AGAIN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT THE BACK OF MY SEAT FELL BACKWARDS. MY SONS SEATBELT CAME LOOSE AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD I HAD ENOUGH STRENGTHS TO GRAB HIM AND PULL HIM BACK TO KEEP FROM GOING THR...

Mileage: 66,000

WAS REAR-ENDED AT A FAST SPEED BY AN 18 TRACTOR TRAILER. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I WAS SLUNG WITH SUCH FORCE AGAIN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT THE BACK OF MY SEAT FELL BACKWARDS. MY SONS SEATBELT CAME LOOSE AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD I HAD ENOUGH STRENGTHS TO GRAB HIM AND PULL HIM BACK TO KEEP FROM GOING THR...

Mileage: 66,000

WAS REAR-ENDED AT A FAST SPEED BY AN 18 TRACTOR TRAILER. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I WAS SLUNG WITH SUCH FORCE AGAIN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT THE BACK OF MY SEAT FELL BACKWARDS. MY SONS SEATBELT CAME LOOSE AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD I HAD ENOUGH STRENGTHS TO GRAB HIM AND PULL HIM BACK TO KEEP FROM GOING THR...

Mileage: 66,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AND REAR TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF ABNORMAL WEAR DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES AFTER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TIRES THE TECHNICIAN...

Mileage: 15,000

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY 65 MILES PER HOUR, ENGINE SHUT OFF... PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD. CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC. DIAGNOSTIC WITH TWO QUOTES TIMING CHAIN SNAPPED BENT VALVE, NEED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. I HAVE BEEN REVIEWING FORUMS AND HAVE FOUND THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH HUNDREDS OF MAZDA CX7 2007 MODELS....

Mileage: 61,000

(MARCH/2011) LIGHT CAME ON AROUND 65K MILES. TOOK IT INTO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID OIL WAS LOW AND YVT NEEDED REPLACING. COST WAS AROUND 2500. NO REASON WHY OIL WAS LOW AND LAST CHANGED BY MAZDA LESS THAN 7500 MILES BEFORE. ALSO FULL SERVICE WAS DONE AT THAT TIME. (JUNE/2011)WHILE ON HIGHWAY AT HI...

Mileage: 69,000

2007 MAZDA CX-7 AWD GRAND TOURING WITH 39K MILES. CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN HAD SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE TRAVELING DOWN ROAD. IN TRAFFIC CAR SUDDENLY SLOWED TO CRAWL AT 20MPH ONCE CAR WAS NAVIGATED TO SHOULDER AND STOPPED IT WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY HAVE STAT...

Mileage: 39,000

2007 MAZDA CX-7 AWD GRAND TOURING WITH 39K MILES. CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN HAD SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE TRAVELING DOWN ROAD. IN TRAFFIC CAR SUDDENLY SLOWED TO CRAWL AT 20MPH ONCE CAR WAS NAVIGATED TO SHOULDER AND STOPPED IT WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY HAVE STAT...

Mileage: 39,000

2007 GRAND TOURING MAZDA CX-7 HAS WELL KNOWN VVT ISSUE CAUSING OIL TO BURN, IN SPITE OF REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND ALL RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE. WE ARE ORIGINAL OWNERS AND KNOW HOW CAR WAS MAINTAINED . TIMING CHAIN WENT AT 62K MILES, JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. AFTER THAT SERVICE, DROVE 1K MORE MILES AND N...

Mileage: 62,000

2007 GRAND TOURING MAZDA CX-7 HAS WELL KNOWN VVT ISSUE CAUSING OIL TO BURN, IN SPITE OF REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND ALL RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE. WE ARE ORIGINAL OWNERS AND KNOW HOW CAR WAS MAINTAINED . TIMING CHAIN WENT AT 62K MILES, JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. AFTER THAT SERVICE, DROVE 1K MORE MILES AND N...

Mileage: 62,000

THE OFFICIAL TSB WAS LISTED IN 2008 POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) DATE REPORTED APRIL 16 2008 NHTSA REFERENCE #10024861 TSB REFERENCE #03-003/08 DESCRIPTION: GEAR OIL DRIPPING FROM TRANSFER CASE OIL SEAL. 4WD VEHICLES WITH VIN'S LOWER THAN JM3ER*9***...

Mileage: 68,314

MY WIFE WAS ON HER WAY HOME WHEN THERE WAS A FUNNY BUZZING OR SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF HER 07 MAZDA CX7. SHE PULLED OVER AND THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM HER RIGHT FRONT TIRE AREA. SHE THEN HAD TO CALL OUR INSURANCE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO OUR LOCAL SERVICE REPAIR...

Mileage: 78,700

A/C COMPRESSOR DIED. *TR

Mileage: 47,200

MAZDA SENT A LETTER TO REPORT A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 2007 AND 2008 CX-7 IN AUGUST 2010. THE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS CREATING ISSUES AND MAZDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 60,000 MILES. THE LETTER INDICATED THAT NO ACTION WAS NEEDED UNLESS YOU HEARD A STRANGE "NOISE". BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE AND THOSE OF OT...

Mileage: 65,986

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. THE CONTACT STATED WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE OIL SHIELD COVER SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WITH THE DEALER ONE DAY PRIOR TO THE FAILURE FOR ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A ...

Mileage: 70,000

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX7. SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR, AT 29K MILES I HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL TANK REPLACED. AT AROUND 34K HAD TO HAVE THE TURBO LOOKED AT BECAUSE OF BLACK SMOKE BLOWING ON MY BUMPER, MAZDA REPLACED THE PIPES. MY PIPES WERE STILL SMOKING, HAD TO TAKE OFF WORK, TAKE CAR IN AGAIN BECAUSE OF BLAC...

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX7. SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR, AT 29K MILES I HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL TANK REPLACED. AT AROUND 34K HAD TO HAVE THE TURBO LOOKED AT BECAUSE OF BLACK SMOKE BLOWING ON MY BUMPER, MAZDA REPLACED THE PIPES. MY PIPES WERE STILL SMOKING, HAD TO TAKE OFF WORK, TAKE CAR IN AGAIN BECAUSE OF BLAC...

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX7. SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR, AT 29K MILES I HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL TANK REPLACED. AT AROUND 34K HAD TO HAVE THE TURBO LOOKED AT BECAUSE OF BLACK SMOKE BLOWING ON MY BUMPER, MAZDA REPLACED THE PIPES. MY PIPES WERE STILL SMOKING, HAD TO TAKE OFF WORK, TAKE CAR IN AGAIN BECAUSE OF BLAC...

MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP CAUSING MINOR ACCIDENT FROM UNDRIVEABILITY.*TR

Mileage: 42,000

MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP CAUSING MINOR ACCIDENT FROM UNDRIVEABILITY.*TR

Mileage: 42,000

WHILE DRIVING HOME WITH MY A/C ON, MY 2007 MAZDA CX7 BEGAN MAKING A TERRIBLE WHINING & GRINDING SOUND, FOLLOWED BY BILLOWS OF SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF THE CAR AND OPENED THE HOOD, WHICH CONTINUED TO SMOKE FOR SOME TIME AND THERE WAS A SMELL OF B...

Mileage: 29,900

IN APRIL 2009 THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED ON MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,000 MILES ON THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED. WE REPLACED THE COMPRESSOR WITH AN AFTERMARKET COMPRESSOR BECAUSE THE DEALER INDICATED IT WAS NOT IN WARRANTY. SOME TIME LATER WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MAZD...

Mileage: 79,000

IN APRIL 2009 THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED ON MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,000 MILES ON THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED. WE REPLACED THE COMPRESSOR WITH AN AFTERMARKET COMPRESSOR BECAUSE THE DEALER INDICATED IT WAS NOT IN WARRANTY. SOME TIME LATER WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MAZD...

Mileage: 79,000

TURBO ENGINE FAILURE. MAJOR PROBLEM #3 -2007 CX-7 1. A/C CONDERSON FROZEN - COST $1,225.00 2. TIMING CHAIN BROKE-CRACKED GASKET,BENT VALUDE, ETC $3,025.00 3. TURBO ENGINE FAILURE UNKNOWN AT THE MAZDA DEALER SHIP. *TR

Mileage: 146,000

2007 GRAND TOURING MAZDA CX-7 HAD BAD A/C COMPRESSOR AS TYPICAL WITH MODEL AT 30K MILES AND WAS PUTTING OUT BLACK WHEN CAR RETURNED IN A "FIXED" CONDITION. THEY SITED THAT WE HAD "DIRTY OIL". TIMING CHAIN WENT TAKING ENGINE AT 42K MILES AND WE WERE FIRST DENIED WARRANTY WORK DUE TO SLUDGE ENGINE WI...

Mileage: 31,000

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING WHILE TRAVELING 70 M.P.H DOWN 40 EAST XMAS EVE EVENING. I PRAYED MY CHILD AND I WOULDN'T END UP DEAD WHILE TRYING TO CUT ACROSS TWO LANES TO GET OFF THE ROAD IN MY VEHICLE WITHOUT ENGINE POWER. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

AN EXCESS OF WHITE SMOKE EMITTED FROM EXHAUST UPON ACCELERATION AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF IDLE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A FAULTY TURBO CHARGER WAS TO BLAME. SO THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 7 DAYS WHILE THEY REPLACED THE TURBO. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER THE CAR WOULDN'T START AFTER SITTING IN A HEATED G...

AN EXCESS OF WHITE SMOKE EMITTED FROM EXHAUST UPON ACCELERATION AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF IDLE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A FAULTY TURBO CHARGER WAS TO BLAME. SO THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 7 DAYS WHILE THEY REPLACED THE TURBO. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER THE CAR WOULDN'T START AFTER SITTING IN A HEATED G...

AN EXCESS OF WHITE SMOKE EMITTED FROM EXHAUST UPON ACCELERATION AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF IDLE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A FAULTY TURBO CHARGER WAS TO BLAME. SO THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 7 DAYS WHILE THEY REPLACED THE TURBO. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER THE CAR WOULDN'T START AFTER SITTING IN A HEATED G...

AN EXCESS OF WHITE SMOKE EMITTED FROM EXHAUST UPON ACCELERATION AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF IDLE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A FAULTY TURBO CHARGER WAS TO BLAME. SO THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 7 DAYS WHILE THEY REPLACED THE TURBO. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER THE CAR WOULDN'T START AFTER SITTING IN A HEATED G...

2007 MAZDA CX-7 - A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT (MILEAGE 43,090 AND OUT OF WARRANTY) ON WAY TO WORK ON 1/4/11 AROUND 7:30AM. MY CAR STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISES FROM THE ENGINE THE DAY BEFORE BUT THEIR WERE NO WARNING SIGNS IN MY CAR. ON MY WAY TO WORK A LOT OF WHITE SMOKE FROM MY TALE PIPES STARTED COMING ...

Mileage: 43,090

END OF SUMMER SERVICE, I COMPLAINED ABOUT A SMELL COMING FROM THE ENGINE LIKE BURNED BREAKS THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME IT WAS NOTHING MAJOR AND THAT THEY WILL MONITOR IT ON THE NEXT SERVICE CALL. I TOOK IT FOR SERVICE ON MID DECEMBER AND THEY SERVICED THE TRANSMISSION, OIL CHANGE AND NO MENTION OF MAJO...

Mileage: 93,000

AIRBAG SAFETY SENSORS FAILED IN MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7. AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED COMING ON ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. CALLED DEALERSHIP AD WAS TOLD IT COULD BE JUST BAGGAGE ON PASSENGER SIDE SEAT AND TO COME IN IF PERSISTS. IT PERSISTED AND TOOK VEHICLE IN TO BE INSPECTED. TECHNICI...

Mileage: 57,900

MY WIFE'S 2007 CX7 WAS IN A PARKING LOT. MY WIFE STARTED IT UP, CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND THE CAR DIED WITHOUT WARNING. IT HAD 65,000 MILES ON IT (5000 OVER THE WARRANTY) AND WASN'T EVEN 3 YEARS OLD. WE HAD ALWAYS GOTTEN REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND HAD JUST HAD ONE THE WEEK BEFORE. WE HAD IT TOWED TO ...

Mileage: 65,468

MY WIFE'S 2007 CX7 WAS IN A PARKING LOT. MY WIFE STARTED IT UP, CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND THE CAR DIED WITHOUT WARNING. IT HAD 65,000 MILES ON IT (5000 OVER THE WARRANTY) AND WASN'T EVEN 3 YEARS OLD. WE HAD ALWAYS GOTTEN REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND HAD JUST HAD ONE THE WEEK BEFORE. WE HAD IT TOWED TO ...

Mileage: 65,468

WE HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX-7 WITH 67,000 MILES ON IT. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT ON THE HIGHWAY, SET THE CRUISE CONTROL AND MOMENTS LATER THE ENGINE DIED. TURNS OUT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A TIMING CHAIN ON VARIABLE VALVE TIMING ACTUATOR FAILING AND DAMAGING THE ENGINE. WE HAVE READ MANY OTHER PEOPLE...

Mileage: 67,000

I HAVE MY 2007 MAZDA FOR A YEAR AND IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 1/2 THE TIME I'VE OWNED IT . IT IS THE WORST VEHICLE THAT MAZDA COULD HAVE MADE IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BECAUSE OF NUMEROUS PROBLEM SOMEONE IS GOING TO LOSE THERE LIFE. I HAVE HAD SO MANY THINGS DONE TO MY VEHICLE ACTUATOR 2 OIL O...

Mileage: 60,000

I HAVE MY 2007 MAZDA FOR A YEAR AND IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 1/2 THE TIME I'VE OWNED IT . IT IS THE WORST VEHICLE THAT MAZDA COULD HAVE MADE IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BECAUSE OF NUMEROUS PROBLEM SOMEONE IS GOING TO LOSE THERE LIFE. I HAVE HAD SO MANY THINGS DONE TO MY VEHICLE ACTUATOR 2 OIL O...

Mileage: 60,000

I HAVE MY 2007 MAZDA FOR A YEAR AND IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 1/2 THE TIME I'VE OWNED IT . IT IS THE WORST VEHICLE THAT MAZDA COULD HAVE MADE IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BECAUSE OF NUMEROUS PROBLEM SOMEONE IS GOING TO LOSE THERE LIFE. I HAVE HAD SO MANY THINGS DONE TO MY VEHICLE ACTUATOR 2 OIL O...

Mileage: 60,000

I HAVE MY 2007 MAZDA FOR A YEAR AND IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 1/2 THE TIME I'VE OWNED IT . IT IS THE WORST VEHICLE THAT MAZDA COULD HAVE MADE IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BECAUSE OF NUMEROUS PROBLEM SOMEONE IS GOING TO LOSE THERE LIFE. I HAVE HAD SO MANY THINGS DONE TO MY VEHICLE ACTUATOR 2 OIL O...

Mileage: 60,000

2007 MAZDA CX-7. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SHORTLY AFTER SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS POINTING TOWARD THE GROUND AND IT TOOK 3-5 TRIPS TO THE DEALER BEFORE IT WAS PROPERLY FIXED. IN JUNE 2010, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMIN...

Mileage: 69,700

2007 MAZDA CX-7. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SHORTLY AFTER SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS POINTING TOWARD THE GROUND AND IT TOOK 3-5 TRIPS TO THE DEALER BEFORE IT WAS PROPERLY FIXED. IN JUNE 2010, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMIN...

Mileage: 69,700

2007 MAZDA CX-7. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SHORTLY AFTER SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS POINTING TOWARD THE GROUND AND IT TOOK 3-5 TRIPS TO THE DEALER BEFORE IT WAS PROPERLY FIXED. IN JUNE 2010, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMIN...

Mileage: 69,700

2007 MAZDA CX-7. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SHORTLY AFTER SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS POINTING TOWARD THE GROUND AND IT TOOK 3-5 TRIPS TO THE DEALER BEFORE IT WAS PROPERLY FIXED. IN JUNE 2010, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMIN...

Mileage: 69,700

TIMING BELT BROKE AT 80,000 MILES REQUIRING A NEW ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

2007 MAZDA CX7, AT 57,211 MILES , AIR CONDITION COMPRESSOR FROZE, DISABLED CAR. ON 10/27/10 88 K MILES, CAR WOULD NOT START, INDEPENDENT GARAGE DETERMINED IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE.CALLED MAZDA CORP. FILE # 132495780. MAZDA REPRESENTATIVE ASKED TO TOW THE CAR TO A MAZDA DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS, AND MAZD...

Mileage: 88,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR ANOTHER REPAIR AND ALSO INFORMED THE DEALER THAT IT WAS MAKING A NOISE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE VVT ACTUATOR AT THAT TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT T...

Mileage: 40,000

I BOUGHT MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 ON NOVEMBER 2, 2008 FROM TUSTIN MAZDA. FROM DAY ONE I HAVE EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT METAL KNOCKING NOISE WHILE ACCELERATING. IT SOUNDS LIKE 3 OR 4 CLICKS AND I EXPERIENCE A SLIGHT LOSE OF POWER. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER MORE THAN 4 TIMES. SOMETIMES T...

Mileage: 16,000

2007 CX7. NOTHING BUT TROUBLE SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 07. I TRAVEL ALOT, SO IT DOES HAVE 100K MILES ON IT, BUT SINCE DAY 1 IT'S BEEN AWFUL. REAR VIEW MIRROR KEPT FALLING OFF, AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHTS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON CONSTANTLY. DEALERSHIP HAD THE CAR FOR 21 DAYS TRYING TO FIX THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FROZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND BEGAN TO SMOKE ABNORMALLY. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT STA...

Mileage: 61,000

2007 MAZDA CX-7 BEGIN MAKING LOUD CLICKING NOISE IN AUGUST 2010. TOOK VEHICLE TO REPAIR FACILITY AND WAS TOLD THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SOON, TIMING CHAIN WAS LOOSE, AND TWO ENGINE MODULES WERE GIVING FAULTY READINGS. GOT A 2ND OPINION FROM A MAZDA CERTIFIED TECH WITH SAME ADVICE. HAVE ALL...

Mileage: 79,124

2007 MAZDA CX7 BEGAN MAKING A RATTLING NOISE AT START-UP...NOISE WOULD GO AWAY QUICKLY AND CAR, WHICH HAS 27000 MILES AND HAS HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEM, RAN GREAT. DEALER SAYS IT'S A "MAJOR ISSUE", AT LEAST A BAD TIMING CHAIN, BUT SAYS THEY WILL FIX IT UNDER THE 60,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. SAW O...

Mileage: 26,700

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX7 AND IT WAS BEEN AT THE DEALER EVERY MONTH THIS SUMMER AND I'M ON MY SECOND LONER CAR. THE TROUBLE STARTED LAST SUMMER WITH PINGING AND TURBO LAG. THAT SEEMED TO STOP AND THE DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS A SOFTWARE ISSUE. BUT THIS SUMMER WE HAVE HAD THREE SEPARATE ISSUES. 1. TRA...

Mileage: 29,000

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX7 AND IT WAS BEEN AT THE DEALER EVERY MONTH THIS SUMMER AND I'M ON MY SECOND LONER CAR. THE TROUBLE STARTED LAST SUMMER WITH PINGING AND TURBO LAG. THAT SEEMED TO STOP AND THE DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS A SOFTWARE ISSUE. BUT THIS SUMMER WE HAVE HAD THREE SEPARATE ISSUES. 1. TRA...

Mileage: 29,000

THE TIMING CHAIN IS MESSED UP ON MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 IT ONLY HAS 85K MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 84,000

THE TIMING CHAIN IS MESSED UP ON MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 IT ONLY HAS 85K MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 84,000

2007 MAZDA CX7, BROKEN AIR COMPRESSOR AT 30000 MILES WHICH DESTROYS SERPENTINE BELT AND RISKS OVERHEATING ENGINE, CAUSING BURNING SMELL AND EVENTUALLY SMOKE. PROBLEM IS NOT UNIQUE TO ME AND MY VEHICLE HAVING READ THE INTERNET FOR NUMEROUS SIMILAR REPORTS FROM OTHERS. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

OUR 2007 CX-7 MAZDA DEVELOPED NOISE. WE RECEIVED LETTER FROM DEALERSHIP REGARDING POSSIBLE NEED TO FIX AC COMPRESSOR. ABOUT 10 DAYS LATER ON SEPT.5 2010 WE TOOK A TRIP AND DID NOT TURN ON THE AC BUT A LOUD NOISE DEVELOPED AND WE LOST ACCELERATION ABILITY. NO WARNING LIGHT EVER CAME ON. OUR CAR HA...

Mileage: 40,000

OUR 2007 CX-7 MAZDA DEVELOPED NOISE. WE RECEIVED LETTER FROM DEALERSHIP REGARDING POSSIBLE NEED TO FIX AC COMPRESSOR. ABOUT 10 DAYS LATER ON SEPT.5 2010 WE TOOK A TRIP AND DID NOT TURN ON THE AC BUT A LOUD NOISE DEVELOPED AND WE LOST ACCELERATION ABILITY. NO WARNING LIGHT EVER CAME ON. OUR CAR HA...

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH USING THE AIR CONDITIONER THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER HAD SUDDENLY STOPPED FUNCTIONING, SECONDS LATER THE CONTACT NOTICED A BURNING SMELL INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR ...

Mileage: 61,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, SECONDS LATER THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT HAD THE EN...

Mileage: 58,000

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. IT IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL CAR BUT ALSO HAS TONS OF PROBLEMS. AT 15000 MILES IT WAS LEAKING OIL AND THEY REPLACE THE ENGINE GASKETS. THEN LATER WAS ALSO LEAKING OIL. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WAS NOT. TOOK IT TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO SAID IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE TIMING CHAIN. M...

Mileage: 55,000

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. IT IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL CAR BUT ALSO HAS TONS OF PROBLEMS. AT 15000 MILES IT WAS LEAKING OIL AND THEY REPLACE THE ENGINE GASKETS. THEN LATER WAS ALSO LEAKING OIL. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WAS NOT. TOOK IT TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO SAID IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE TIMING CHAIN. M...

Mileage: 55,000

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. IT IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL CAR BUT ALSO HAS TONS OF PROBLEMS. AT 15000 MILES IT WAS LEAKING OIL AND THEY REPLACE THE ENGINE GASKETS. THEN LATER WAS ALSO LEAKING OIL. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WAS NOT. TOOK IT TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO SAID IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE TIMING CHAIN. M...

Mileage: 55,000

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. IT IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL CAR BUT ALSO HAS TONS OF PROBLEMS. AT 15000 MILES IT WAS LEAKING OIL AND THEY REPLACE THE ENGINE GASKETS. THEN LATER WAS ALSO LEAKING OIL. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WAS NOT. TOOK IT TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO SAID IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE TIMING CHAIN. M...

Mileage: 55,000

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. IT IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL CAR BUT ALSO HAS TONS OF PROBLEMS. AT 15000 MILES IT WAS LEAKING OIL AND THEY REPLACE THE ENGINE GASKETS. THEN LATER WAS ALSO LEAKING OIL. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WAS NOT. TOOK IT TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO SAID IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE TIMING CHAIN. M...

Mileage: 55,000

2007 MAZDA CX-7 TIMING CHAIN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR FREE. THE WARRANTY COMPANY IS TRYING TO NOT PAY THE CLAIM. I WAS DRIVING 20MPH AND MY CAR DIED. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THIS NEVER HAPPENS. I HAVE GOTTEN ALL OF THE OIL CHANGED IN MY CAR WHEN IT NEEDED TO BE AND...

Mileage: 83,000

TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND DAMAGED ENGINE MAZDA CX-7 - 2007. *TR

Mileage: 108,537

MY 2007 CX-7 HAD BEEN MAKING A NOISE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS SO I HAD IT CHECKED OUT BY TWO DIFFERENT PLACES AND WAS TOLD BY BOTH THAT THE TIMING CHAIN IS ABOUT TO BREAK. IT HAS 66K MILES WHICH SEEMS LOW TO BE HAVING THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. I WILL BE TAKING IT TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP BUT SINCE I'M OVER ...

Mileage: 66,200

LIKE TONS OF OTHER REPORTS ONLINE, MY 2007 CX-7 IS HAVING A TIMING CHAIN/VVT ACTUATOR FAILURE AT AROUND 40000MILES. LUCKILY, AFTER READING THE REPORTS ONLINE, I TOLD MY MAZDA DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING WHILE TIMING CHAIN WAS AT ITS BREAKING POINT (THAT WOU...

Mileage: 40,000

WITHOUT WARNING OF ANY KIND THIS CAR SIMPLY STOPPED AND WOULD NEVER START AGAIN. WE ARE CURRENTLY REPAIRING THIS VEHICLE. OIL CHAIN FAILURE WHICH CAUSED TIMING CHAIN TO JUMP THE GEARING, REPAIRING THE VALVES SUBSEQUENTLY. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

WHILE NORMAL DRIVING, THE 2007 MAZDA CX-7 STOPPED RUNNING. IT WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL MAZDA DEALERSHIP (SAN ANTONIO, TX). UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS REQUIRED DUE TO EXCESSIVE SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN THE ENGINE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THIS ...

Mileage: 32,000

MAZDA 2007 CX-7 ENGINE SEIZED. HEARD A CLICKING SOUND FOR A FEW SECONDS AT THE START-UP OF THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY AND WOULD GO AWAY. THIS WENT ON FOR A FEW WEEKS, BUT DID NOT OCCUR EVERYTIME THE CAR STARTED. CAR SEIZED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND FAILED TO OPERATE NORMALLY, LOUD CLANGING NOISE FOLLOW...

Mileage: 30,000

MAZDA CX-7 WITH LESS THAN 90,000 HAS ENGINE LIGHT ON DUE TO BAD VARIABLE ACTUATOR FOR THE ENGINE AND BAD OIL CONTROL VALVE. I HAVE HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND MAINTENANCE. THE COST OF REPAIR IS $1700. LAST YEAR I SPENT $3000.00 DUE TO AIR CONDITIONER AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR WITH LESS THAN 60...

Mileage: 89,000

SINCE I BOUGHT MY MAZDA CX-7 I HAVE SEEN INTERMITTENT PASSENGER AIR BAG ON AND OFF. NOW AT 89,000 MILES THE DRIVER AIR BAG CAME ON TWO WEEKS AGO AND WENT OFF BUT HAVE NOT SEEN IT COME BACK ON SINCE THEN. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

2007 MAZDA CX-7 HAD FAILURE OF THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR. BEARINGS FREEZE UP IN THE COMPRESSOR UNIT. THIS CAUSES PULLEY TO STOP TURNING AND PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE DRIVE BELT. THIS CAUSES CAR TO OVERHEAT AND BATTERY TO LOSE CHARGE BECAUSE ALTERNATOR AND WATER PUMP ARE NOT SPINNING. THEY DO ...

Mileage: 34,000

MAZDA CX7 2007 ISSUE WITH THE AC COMPRESSOR/ CONDENSOR. *TR

Mileage: 47,152

MY MAZDA 2007 CX7 STALLED ON ME AND THEN DIED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ON MONDAY THEY TOLD ME THE OIL WAS LOW AND I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. I MAINTAIN MY CAR AS REQUIRED AND THERE WERE NO SIGNALS INDICATING MY OIL OR ANYTHING ELSE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I BOUG...

Mileage: 71,000

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A USED MAZDA CX-7 GRAND TOURING EDITION VEHICLE. I BOUGHT IT ON NOVEMBER 8, 2008 WITH 18,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER OWNING IT FOR A YEAR AND A HALF I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ONE MORNING WHEN I HEARD A POP AND CLANKING SOUND. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE UNTIL MY CAR STARTED LOSING POWER HOWEVER...

Mileage: 50,000

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A USED MAZDA CX-7 GRAND TOURING EDITION VEHICLE. I BOUGHT IT ON NOVEMBER 8, 2008 WITH 18,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER OWNING IT FOR A YEAR AND A HALF I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ONE MORNING WHEN I HEARD A POP AND CLANKING SOUND. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE UNTIL MY CAR STARTED LOSING POWER HOWEVER...

Mileage: 50,000

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK, WHEN ALL THE SUDDEN MY CAR STARTED FLOWING MASSIVE AMOUNT OF SMOKE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR STOPPED WORKING. THANK FULLY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO GET OFF THE ROAD AND BACK TO THE DEALER. ...

Mileage: 53,000

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK DURING RUSH HOUR. SMOKE BEGAN POURING OUT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT OUTSIDE VEHICLE AND INTO THE CABIN. FEARING AN ENGINE FIRE, PULLED OFF TO LEFT SHOULDER OF HIGHWAY AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. OPENED HOOD (WITH MUCH TREPIDATION) TO OBSERVE PROBLEM. SMOKE CONTINUED TO EMANATE FROM P...

Mileage: 57,000

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK DURING RUSH HOUR. SMOKE BEGAN POURING OUT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT OUTSIDE VEHICLE AND INTO THE CABIN. FEARING AN ENGINE FIRE, PULLED OFF TO LEFT SHOULDER OF HIGHWAY AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. OPENED HOOD (WITH MUCH TREPIDATION) TO OBSERVE PROBLEM. SMOKE CONTINUED TO EMANATE FROM P...

Mileage: 57,000

THE CLUTCH WENT OUT ON THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR. CALLED MAZDA APPARENTLY IT IS A KNOWN AND COMMON PROBLEM. MAZDA QUOTED ABOUT A $1,000 FIX. $30,000 POS! *TR

Mileage: 72,000

THE SUV BEGAN TO SMOKE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN STOPPED TO LOOK AT IT THE BELT HAD BEGAN TO MELT DUE TO THE AC COMPRESSOR LOCKING UP. WHEN WENT TO DEALER TO PURCHASE NEW COMPRESSOR PARTS REP STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH ONLINE FOUND SEVERAL REPORTS OF SIMILAR INCIDEN...

Mileage: 51,470

AFTER DRIVING ROUGHLY 38,000 MILES, MY MAZDA CX-7'S A/C STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS. IT STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR AND STARTED TO MAKE A GRINDING SOUND. WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO A PLACE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR, A BURNING SMELL BEGAN TO ARISE. IT WAS EVENTUALLY FOUND THAT THE COMPRESSOR NEE...

Mileage: 39,000

2007 MAZDA CX-7 GRAND TOURING. (FAMILY CAR)! 43,636 MILES(OUT OF WARRANTY) FIRST OFF, MY WIFE AND I HAVE A HAD OUR CAR SERVICED AND OIL CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES! AND WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE A/C NOT WORKING IN OVER 90 DEGREES TEMPERATURES. AND HAVE BEEN TOLD BY 2 DEALERSHIPS ...

Mileage: 43,636

2007 MAZDA CX-7. 47,000 MILES. CLEAN ENGINE AND CLEAN OIL PER THE SERVICE DESK AT THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP. PIN RELATED TO TIMING CHAIN BROKE, WHICH CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN TO BREAK AND RUINED THE ENTIRE ENGINE. MY CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY ROAD AND ANOTHER VEHICLE ALMOST COLLIDED WITH M...

Mileage: 47,959

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. THE CONTACT STATED THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND SPRING TENSIONER FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THE PARTS WERE MANUFACTURER FROM PLASTIC AND BELIEVED IT TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. AS A RESULT, THE TIMING CHAIN WOULD CONTINUOUSLY FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY T...

Mileage: 45,000

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX 7. I BOUGHT IT NEW IN FEBRUARY OF 2007, SO THE CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. TWO MAJOR THINGS HAVE HAPPENED TO MY CAR WITHIN THE PAST TWO MONTHS ONE OF WHICH SERIOUSLY PUT MY SAFETY IN JEOPARDY. I WILL START WITH, TWO MONTHS AGO, MY AIR CONDITIONER WENT OUT COMPLETELY. THE AIR C...

Mileage: 70,000

WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULDN'T DEPRESS, AND I COULDN'T STOP THE CAR QUICKLY. FORTUNATELY I TRIED PUMPING THE BRAKES WHICH WORKED. THE CAR GOES INTO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP TOMORROW FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE IS A MAZDA CX-7, 2007 MODEL, WITH APPROXIMATELY 25,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 24,520

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX 7,WITH 40,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THE AC. I HAD BEEN TOLD IT WAS NORMAL AND FINE. LAST NIGHT I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN SOMEONE ON THE ROAD INFORMED ME THAT MY CAR WAS SMOKING. MY HUSBAND CAME TO WHERE I WAS AT AND FOUND O...

Mileage: 40,000

FOR QUITE AWHILE I HAD BEEN HEARING A "TICKING" NOISE WITH MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7..BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN LAFAYETTE, LA. TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THEY CHECKED IT OUT, UPDATED RECALLS IN AFFECT, STATED THEY FOUND NOTHING. CONTINUED TO HEAR IT OFF AND ON, HAD MY OIL CHANGED REGULARLY. ON JULY 10, ...

Mileage: 33,000

FOR QUITE AWHILE I HAD BEEN HEARING A "TICKING" NOISE WITH MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7..BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN LAFAYETTE, LA. TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THEY CHECKED IT OUT, UPDATED RECALLS IN AFFECT, STATED THEY FOUND NOTHING. CONTINUED TO HEAR IT OFF AND ON, HAD MY OIL CHANGED REGULARLY. ON JULY 10, ...

Mileage: 33,000

FOR QUITE AWHILE I HAD BEEN HEARING A "TICKING" NOISE WITH MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7..BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN LAFAYETTE, LA. TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THEY CHECKED IT OUT, UPDATED RECALLS IN AFFECT, STATED THEY FOUND NOTHING. CONTINUED TO HEAR IT OFF AND ON, HAD MY OIL CHANGED REGULARLY. ON JULY 10, ...

Mileage: 33,000

PURCHASED A USED 2007 CX-7 WITH 31,000 MILES (STILL UNDER WARRANTY, ALLEGEDLY). DROVE IT FOR FOUR MONTHS TO THE DAY, 34,000 MILES ON IT NOW. WHITE SMOKE, KNOCKING ENGINE. MAZDA REQUESTS PAST OIL CHANGES WHICH I HAVE ONE. MAZDA PRESENTS ME WITH A $4,100 ESTIMATE TO FIX REPLACE THE TURBO, ENGINE REPAI...

Mileage: 34,540

AIRCONDITIONING CAUSED STRONG BURNING-RUBBER SMELL. BEING AWARE OF NUMEROUS PROBLEMS LEADING TO ENGINE SHUTDOWN WITH POTENTIAL FOR CRASH, SHUT DOWN A/C TO ENABLE 500-MILE DRIVE HOME, THEN TO DEALER, WHO CONFIRMED FAILURE AND REPLACED COMPRESSOR AND SERPENTINE BELT AT COST OF $552.47. MILEAGE AT TI...

Mileage: 51,600

A/C CONDENSER FOR AIR CONDITION JUST WENT ON FRIDAY MORNING WENT NEXT DAY SATURDAY TO MAZDA DEALER THEY HAD NO INVENTORY NO BACK ORDER DATE BUT WANTED ME TO GIVE THEM $800. TO HOLD AND ITEM WITH NO ACKNOWLEDGE TO WHEN IT WILL COME IN THEY SAID SINCE IT WENT OUT YESTERDAY MORNING I HAVEN'T REALLY HEA...

Mileage: 85,000

A/C CONDENSER FOR AIR CONDITION JUST WENT ON FRIDAY MORNING WENT NEXT DAY SATURDAY TO MAZDA DEALER THEY HAD NO INVENTORY NO BACK ORDER DATE BUT WANTED ME TO GIVE THEM $800. TO HOLD AND ITEM WITH NO ACKNOWLEDGE TO WHEN IT WILL COME IN THEY SAID SINCE IT WENT OUT YESTERDAY MORNING I HAVEN'T REALLY HEA...

Mileage: 85,000

THE A/C STOPPED WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THERE WAS DISTINCT BURNING SMELL FROM VENTS. THE A/C COMPRESSOR BURNED OUT AND FAILED AND WHEN THE CAR WAS STOPPED, IT REFUSES TO START BACK UP. APPARENTLY, FAILED A/C COMPRESSOR MAKES THE CAR INOPERABLE. A/C COMPRESSOR AND THE BELT ARE BEING REPLACED. ...

Mileage: 28,900

WE OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX7. WE LIVE IN ABILENE TX WE ARE CURRENTLY STATION IN DYESS AFB. ON 4TH OF JULY WE TOOK A DRIVE TO ODESSA TX TO MEET UP WITH SOME FRIENDS TO LIGHT UP SOME FIREWORKS FOR THE HOLIDAY. ON THE WAY BACK, WE BEGAN TO FEEL THAT OUR AC STARTED BLOWING HOT AIR. I STOPPED TO CHECK IT OUT,...

Mileage: 52,120

AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK, SMELLED BURNING RUBBER. MY CAR ENGINE LOCKED UP, AND I STRUGGLED TO GET OFF OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. I FOUND OUT THAT MY A/C COMPRESSOR QUIT AND BROKE THE BELT OF MY ENGINE. WITH RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, I GOT THE CAR TO THE DEALER. I THEN FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HA...

Mileage: 47,000

AT ABOUT 55,000 MILES AND ONLY 3 YEARS OF USAGE, MY VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A TERRIBLE RACKET AND SMELL. I OPENED THE HOOD TO SEE IT WAS A THE CLUTCH OF THE AIR COMPRESSOR THAT HAD LOCKED UP AND CAUSED BIG PROBLEMS WITH THE BELT. TRYING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO GET REPAIRED ONLY MADE THE ISSUE WORSE...

Mileage: 55,000

AT ABOUT 55,000 MILES AND ONLY 3 YEARS OF USAGE, MY VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A TERRIBLE RACKET AND SMELL. I OPENED THE HOOD TO SEE IT WAS A THE CLUTCH OF THE AIR COMPRESSOR THAT HAD LOCKED UP AND CAUSED BIG PROBLEMS WITH THE BELT. TRYING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO GET REPAIRED ONLY MADE THE ISSUE WORSE...

Mileage: 55,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7 . WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO A MAZDA DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE. THE DEALER REFUSED...

Mileage: 57,000

FROM 4/14/10 THRU 4/22/10 MY WELL MAINTAINED MAZDA CX-7 WITH 19,767 MILES WAS SERVICED AT ROHRICH MAZDA IN PITTSBURGH, PA FOR A TIMING CHAIN REPAIR. ON 5/11/10 WITH 20,000 ON THE VEHICLE, WHILE DRIVING TO A LOCAL SUPERMARKET, MY WIFE BEGAN TO SMELL GASOLINE. AFTER 1-2 MILES OF DRIVING WITH THIS SMEL...

Mileage: 20,000

STOPPED AT TRAFFIC SIGNAL 1 MILE AFTER LEAVING OFFICE. LOUD HOWLING NOISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT ACCOMPANIED BY BURNING SMELL . SMOKE BEGAN POURING FROM FRONT LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE AREA. ENGINE FIRE AND/OR COMPLETE FAILURE AVERTED BY IMMEDIATE SHUT DOWN OF VEHICLE. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AS A/C COMPRESSOR...

Mileage: 57,239

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX7. A/C PROBLEMS, I HAVE TALK TO THE DEALER AND SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. STOP COOLING, SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS AND ENGINE. MOST ONLY HAVE 36,000- 50,000 MILES. THE COST OF REPAIRS ARE $1000+. THE HAS HAD MANY CARS C...

Mileage: 45,773

HAVE A 2007 CX7 WITH 34,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS PURCHASED IN SEPT OF 09 AT A MAZDA DEALERSHIP USED. UPON EXITING THE INTERSTATE, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMP THE CAR STALLED JUST AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. THE CAR AND SEMI BEHIND ME ALMOST CRASHED INTO ME.. I PUT IT IN PARK AND IT STARTED UP. I GOT ABO...

Mileage: 34,468

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX-7 WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD A 60 MPH THE MOTOR SHUT DOWN AND LOST ALL POWER. THE CAR HAS 52,000 MILES ON IT, AND IS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURES WARRANTY. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MAZDA DEALER TO HAVE IT FIXED. AFTER 2 WEEKS OF WAITING THEY INFORMED ME THAT MAZDA CORP WOULD NOT COVE...

Mileage: 52,000

I BOUGHT MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 FEBRUARY 2007 WITH 19,000 MILES. AT THE 20,000 MILE MARK I HAD TO TAKE THE CAR IN TO GET THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER REPLACED, THANKFULLY MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT GOT TAKEN CARE OF..AT 35,000 MILES I BEGAN HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES, WITH THE WINDOWS & DOORS,...

Mileage: 39,000

DRIVING MY CAR (2007 CX-7 WITH 29,500 MILES ON IT - STILL "SUPPOSED" TO BE UNDER WARRANTY) AS NORMAL ON A RELATIVELY HOT AND MUGGY DAY WITH A/C ON (MAY 27, 2010). ROLLED TO A STOP AT A LIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF AN EXIT RAMP, AND THE CAR SHUTTERED AND DIED. POPPED INTO NEUTRAL, STARTED UP, PUT IT IN DRI...

Mileage: 29,500

WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 MAZDA CX7 WITH CIRCULATING FAN ON SUDDENLY HEARD A GRINDING NOISE AND HAD A LOT OF WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER RIGHT FRONT HOOD. THERE WEREN'T ANY WARNING LIGHTS ON MY DASH & THE TEMP GAUGE READ NORMAL. CAR HAS 43,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS AT DEALER PREVIOUS WEEK FOR ROUTINE ...

Mileage: 43,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ON THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL TICKING NOISE. THERE WAS ALSO SMOKE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND IT BEGAN CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE AIR VENTS INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DROVE ONTO THE E...

Mileage: 42,000

I HAVE A 2007 CX7 MAZDA AND APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS AGO, WHILE @ A STOP SIGN THE ENGINE REVVED UP. THREE DAYS LATER @ A RED LIGHT, THE ENGINE AGAIN REVVED UP WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKES. THIS TIME THE CAR MOVED FORWARD TOWARDS THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND THE CAR CAME BACK ...

Mileage: 24,000

WHILE DRIVING WITH FAMILY, AIR CONDITIONER SUDDENLY STARTED BLOWING WARM AIR. ALL ATTEMPTS FAILED TO ADJUST AIR CONDITIONING. THIS FAILURE HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE BUT IS STILL NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED THE NEXT DAY IT BEGAN MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. THE SUSPECTED DEFECT I...

Mileage: 43,443

WHILE DRIVING WITH FAMILY, AIR CONDITIONER SUDDENLY STARTED BLOWING WARM AIR. ALL ATTEMPTS FAILED TO ADJUST AIR CONDITIONING. THIS FAILURE HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE BUT IS STILL NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED THE NEXT DAY IT BEGAN MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. THE SUSPECTED DEFECT I...

Mileage: 43,443

DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND A/C BEGAN TO BLOW HOT. SMOKE AND BURNT RUBBER SMELL COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. LOST POWER STEERING ASSIST BUT WAS STILL ABLE TO BARELY STEER VEHICLE TO SIDE OF FREEWAY. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO SHOP. A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP AND DESTROYED DRIVE BELT. HAD COMPRESSOR REPLACED AND IT FA...

Mileage: 41,500

2007 MAZDA CX-7 WITH 44,000 MILES AND THE AC COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP AND LEFT ME STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ENGINE BEGAN TO SMOKE AND SMELL LIKE BURNING RUBBER WITH NO ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS OR SIGNS OF TROUBLE. *TR

Mileage: 44,589

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD APRIL 10, 2010, IN MY 2007 MAZDA CX 7 WHEN THE A/C STARTED BLOWING HOT AIR, NEXT THING I KNEW PEOPLE ARE FLAGGING ME DOWN AND TELLING ME MY CAR IS ON FIRE! THE CAR WAS NOT ON FIRE, JUST VERY HOT AND SMOKING WITH A VERY BAD BURNING SMELL. DEALERSHIP SAID A/C COMPRESSOR LO...

Mileage: 42,000

PULLED INTO A GAS STATION, ONCE PLACED IN PARK POSITION, NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM PASSENGERS FRONT SIDE. OPENED THE HOOD AND SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. DROVE HOME (5 MINS) AND LEFT UNTIL I RETURNED CAR TO DEALERSHIP. ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP, THE AIR COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP AND THE RADIATOR CA...

Mileage: 67,000

2007 MAZDA CX-7 STARTED MAKING A GRINDING SOUND FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, WITH SMOKE BELLOWING FROM THE ENGINE. COME TO FIND OUT THAT THE A/C PUMP AND OR COMPRESSOR HAS SUDDENLY SEIZED CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND VEHICLE ITSELF. *TR

Mileage: 49,159

2007 MAZDA CX-7 - 39 MONTHS OLD WITH 35,000 MILES, THE AIR CONDITIONING A/C COMPRESSOR CAUGHT ON FIRE, MELTED THE COMPRESSOR AND MADE THE CAR SMOKE, HAD TO STOP THE CAR AND WAIT TO BE TOWED BACK HOME. SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM HAPPENING TO A LOT OF OTHER CX-7 OWNERS. WOULD LIKE FOR MAZDA TO TAKE CARE OF...

Mileage: 35,400

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) ON OCTOBER 25, 2009 MY [XXX] AND MYSELF, [XXX] , WERE DRIVING BACK FROM PENNSYLVANIA ON ROUTE 15 IN MARYLAND IN A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. AS WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WE ACCELERATED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. ...

Mileage: 46,000

AT 45,000 MILES MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 BEGAN BLOWING THICK WHITE SMOKE OUT FROM THE EXHAUST AND FROM UNDER THE HOOD. TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER WHO SAID THE TURBO WENT OUT AND WAS LEAKING OIL INTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THEY REPLACED THE TURBO AND COVERED THE PART AND CHARGED ME THE $600 IN LABOR TO INSTALL IT...

Mileage: 45,000

AT 45,000 MILES MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 BEGAN BLOWING THICK WHITE SMOKE OUT FROM THE EXHAUST AND FROM UNDER THE HOOD. TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER WHO SAID THE TURBO WENT OUT AND WAS LEAKING OIL INTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THEY REPLACED THE TURBO AND COVERED THE PART AND CHARGED ME THE $600 IN LABOR TO INSTALL IT...

Mileage: 45,000

A/C COMPRESSOR AND/OR CLUTCH SEIZES-UP AND CAUSES CASCADE FAILURE OF BELT DRIVEN ACCESSORIES WITH LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THIS HAPPENED SUDDENLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND IS CONSIDERED A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT. I SEARCHED THE NHTSA SITE AND FOUND MORE THAN 50+ OTHER SUCH COMPLAINTS. WHY THIS MODEL HAS NOT...

Mileage: 51,000

A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKS. NO POWER STEERING, OVERHEATS AND DIES SUDDENLY. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKS. NO POWER STEERING, OVERHEATS AND DIES SUDDENLY. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

NO EVENTS OR WARNING LEADING TO FAILURE. A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP AT 53K MI. JUST QUIT WORKING, HOT RUBBER SMELL COMING FROM ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 53,358

2007, MAZDA CX-7, 40,000 MILES (4,000 OUT OF WARRANTY) THE AIR COMPRESSOR STOPPED WORKING. SPEWED ONLY HOT AIR. I HAD IT AT THE DEALER AT 32,000 MILES FOR A COMPRESSOR/BELT SQUEAK. DEALER FOUND "NOTHING UNUSUAL". FOUR DAYS NOW WITH OUT THE CAR AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

I WAS DRIVING ON A SNOW-PACKED INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR AHEAD OF ME STOPPED. I APPLIED THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY. MY SPEED WAS ABOUT 25 MPH. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED, BUT MY SPEED DID NOT DIMINISH APPROPRIATELY. I STRUCK THE CAR AHEAD. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER, I TRIED TO...

Mileage: 31,800

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 2007 MAZDA CX-7 A FEW YEARS AGO, AND OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP WITH MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. FROM AN OIL LEAK, TO A BAD COMPRESSOR, THEN THE TIMING CHAIN GONE BAD AND NOW ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE EGR. THE CAR HAS A LITTLE OVER 38K MILES AND TO ME IT SEEMS...

Mileage: 37,000

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 2007 MAZDA CX-7 A FEW YEARS AGO, AND OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP WITH MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. FROM AN OIL LEAK, TO A BAD COMPRESSOR, THEN THE TIMING CHAIN GONE BAD AND NOW ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE EGR. THE CAR HAS A LITTLE OVER 38K MILES AND TO ME IT SEEMS...

Mileage: 37,000

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 2007 MAZDA CX-7 A FEW YEARS AGO, AND OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP WITH MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. FROM AN OIL LEAK, TO A BAD COMPRESSOR, THEN THE TIMING CHAIN GONE BAD AND NOW ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE EGR. THE CAR HAS A LITTLE OVER 38K MILES AND TO ME IT SEEMS...

Mileage: 37,000

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 2007 MAZDA CX-7 A FEW YEARS AGO, AND OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP WITH MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. FROM AN OIL LEAK, TO A BAD COMPRESSOR, THEN THE TIMING CHAIN GONE BAD AND NOW ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE EGR. THE CAR HAS A LITTLE OVER 38K MILES AND TO ME IT SEEMS...

Mileage: 37,000

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 2007 MAZDA CX-7 A FEW YEARS AGO, AND OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP WITH MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. FROM AN OIL LEAK, TO A BAD COMPRESSOR, THEN THE TIMING CHAIN GONE BAD AND NOW ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE EGR. THE CAR HAS A LITTLE OVER 38K MILES AND TO ME IT SEEMS...

Mileage: 37,000

I JUST GOT A MAZDA CX 7 4 MONTHS AGO. THE A/C SYSTEM IS FRIED. THE FACTORY WARRANTY WAS NO GOOD AND I HAVE TO PAY$1900. PLEASE I AM READ THESE ARTICLES AND DO NOT BUY. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

I JUST GOT A MAZDA CX 7 4 MONTHS AGO. THE A/C SYSTEM IS FRIED. THE FACTORY WARRANTY WAS NO GOOD AND I HAVE TO PAY$1900. PLEASE I AM READ THESE ARTICLES AND DO NOT BUY. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX7 THAT THE A/C COMPRESSOR SEIZED UP ON CAUSING A NEAR FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. I HEARD AN AWFUL NOISE AND SAW SMOKE BILLOWING UNDER THE HOOD. I SHUT IT DOWN IMMEDIATELY KNOWING THAT WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN COULDN'T BE GOOD. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY CX7S...

Mileage: 35,202

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX7 THAT THE A/C COMPRESSOR SEIZED UP ON CAUSING A NEAR FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. I HEARD AN AWFUL NOISE AND SAW SMOKE BILLOWING UNDER THE HOOD. I SHUT IT DOWN IMMEDIATELY KNOWING THAT WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN COULDN'T BE GOOD. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY CX7S...

Mileage: 35,202

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AT HIGHWAY SPEED, NOISE STARTED TO COME FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SEEMED TO COME AND GO, BUT SUDDENLY SMELLED SMOKE AND LOST POWER STEERING. NEARLY HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION. THIS WAS A VERY SERIOUS NEAR MISS. MANAGED TO GET CAR TO NEIGHBORHOOD CAR REPAIR SHOP. AFTER INSPECTION, ...

Mileage: 51,000

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AT HIGHWAY SPEED, NOISE STARTED TO COME FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SEEMED TO COME AND GO, BUT SUDDENLY SMELLED SMOKE AND LOST POWER STEERING. NEARLY HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION. THIS WAS A VERY SERIOUS NEAR MISS. MANAGED TO GET CAR TO NEIGHBORHOOD CAR REPAIR SHOP. AFTER INSPECTION, ...

Mileage: 51,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2007 CX-7 WITH APPROXIMATELY 28K MILES ALONG A FOUR LANE MAJOR ROAD WHEN CAR LOST POWER AND BECAME BASICALLY UNDRIVEABLE. LEAVING HER SITTING ON A EXTREMELY BUSY SECTION OF ROAD WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD SON IN THE BACK SEAT AS PEOPLE ARE FLYING OFF AN ENTRANCE RAMP FROM ABERDEEN P...

Mileage: 28,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2007 CX-7 WITH APPROXIMATELY 28K MILES ALONG A FOUR LANE MAJOR ROAD WHEN CAR LOST POWER AND BECAME BASICALLY UNDRIVEABLE. LEAVING HER SITTING ON A EXTREMELY BUSY SECTION OF ROAD WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD SON IN THE BACK SEAT AS PEOPLE ARE FLYING OFF AN ENTRANCE RAMP FROM ABERDEEN P...

Mileage: 28,000

APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS AGO, I NOTICED INCREASING DIFFICULTY MANEUVERING MY CAR AND TWO WEEKS AGO, AS I TURNED ONTO MY STREET, (TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH), MY CAR ACTUALLY SLID ACROSS THE INTERSECTION AND INTO THE CURB ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET. FORTUNATELY, NO PEDESTRIANS WERE NEA...

Mileage: 18,000

WHILE DRIVING WE HEARD A NOISE FROM THE ENGINE, WE WERE ABOUT A MILE FROM OUR DESTINATION. WHEN WE PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT WE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WHEN MY HUSBAND OPENED THE HOOD, WE SAW FLAMES. WE IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911 AND RAN TO THE BUILDING TO PROCURE A FIRE EXTI...

Mileage: 61,000

AC COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP CAUSING CAR TO STALL IN MIDDLE OF STREET AND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. *TR

Mileage: 39,603

2007 MAZDA CX-7 - A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT ON WAY HOME FROM FL TO ATL. WHITE SMOKE FROM RIGHT SIDE ENGINE BAY. WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF A/C IN TIME TO KEEP VEHICLE RUNNING. SEEMS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MAZDA. $900 TO REPLACE PARTS AND LABOR. MAZDA OF ROSWELL STATES ISSUE WAS UNKNOWN TO THEM. MAZDA...

Mileage: 39,300

CAR'S A/C STOPPED WORKING AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE ENGINE. THEN THE CAR STALLED AND THE CONTROL VIA POWER STEERING WENT NON-EXISTENT. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THEN SMOKE WAS CAME FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. SHE THEN PULLED OVER TO A MECHANIC SHOP. SHE WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENGINES OIL LEVEL WAS DEPLETED. HOWEVER SHE WAS NOT SCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER OIL C...

Mileage: 65,000

I HAVE A MAZDA CX-7 2007. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS I HAD TO REPLACE AC CONDENSER TWICE. IT LOCKED UP AND STARTED SMOKING. AND THE CAR WAS UNDRIVEABLE. NOW THEY HAVE 300 BACK ORDERS FOR THIS PART BEFORE I CAN FIX MY CAR. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

I HAVE A MAZDA CX-7 2007. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS I HAD TO REPLACE AC CONDENSER TWICE. IT LOCKED UP AND STARTED SMOKING. AND THE CAR WAS UNDRIVEABLE. NOW THEY HAVE 300 BACK ORDERS FOR THIS PART BEFORE I CAN FIX MY CAR. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER LIGHT CAME ON, NO POWER WHEN PRESSING GAS PEDDLE. SHUT OFF ENGINE AND RESTARTED ENGINE. LIGHT STILL ON BUT HAD POWER. DROVE TO REPAIR SHOP AND HAD ENGINE DIAGNOSED. THROTTLE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACE. OLD PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

Mileage: 62,104

I GOT INTO A MAZDA FORUM WHERE MANY COSTUMERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING CLUTCH FAILURE (SEIZED) LOOSING POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. TURBO FAILURE, CAUSING ENGINE OVERHEATING. TIMING BELT FAILURE. I CAN NOT FIND ANY RECALLS ABOUT THESE FAILURES. *TR

Mileage: 34,000

I GOT INTO A MAZDA FORUM WHERE MANY COSTUMERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING CLUTCH FAILURE (SEIZED) LOOSING POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. TURBO FAILURE, CAUSING ENGINE OVERHEATING. TIMING BELT FAILURE. I CAN NOT FIND ANY RECALLS ABOUT THESE FAILURES. *TR

Mileage: 34,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2007 MAZDA CX-7 WHEN SHE HEARD A BANG AND SMOKE STARTED BILLOWING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SHE PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. AFTER INSPECTION, I DETERMINED IT WAS THE AC COMPRESSOR BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T SMOKE WHEN THE AC WAS TURNED OFF. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND TH...

Mileage: 60,000

WE OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX7. WE TOOK A VACATION TO FLORIDA FROM OHIO. ON THE WAY BACK, WE BEGAN TO SMELL BURNING RUBBER. I STOPPED TO CHECK IT OUT, BUT EVERYTHING LOOKED TO BE IN ORDER AND NOTHING WAS LEAKING. WE THEN LOST AIR CONDITIONING AND THE SMELL BECAME MORE PREVALENT. MINUTES LATER, THERE WAS A ...

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. THE EDGE OF THE DRIVER-SIDE DOOR IS CURVED AND SHARP; THEREFORE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE VEHICLE HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION. ALSO THE VISOR ON TOP OF THE SUN ROOF FRACTURED. THE TIRES TREAD BEGAN WEARING ABNORMALLY STARTING AT 26,000 MILES. THE DEALER N...

Mileage: 26,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. THE EDGE OF THE DRIVER-SIDE DOOR IS CURVED AND SHARP; THEREFORE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE VEHICLE HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION. ALSO THE VISOR ON TOP OF THE SUN ROOF FRACTURED. THE TIRES TREAD BEGAN WEARING ABNORMALLY STARTING AT 26,000 MILES. THE DEALER N...

Mileage: 26,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. THE EDGE OF THE DRIVER-SIDE DOOR IS CURVED AND SHARP; THEREFORE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE VEHICLE HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION. ALSO THE VISOR ON TOP OF THE SUN ROOF FRACTURED. THE TIRES TREAD BEGAN WEARING ABNORMALLY STARTING AT 26,000 MILES. THE DEALER N...

Mileage: 26,000

MY 2007 MAZDA CX7 A/C COMPRESSOR FROZE UP AT 37500 MILES. THE ENGINE STARTED TO SMOKE WILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUSING ME TO SUDDENLY STOP AND EVACUATE THE VEHICLE. I THOUGHT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. MAZDA IS WELL AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. AT FIRST THEY ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE ME 1000 FOR THE REPAIR. AFTER R...

Mileage: 37,400

THE AC COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP AND CAUSED A LIST OF DAMAGE INCLUDING NEEDING A NEW MOTOR. STARTED SMOKING OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE CAR AND THEN MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE. REPLACED AC PUMP, BELTS, CRANK PULLEY, BELT TENSIONER, IDLER PULLEY AND BECAUSE THE TIMING BELT ALSO BROKE THIS CAUSED THE DAMAGE TO THE...

Mileage: 55,526

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 MAZDA CX7. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH SMOKE ENGULFED THE FRONT-END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE AIR COMPRESSOR ...

Mileage: 72,000

I RECENTLY HAD AIR COMPRESSOR GOT ACGO OUT ON MAZDA CX7 JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. ALLEGEDLY, MAZDA IS AWARE OF PROBLEM WITH DESIGN AND DOING NOTHING. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

1. NO EVENTS INVOLVED. 2. FAILURE: PREMATURE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FAILURE. FAILURE CAUSES OVERHEATING OF COMPONENT WITH SMOKING FROM UNDER HOOD ALONG WITH STRANGE NOISES. 3. COMPRESSOR UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED BY A DEALERSHIP AT A COST OF OVER $1,000.00. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

ABOUT A YEAR(8/21/08) AFTER PURCHASE (NEW) MY '07 CX-7 A/C WENT OUT(THE COMPRESSOR) 49,000MI AND OF COURSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. IT WOULD BE A LITTLE EASIER TOO SWALLOW IF IT WAS JUST ONE PART BUT NO IT USUALLY ENDS IN MOST OF THE SYSTEM BEING REPLACED! THE MAZDA TECH TOLD US THAT THE COMPRESSOR ...

Mileage: 87,000

2007 MAZDA 2007 AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM SERVICED AT 53,603 MILES NO DEFECT NOTED DESPITE OUR COMPLAINT OF POOR PERFORMANCE. DEALER SAID IT WAS A DIRTY CABIN FILTER. 53,951 MILES SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR AND CLUTCH. HEAVY SMOKE AND BURNING ODOR FROM ENGINE COMPARTMEN...

Mileage: 53,951

AC BLOWING WARM AIR AND LOUD NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD, SOUNDED LIKE I WAS DRIVING A DIESEL. TOOK CAR TO SHOP TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE NOISE. AC COMPRESSOR GOING OUT CAR ONLY HAS 41,600 MILES ON IT. AC COMPRESSOR HAS TO BE REPLACED OR RISK MORE DAMAGE TO MOTOR. WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 36,000 MI...

Mileage: 41,600

I WAS STRANDED AN HOUR AWAY FROM HOME B/C MY MAZDA CX-7 WOULDN'T START. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AN HOUR AWAY. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE AC COMPRESSOR BROKE AND THAT CAUSE THE DRIVE BELT TO BREAK WHICH IN TURN CAUSED A MOTOR MOUNT TO BLOW OUT AND ALL THAT DRAINED MY BATTERY SUC...

Mileage: 71,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME ON THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009 WHEN I HEARD THIS HORRID SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR. I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND, FORTUNATELY, I WAS CLOSE TO MY DRIVEWAY SO I WAS ABLE TO PARK AND TURN THE CAR OFF. AT FIRST, I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE EXACT LOCATION OF...

Mileage: 27,979

AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED BLOWING COOL AIR. WAS ON A THREE HOUR TRIP AND STOPPED AT A 4 WAY. THE MAZDA CX-7 ENGINE DIED AND WOULD NOT START. I HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE A/C COMPRESSOR. THE COMPRESSOR WENT OUT AND CAUSED THE BELT TO SLIP, N...

Mileage: 44,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I COULD SMELL SMOKE AND MY AC JUST STOPPED. I TOOK MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 INTO 3 SHOPS. ONE WAS THE MAZDA DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR. ALL 3 PLACES TOLD ME THAT MY AC COMPRESSOR CLUTCH HAD GONE OUT. THE PART AND LABOR IS COSTING ME $750 TO FIX. I HAVE B...

Mileage: 74,500

THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR ON MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 WITH APPROXIMATELY 45,000 MILES QUIT WORKING AND THE AIR CONDITIONER STARTED BLOWING HOT AIR. THE FAULTY COMPRESSOR CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SEIZE, START SMOKING PROFUSELY AND STARTED AN INTERNAL FIRE THAT SEVERELY DAMAGED THE ENGINE AND NEARLY CAUSE...

Mileage: 45,000

VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. PULLED TO SHOULDER OF EXPRESSWAY AND SHUT ENGINE OFF. LOOKED UNDER HOOD, THEN TRIED TO RESTART. ENGINE WOULD NOT CRANK. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. FOUND A/C COMPRESSOR SEIZED AND STARTER DAMAGED FROM ATTEMPTING TO RESTART ENGINE. DEALER REPLACED S...

Mileage: 43,203

I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A 2007 MAZDA CX-7 FOR TWO YEARS NOW, AT 48,000 MILES, MY AC COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP. THE AIR STARTED BLOWING WARM THEN STARTED SEEING SMOKE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I HAD TO PULL THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SMELLED BURNING PLASTIC. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ...

Mileage: 48,000

VEHICLE DRIVING ON ROUTE 95 SOUTH AT 60-65 MPH LOST POWER IMMEDIATELY FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON. DRIVER ABLE TO GET CAR TO BREAKDOWN LANE WITHOUT POWER. UNABLE TO START VEHICLE. VEHICLE TOWED 100 MILES TO SERVICE STATION. DETERMINATION TIMING CHAIN BROKE AT 72,000 MILES. DEALER REPLACE TIMING CHAIN. U...

Mileage: 72,000

MY AC COMPRESSOR FROZE AT 45000 MILES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS NOT A COMMON OCCURRENCE. THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A LIE. COST FOR REPAIRS- $1600. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

MY AC COMPRESSOR FROZE AT 45000 MILES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS NOT A COMMON OCCURRENCE. THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A LIE. COST FOR REPAIRS- $1600. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

WE HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WE WERE DRIVING HOME FROM CAMPING AND STARTED TO SMELL THIS HORRIBLE BURNING RUBBER SMELL COMING FROM THE TRUCK. AFTER A FEW MINS I STARTED SEEING SMOKE COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOOD. AT THAT TIME OUR FRIENDS CALLED US. WE HAD THEM FOLLOWING FROM CAMPING. THEY SAI...

Mileage: 38,000

WHILE DRIVING 07 MAZDA CX7 NOTICED EXTREME SMOKE FROM ENGINE. PARKED AND TOWED TO DEALER. INFORMED OF AC COMPRESSOR FAILURE. MAZDA MANUFACTURE OFFERED TO SPLIT COST OF REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

I DRIVE A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, I NOTICED MY AIR CONDITIONING WAS NOT AS COLD AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN. I PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE AND CAME TO A STOP WHERE I NOTICED WHITE SMOKE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY HOOD, I HEARD A LOUD AND UNPLEASANT NOISE AS WELL AS A HORRIBLE SMELL CO...

Mileage: 39,700

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX7, IT'S ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND I JUST SPENT $900.00 FOR A NEW COMPRESSOR FOR THE A/C. *TR

AC COMPRESSOR HAS LOCKED UP. FURTHER DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT. *TR

Mileage: 51,000

A/C STOPPED WORKING - INSTEAD OF COLD, IT BLOWING HOT AIR - WHILE RETURNING FROM THE TRIP (~4HHS). AFTER THAT, ON ~45M/H ROAD - I FELT A SMELL AND SAW SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. HAD TO CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT, LUCKILY CAR/ENGINE DID NOT FLAME UP. CAR IS IN REPAIR SHOP NOW. IT WAS NOT ONLY A FIRE...

Mileage: 29,500

A/C STOPPED WORKING - INSTEAD OF COLD, IT BLOWING HOT AIR - WHILE RETURNING FROM THE TRIP (~4HHS). AFTER THAT, ON ~45M/H ROAD - I FELT A SMELL AND SAW SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. HAD TO CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT, LUCKILY CAR/ENGINE DID NOT FLAME UP. CAR IS IN REPAIR SHOP NOW. IT WAS NOT ONLY A FIRE...

Mileage: 29,500

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2007 MAZDA CX-7....... ABOUT 3 DAYS AGO THE A/C STOPPED WORKING AND THE CAR ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT..... I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND APPARENTLY THE A/C SYSTEM IN THE 2007 MAZDA CX-7 IS NOT EXACTLY UP TO PAR BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE A/C SYSTEM WAS COMPLETELY RE-DONE ON A...

Mileage: 48,000

AIR COMPRESSOR BLEW OFF WITH BROKE IN PULLEY AND BELT. *TR

Mileage: 385,000

DRIVING A 2007 MAZDA CX-7 WITH 36, 671 MILES ON IT WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND TURNED THE AIR ON, THERE WERE SPARKS AND SMOKE. ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON IN THIS MODEL AND MAZDA HAS NOT RECALLED THIS PART. PART SPECIFICALLY IS TH...

Mileage: 36,671

FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEMS CAUSES THE "SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT" TO COME ON OFTEN. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

7/17 I BROUGHT MY MAZDA CX-7 (2007) TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR DUE TO AIR CONDITIONING NOT WORKING AND MAKING A LOUD NOISE COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE AND A BAD ODOR. HERE IS A LIST OF PROBLEMS FOUND WITH THE CAR: 1. BAD COMPRESSOR COST TO REPAIR $1100 2. FRONT TRANSFER STEERING CASE SEAL LEAKING COST...

Mileage: 66,000

MARCH 09 FOR THE "UMPTEENTH" TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON; TOOK 2007 MAZDA CX-7 IN TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE " CODE " CHECKED; THIS TIME (AS MULTIPLE ITEMS WERE REPAIRED OR REPLACED WHILE STILL UNDER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY) THE CODE READ "OXYGEN SENSOR" & I REPORTED THAT I WOULD NEED MY A/C...

Mileage: 55,000

MARCH 09 FOR THE "UMPTEENTH" TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON; TOOK 2007 MAZDA CX-7 IN TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE " CODE " CHECKED; THIS TIME (AS MULTIPLE ITEMS WERE REPAIRED OR REPLACED WHILE STILL UNDER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY) THE CODE READ "OXYGEN SENSOR" & I REPORTED THAT I WOULD NEED MY A/C...

Mileage: 55,000

MARCH 09 FOR THE "UMPTEENTH" TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON; TOOK 2007 MAZDA CX-7 IN TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE " CODE " CHECKED; THIS TIME (AS MULTIPLE ITEMS WERE REPAIRED OR REPLACED WHILE STILL UNDER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY) THE CODE READ "OXYGEN SENSOR" & I REPORTED THAT I WOULD NEED MY A/C...

Mileage: 55,000

MARCH 09 FOR THE "UMPTEENTH" TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON; TOOK 2007 MAZDA CX-7 IN TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE " CODE " CHECKED; THIS TIME (AS MULTIPLE ITEMS WERE REPAIRED OR REPLACED WHILE STILL UNDER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY) THE CODE READ "OXYGEN SENSOR" & I REPORTED THAT I WOULD NEED MY A/C...

Mileage: 55,000

IN MARCH, MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 HAD AN AIR COMPRESSOR FAILURE. I WAS COMING OFF AN EXIT RAMP OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY AIR CONDITIONER WAS BLOWING HOT AIR. I TURNED IT OFF, THEN SMELLED BURNING RUBBER. IMMEDIATELY AFTER, WHITE SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH MY HOOD. WHILE...

Mileage: 52,063

I BOUGHT MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO, WITH ONLY 17,000 MILES ON IT BECAUSE IT WAS A DEALER DEMO FOR LESS THAN A YEAR. OVER THE WEEKEND (SATURDAY, JULY11, 2009) MY AIR CONDITIONING BEGAN BLOWING OUT HOT AIR. THE NEXT DAY, MY ENGINE SOUNDED AS IF IT WERE SPUTTERING, AND MY CAR BEGAN SMO...

Mileage: 46,000

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX7 WITH ONLY 41K MILES ON IT. IT STARTED BLOWING HOT AIR, A/C WOULD NOT WORK AND IT WAS MAKING AWFUL NOISE. I DID SOME INVESTIGATING ONLINE AND DISCOVERED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2007 MODEL HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. LUCKILY I READ HOW PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THEIR CAR...

Mileage: 41,000

AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILURE ON MANY MAZDA CX7 CARS. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

CAR RECENTLY PURCHASED DECEMBER 2008 AND INSPECTED ONE MONTH AGO BUT IS OVER WARRANTY. THE COMPRESSOR GOES OUT FOR NO REASON PER THE DEALER AND HE ADVISED THAT HE SEE THIS PROBLEM IN THE CX7S ALL OF THE TIME. I HAVE ALSO VISITED OTHER CAR BLOG SITES AND PEOPLE REPORTING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH T...

Mileage: 44,000

AT 45K AND ON VACATION 500MI FROM HOME, A/C STARTED BLOWING HOT AIR AND BURNING ODOR,FRICTION NOISE, AND SMOKE FROM SERPENTINE BELT AREA. TOOK THE CAR TO LOCAL MAZDA DEALER, TOLD THAT THE A/C COMPRESSOR HAD SEIZED UP AND THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR OVER 1 WEEK (NATIONALLY!) AND THAT COMPRESSOR FAI...

Mileage: 46,500

MAZDA CX7 2007- 21,000 MILE . AIR CONDITIONER SEIZED THERE BY SHREDDING SERPENTINE BELT , LOSS OF POWER STEERING, ALTERNATOR. REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. THEN 1 WEEK LATER AFTER ABOUT 900 MILES THE PULLEY OFF CRANKCASE (HARMONIC BALANCE) ACTUALLY FELL OFF ( FOUND INSIDE WHEEL WELL FENDER). SERPENTINE B...

Mileage: 21,773

MAZDA CX7 2007- 21,000 MILE . AIR CONDITIONER SEIZED THERE BY SHREDDING SERPENTINE BELT , LOSS OF POWER STEERING, ALTERNATOR. REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. THEN 1 WEEK LATER AFTER ABOUT 900 MILES THE PULLEY OFF CRANKCASE (HARMONIC BALANCE) ACTUALLY FELL OFF ( FOUND INSIDE WHEEL WELL FENDER). SERPENTINE B...

Mileage: 21,773

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING, THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP AND STOPPED THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED THE SERPENTINE BELT TO SHRED AND THE BATTERY CABLE TO M...

Mileage: 44,000

AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT FILLED WITH SMOKE. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY THE DEALER REPORTED THAT THE AIRCONDITIONER HAD FAILED AND THAT THE CLUTCH ON THE AC ALTHOUGH FUNCTIONING WAS NOT TURNING AND THAT THE BELT WAS BURNING. *TR

Mileage: 39,800

MY WIFE'S 2007 CX7 A/C COMP FROZE UP AND SEIZED THE MOTOR ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED HARM TO MY CHILD AND OTHER BY STANDARDS THIS SEEMS TO BE A BI PROBLEM WITH MAZDA AND THEY SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER DOES NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE AIR PRESSURE WAS BURNED OUT, WHICH WAS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. THE DEALER WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPEN...

Mileage: 36,900

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2007 MAZDA CX7. IN JAN. OF 2008, MY A/C STOPPED WORKING AND SMOKE WAS POURING OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP, WE WERE TOLD THE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS FRIED. IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THAT POINT WITH APPROX. 25,000 MILES. AROUND THIS...

Mileage: 53,000

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2007 MAZDA CX7. IN JAN. OF 2008, MY A/C STOPPED WORKING AND SMOKE WAS POURING OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP, WE WERE TOLD THE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS FRIED. IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THAT POINT WITH APPROX. 25,000 MILES. AROUND THIS...

Mileage: 53,000

PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT COME ON AS BEING OFF WHEN MY WIFE IS SEATED ON PASSENGER SEAT. DEALER FIXED IT 5 TIMES AND WORKS BETTER THEN BEFORE, BUT STILL OCCASIONALLY COMES ON WHILE DRIVING ALMOST RANDOMLY ON/OFF. MY WIFE IS PETITE BUT WEIGHTS 105LBS OR SO. THE LIGHT SHOULD NOT COME ON AS BEING OFF F...

Mileage: 14,000

FAULTY A/C COMPRESSOR AND CLUTCH ON ALL 2007-2008 CX-7. ALL CX-7'S WITH THE FAULTY A/C COMPRESSOR AND CLUTCH WILL FAIL. IT COSTS -$1,200 -$1,400 TO FIX (IF NOT UNDER WARRANTY). MAZDA ACKNOWLEDGES THE FAILURE, BUT DOES NOT COVER COST OF NEW "REDESIGNED UNIT" BECAUSE OF ECONOMICS (AND NO SAFETY ISSUE)...

Mileage: 36,300

A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP ON CX7 MAZDA CAR HAS ONLY 54,000 MILES DEALER SAID NEED NEW ENGINE STILL UNDER WARRANTY ON THIS PART. *TR

Mileage: 54,737

I HAVE A MAZDA 2007 CX 7 WITH BRIDGESTONE TIRES. I HAVE 25,480 MILES AND DO NOT CARRY ANYTHING HEAVY. THE CAR IS USUALLY USED FOR LOCAL TRAVEL WIH 1 PERSON IN IT AND NO MORE THAN 2, BOTH OF US TOGETHER WEIGH LESS THAN 300 LBS. TWO OF MY TIRES HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND ANOTHER ONE WITHIN THE NEXT 10...

AC COMPRESSOR FAILED AFTER 23 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP, 40,000 MILES TO BE EXACT. DEALER TELLS ME THAT MAZDA COMPLETELY OVERHAULED THE DESIGN OF THE AIR CONDITIONING OF THE FOLLOWING YEARS MODEL. THE COMPRESSOR WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. THIS IS A RED FLAG AND PROVES THAT THEIR DESIGN ON THE 07 MODEL WAS ...

Mileage: 39,000

THE MAZDA 2007 CX-7 SHOWS EXCESSIVE WEAR ON TIRES AFTER 12,000 MILES. DEALER SAID HE RED LINED TIRES AND TO REPLACE THEM. THE TIRES ARE BRIDGESTONE EL-42 P235/60R/18 102H. FRONT TIRES SHOWED OUTER TREAD WEAR AS IF UNDER INFLATED. REAR TIRES SHOWED AL AROUND WEAR EVENLY . DEALER REFUSED TO MAKE ANY...

Mileage: 12,355

AT 41,000 MILES, MY AIR COMPRESSOR FAILED. IT STARTED BY RUNNING THE AC AND THEN THE COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP. THE BELT GOT RUINED BECAUSE OF THE FRICTION AND NOW I'M HAVING TO REPLACE IT ALL. I JUST RECENTLY BROWSED THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO BE ...

Mileage: 41,000

MY DAUGHTER HAS A MAZDA 2007 CX-7 AND I HAVE A 2008 CX-7. THE AIR CONDITIONING IN THESE CARS, AS WITNESSED BY HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON LINE, IS APPALLING. SHE HAD A PINHOLE IN ONE OF THE HOSES AND IT TOOK 6 DAYS TO REPAIR...FOR A HOSE?? ADDITIONALLY, HER CAR HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIME...

Mileage: 23,000

A/C COMPRESSOR HAS FAILED WITH 60K MILES ON VEHICLE. *TR

1. I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE AS I WAS MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY VIA AN ON-RAMP. THE CAR WAS PREVIOUSLY DRIVING NORMALLY WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. 2. THE CAR KEPT ON ACCELERATING AFTER I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE PEDAL. IT CONTINUED ACCELERATING EVEN AFTER PRESSING ON THE BRAKES (I CO...

Mileage: 10,000

THE A/C COMPRESSOR ON MY 2007 MAZDA CX7 HAS LOCKED UP AND NEEDED REPLACING TWICE, ONCE AT 25K MILES AND AGAIN AT 50K MILES. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

TREADWARE AT 13K MILES, TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 13,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE POWER STEERING, BRAKES, AND THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. THE CONTACT COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES LATER, THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES RETURNED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAD NEVER ...

Mileage: 35,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE POWER STEERING, BRAKES, AND THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. THE CONTACT COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES LATER, THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES RETURNED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAD NEVER ...

Mileage: 35,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE POWER STEERING, BRAKES, AND THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. THE CONTACT COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES LATER, THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES RETURNED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAD NEVER ...

Mileage: 35,000

PASSENGER AIRBAG "OFF" LIGHT ON EVEN WHEN PASSENGER ON THE FRONT SEAT. THIS INCLUDES PASSENGER OF WEIGHT >60LBS. LIGHT IS INTERMITTENT AS DRIVEN, DOES NOT SHOW UP WHEN AT DEALER. *TR

Mileage: 2,000

TIRES BALDING ON VEHICLE AT 8,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 8,000

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX-7 WITH 41000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING THE OTHER DAY THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. I TURNED OFF THE AIR CONDITIONER AND IT STOPPED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR THE NEXT DAY AND TO MY SURPRISE ENDED UP SPENDING $1500 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE AC COMPRESSOR A...

Mileage: 41,000

I HAVE A MAZDA CX-7 WITH 55000 MILES MY AC COMPRESSOR FROZE AND FRIED MY STARTER,AND BELT AFTER READ NUMEROUS POSTS ON THE SAME ISSUE I HAVE COME TO CONCLUDE THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. A RECALLED SHOULD BE INSTATED THIS IS EASILY A $2000.00 REPAIR JOB. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

AC COMPRESSOR WENT OUT ON MY MAZDA CX7 AFTER ONLY 19K. WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE COMPRESSOR LOCKED AND THE A/C BELT POPPED CUTTING WIRES AND CAUSING SMOKE AND THE SMELL OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD BEFORE THE SMOKE TURNED INTO A FIRE. AFT...

Mileage: 19,000

SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND SMELLED LIKE BURNT RUBBER. THERE WAS NO LEAK AND ALL THE BELTS LOOKED OK. LOST POWER STEERING AND ENGINE DIED. DID NOT TURN ON AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE A/C COMPRESSOR AND WANTED TO...

Mileage: 45,000

MY A/C COMPRESSOR GAVE OUT SUDDENLY AT ABOUT 40K. A FEW SECONDS BEFORE IT HAPPENED THERE WAS A LOUD BELT NOISE FROM MY ENGINE, AND A BURNING SMELL. I HAD TO PULL OVER QUICKLY TO FIND WHERE THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM. IT WASN'T UNTIL I TURNED OFF MY A/C THAT I DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS THE SOURCE. I CAN ...

Mileage: 40,000

I PURCHASED A 2007 MAZDA CX-7 FROM DIAMOND MAZDA IN BATON ROUGE, LA. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT A SET OF TIRES ON A NEW VEHICLE WOULD LAST ME AT LEAST TILL I PAID OFF THE LOAN WHICH WOULD BE 5 YEARS. I HAVE PURCHASED OTHER VEHICLES AND NEVER HAD THIS PROBABLY BEFORE NOW. THIS IS TH...

Mileage: 16,000

PREMATURE TIRE WEAR ON MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 AT 16,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 16,000

MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED 2 MAZDA CX-7'S IN OCT 07. IN SEPT 2008 1 VEHICLE AFTER JUST 13,000 MILES ON IT HAD EXCESSIVE AND ABNORMAL WEAR ON ALL 4 OF THE TIRES. WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE MUCH ON THESE TIRES IN THE CONDITION THEY ARE IN BY 4 SEPARATE OPINIONS WE RECEIVED FROM THE DEALERSHIP, ...

COMPLAINT IS WITH THE READABILITY OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IN MY CAR IN MOST DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS. THE SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER AND ODOMETER AND ALL OTHER DIALS ARE UN-READABLE IN MOST DAYLIGHT SITUATIONS, WHICH IS A SAFETY HAZARD, AS I DO NOT KNOW THE SPEED OF THE CAR IN MOST CASES WHEN DRIVING DURIN...

Mileage: 300

THE AC ON MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY ABOUT 14 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. I HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITHIN A COUPLE DAYS TO BRING IT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE SO I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING IMMEDIATELY. THE NEXT DAY, WHILE DRIVING LOCALLY I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR A...

Mileage: 24,000

THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR PULLEY BEARING SEIZED BUT WAS ABLE TO TURN LONG ENOUGH TO GET TO A NEARBY RELATIVE. THE DEALER SAID THE COMPRESSOR AND BELT WOULD BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE PART WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO GET AND ESTIMATED AT LEAST A WEEK OR MORE. HE SUPPLIED A LOANER AND SAID TH...

Mileage: 25,500

MY 2007 MAZDA CX7 IS EQUIPPED WITH PASSENGER AIRBAG THAT SHUTS OFF WHEN THERE IS NO PASSENGER. MOST OF THE TIME (60% OR SO) WHEN I AM DRIVING WITH MY WIFE IN PASSENGER SEAT, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR IS ILLUMINATED. SAME WITH WHEN MY WIFE IS DRIVING AND I ON PASSENGER SEAT. *TR

Mileage: 200

WHILE ON A TRIP, OUR A/C STOPPED WORKING ON OUR 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THIS CAR WAS 1 YEAR AND 1 MONTH OLD WE WENT TO THE NEAREST MAZDA DEALERSHIP. PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AND THE SERVICE TECH TOLD US THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR WITHOUT A/C. 200 MILES LATER, THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING SOUN...

Mileage: 23,300

EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR ON CX-7. *TR

Mileage: 20,113

EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR ON CX-7. *TR

Mileage: 20,113

MADE APPT. WITH MAZDA SERVICE , REGARDING EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR ON CX-7 SUV. I HAVE A FIRESTONE TIRE PROTECTION FOR THIS SUV, ACCORDING TO FIRESTONE IT DOES NOT COVER WEAR. AT MY LAST OIL CHANGE BY FIRESTONE, THEY TOLD ME MY TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED, GAVE ME A PRICE, ETC. I TOLD THEM I WOULD CONTACT...

Mileage: 20,113

SEVERE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION. TOOK MAZDA CX7 2007 WITH 12,800 MILES TO NTBS. THEY STATED SEVERE TIRE CUPPING (UNEVEN WEAR ON INSIDE OF ALL TIRES). TIRES EAGLE RS-A P235/55R 18 99V . TOLD ME TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER. DID SO, THE NEXT DAY NTBS CALLED ME WITH ANOTHER CUSTOMER WITH SAME PROB...

ALGAE FORMS BETWEEN THE REAR TAILLIGHT CLEAR LENS AND MOULDED GRAY INNER HOUSING. BECAUSE THE 2 PIECES ARE GLUED TOGETHER A PERSON CANNOT GET TO THE ALGAE TO CLEAN IT . THE ALGAE FORMS WHERE THERE IS MISSING ADHESIVE TO BOND THE 2 PIECES TOGETHER. *TR

Mileage: 16,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A TIRES, SIZE P235/55R18 99V. THE CONTACT NOTICED WEAR ON ALL FOUR TIRES, WHICH INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED PREMATURELY. SHE SPOKE WITH OTHER MAZDA OWNERS AND THEY ALSO NOTICED THE SAME TREAD FAILURE. THE ...

Mileage: 17,000

2007 MAZDA CX-7 WITH 15,000 MILES & GOODYEAR EAGLE RSA P235/60R18 TIRES. AFTER 11 MONTHS OF DRIVING AND 15,000 MILES ONLY 4/32 REMAIN ON TIRES. ALL TIRES HAVE EVEN WEAR. MAZDA SAYS TO CONTACT GOODYEAR & GOODYEAR SAYS TO CONTACT MAZDA. JUST GETTING THE RUN AROUND FOR INADEQUATE TIRES! *TR

Mileage: 15,000

AFTER SHORT DURATION IDOL "5-10" MINUTES CAR BLEW HEAVY WHITE AND BLACK SMOKE OUT OF EXHAUST FOLLOWED WITH A CLANKING/RATTLING SOUND FROM THE REAR OF CAR. THREE TIME THIS HAPPENED IN A SHORT 4-7 MILE DRIVE HOME. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND AT FIRST THE SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT UPD...

Mileage: 11,995

AFTER SHORT DURATION IDOL "5-10" MINUTES CAR BLEW HEAVY WHITE AND BLACK SMOKE OUT OF EXHAUST FOLLOWED WITH A CLANKING/RATTLING SOUND FROM THE REAR OF CAR. THREE TIME THIS HAPPENED IN A SHORT 4-7 MILE DRIVE HOME. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND AT FIRST THE SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT UPD...

Mileage: 11,995

VEHICLE HAS MINIMUM BRAKING EFFORT ALLOWED DURING ACTIVATION OF ANTILOCK BRAKES. BRAKING DISTANCE IS 105 FEET (MEASURED) FROM 25 MPH TO ZERO WITH ANTILOCK BRAKES APPLIED ON SNOW COVERED ROAD. VEHICLE MUST DECELERATE TO BELOW 20 MPH BEFORE ANTILOCK SYSTEM IS DEACTIVATED AND VEHICLE WILL COME TO A COM...

MAZDA CX7 (FWD) EXHIBITS ABNORMAL TIRE WEAR(CUPPING,FEATHERING) ON ALL (4) TIRES AFTER LESS THAN 1000 MILES. BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE PURCHASING DEALER WHO RE-BALANCED AND REALIGNED. TIRES CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT THE SAME WEAR AFTER 2000 MILES AND RIDE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS HAD SOME VIBRATION AND ROUGH F...

Mileage: 883

MAZDA CX7 (FWD) EXHIBITS ABNORMAL TIRE WEAR(CUPPING,FEATHERING) ON ALL (4) TIRES AFTER LESS THAN 1000 MILES. BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE PURCHASING DEALER WHO RE-BALANCED AND REALIGNED. TIRES CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT THE SAME WEAR AFTER 2000 MILES AND RIDE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS HAD SOME VIBRATION AND ROUGH F...

Mileage: 883

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW MAZDA CX-7 IN JULY 2007. I TOOK IT TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON AUGUST 9TH BECAUSE OF A LOUD NOISE FROM THE REAR INTERIOR. THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT INFORMED ME THAT THE NOISE WAS FROM THE REAR MID SEAT BELT THAT RETRACTS INTO THE ROOF. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE SEAT BELT H...

NEW VEHICLE WITH BRIDGESTONE TURANZA EL42 TIRES. THE CAR REPORTED LOW TIRE PRESSURE. I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE (MAZDA CX-7) TO THE DEALERSHIP FROM MY HOME. 5 MINUTES AFTER I ENTERED THE FREEWAY, THE TIRE ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE HAD A BLOW OUT. THE TIRES ONLY HAD 3,000 MILES ON THEM. *JB

Mileage: 3,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED UPON ACCELERATION, THE VEHICLE HESITATED. IT WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE CONTROL MODULE COMPUTER IN THE POWER TRAIN NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. *AK UPDATED 10/31/2006 - RIGHT FRONT WINDOW FAILED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE L...

Mileage: 4,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED UPON ACCELERATION, THE VEHICLE HESITATED. IT WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE CONTROL MODULE COMPUTER IN THE POWER TRAIN NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. *AK UPDATED 10/31/2006 - RIGHT FRONT WINDOW FAILED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE L...

Mileage: 4,000