NHTSA Complaint #10463319 — 2007 MAZDA CX-7

MY 2007 CX-7 STARTED MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE WHEN I STARTED IT (MAY 7,2012). I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY TIMING CHAIN & ACTUATOR (VVT) AND IT WOULD TAKE $1350 TO REPAIR. I PAID THE MONEY AND IT WAS FIXED IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. ON JUNE 7TH,2012 I STARTED TO REALIZE THAT MY AC WAS NOT WORKING, BUT HAD DECIDED TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT TO HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE I WAS STILL HURTING FINANCIALLY FROM THE LAST FIX A MONTH AGO. THAN ON JUNE 9TH, 2012, I WENT TO START MY VEHICLE AND IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO EXPLODE. I LIVE IN THE COUNTRY AND THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP IS AT LEAST 50 MILES AWAY. SO I BROUGHT IT TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME MY TURBO IS BLOWN. THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP WANTS $80 TO DIAGNOSE IT AND $5000 TO FIX IT (THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE MY TOWING FEES AND THE COST OF FIXING THE AC). I'VE READ ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS ONLINE AND EVERYONE IS SAYING SLUDGE BUILD UP AND MAZDA WANTS THE RECEIPTS FOR ALL OF THEIR OIL CHANGES. I HAVE ALL MY RECEIPTS FOR THE SYNTHETIC OIL CHANGES THAT I HAVE HAD DONE TO THE VEHICLE ON TIME (NOT TO MENTION ONLY FILLING THE CAR WITH PREMIUM GAS). UNFORTUNATELY, MY CAR IS UP TO 100,000 MILES AND THEY ONLY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO WHAT...70K? SO BASICALLY I HAVE A CAR THAT I PAID $16K FOR AND IS COMPLETELY USELESS TO ME ONLY AFTER 100K MILES. FROM WHAT I'VE RESEARCHED VVT'S ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO OUT UNTIL WHAT 250K-300K MILES? AND IT SEEMS A BIT RIDICULOUS FOR THE TURBO TO GO OUT AFTER 100K MILES.... *TR