2008 MAZDA CX-7 Complaints

AIR CONDITIONING BEGAN BLOWING HOT AIR. MANY COMPLAINTS LOGGED ONLINE FOR THIS YEAR VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS ISSUE. RECOMMENDATION WAS TO CONTACT MAZDA CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. THEY PROVIDED A FILE NUMBER AND INFORMED I NEEDED TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP CONFIRM THE ISSUE WAS THE COMPRESSOR. THE DEALERSHIP DID CONFIRM THE COMPRESSOR AND BELT NEED REPLACED. CONTACTED THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NUMBER BACK AND THE APPEAL/COMPLAIN PROCESS BEGAN TO SEE IF THEY WOULD PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN REPLACING THE COMPRESSOR AND BELT SINCE THE WARRANTY HAD JUST EXPIRED AND ONLY HAS 28,000 MILES. WAS INFORMED 2 DAYS LATER THAT THE DECISION WAS THAT THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE IT IS OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD. VERY DISCOURAGED THAT A CORPORATION WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND THEY VEHICLE UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE FACT THAT THEY KNOW THIS VEHICLE HAS THESE ISSUES. I COULD UNDERSTAND IF THE VEHICLE HAD 60,000 MILES BUT THIS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TURBO CHARGER AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,262. *TR

THERE WAS A KNOCKING ALMOST AS IF THE CAR WAS A DIESEL, BROUGHT THE CAR TO MILFORD MAZDA IN MILFORD CT AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE A MONTH EARLIER AT BOBS IN MILFORD CT. THE MAZDA DEALER REPLACED THE VVT DECEMBER 2012 THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON AND I TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY GET A CODE FOR CAMSHAFT, I BRING THE CAR TO MAZDA WHO TELLS ME UPON ARRIVAL WITH OUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE THAT I NEED A NEW ENGINE AND IT WOULDN'T BE COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY ARE SURE THERE IS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE, YEA SAME STORY EVERYONE ELSE GETS. I FAITHFULLY HAD MY OIL CHANGED EVERY 5,0000 MILES MAX AS THIS WAS DRILLED IN MY HEAD GROWING UP FROM MY DAD. APPROXIMATELY SOME TIME IN MARCH I WAS DRIVING TO WORK I GET THIS LOUD WHINING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE CAR LOSES ALL POWER THE TURBO WENT. I HAVE A NEW TURBO INSTALLED AND STILL SUPPOSEDLY NEED ANOTHER VVT JUST 2 YEARS AFTER THEY REPLACED THIS PART AND NOW THERE IS A HUMMING/WHINING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR NOT TO MENTION (2) TIE RODS ARE BAD. THIS CAR IS NO DOUBT A PIECE OF CRAP THAT I STILL OWE 13K ON AND MAZDA CORPORATE WILL NOT EVEN RETURN MY CALL. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH ALL THE SAME COMPLAINTS. *TR

THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT ON MY 2008 MAZDA CX-7 CRACKED, CAUSING THE PULLEY ASSEMBLY TO FREEZE UP. AS A RESULT, THE PULLEY NO LONGER TURNED ON THE SERPENTINE BELT AND MADE A LOUD NOISE, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED TO WORK. THE CAR WAS IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT TO THE NEAREST MAZDA DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AND ADVISED ME NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR, OUT OF CONCERN THAT DAMAGE TO THE BELT MIGHT OCCUR. IN REVIEWING MY FILES LATER, I FOUND AN AUGUST 2010 NOTICE FROM MAZDA ADVISING ME THAT THE MODEL YEAR OF MY CAR MIGHT HAVE THIS PROBLEM, AND THAT THE WARRANTY COVERAGE WOULD BE EXTENDED TO 5 YEARS OR 60,000 MILES. IT FURTHER STATED THAT NO ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN UNLESS I WAS EXPERIENCING AN ISSUE WITH THIS COMPONENT OF MY CAR, WHICH I WASN'T AT THAT TIME. UNFORTUNATELY, MY PROBLEM DID NOT EMERGE UNTIL NOW, AND IS NOT COVERED BY THIS WARRANTY EXTENSION SINCE I NOW HAVE 75000 MILES ON MY CAR. HOWEVER, AIR CONDITIONER UNITS NORMALLY DO NOT FAIL ON CARS OF THIS AGE AND THE NOTICE FROM MAZDA MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT MAZDA SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND COVER THE COST OF REPLACING THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT IN MY CAR. *TR

SO THIS IS MY COMPLAINT AND STORY SO WE WENT TO FLORIDA LIKE A WEEK AND CAME BACK TO TEXAS. WHEN WE GOT BACK HOME I STARTED TO HEAR AN NOISE ON THE ENGINE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT WASN'T NORMAL IT SOUNDED LIKE A DIESEL TRUCK. SO THE NEXT DAY I HAD TO GO TO WORK AND I WAS COMING BACK HOME THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH CONTINUOUSLY AND CAR STARTED TO SHAKE SO I DROVE IT TO A AUTO PARTS STORE, SO THEY CAN CHECK THE CODE AND THEY SAID IT WAS A PISTON 3 MISFIRE. I TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AGAIN AND HE SAID THE SPARK PLUG HAD OIL AND HE SAID THAT WAS NOT A GOOD SIGN HE SAID IT MIGHT BE THE ENGINE OR A BENT VALVE. FIRST OF ALL THIS IS OUR ONLY CAR AND DON'T HAVE MONEY TO FIX IT. A USE ENGINE COST 3,000 AND UP AND IF ITS THE HEAD IT COST LIKE 1900 AND I'VE BEEN READING A LOT OF BAD REVIEWS OF THIS CAR I REALLY NEED HELP I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX MY CAR WE ARE A FAMILY OF 5. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45MPH, EXPERIENCED SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. CEL CAME ON AND TROUBLE P3001 WAS THE CODE DISPLAY ON HANDHELD READER. CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, DEALER STATES SEVERAL COMPONENTS WITHIN ENGINE HAVE FAILED AND MAZDA HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY OVER FAILURES SINCE I DO NOT HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM PRODUCTION YEARS 2007 AND 2008 ARE PLAGUED WITH PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. *TR

EARLIER THAT DAY I GOT MY OIL CHANGED ON MY LUNCH BREAK AT WORK. I DRIVE BACK TO WORK MY CAR SITS IN THE PARKING LOT AND I LEAVE A FEW HOURS LATER WELL MY CAR IT WAS MAKING A REALLY LOUD NOISE IT SOUNDED LIKE A HELICOPTER I LIVE ABOUT 30 MILES AWAY SO I FIGURED IF I DRIVE SLOW ENOUGH I MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. AS I WAS GOING UP A HILL THE CAR START TO DECELERATE SO IM LIKE OK MAYBE I NEED TO GO SLOWER NO I GET UP OVER THE HILL AND AM GOING DOWN THE HILL AND THE CAR JUST DIES THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I GET IT TOWED TO MAZDA THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE I FIND OUT I HAVE A POWERTRAIN WARRENTY UNTIL 60,000 MILES I ONLY HAVE 54,000 MILES ON IT SO THEY TOW IT UNDER MY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. NOW MY CAR HAS BEEN THERE FOR A MONTH AND COME TO FIND OUT MY TIMING CHAIN WENT ON IT CAUSING A DOMINO EFFECT ON IT AND MAKING THE ENGINE GO. NOW THE DEALERSHIP WANTS 8 GRAND TO FIX MY CAR BECAUSE MAZDA DENIED MY CLAIM DUE TO "ENGINE SLUDGE" WHICH AT THIS LOW OF MILES AND ME PERFORMING REGULAR OIL CHANGES THEY CONSIDERED "LACK OF MAINTANCE" BECAUSE I COULDNT PROVE IT. *TR

I PURCHASED THE 2008 MAZDA CX7 ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO AND ALREADY REPLACED THE COMPRESSOR I FIRST HAD WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT THE TAIL PIPE WELL I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT UNTIL SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT IS NOT NORMAL SO A WEEK LATER I STARTED HEARING NOISES LIKE A DIESEL TRUCK AND A KNOCKING NOISE SO THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD ME THE VEHICLE AND WE DROVE THE VEHICLE AND HE STATED IT WAS FINE HE THEN DROVE AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP AND THEY TOLD ME THE COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP NOW I'M HEARING A TICKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AND THEY STATED IT WAS NORMAL BUT IT STILL CONCERNS ME CAUSE READING OTHER STATEMENT HAVE ME WORRIED THAT THE ENGINE VALVE WILL BE NEXT AND I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO REPAIR A VEHICLE I'M A SINGLE PARENT OF 4 KIDS. *TR

THE POWER STEERING FAILED. ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER CAR TO SAFE STOP ON SIDE OF ROAD. THE POWER STEERING HOSE WAS CUT BY THE END OF THE CRANKSHAFT AT THE END OF THE ENGINE AND ALL THE FLUID LEAKED OUT CAUSING THE PUMP TO STOP AND BURN UP. THE HOSE WAS CUT BY LONG-TERM RUBBING BY THE END OF THE CRANKSHAFT THAT SPINS OUTSIDE THE ENGINE COVER. THE HOSE IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE SHAFT THAT SPINS. IT SLICED INTO IT CAUSING A LEAK. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON TOOK IT TO DEALER...EGR VALUE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED...WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. ABOUT $700 OR PART...WONDERING IF THERE IS RECALL ON PART. READING FORUM AND SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH OTHERS. *TR