NHTSA Complaint #10472139 — 2008 MAZDA CX-7

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	10472139
Vehicle	2008 MAZDA CX-7
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Date of Incident	August 23, 2012
Date Filed	August 24, 2012
Mileage	87,000 miles
Crash	No
Fire	Yes
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	OH

Consumer Description

ON MY WAY TO WORK I GLANCED IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR AND NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT FROM BEHIND MY CAR. I LOOKED AT MY GAUGES AND NOTICED THAT MY BATTERY LIGHT WAS ON AND MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS ALL THE WAY ON HOT. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND, AS I PULLED OVER MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I SHUT OFF THE CAR AND CALLED MY HUSBAND (WHO OWNS A COLLISION REPAIR SHOP AND A TOW TRUCK) AND TOLD HIM TO COME AND GET ME AND MY DISABLED CAR. AS I SAT IN MY CAR WAITING, A POLICE OFFICER CAME TO CHECK THAT I WAS O.K. THE OFFICER SAT IN HIS CAR BEHIND ME FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THEN BACKED OUT AND LEFT. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF THE OFFICER LEAVING A GENTLEMAN AND HIS WIFE PULLED OVER A GOOD WAY UP IN FRONT OF MY CAR. THE GENTLEMAN GOT OUT OF HIS CAR AND STARTED RUNNING TO ME SHOUTING GET OUT, GET OUT, YOUR CAR IS ON FIRE!? THE GENTLEMAN CALLED 911 TO SUMMON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AS WE WAITED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT A HIGHWAY PATROL ASSISTANCE VEHICLE PULLED OVER BECAUSE THEY HAD A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. MY HUSBAND ARRIVED AND TOOK THE CAR BACK TO HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS. OUR INSURANCE WAS COMPANY WAS CALLED AND THEY SENT A CLAIMS ADJUSTER OUT TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE. OUR CLAIMS ADJUSTER DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE HAD STARTED WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER AND HAD CAUSED $3,900.00 IN DAMAGE TO THE MECHANICALS OF THE CAR. *TR

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