2007 Mazda CX-7

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. MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND THE CONTACT WAS TO TOW THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER TO DETERMINE WHAT PARTS THEY ACTUALLY REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,366.

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 WAS THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO SOUND". AFTER THAT COMMENT, I CHANGED TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. THE KNOCKING CONTINUED, TO THIS DAY, STILL. OVER THE YEARS, THE SYSTEM LIGHTS WOULD COME ON PERIODICALLY (PASSENGER AIR BAG, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TIRE SENSOR) AND THE COOLING FANS WOULD RUN AFTER YOU TURNED THE CAR OFF. MOST TIMES, THEY WOULD RESET THEMSELVES. MOVING ALONG, RECENTLY ON 07/15/14, I WAS RETURNING HOME FOR THE EVENING AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN ON ME. THE STEERING CONTROL WAS HARD BUT I KEPT IT FROM CRASHING THE WALL ON LINCOLN DR. AS I FLAGGED THE TRAFFIC TO PROCEED, I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR ONLY TO ADVANCE TO THE END OF THE DRIVE. BEFORE I REACHED HOME, THE CAR SHUT DOWN 5-TIMES. FINALLY REACHING HOME IT SAT UNTIL I WERE ABLE TO GET IT TO ANOTHER DEALER, CLOSER TO HOME. HOW ABOUT, THE ENGINE IS SHOT, THE RADIATOR HAD A LEEK, I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT AND THE DEALER SAYS, "IT WILL NOT START, NOW". I DROVE IT TO THE DEALER. OIL LIGHT WAS ON AND SMELLING AS IF I BURNED SOMETHING, WHILE IT KNOCKED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT WERE ON WHEN IT CUT-OFF, AS I PULLED INTO THEIR DRIVEWAY. I RESTARTED THE CAR FOUND A PARKING SPACE. ONCE THE IGNITION SHUTDOWN, THE COOLING FANS CAME ON. DILEMMA, I LEASED THE CAR NEW IN 2007. I BOUGHT IT, WITH PRESENT CAR PAYMENTS UNTIL 2016, IN 2010. THE DEALER REQUESTS THE ENGINE AND RADIATOR TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS NO WARRANTY, ESPECIALLY AFTER 100,000 MILES AND I HAVE SCRAP ON MY HANDS. WHERE DOES ONE GO FROM HERE AS MAZDA USED TO BE REPUTABLE? THE ENGINE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE 200,000 MILES. *TR

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 PIECES LESS THAN 100 MILES AFTER THE TIMING CHAIN WAS REPLACED. SAID PIECES BECAME LODGED INSIDE THE CAM SHAFT AND ENDED UP BENDING ALL OF THE VALVES. THE NECESSITATED A COMPLETE VALVE JOB, REMOVING AND REPLACING THE CYLINDER HEAD, FUEL PUMP, CAM SHAFT AND OIL CONTROL CALVE. AT WORST, ALL TIMING CHAIN REPLACEMENTS SHOULD REQUIRE A FUEL PUMP CHANGE IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS. *JS

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) HIGH BEAMS AT LEAST WORKED MUCH TO OTHER DRIVERS SLOWING SWERVING AN JUST ALL AN ALL PISSED OFF. MY HIGH BEAMS SEEM TO TURN THE CLOCK BACK TO ABOUT MID DAY. SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME THOUGH AN COST ME A SHIFT SO I'M INTO THIS OFF THE GET GO 735.00$ LETS SEE HOW MUCH MORE ITS GOING TO COST. SO MUCH FOR GIVING THIS RIG FOR MY 16YEAROLD IN TWO MONTHS SHOULD HAVE STAYED WITH CHEVY OR NISSAN. *TR

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 SENSOR) AND NOW AIR BAG RANDOM LIGHT. I AM ON A MAZDA FORUM AND HONESTLY THERE SHOULD BE MORE RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE VOLUME OF COMPLAINTS IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES... MAZDA RESPONSES TO JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IS TO REPLACE SOMETHING FOR A MINIMUM $500 UP TO THOUSANDS... I AM TIRED OF HAVING TO DEAL WITH MAZDA AND WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER... TRADED IN A 2001 CHEVY TAHOE FOR CX-7 WITH 250,000 MI AND ONLY HAD NORMAL MAINTENANCE. THE CX-7 WAS A BAD INVESTMENT FOR ME... *TR

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 STARTED TO REALIZE THAT MY AC WAS NOT WORKING, BUT HAD DECIDED TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT TO HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE I WAS STILL HURTING FINANCIALLY FROM THE LAST FIX A MONTH AGO. THAN ON JUNE 9TH, 2012, I WENT TO START MY VEHICLE AND IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO EXPLODE. I LIVE IN THE COUNTRY AND THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP IS AT LEAST 50 MILES AWAY. SO I BROUGHT IT TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME MY TURBO IS BLOWN. THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP WANTS $80 TO DIAGNOSE IT AND $5000 TO FIX IT (THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE MY TOWING FEES AND THE COST OF FIXING THE AC). I'VE READ ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS ONLINE AND EVERYONE IS SAYING SLUDGE BUILD UP AND MAZDA WANTS THE RECEIPTS FOR ALL OF THEIR OIL CHANGES. I HAVE ALL MY RECEIPTS FOR THE SYNTHETIC OIL CHANGES THAT I HAVE HAD DONE TO THE VEHICLE ON TIME (NOT TO MENTION ONLY FILLING THE CAR WITH PREMIUM GAS). UNFORTUNATELY, MY CAR IS UP TO 100,000 MILES AND THEY ONLY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO WHAT...70K? SO BASICALLY I HAVE A CAR THAT I PAID $16K FOR AND IS COMPLETELY USELESS TO ME ONLY AFTER 100K MILES. FROM WHAT I'VE RESEARCHED VVT'S ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO OUT UNTIL WHAT 250K-300K MILES? AND IT SEEMS A BIT RIDICULOUS FOR THE TURBO TO GO OUT AFTER 100K MILES.... *TR

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. THE VEHICLE IS GORGEOUS BUT PERHAPS THEY SHOULD HAVE SPENT A LITTLE MORE TIME PUTTING IT TOGETHER AS IT DOESN'T MATTER FOR EYE APPEALING IT IS WHEN IT DOESN'T RUN! *TR