2007 Mazda CX-7

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 ROAD SAFELY. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND DAMAGED THE ENGINE IN THE PROCESS. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE I DISCOVERED HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT A BROKEN TIMING CHAIN THAT REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE. SOME OF THESE COMPLAINTS WERE AS EARLY AS 30,000 MILES. THERE WAS EVEN DISCUSSION ABOUT A RECALL ON THE TIMING CHAIN FROM MAZDA SAYING THAT IT WAS DEFECTIVE BUT MAZDA WAS NOT ALWAYS HONORING THIS RECALL. OBVIOUSLY BASED ON THESE COMPLAINTS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIMING CHAIN IN THE 2007 CX-7 THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. MAZDA IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE MESS THEY CREATED. *TR

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,COULD'NT AFFORD TO FIX IT STILL BROKEN,THEN IN 10/20121 THE TURBO WENT OUT,CALLED THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM AND HE TOLD ME TO TAKE THE CAR TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP,SO I DID MAZDA MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST OVER 2500.00 TO FIX THE TURBO NO COUNTING WHAT ELSE IS WRONG WITH THE CAR BECAUSE THE CAR STARTED SMOKING SOO BAD BEFORE I LEFT THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP THE MECHANIC AT MAZDA SAID IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO FIX MY TRUCK BECAUSE WHO I BOUGT THE CAR FROM THEY SOLD ME A LEMON THAT I MIGHT AS WELL BUY ANOTHER CAR,THE MECHANIC TOLD ME TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE TO DRIDEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM AND THE MANAGER GAVE ME THE RUN-A-R IN ANOTHER I WOULD HAVE WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE,WELL FOR 3 WEEKS THEY GAVE ME THE COLD SHOULER,NASTY BEHAVIORS EVEN HANGING THE PHONE UP IN MY FACE,THAT HURTS THEY SOLD ME A RECALL CAR MAZDA SAID ANYHTING OVER 71000 MILES THE MANUFACTURE WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER WELL WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR IT ONLY HAD 65000 MILES SO THE DEALER SAID AND I CHECKED THE MILEAGE UPON BUYING THE CAR,IM STILL NOT UNDRSTANDING THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING FROM THIS PUZZLE,EVEN THE GRILL WASN'T RIGHT ON THE CAR AFTER I BOUGHT IT THE NEXT DAY WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE GRILL FELL DOWN.MY CAR SMOKES SOOO! BAD IT NUSAFE TO DRIVE AND I HAVE 2 GRANDDAUGHTERS THAT NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL. I'M AT MY ENDS WITH THAT DEALER. *TR

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 STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT DID NOT RESPOND. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

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 TURBO HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,800.

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 TIMING NOISE AND TIMING CHAIN NOISE WHICH IS CAUSE BY " ACTUAL FAILURE DUE TO DEFECTS IN WORKMANSHIP OR MATERIALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH MAZDA WARRANTY POLICY AND PROCEDURES. THIS WARRANTY EXTENSION WAS FOR 70,000MILES OR 7 SEVEN YEARS WHICH EVER CAME FIRST, SO MY CAR WAS NOT COVER SINCE IT HAD 101,000. MY CONCERN AND DISAPPOINTMENT IS THAT AFTER SEARCHING AND TAKING TO OTHER CX-7 OWNERS THE (2007-08) MODELS ALL HAD ISSUES WITH THIS AND MAZDA DID NOT MADE A RECALL JUST EXTENDED THE WARRANTY. CARS WITH MILEAGE OF AS LOW AS 24,000 WERE AFFECTED BY IT, SO ITS CLEARLY NOT A WEAR AND TEAR ISSUE OF THE CAR. IF THAT IS NOT REPLACE THE ENGINE MIGHT BE DAMAGE AND MAZDA WILL NOT EVEN OFFER A GOODWILL ASSISTANCE. I STILL MAKE MONTHLY PAYMENTS ON THE CAR AND ITS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO PAY $1200 IN SOMETHING THAT IS CLEARLY STATED BY MAZDA IS A "DEFECT IN WORKMANSHIP OR MATERIALS". ITS A SHAME THAT SO MANY OTHER CUSTOMERS ARE STILL BATTLING WITH THIS ISSUE AND MAZDA JUST HIDES BEHIND THEIR POWER AND ATTORNEYS. *TR

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, SO WAS UNAWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. RECENTLY I WAS DRIVING THE MAZDA AND I SMELLED SMOKE. I SAW SOME SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, AND WHEN I PULLED OVER AND OPENED THE HOOD THE AC COMPRESSOR WAS ON FIRE. HAD I NOT BEEN PULLING INTO WORK AND ON THE HIGHWAY I WOULD?VE BEEN IN WORSE SHAPE. IT WAS SCARY CONSIDERING IT WAS NEXT TO THE ENGINE WHICH HAS OIL, FUEL, ETC...GOING THROUGH IT. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AC COMPRESSOR UNTIL ALL OF A SUDDEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. I HAVE MADE ATTEMPTS TO CALL MAZDA AND TRY TO GET SOME HELP ON THIS ISSUE, AND THEY SEEM TO NOT CARE AT ALL. I WANTED TO REPORT THIS IN HOPES SOME OTHER OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE COULD BE AWARE AND NOT EXPECT ANY HELP FROM MAZDA'S END. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED/RECALLED. *TR

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 WARRANTY OR MY EXTENDED WARRANTY SINCE IT IS PART OF THE EMISSIONS PACKAGE I PAID, IN FULL, OUT OF POCKET. I HAVE CHECKED SEVERAL ONLINE FORUMS AND HAVE SEEN THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR 2007 CX7 BETWEEN 25K AND 55K MILES. I THINK THIS IS A MUCH LARGER PROBLEM THAN REGULAR WEAR AND TEAR REQUIRING AN INVESTIGATION. *TR

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 DEALER/REPAIR SHOP RELATIVELY CLOSE BY TO DRIVE IT TO. ONCE THEY HAD A CHANCE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, THEY REPORTED TO US THAT ENGINE 'SLUDGE' WAS TO BLAME. THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BEEN RUBBING, AND THE VVT ACTUATOR HAD BEEN COMPROMISED. TURBO GALLEYS WERE ALSO PLUGGED. IN JAN. OF THIS YEAR, MAZDA POSTED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR CX-7'S TIMING CHAIN AND VVT. HOWEVER, THE DEALER INFORMED US AFTER CHECKING WITH MAZDA THAT WE WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE WARRANTY. GAPS IN OUR HISTORY OF REPAIR WAS THE GIVEN REASON. AFTER AN APPEAL, THE REP FROM MAZDA SAID THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY HAD REVIEWED THE CLAIM AND AGAIN DECLINED TO HELP. WE HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CX-7 OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. MANY OF THEM HAVE ALSO BEEN DENIED THE USE THE WARRANTY THAT MAZDA HAS EXTENDED.THIS IS A VAST AND SCARY PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

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 BLASTED WITH GLASS. THERE WAS BROKEN GLASS FROM THE FRONT FLOOR AREA TO THE REAR CARGO AREA WITH MOST OF IT IN THE BACK SEAT. AFTER INSPECTION IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE GLASS THAT REMAINED WAS LIFTED UPWARD AWAY FROM THE ROOF. WE SEARCHED ON THE WEB AND THIS HAS HAPPENED TO A GOOD MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME DESCRIPTION THAT THE GLASS EXPLODED OUTWARD WITH MANY PIECES BLASTED INTO THE CAR. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF AN OBJECT HITTING THE SUN ROOF. *TR

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 OF IT. THIS INDECENT OCCURRED 4 MONTHS AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE AC COMPRESSOR RAN OUT. I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE THAT IS SUBJECT TO A RECALL, AS THERE WAS A VERY REAL DANGER OF A FIRE BREAKING OUT. *TR