2007 Mazda CX-7

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 THE AIR COMPRESSOR, IT LOCKS UP, STOPS THE ENGINE, AND TEARS UP THE SERPENTINE BELT. SINCE I AM OVER THE WARRANTY BY 600 MILES THIS WILL COST ME UPWARDS OF 2,000. *TR

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 TO REPAIR $1500 3. MOTOR OIL SEAL LEAK COST TO REPAIR $875 4. OXYGEN SENSOR MELTED TO THE CHASSIS COST OF REPAIR $240 5. WATER PUMP LEAK COST OF REPAIR $275 THE TOTAL COST OF REPAIR IS $3,935 BEFORE TAXES. THIS IS RIDICULOUS FOR A 2 YEAR OLD CAR. *TR

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 CHECKED BECAUSE IT SOUNDED AND SMELLED FUNNY PLUS IT DIDN'T ALWAYS COOL; THEY DEFERRED THE A/C, "DIDN'T NEED ANY REPAIRS, SEEMED FINE" ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP; THEY REPLACED THE O2 SENSOR AT THE COST OF >$500.00 (THIS IS A "COMMON PROBLEM" WITH 2007 CX7/ CHECKED ONLINE AFTER THE REPAIR AND $$$ COST); NOW JULY 19, 2009/ HAD DRIVEN CAR ROUNDTRIP 25 MILES APPROX./ NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD (NO DASH PANEL LIGHT/ OR OTHER INDICATOR AS TO A PROBLEM)/ OPENED HOOD AND SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING PLUS LOTS OF THICK SMOKE; RIGHT SIDE OF FRONT QUARTER PANEL & HOOD EXTREMELY HOT TO THE TOUCH (LEANED IN AGAINST IT TO LOOK UNDER HOOD AND GOT BURNED (LIKE TOUCHING A HOT LIGHTBULB OR POT OF COFFEE); DIDN'T SEE ANY FLAMES, BUT CONTINUED TO SMELL SMOKE; CAR IS CURRENTLY OUTSIDE WITH HOOD OPEN, PLUS WINDOWS AND SUNROOF OPEN TO ALLOW THE SMOKE THAT CAME INTO THE CABIN OUT; RESEARCHED PROBLEM ONLINE(AFTER LEARNING FROM EXPENSIVE REPAIR MARCH 2009) & SAW ALL THE REPORTS RE: SMOKE DAMAGE/ LOCKED-UP A/C COMPRESSOR/ MELTED WIRING TO OTHER ENGINE PARTS/ PAINT DAMAGE; WILL BE TAKING CX7 IN TO DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTICS IN THE AM(FROM ONLINE COMPLAINTS I GET THAT THE REPAIR BILL WILL PROBABLY BE >$1200); WHY ARE ALMOST ALL OF THE 2007 MAZDA CX-7 OWNERS HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS AND REPAIRS & STILL NO RECALL; MY CAR "ALMOST CAUGHT FIRE" BECAUSE OF A "KNOWN PROBLEM BY MAZDA" AND STILL NO RECALL; IF I HAD DRIVEN ANY LONGER/FARTHER MY CAR PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE; PLEASE DO SOMETHING NOW, BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THESE "KNOWN" PROBLEMS. UNKNOWN PROPERTY DAMAGE AMOUNT AT THIS TIME (TOO BE DETERMINED BY DEALERSHIP MECHANICS). THANKS FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.

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 CHECKED BECAUSE IT SOUNDED AND SMELLED FUNNY PLUS IT DIDN'T ALWAYS COOL; THEY DEFERRED THE A/C, "DIDN'T NEED ANY REPAIRS, SEEMED FINE" ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP; THEY REPLACED THE O2 SENSOR AT THE COST OF >$500.00 (THIS IS A "COMMON PROBLEM" WITH 2007 CX7/ CHECKED ONLINE AFTER THE REPAIR AND $$$ COST); NOW JULY 19, 2009/ HAD DRIVEN CAR ROUNDTRIP 25 MILES APPROX./ NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD (NO DASH PANEL LIGHT/ OR OTHER INDICATOR AS TO A PROBLEM)/ OPENED HOOD AND SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING PLUS LOTS OF THICK SMOKE; RIGHT SIDE OF FRONT QUARTER PANEL & HOOD EXTREMELY HOT TO THE TOUCH (LEANED IN AGAINST IT TO LOOK UNDER HOOD AND GOT BURNED (LIKE TOUCHING A HOT LIGHTBULB OR POT OF COFFEE); DIDN'T SEE ANY FLAMES, BUT CONTINUED TO SMELL SMOKE; CAR IS CURRENTLY OUTSIDE WITH HOOD OPEN, PLUS WINDOWS AND SUNROOF OPEN TO ALLOW THE SMOKE THAT CAME INTO THE CABIN OUT; RESEARCHED PROBLEM ONLINE(AFTER LEARNING FROM EXPENSIVE REPAIR MARCH 2009) & SAW ALL THE REPORTS RE: SMOKE DAMAGE/ LOCKED-UP A/C COMPRESSOR/ MELTED WIRING TO OTHER ENGINE PARTS/ PAINT DAMAGE; WILL BE TAKING CX7 IN TO DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTICS IN THE AM(FROM ONLINE COMPLAINTS I GET THAT THE REPAIR BILL WILL PROBABLY BE >$1200); WHY ARE ALMOST ALL OF THE 2007 MAZDA CX-7 OWNERS HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS AND REPAIRS & STILL NO RECALL; MY CAR "ALMOST CAUGHT FIRE" BECAUSE OF A "KNOWN PROBLEM BY MAZDA" AND STILL NO RECALL; IF I HAD DRIVEN ANY LONGER/FARTHER MY CAR PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE; PLEASE DO SOMETHING NOW, BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THESE "KNOWN" PROBLEMS. UNKNOWN PROPERTY DAMAGE AMOUNT AT THIS TIME (TOO BE DETERMINED BY DEALERSHIP MECHANICS). THANKS FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. *TR

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 I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME, I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR ANY FURTHER. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL DEALER, AND MY CAR, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AT A LITTLE OVER 50,000 MILES. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS MY AIR COMPRESSOR. I DID RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND MANY OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE. MY DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE 2007 CX-7, BUT THAT NO RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED. I WAS UNABLE TO GET A LOANER VEHICLE FROM MY DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR. THE COST OF MY REPAIR WAS $1480, ALONG WITH THE CAR RENTAL. I LOVE MY CX-7, BUT I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER MAZDA AFTER THIS VEHICLE. I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND CORRECTED BY MAZDA. I INTEND TO LET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.. I TRIED TO CONTACT MAZDA TO NO AVAIL. IT TOOK MY DEALERSHIP A WEEK TO GET THE REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR THE NEW AIR COMPRESSOR. *TR

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 SMOKING AND SMELLING LIKE BURNT RUBBER. THIS MORNING, 7/13/09, I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY CAR TO MY LOCAL MAZDA DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD ME MY AIR COMPRESSOR NEEDED REPLACING FOR MORE THAN $800, AND MY CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE. ON TOP OF THAT, THE AIR COMPRESSOR WILL TAKE UP TO 3 WEEKS TO ORDER, AND MAZDA WILL NOT REIMBURSE ME FOR A RENTAL CAR OR PROVIDE A COMPARABLE DEALER CAR TO DRIVE BECAUSE MY 25,000 MILE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. MY REAL CONCERN IS NOT THE MONEY, ALTHOUGH IT'S A HUGE REPAIR BILL FOR A BRAND NEW CAR, BUT IT'S SAFETY. IF I'D DRIVEN MY CAR A FEW MORE MILES, I'M AFRAID MY ENGINE WOULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE. --NICOLE FERGUSON, WINSTON-SALEM, NC. *TR

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 BREAKING DOWN AND INOPERABLE WHEN THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED TO THEM, SO I TOOK THE CAR STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER. IT IS THE AC COMPRESSOR AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO EVEN DRIVE CAR ($1400 REPAIR). THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD THINK THEIR CAR WAS UNDRIVABLE BECAUSE THE A/C ISN'T WORKING. WHEN THE COMPRESSOR GOES OUT, IT IS SHORTLY FOLLOWED BY SMOKE, BAD SMELL AND CAR BREAKDOWN. ON THE HIGHWAY THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PART DEFECT AND MAZDA IS FULLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, YET THEY ARE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. AN AC COMPRESSOR IS NOT SUPPOSED TO LAST ONLY 20K-50K MILES ON A CAR, THAT IS RIDICULOUS AND CONSUMERS OF THE 2007 MAZDA CX-7 SHOULD NOT BE BURDENED WITH BEARING THE REPLACEMENT COST BECAUSE WE HAVE A DEFECTIVE PART IN OUR CAR, NOR SHOULD WE HAVE TO BE SUBJECTED TO THE SAFETY HAZARD THIS DEFECT CAN CAUSE BY COMPLETE BREAKDOWN OF THE CAR. *TR

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 THE COMPRESSOR. I CALLED MAZDA AND THEY GAVE ME A FILE #124465 BUT ADVISE THEY ARE SIMPLY UNABLE TO REACH THE REP IN MY AREA. *TR