29 owner complaints to NHTSA about the 2007 Mazda CX-7 cite equipment, 5% of all 528 complaints for this model year. NHTSA also lists 1 recall on this component.
“WHILE DRIVING, HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE, SOME SMELL COMING FROM THAT DIRECTION AS WELL. LOST POWER TO THE VEHICLE, TURNED OFF THE ROAD AND NOTICE THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE A/C COMPRESSOR. *JS”
“THE AC HAD BEEN GETTING LESS COOL AND COMPLETELY WENT OUT 2 DAYS AGO. YESTERDAY IT STARTED MAKING A TICKING NOISE. TODAY IT STARTED SMOKING AND SMELLED LIKE BURNT RUBBER. I TOOK IT IN AND WAS TOLD THE AC COMPRESSOR HAD GONE OUT. IT IS NOW GETTING A NEW COMPRESSOR/FILTER/DRYER/BELT WHICH I AM PAYING FOR AS IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TT”
“I OWN A MAZDA CX-7 AND WAS DRIVING LIKE A NORMALLY DO AND TURNED ON THE AIR CONDITIONER. IT STARTED TO BLOW HOT AIR AND I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY. SHORTLY AFTER MY ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD SQUEAKING SOUND AND BEGIN SMOKING, I TOOL IT THE MECHANIC AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS THE COMPRESSOR. I READ ONLINE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT MAZDA CX-7 OWNERS HAVE FACED BUT THEY HAVE ALSO FACED HAVING THEIR CARS STALL OUT BECAUSE OF IT. *TR”
“WAS RETURNING TO CALIFORNIA FROM ARIZONA WHEN CAR STARTED MAKING AN AWFUL NOISE. I SUSPECTED IT WAS THE A/C COMPRESSOR AS I HAD READ ABOUT THEIR FAILURES ONLINE. I HAD JUST PASSED THE 60,000 MILE EXTENDED COVERAGE PERIOD, HOWEVER MY MAZDA DEALER WAS ABLE TO GET MAZDA TO COVER 95% OF THE CHARGES. I WAS NOT HAPPY THAT I HAD TO PAY ANYTHING AT ALL, BUT I FEEL FORTUNATE THAT MAZDA THREW ME A BONE. OTHERS HAVE NOT BEEN SO LUCKY. MAZDA SHOULD COMPENSATE THEM. *KB”
“IN APRIL 2009 THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED ON MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,000 MILES ON THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED. WE REPLACED THE COMPRESSOR WITH AN AFTERMARKET COMPRESSOR BECAUSE THE DEALER INDICATED IT WAS NOT IN WARRANTY. SOME TIME LATER WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MAZDA EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON THE COMPRESSOR TO 60,000 MILES. IN THE LETTER MAZDA EXPLAINED THAT IF THE COMPRESSOR HAD ALREADY BEEN CHANGED THEY WOULD REIMBURSE US FOR THE CHARGES. THE PAPERWORK HAD BEEN MISPLACED AT THE TIME SO WE DID NOT CONTACT MAZDA FOR REIMBURSEMENT. IN DECEMBER 2010 MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR IN DALLAS TEXAS WHEN SHE HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. A BURNING SMELL STARTED COMING THROUGH THE VENTS, THEN SMOKE STARTED COMING INTO THE CAR, SHE HAD TO CROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET OFF OF THE ROAD. THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING BEFORE SHE COULD GET OFF OF THE ROAD. A DRIVER STOPPED AND HELPED HER GET THE CAR OFF OF THE ROAD, LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED. SHE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED, I CALLED FOR A WRECKER AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MAZDA DEALERSHIP NEARBY. THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED ME AND TOLD ME IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $…”
“2007 MAZDA CX-7. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SHORTLY AFTER SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS POINTING TOWARD THE GROUND AND IT TOOK 3-5 TRIPS TO THE DEALER BEFORE IT WAS PROPERLY FIXED. IN JUNE 2010, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS AN EVAP SYSTEM LEAK WHICH COST $461.80. IN OCTOBER 2010, DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN OUTER TIE ROD END, IN ADDITION TO THAT AN ALIGNMENT WAS ALSO NEEDED. ONE WEEK LATER, THE AC COMPRESSOR FAILED. *JB”
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THULE, INC. IS RECALLING 2,323 OWNER-INSTALLED ROOF-MOUNTED FIT KITS, MODELS 3068 AND 3069, MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 2008 AND FEBRUARY 28, 2009 THAT ARE USED WITH THULE PODIUM FOOT PACKS, MODELS 460 AND 460R. THESE FIT KITS WERE SOLD AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR USE ON THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE BOLT(S) USED TO SECURE THE FOOT TO THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED TO A HARDNESS THAT MAY CAUSE THE BOLT(S) TO BE BRITTLE AND POTENTIALLY BREAK UNDER STRESS.
Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.