NHTSA Complaint #10276063 — 2007 MAZDA CX-7

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