NHTSA Complaint #10476645 — 2007 MAZDA CX-7

ON 7/11/12 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO THE FL. TURNPIKE WHEN HER MAZDA CX7, 07 ENGINE TURNED OFF COMPLETELY WITHOUT WARNING. SHE WAS ON A ONE LANE ROAD WITH A BLIND SIDED CURVE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. A 18 WHEELER TRUCK WAS COMING UP BEHIND HER AND ALMOST REAR ENDED HER VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE HITTING MY WIFE CAR. AFTER A INVESTIGATION OF THE ENGINE PROBLEM I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A BAD TIMING CHAIN THAT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF THE WAY IT DID. I CALLED THE MAZDA MANUFACTURE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM AND THAT'S WHY THEY SENT OUT LETTERS FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM. THE ALSO STATED THAT THE ONLY WAY THEY WOULD REPLACE THE PART IS IF I COULD SHOW RECORDS OF EVERY OIL CHANGE THAT WAS DONE ON THE CAR FROM THE TIME OF PURCHASE. BEING THAT I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED I AM NOT ABLE TO SHOW ALL THE OIL CHANGE RECORDS THEY REQUEST. THE POINT IS THAT THE MANUFACTURE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIMING CHAIN. THEY SHOULD BE DOING A IMMEDIATE RECALL ON THE CAR TO FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED..IF YOU CAN I ASK YOU TO PLEASE HELP WITH THIS MATTER.. *TR