2007 Mazda CX-7

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 MAZDA TO ANYONE. BETWEEN THAT AND THE TURBO THEY ARE JUNK AND NOT DEPEDABLE AT ALL.

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 REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

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 SOLUTION. I TOOK IT TO A NON-AFFILIATED MAZDA MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT IS THE THROTTLE (THE CAR STOPPED AGAIN IN MAY, 2015) AND HEARS THE ENGINE NOISE WHICH COULD BE THE TIMING CHAIN. I JUST DON'T TRUST MAZDA OR IT'S MECHANICS AND

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 COMING FROM THE CAR AND THAT'S WHEN THE CAR FINALLY STOP. THERE WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME THAT I THOUGHT THAT I WAS GOING TO ALMOST CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THE OFF RAMP OF THE FREEWAY. THE MECHANIC CHECKED THE ENGINE AND STATED THAT THE ENGINE LOCKED UP WHICH CAUSED A LOW COMPRESSION TO THE ENGINE CAUSING THE VVT BELT TIMING TO DAMAGE THE VALVES IN THE ENGINE. I CHANGED THE OIL IN THE VEHICLE, AND HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVED ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THAT. I DID RESEARCH ON THIS VEHICLE AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THERE NEEDS TO BE A INVESTIGATION, REIMBURSEMENT, RETRIBUTION, AND RECALL ORDERS DISPERSED OUT TO OWNERS OF THE CX-7 MODEL FROM 2007 TO 2012 SO THAT MAZDA CAN REDEEM THEIR QUALITY OF SERVICE AND REPUTATION.

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 CAME ON, SO I CHECKED MY ENGINE OIL AND THERE WAS NONE ON THE DIP STICK. CALLED THE PLACE I JUST CAME FROM GETTING MY OIL CHANGED THE WEEK BEFORE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE TURBO CHARGER WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND SUCKING ALL THE OIL OUT OF THE OIL PAN. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT IT COMMON FOR THAT MAKE AND MODEL... MY WARRANTY COVERED THE WORK BUT BARELY. I NOW HAVE 4,000 MILES LEFT ON MY WARRANTY.... WHAT ELSE COULD GO WRONG! I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER MAZDA PERIOD!

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 APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,500.

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 TAKE IT TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP ITS YOUR TIMING CHAIN. AS I WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINT OUT THERE FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. I STILL HAVE 3 YEARS LEFT ON THIS CAR AND ITS NOT FAIR THAT MAZDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ITS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE IF YOUR CAR IS SHUTTING DOWN IN MAJOR AREAS THAT CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS. *TR

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 2007 CX-7 AND THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THEM AND THAT MINE WAS PAST THE POINT OF BEING FIXED. HE SAID THAT IT WILL JUST QUIT WORKING ONE DAY. WE ASKED IF WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER ENGINE PUT IN, BUT HE SAID THE PROBLEM HAS NEVER BEEN FIXED, SO IT WOULD ONLY BE GOOD TEMPORARILY AND IT WOULD COST $5,500. WE STATED THAT WE NEVER RECEIVED RECALL INFORMATION AND AFTER HE RAN OUR VIN NUMBER HE SAID THAT WE HAD NEVER BEEN SENT ANY RECALL INFORMATION. THEY WOULD ONLY GIVE ME $3,000 FOR MY CAR BECAUSE IT IS WORTHLESS NOW, SO I INTEND TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT DIES WHICH COULD BE ANY DAY. *TR

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 WAS A FAULTY PART WITH THE CX7 VEHICLES. I CALLED AND DIDN'T GET ANY PLACE WITH THE DEALER. KEPT CALLING UNTIL FINALLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS LATER THEY TOLD ME I SHOULD CALL MAZDA DIRECTLY AND PROVIDED ME WITH THEIR NUMBER. I CALLED MAZDA AND HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THEM EVER SINCE. THEY ONLY WANT TO PAY $500 TOWARDS THE REPAIRS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE IS FAULTY PARTS AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CUSTOMERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUES. THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM TOLD ME THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLES TIMING BELT, SOUNDS FAMILIAR? YES!!! TURBO AND TIMING BELT!! IT IS TIME FOR MAZDA TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT MAKE US CUSTOMERS PAY FOR FAULTY PARTS PLACED ON A LEMON OF A VEHICLE. MY EMAIL IS [XXX] PLEASE HELP ME RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED AND FRUSTRATED AND FEEL THAT MAZDA IS INSULTING MY INTELLIGENCE BY OFFERING TO PAY A MISERABLE $500 TOWARDS A REPAIR THAT THEY SHOULD DO, SINCE IT IS THEIR FAULTY PARTS THAT LEAD TO THIS CAR PROBLEMS IN THE FIRST PLACE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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 OCTOBER OF 2012. THE CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR ONE (1) WEEK WITH NO UPDATES FROM MAZDA ON HOW THEY ARE GOING TO HANDLE THE REPAIR OR IF THEY ARE EVEN GOING TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. *TR