2007 Mazda CX-7

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 CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FAILED/IMPLODED AND WAS IN FACT GLOWING RED/BURNING INSIDE THE HOUSING. THE FAILED FRAGMENTS ENTERED THE A/C'S SYSTEM AND BASICALLY RUINED THE OTHER PARTS. AFTER GOING ROUND AND ROUND WITH MAZDA CORP. THEY COVERED SOME (COMPESSOR AND A $500 GIFT CARD) WITHOUT MENTION OF FAULT (GO FIGURE!). I REALLY HAD TO STAY ON THEM TO DO ANYTHING. THEY WERE VERY RELUCTANT, EVEN THEN IT COST ME $700! I PAYED MY HALF AND HAD IT REPAIRED AT TIM MARBURGER MAZDA(OUT OF BUSINESS NOW). MY WIFE DOES A LOT OF TRAVEL TO/FROM WORK AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW, ON 9/25/09 AT @87,000 THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN!!!!! NOW, I'M TRUELY PISSED! NOT SURE EVEN IF I HAVE OPTIONS AT THIS POINT. I'M READY TO TAKE THE HIT ON A TRADE IN VALUE OF MY CAR. I FEEL THIS MAY BE A YEARLY OCCURENCE AND I CAN NOT AFFORD IT! IN THE TWO YEARS WE'VE HAD THE CAR/SUV I HAVE HAD NOW 2 A/C COMPLETE FAILURES, 1 BAD IDLER PULLEY, JUST WAITING FOR THE NEXT THING BEFORE I CAN GET RID OF IT. YOU KNOW I TRADED IN A '01 CHEVY TAHOE W/ 225,000 AND NEVER HAD ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS LIKE THIS JUST MINOR UP KEEP THAT I EXPECTED! WE WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER MAZDA AGAIN. *TR

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 COMPARTMENT WIFE AND KIDS EVACUATED WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS A BURNING CAR ON A BUSY STREET. COMPRESSOR/CLUTCH LOCKED UP BELTS LOSS OF ENGINE ACCESSORIES AND ENGINE COOLING. TURNS OUT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WHICH MAZDA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE. *TR

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 MILES. COMPANY FIRST TOLD ME I HAD THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THEN LATER CALLED AND STATED I DID NOT HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND JOB WOULD COST $1,100.00. TOLD THEM I WOULD COME AND GET CAR NOT ABLE TO PAY $1,100.00 FOR REPAIR. CALLED ME BACK LATER AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD COVER 60% IF I WOULD PAY 40%. *TR

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 SUCH THAT I HAD TO REPLACE IT AS WELL. THIS HAPPENED LESS THAN A WEEK AGO AND I'M ALREADY HEARING OF OTHERS WHO HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR AC IN THE SAME TYPE CAR. *TR

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, NOT ALLOWING THE ALTERNATOR TO DO ITS JOB. *TR

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 WHERE THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM BUT THE SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER FORCED ME TO LEAVE IT ALONE AND LET IT SIT OVER NIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING, WHEN I STARTED THE CAR, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A REALLY HOT PART ON MY CAR ... I'M NOT MECHANICALLY INCLINED BUT, I KNEW THAT THE METAL PART TURNING A BRIGHT SHADE OF ORANGE IS NOT A GOOD THING. I HAVE A MECHANIC FOR A NEIGHBOR AND I ASKED HIM TO LOOK AT MY CAR. HE IMMEDIATELY ASKED ME IF MY A/C WAS ON (IT WAS ON 1). ONCE I TURNED IT OFF, THE SOUND AND SMOKE WENT AWAY BUT HE TOLD ME THAT THE A/C COMPRESSOR IS SHOT. BEING THAT MY CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS AND HAS ONLY 29797 MILES ON IT, I CALLED MAZDA (USA) TO SEE IF I COULD TAKE MY CAR TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP HERE IN LANDSTUHL, GERMANY AND HAVE IT FIXED - AS IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. SIMPLE ANSWER- NO. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS STORIES ON THE INTERNET ABOUT OTHER 2007 CX-7 OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM (AND HOW THE 2008 CX-7'S A/C COMPRESSOR WAS UPDATED, THUS DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE), SO MAZDA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THEY'VE JUST CHOSEN TO REMAIN MUM ABOUT IT. NOW I AM IN A QUANDRY AS TO HOW TO GO ABOUT REPAIRING THIS CAR. I AM IN A DILEMMA OF HAVING TO REPAIR THE CAR BUT AT WHAT EXPENSE? IF I DO IT MYSELF, ANY CHANCE OF HAVING MAZDA STAND BY THE PART IS THROWN INTO QUESTION WHEN I DO RETURN BACK TO THE U.S. IN 2011. *TR

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 BEEN READING ON SEVERAL ONLINE FORUMS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND OFTEN LEADS TO THE S-BELT BREAKING AND THE ENTIRE CAR JUST STOPPING WHILE DRIVING. I EVEN HAD ONE OF THE MECHANICS TELL ME THAT IT COULD HAPPEN TO ME AT ANY TIME. *TR

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 STARTER, A/C COMPRESSOR, EXP TANK, BELT AND FREON. VEHICLE IS A ONE OWNER WITH 43,203 MILES. DEALER DID SPLIT COST $1879.92/$939.96. WHEN SEARCHING ON LINE, FOUND MANY CUSTOMERS OF SAME VEHICLE W/SAME PROBLEM SEEMS MAZDA KNOWS OF PROBLEM AND HAS CHANGED DESIGN OF COMPRESSOR, BUT WILL NOT RECALL THIS ITEM, EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE CAN LOOSE POWER STEERING. *TR

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 CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. *TR