2008 MAZDA CX-7 Complaints

THE DRIVER'S SEAT UNDER WELDING WHICH ATTACHES THE CHAIR TO THE BODY OF THE CAR, UNDER THE SEAT, HAS BECOME DETACHED FOR NO KNOWN REASON. THE FRONT END OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT UNIT IS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE FRAME OF THE CAR YET THE BACK END OF THE SEAT IS STILL ATTACHED BY THE MOTOR CONTROLS TO THE POWER SEAT. THE DRIVER'S SEAT ACTUALLY ROCKS BACK LIKE A ROCKING CHAIR LIFTING & MOVING THE SEAT AND BACKREST AS ONE UNIT. THE BROKEN WELD IS ACTUALLY VISIBLE WHEN LOOKING UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE MOTOR TO THE POWER SEAT HAS BEEN FUNCTIONING BUT IS DETERIORATING. THE SEATBELT CANNOT PROTECT ME FROM THIS DEFECTIVE SEAT, IF I WERE REAR-ENDED IT WOULD BE LIKELY THAT I, THE DRIVER, WOULD BE FLUNG BACKWARDS INTO THE BACK SEAT WHICH COULD FATALLY INJURE ONE OF MY CHILDREN. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE EGR VALVE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,900 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

2008 MADZA CX-7 4 CYL TURBO. I BOUGHT THE CAR ON JULY 05 2011 WITH 89K MILES. THE NEXT DAY A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP. IT'S WAS FIXED WITH A BRAND NEW COMPRESSSOR, BUT BLOW SEMI COLD AND HOT WHILE ON COLD MODE. A RECALL SHOULD BE IN ORDER AS AMERICANS ARE GETTING RIPPED OFF BY MADZA. *TT

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-7. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH A SPIDER CRAWLED ON HIM AND HE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO NHTSA RECALL 11V134000, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STORAGE TANK ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING NOR WAS IT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE SPIDERS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THERE WERE SEVERAL SPIDERS AND SPIDER WEBS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 55,200.

I HAVE A 2008 CX-7 WITH A FAILED EGR VALVE. THEY REFUSE TO COVER THIS PART UNDER MY POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH THIS IS CLEARLY AN EMISSIONS FAILURE. I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S WEBSITE AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS ARE REQUIRED TO DESIGN AND BUILD THEIR VEHICLES TO MEET EMISSION STANDARDS FOR THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE VEHICLE SPECIFIED BY LAW. UNDER SECTION 207 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT, IF EPA DETERMINES THAT A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES IN A CLASS OR CATEGORY DO NOT MEET EMISSION STANDARDS IN ACTUAL USE EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND USED, EPA CAN REQUIRE THE MANUFACTURER TO RECALL AND FIX THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. MY CAR HAS LESS THEN 30,000 MILE ON IT AND THE ERG VALVE SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE OUT ALREADY. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY $712 TO REPLACE A PART THAT DOES NOT MEET EMISSION STANDARDS SET FORTH BY CALIFORNIA. IT IS NOT JUST MY VEHICLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, THE MORE RESEARCH I DO THE MORE I REALIZE THAT THIS AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH MULTIPLE MAZDA CONSUMERS. *TR

2008 MAZDA CX-7WITH 40,925 MILES. AM DISABLED, RETIRED MILITARY SO TO SAVE MONEY I PEFORM OWN OIL CHANGES APPROXIMATELY EVERY 5000 TO 7500 MILES DEPENDING ON DRIVING CONDITIONS. ALWAS NEED TO ADD OIL IN BETWEEN CHANGES THOUGH NO LEAK FOUND. WAS TOLD BY MAZDA SERVICE WITHIN FIRST 6 MONTHS OF OWNING THIS VEHICLES THAT THE TURBO GETS EXTREMELY HOT AND BURNS OFF OIL. JUST BEFORE MILEAGE STATED ABOVE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AND ENGINE LOST POWER. NO OTHER INDICATIONS LEADING UP TO THIS. HANDHELDOBCD-II COMPUTER CHECK SHOWED CODE P0101 (MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR). CHECKED CX-7 ON-LINE FORUMS AND IN LESS THAN 1/2 AN HOUR FOUND OVER 25 COMPLAINTS (STOPPED SEARCHING AT THIS POINT) WITH SAME PROBLEM I HAVE. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THE OUTCOMES WERE SCARY. AS PER SEVERAL FORUMS, MAZDA TELLS CUSTOMERS, AS I WAS ALSO TOLD, THAT THE TURBO AND BEARINGS BAD, SAID SLUDGE IN ENGINE BREACHES WARRANTY DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE PROOF AND DENIES TO HONOR WARRANTY. SAY CAR NEEDS A REBUILT OR NEW ENGINE AND TURBO INSTALLED AND I MUST PAY $7K - $9K FOR A REBUILT ENGINE. NOW OWE OVER $18K ON A CAR THAT SHOULD HAVE A RECALL DONE ON IT FOR THIS PROBLEM. SPOKE WIH MAZDA CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AD THEY TOLD ME THAT THE DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER'S (DSM) DECISION IS FINAL, AND NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO HELP ME. THEN ASKED MY DEALER FOR DSM PHONE NUMBER AND WAS TOLD THEY CAN'T LET ME HAVE IT, BUT SAID HE WAS GOING TO BE AT THEIR DEALERSHIP THAT DAY TO VERIFY ANOTHER WARRANTY CLAIM DENIAL AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE HIM CALL ME. FILED ON-LINE COMPLAINT WITH BBB AND AM AWAIING INFO FROM THEM TO DISCUSS MEDIATION AND IF THAT FAILS ARBITRATION. *TR

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON IN MY 2008 MAZDA CX-9. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED THE EGR VALVE HAS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO IT BEING WARN OUT. MAZDA STATES THIS PART DOES NOT FALL UNDER EMISSIONS WARRANTY. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MAZDA'S AND I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD BE PAYING $1200.00 TO FIX A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD. MAZDA HAS BEEN NO HELP JUST TRYING EXTORT MONEY FROM CONSUMERS. *TR

I PURCHASED A MAZDA CX-7 NEW IN 2008. I RECENTLY EXPERIENCE TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE WHILE RIDING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY DAUGHTER. THE MAZDA DEALER LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND CONTACTED THE WARRANTY COMPANY AND MAZDA ON THIS ISSUE, MAZDA STATED THERE WAS "SLUDGE" IN THE ENGINE AND THAT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THEY STATED THIS MUST'VE BEEN CAUSED BY OWNER MAINTENANCE, HOWEVER, I HAVE MAINTAINED THE CAR AS STATED IN THE MANUAL. THE COMPANY STATED WE NEED TO PRODUCE COPIES OF ALL OF OUR OIL CHANGES SINCE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE AND THE DATES/MILEAGE AT THE OIL CHANGE. WE DID NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION, HOWEVER MANY COMPLAINANTS WHO HAVE PRODUCED THE OIL CHANGE HISTORY ARE STILL DENIED WARRANTY CLAIMS. THIS ISSUE OF SLUDGE IS NOT ONLY CAUSES BY THE OWNER, BUT ALSO CAUSED BY MANUFACTURED DEFECTS AS IN THE TOYOTA CASE. MANY OTHER MAZDA OWNERS AND MECHANICS HAVE STATED THE TURBO CHARGING IN THE NEW MAZDA CX-7 HAS STARTED TO "COOK" THE OIL TOO FAST AND THIS CAUSES THE SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE, HOWEVER MAZDA WILL NOT OWN UP TO THIS DEFECT AND HONOR THE WARRANTY AND THIS VEHICLE. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SITED ISSUES OF THE TIMING CHAIN CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE HOWEVER MAZDA WOULD NOT LOOK AT ANY OTHER ISSUES. MY VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER THE 60,000 MILE WARRANTY AND A DEFECT OF THE ENGINE GOING OUT SHOULD BE COVERED. MAZDA IS ILLEGALLY MAKING THE ALLEGATION ABOUT THE OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE ENGINE FAILURE IN A CAR ONLY TWO YEARS OLD, ONLY TO NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A PROBLEM IT HAS CAUSED. PLEASE HELP ME AND OTHER MAZDA OWNERS CORRECT THIS ISSUE. THERE ARE CURRENTLY MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS AGAINST MAZDA AND MANY VEHICLE OWNERS SUCH AS MYSELF ARE WITHOUT A VEHICLE WHILE IN LITIGATION WITH THIS ISSUE. THE REPAIRS WOULD COST OVER $7000. I HAVE ALSO COPIED AND PASTED THE FORUM IN WHICH OVER 100 PEOPLE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS EXACT TREND IN THEIR VEHICLES AND MAZDA BEING LESS THAN WILLING TO FURTHER ASSIST WITH THIS ISSUE. HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F1826A6/100. *TR

2008 MAZDA CX 7 GRAND TOURING - PURCHASED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE FROM A CERTIFIED MAZDA DEALER IN OCTOBER 2008, HAD A LOUD ENGINE SOUND AND DEALER ADVISED THIS WAS "NORMAL", JUST BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRATION FOUND THAT TRANSMISSION SEAL WAS BAD AND REPLACED THIS AS WELL AS THE RECALLED COMPRESSOR. NOW AT 64K AND NOISE IN ENGINE IS GETTING WORSE AND IT IS IN FACT THE TIMING CHAIN LAPPING. FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING THE CHAIN BREAK LEAVING THEM STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. ALSO FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE CASING AND THE TENSIONING BELT/MECHANISM IS FAILING. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AND I AM SURPRISED THAT NO ONE HAS RECALLED THIS, IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 07 MODEL AS WELL. WILL REQUEST OLD PARTS BE KEPT. CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 MAZDA CX7 WITH 60,000 MILES. MY AC COMPRESSOR JUST WENT OUT. FIRST NOTICED A SLIGHT SQUEALING NOISE WHICH I THOUGHT MIGHT BE A LOOSE BELT. THE NEXT DAY I NOTICED A STRONG SMELL LIKE BURNING RUBBER. CAR SEEMED TO DRIVE FINE. TWO DAYS LATER I FINALLY GOT IT CHECKED OUT AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE COMPRESSOR AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I DIDN'T GET IT FIXED RIGHT AWAY BUT THEY DID TELL ME I SHOULDN'T WAIT TOO LONG CAUSE OF POSSIBLE LOCK UP AND BELT BREAKING. LATER THAT NIGHT WHEN I TURNED ON THE CAR THERE WAS A SQUEALING SOUND AND LIGHTS WENT CRAZY AND DIDN'T WANT TO START. I TURNED IT OFF THEN TRIED AGAIN. IT BARELY STARTED THAT TIME. THE VERY NEXT MORNING IT DID THE SAME THING AND I DROVE IT STRAIGHT TO BE FIXED. WENT HE MECHANIC TURNED THE CAR ON TO MOVE IT FINALLY LOCKED UP AND WOULDN'T START. I DID NOT HAVE IT REPAIRED AT THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE EVERYONE SAYS IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE. THE PLACE THAT FIXED IT GAVE ME TWO OPTIONS OF FIXING. JUST THE AC COMPRESSOR OR THE COMPRESSOR, EXPANSION VALVE AND RECEIVER DRYER. THEY TOLD ME I COULD JUST DO THE COMPRESSOR WHICH IS WHAT I DID. *TR