2008 MAZDA CX-7 Complaints

WE HAVE A 2008 MAZDA CX7 BOUGHT NEW IN 2008 AT ABOUT 35,677 MILE MARK OUR A/C STARTED GOING IN AND OUT NOT BLOWING COLD AIR. TOOK IT AND THE TECH AIR BLOWING AT 46 DEGREES AND PRESSURE GOOD. NO MAJOR PROBLEMS AFTER. JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND MY WIFE IS DRIVING THE CAR WITH MY EIGHT TEAR OLD ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE CAR STARTED SMOKING SEVERELY. SHE PULLS OVER CALL ME, A BRIEF LOOK OVER I SAW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE A/C CLUTCH AREA. NOW THE A/C IS OUT. I'M ON MY WAY TO MAZDA RIGHT NOW AND WILL UPDATE STATUS LATER. VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY WOULDN'T YOU KNOW. APPARENTLY FROM RESEARCH VIA THE INTERNET THIS IS AND HAS BEEN A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. HELP! PLEASE..... *TR

WITHOUT WARNING THE CABIN OF MY MAZDA CX-7 FILLED WITH SMOKE AND THE POWERSTEERING WENT OUT. APPARENTLY FAULTY AC COMPRESSOR BURNED BELTS AND KNOCKED OUT POWERSTEERING. MAZDA REPLACED COMPRESSOR WITH NEW REVISED COMPRESSOR. *TR

2008 MAZDA CX-7 A/C COMPRESSOR FAILURE SENDING SPARKS OUT FROM UNIT, INSIDE ENGINE BAY. *TR

MAZDA USING THE WRONG OIL. RECENTLY HAD THE OIL CHANGED IN MY 2008 MAZDA CX-7. WHEN I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT THE CAR SMOKED LIKE CRAZY. THEY SAID THEY WERE USING THE WRONG OIL SO THEY REPLACED IT WITH 5W-30 INSTEAD OF 5W-20. THEN CAR CONTINUED TO SMOKE. SO NEXT DAY THEY PUT 5W-40 IN IT. THE OIL IS LEAKING INTO THE TURBO CREATING A FIRE HAZARD. *TR

2008 MAZDA CX7, A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP,BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW FROM DEALER AND ONLY AT 14,500 MILES IT LOCKS UP ON ME. *TR

MY CAR IS A 2008 MAZDA CX-7 AND THIS SUMMER I BEGAN TO USE THE AC WHICH NEVER SEEMS TO COOL OFF MY CAR. IT BLOW COLD AIR BUT NOT VERY COLD AND I HAVE TO KEEP IT AT LEVEL 4 AND PUSH THE OTHER BUTTON THAT MAKES IT BLOW HARDER. WHICH I THINK IS THE CIRCULATION BUTTON. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO KEEP IT ON FULL BLAST AND WITH THE AC BUTTON AND THE ONE NEXT TO IT DEPRESSED ALL THE TIME TO COOL MY CAR OFF. I DON'T THINK IT IS RUNNING CORRECTLY. *TR

AIR CONDITIONING BLOWS HOT AIR A FEW TIMES A DAY. IT NEVER FULLY COOLS CAR. AT SOME TIMES IT STARTS BLOWING SO HOT THAT IT IS MORE COMFORTABLE TO TURN THE A/C OFF EVEN WHEN IT IS 105 DEGREES OUTSIDE! I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR INTO MAZDA OF ST. GEORGE, UTAH TWICE AND THEY PUT A THERMOMETER IN THE VENT, TELL ME IT'S COLD ENOUGH AND SEND ME ON MY WAY. THEY SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IT BLOWS HOT AIR BUT THAT THE A/C SYSTEM IS WORKING NORMALLY. I HAVE LIVED IN THIS VERY HOT CLIMATE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND HAVE OWNED MANY DIFFERENT CARS. ALL OF THEM WERE ABLE TO COOL DOWN THE CAR TO A COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE EVEN IN OUR HOT AREA. WHEN THE TEMPERATURE GETS ABOVE 100 TO 105 DEGREES THE CAR IS TOO UNCOMFORTABLE TO DRIVE. IN FACT, MY WIFE WILL CHOOSE TO DRIVE MY TRUCK (AS OPPOSED TO HER '08 MAZDA) AS THE AIR CONDITIONER IN THE TRUCK ACTUALLY BLOWS COLD AIR. *TR

ON 6/17/09, MY 2008 MAZDA CX-7 ERUPTED IN SMOKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 1 & 3 YEAR OLD. I WAS TERRIFIED IT WOULD CATCH ON FIRE & LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET MY BOYS AND I OUT SAFELY OFF THE FREEWAY. HERZOG MEIER MAZDA IN BEAVERTON, OR CONFIRMED IT WAS THE AC COMPRESSOR THAT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BREAK DOWN. THE ESTIMATE TO FIX WAS $2400. I DECIDED TO GO ONLINE & DO RESEARCH. I WAS OUTRAGED BY WHAT I DISCOVERED. THERE ARE ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF CX7 OWNERS WHO ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH THE A/C COMPRESSOR MOST WITH LESS MILEAGE THAN MY VEHICLE. I CALLED MAZDA TO FILE A COMPLAINT TODAY. MAZDA SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THIS ERROR & DO A RECALL. *TR

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN 1/2008. 2008 MAZDA CX-7 WE TOOK A TRIP FROM SALT LAKE CITY, UT TO LAS VEGAS, NV THE WEEKEND OF MAY 1-3, 208. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, ALONG WITH THE AT LIGHT WHEN WE CLIMBED ANY SORT OF A HILL ON I-15 I MADE AN APPOINTMENT ON MAY 4TH THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP (D. DAHLE MAZDA SALT LAKE CITY) DID THE REPAIRS WHEN I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE, TRANSMISSION WAS REPROGRAMMED BECAUSE THE SHIFT POINTS WERE NOT CORRECT. MILEAGE OUT WAS 10408 ON 5/18/09 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON I-15 WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE AND AT LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN JUST NORTH OF MILE MARKER 185. SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE VENTS WHEN SHE PULLEDOVER. WITNESSES RAN UP TO THE CAR YELLING FOR HER TO GET OUT, THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. DRIVERS AREA WAS FULLY ENGULFED. ALTHOUGH SHE WAS NOT INJURED (THANK GOD) IT WAS A NARROW ESCAPE ACCORDING TO WITNESSES CONTACTED MAZDA ROAD SIDE SERVICE THEY CONTACTED STEELE TOWING. FLAGGED DOWN TWO SEMI DRIVERS, THEY GOT OUT THERE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND DISCHARGED THEM THE VEHICLE BECAME FULLY ENGULFED, AND ENDED UP HAVING AN EXPLOSION UHP ARRIVED ON SCENE (TROOPER DEREK SPENCER BADGE # 341 ) LOCAL FIRE ARRIVED. TWO FIRE TRUCKS ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO STEELE TOWING IN NEPHI, UT MET STEELE TOWING AT 8:00 A.M. NEXT MORNING BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO D. DAHLE MAZDA IN SALT LAKE CITY CLOSE TO 200 PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE VEHICLE AND SPOKE WITH THE TOWING COMPANY. CONTACTED ROB MEYER GENERAL MANAGER DURING OUR DRIVE HOME. ALL HE WOULD SAY TO US IS 'TO CONTACT OUR INSURANCE COMPANY'. THIS IS NOT AN INSURANCE ISSUE. THIS IS A FAULTY VEHICLE, A DEALERSHIP, AND AUTO MANUFACTURER THAT WILL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY AND KEEPS DIRECTING US TO CONTACT OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN TO ANOTHER PERSON.. THIS IS OF GREAT CONCERN TOWARDS CONSUMERS, VEHICLE SAFETY AND THE UNWILLINGNESS OF THE MANUFACTURER IN REGARD THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. MUCH MORE DOCUMENTATION, PHOTOGRAPHS. *TR

SUDDEN FAILURE OF AC CLUTCH. LOCKS UP AND BURNS. AFFECTS STEERING AND WILL DAMAGE ENGINE. *TR