2007 MAZDA CX-7 Engine And Engine Coolingcooling System Problems

ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE, SCRAPING SOUND, A/C STOPPED WORKING. I HAD CAR TOWED TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE A/C COMPRESSOR, TIMING CHAIN AND ACTUATOR. TOTAL COST $2306.57. DEALERSHIP STATED THEY BROUGHT PCM UP TO DATE. EGR VALVE INDICATOR FAULT NOW ACTIVE. *TR

MY WIFE AND I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX 7 WITH 68000 MILES ON IT. ON AUGUST 13TH MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH MY 9 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER AND NOTED A FUNNY SOUND WITH LOSS OF AIR CONDITIONING OR CHANGE OF QUALITY OF AIR CONDITIONING. SHE REPORTED SMOKE AND NOISE THAT FOLLOWED. LUCKILY SHE WAS ON A BACK ROAD AND CLOSE TO HER DESTINATION AND WAS ABLE TO ARRIVE AT THE DESTINATION WITHOUT HAVING TO DRIVE FAR. SHE PHONED ME AND GAVE ME THE NEWS AND I IMMEDIATELY KNEW IT WAS THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR. THIS IS DUE TO RESEARCH I HAVE DONE THAT THE MAZDA CX 7 FROM 2007 IS NOTORIOUS FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR SEIZING UP. LUCKILY MY WIFE WAS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND PARKED THE CAR AND HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC TO BE REPAIRED. IN THE MEANTIME, I HAD EMAILED MAZDA AND...

MY WIFE WAS ON HER WAY HOME WHEN THERE WAS A FUNNY BUZZING OR SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF HER 07 MAZDA CX7. SHE PULLED OVER AND THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM HER RIGHT FRONT TIRE AREA. SHE THEN HAD TO CALL OUR INSURANCE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO OUR LOCAL SERVICE REPAIR SHOP. LATER WE FOUND THAT THE AC COMPRESSOR WAS SEIZED AND THE BELT WAS MELTED. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH UPON THIS MATTER I AM FINDING THAT THERE IS AN ASTONISHING NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. COME TO FIND OUT MAZDA IS TELLING PEOPLE THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND TO COME IN AND PAY $1500- $2500 TO HAVE THE DEFECTIVE PART REPLACED. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!!! MY WIFE IS ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AT RUSH HOUR WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK AND MAZDA COULD HAVE HAD...

MAZDA SENT A LETTER TO REPORT A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 2007 AND 2008 CX-7 IN AUGUST 2010. THE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS CREATING ISSUES AND MAZDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 60,000 MILES. THE LETTER INDICATED THAT NO ACTION WAS NEEDED UNLESS YOU HEARD A STRANGE "NOISE". BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE AND THOSE OF OTHERS, THE PROBLEM OCCURS WITH NO WARNING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE A/C STOPS WORKING AND SMOKE BEGINS TO COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE ISSUE CAN ALSO CAUSE THE POWER STEERING TO GO OUT AND THE CAR TO STALL SO HOW CAN THIS NOT BE A SAFETY CONCERN AND NOT BE CONSIDERED A RECALL? THE WARRANTY IS ONLY EXTENDED TO 60,000 MILES AND THERE ARE MANY CASES WHERE THE PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR UNTIL AFTER 60,000 MILES. IS MAZDA JUST HOPING THAT MOST WILL HAPPEN AFTER 60K SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE...

WHILE DRIVING HOME WITH MY A/C ON, MY 2007 MAZDA CX7 BEGAN MAKING A TERRIBLE WHINING & GRINDING SOUND, FOLLOWED BY BILLOWS OF SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF THE CAR AND OPENED THE HOOD, WHICH CONTINUED TO SMOKE FOR SOME TIME AND THERE WAS A SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER. I BURNED MY HAND IN THE PROCESS. THE CAR WAS DEEMED UNSAFE AND UNDRIVEABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE NEAREST MAZDA DEALER WHERE WE HAD ALSO PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT, SO ,THE NEXT MORNING I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALER TELLING ME THE FIRE STARTED WITH THE A/C COMPRESSOR, WHICH THEN IGNITED THE DRIVE BELT. THAT'S WHY IT SMELLED SO AWFUL. HE SAID IT WAS "BURNED BADLY". THE PARTS WERE NOT IN STOCK, SO, THEY HAVE TO ORDER NEW PARTS. SO, I'M WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION....

2007 MAZDA CX-7 - A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT (MILEAGE 43,090 AND OUT OF WARRANTY) ON WAY TO WORK ON 1/4/11 AROUND 7:30AM. MY CAR STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISES FROM THE ENGINE THE DAY BEFORE BUT THEIR WERE NO WARNING SIGNS IN MY CAR. ON MY WAY TO WORK A LOT OF WHITE SMOKE FROM MY TALE PIPES STARTED COMING OUT AND THE NOISE GOT LOUDER ALONG WITH A BURNING SMELL AND THEN MY BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR CUT OFF WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS LUCKY TO COAST OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. $1250 TO REPLACE PARTS/TOW AND LABOR. SEEMS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MAZDA BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ON A LOT OF FORUMS WHERE TONS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. MAZDA ON RT. 42 SOUTH JERSEY NJ DIDN'T MENTION THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE. MANY CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD...

I HAVE MY 2007 MAZDA FOR A YEAR AND IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 1/2 THE TIME I'VE OWNED IT . IT IS THE WORST VEHICLE THAT MAZDA COULD HAVE MADE IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BECAUSE OF NUMEROUS PROBLEM SOMEONE IS GOING TO LOSE THERE LIFE. I HAVE HAD SO MANY THINGS DONE TO MY VEHICLE ACTUATOR 2 OIL ON THE ENGINE, TURBO WENT OUT, TIMING BELT , TIE ROD BROKE AND TIRE CAME OFF AND HIT A TRUCK, AIR CONDITIONING WENT OUT , THE LIST CAN GO ON AND ON JUST GOT IT BACK AFTER BEING REPAIRED AND IT HAS TO GO BACK TO THE SHOP ON FRIDAY THIS IS THE WORST CAR IN THE WORLD IT IS A LEMON MAZDA SHOULD BE SHAME OF THEMSELVES FOR SELLING THIS PIECE OF CRAP. *TR

2007 MAZDA CX7, BROKEN AIR COMPRESSOR AT 30000 MILES WHICH DESTROYS SERPENTINE BELT AND RISKS OVERHEATING ENGINE, CAUSING BURNING SMELL AND EVENTUALLY SMOKE. PROBLEM IS NOT UNIQUE TO ME AND MY VEHICLE HAVING READ THE INTERNET FOR NUMEROUS SIMILAR REPORTS FROM OTHERS. *TR

2007 MAZDA CX-7 HAD FAILURE OF THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR. BEARINGS FREEZE UP IN THE COMPRESSOR UNIT. THIS CAUSES PULLEY TO STOP TURNING AND PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE DRIVE BELT. THIS CAUSES CAR TO OVERHEAT AND BATTERY TO LOSE CHARGE BECAUSE ALTERNATOR AND WATER PUMP ARE NOT SPINNING. THEY DO NOT SPIN BECAUSE THE DRIVE BELT SLIPS OVER THEM BECAUSE AIR CONDITIONER PULLEY HAS SEIZED UP. THIS HAPPENS AROUND 34,000 MILES AND GENERALLY WITHIN MONTHS OF THE EXPIRATION OF THE 36 MONTH WARRANTY. INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM TO MAZDA. MAZDA REFUSES TO COVER REPAIR UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY AS IT IS NOT AN ESSENTIAL PART - EVEN THOUGH THE CAR BECOME UNDRIVEABLE. *TR

MAZDA CX7 2007 ISSUE WITH THE AC COMPRESSOR/ CONDENSOR. *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK, WHEN ALL THE SUDDEN MY CAR STARTED FLOWING MASSIVE AMOUNT OF SMOKE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR STOPPED WORKING. THANK FULLY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO GET OFF THE ROAD AND BACK TO THE DEALER. TELLING ME THAT MY A/C COMPRESSOR WENT. COSTING ABOUT 2000$ TO FIX!. AFTER SOME INVESTIGATION, I REALIZED THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH 07' AND 08' MAZDA CX-7 CARS. I BELIEVE MAZDA FIXED THE PROBLEM ON NEWER CX-7S BUT COMPLETELY IGNORED THE OLDER MODELS. PLEASE HELP ME FIX THIS! *TR

THE CLUTCH WENT OUT ON THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR. CALLED MAZDA APPARENTLY IT IS A KNOWN AND COMMON PROBLEM. MAZDA QUOTED ABOUT A $1,000 FIX. $30,000 POS! *TR

AFTER DRIVING ROUGHLY 38,000 MILES, MY MAZDA CX-7'S A/C STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS. IT STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR AND STARTED TO MAKE A GRINDING SOUND. WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO A PLACE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR, A BURNING SMELL BEGAN TO ARISE. IT WAS EVENTUALLY FOUND THAT THE COMPRESSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THERE WERE METAL PARTS IN THE COMPRESSOR. THIS CAUSED HUGE DAMAGES TO THE CAR AND IT WAS ESTIMATED TO COST ROUGHLY $17,000 IN DAMAGES. IT HAS YET TO BE FIXED, BUT THE CAR HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN FOR 38,000 MILES AND HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE INTERVALS. THERE WAS ALMOST NO INDICATION OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE I DID NOT TURN ON THE A/C OFTEN. *TR

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX 7,WITH 40,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THE AC. I HAD BEEN TOLD IT WAS NORMAL AND FINE. LAST NIGHT I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN SOMEONE ON THE ROAD INFORMED ME THAT MY CAR WAS SMOKING. MY HUSBAND CAME TO WHERE I WAS AT AND FOUND OUT THAT MY AC COMPRESSOR HAD LOCKED UP CAUSING MY CAR TO NOT RUN. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAY IT MAY NOT BE COVERED AS IT IS NOT A POWERTRAIN ISSUE. AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, IT IS. WITHOUT THE AC COMPRESSOR THE CAR WILL NOT WORK OR DRIVE THEREFORE IT IS A POWERTRAIN PROBLEM, IT WONT DRIVE AND IT INOPERABLE. I THINK MAZDA NEEDS TO RECALL THIS PART AS IT LEADS TO SAFETY ISSUES, OR MAYBE THEY SHOULD REPAIR THIS PART FOR NO...

A/C CONDENSER FOR AIR CONDITION JUST WENT ON FRIDAY MORNING WENT NEXT DAY SATURDAY TO MAZDA DEALER THEY HAD NO INVENTORY NO BACK ORDER DATE BUT WANTED ME TO GIVE THEM $800. TO HOLD AND ITEM WITH NO ACKNOWLEDGE TO WHEN IT WILL COME IN THEY SAID SINCE IT WENT OUT YESTERDAY MORNING I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD ANYTHING BAD AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS, LIFTED THERE ABOUT 30 MIN HEADING TO MAKE SOME ERRANDS WITH MY 2 BOYS, FRONT HOOD STARTING SMOKING VERY WHICH SMOKE AND SMELT BURNING PULLED OVER WAITED I CALLED THEM THEY SAID OH, THIS MEANS THAT YOU ENGINE BELT BROKE AND YOUR ENGINE IS FROZEN. $1400. TO REPAIR 2007 CX07 (NOTHING BUT ISSUES). *TR

THE A/C STOPPED WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THERE WAS DISTINCT BURNING SMELL FROM VENTS. THE A/C COMPRESSOR BURNED OUT AND FAILED AND WHEN THE CAR WAS STOPPED, IT REFUSES TO START BACK UP. APPARENTLY, FAILED A/C COMPRESSOR MAKES THE CAR INOPERABLE. A/C COMPRESSOR AND THE BELT ARE BEING REPLACED. *TR

WE OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX7. WE LIVE IN ABILENE TX WE ARE CURRENTLY STATION IN DYESS AFB. ON 4TH OF JULY WE TOOK A DRIVE TO ODESSA TX TO MEET UP WITH SOME FRIENDS TO LIGHT UP SOME FIREWORKS FOR THE HOLIDAY. ON THE WAY BACK, WE BEGAN TO FEEL THAT OUR AC STARTED BLOWING HOT AIR. I STOPPED TO CHECK IT OUT, BUT EVERYTHING LOOKED TO BE IN ORDER AND NOTHING WAS LEAKING. WE KEPT TRACK OF ALL THE GAUGES TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. WE TURNED THE AC UNIT OFF AND OPEN THE WINDOWS TO GET SOME AIR FROM OUTSIDE. ONCE WE ARRIVE TO DYESS AFB IN ABILENE TX. WE NOTICE A HORRIBLE BURNING RUBBER SMELL COMING FROM THE HOOD OR OUR VEHICLE, THE SMELL BECAME MORE PREVALENT. MINUTES LATER, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR BASICALLY BEGAN SHUTTING DOWN....

AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK, SMELLED BURNING RUBBER. MY CAR ENGINE LOCKED UP, AND I STRUGGLED TO GET OFF OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. I FOUND OUT THAT MY A/C COMPRESSOR QUIT AND BROKE THE BELT OF MY ENGINE. WITH RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, I GOT THE CAR TO THE DEALER. I THEN FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN WITH THEIR MAZDA CX-7. AFTER TALKING TO THE DEALER, THEY PAY FOR PARTS I PAY FOR LABOR, AND HAVE TO RENT A CAR. THEY REPLACED THE A/C AND SEVERAL PARTS THAT GO WITH IT. *TR

AT ABOUT 55,000 MILES AND ONLY 3 YEARS OF USAGE, MY VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A TERRIBLE RACKET AND SMELL. I OPENED THE HOOD TO SEE IT WAS A THE CLUTCH OF THE AIR COMPRESSOR THAT HAD LOCKED UP AND CAUSED BIG PROBLEMS WITH THE BELT. TRYING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO GET REPAIRED ONLY MADE THE ISSUE WORSE. I GOT A BRAND NEW AIR COMPRESSOR INSTALLED AND THE NOISE IS NOW GONE AND THE AC IS WORKING FINE. (AFTER PAYING APPROXIMATELY $700) HOWEVER, THE AIR BAG LIGHT JUST STARTED FLASHING AND THEN STAYING ON AND IT'S ONLY A WEEK SINCE THE AC REPAIR. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE AND IF THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO ISSUES. I AM READING ABOUT ALL SORTS OF COMPLAINTS WITH BOTH ISSUES AND I HAVE READ A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THE AIRBAGS. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED...

STOPPED AT TRAFFIC SIGNAL 1 MILE AFTER LEAVING OFFICE. LOUD HOWLING NOISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT ACCOMPANIED BY BURNING SMELL . SMOKE BEGAN POURING FROM FRONT LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE AREA. ENGINE FIRE AND/OR COMPLETE FAILURE AVERTED BY IMMEDIATE SHUT DOWN OF VEHICLE. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AS A/C COMPRESSOR FAILURE. VEHICLE HAS 57K MILES. SUBSEQUENT SEARCH OF WEB FORUMS ON THE PROBLEM DETAILS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF SAME ISSUE. FILING COMPLAINT TODAY AS THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY MANUFACTURER, THROUGH RECALL OR TSB, THAT COULD LEAD TO ENGINE FIRE/FAILURE AND SERIOUS INJURY TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS; EITHER THROUGH VEHICLE FIRE OR LOSS OF CONTROL FROM ENGINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE, AS A RESULT OF THE DEFECT. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX7. A/C PROBLEMS, I HAVE TALK TO THE DEALER AND SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. STOP COOLING, SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS AND ENGINE. MOST ONLY HAVE 36,000- 50,000 MILES. THE COST OF REPAIRS ARE $1000+. THE HAS HAD MANY CARS COME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 FEBRUARY 2007 WITH 19,000 MILES. AT THE 20,000 MILE MARK I HAD TO TAKE THE CAR IN TO GET THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER REPLACED, THANKFULLY MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT GOT TAKEN CARE OF..AT 35,000 MILES I BEGAN HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES, WITH THE WINDOWS & DOORS, I EVENTUALLY WENT OUTSIDE OF THE MAZDA CORPORATION TO FIX THE PROBLEM SINCE MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. I ENCOUNTERED THE BIGGEST PROBLEM OF ALL ON MAY 30, 2010 AT 39,000 MILES AND A MERE 16 MONTHS AFTER HAVING PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. WHILE ON A TRIP OUT OF TOWN WITH MY FAMILY FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, THE A/C SUDDENLY WENT OUT AND A STRONG BURNING SMELL BEGAN TO FILL THE CAR.THE SMELL WAS SOO SUDDEN AND STRONG THAT MY SEVERE ASTHMA ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO ACT UP. FORTUNATELY,WE WERE CLOSE TO OUR DESTINATION AND WERE ABLE TO...

DRIVING MY CAR (2007 CX-7 WITH 29,500 MILES ON IT - STILL "SUPPOSED" TO BE UNDER WARRANTY) AS NORMAL ON A RELATIVELY HOT AND MUGGY DAY WITH A/C ON (MAY 27, 2010). ROLLED TO A STOP AT A LIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF AN EXIT RAMP, AND THE CAR SHUTTERED AND DIED. POPPED INTO NEUTRAL, STARTED UP, PUT IT IN DRIVE AND IT DIED AGAIN. I SHUT OFF THE A/C AND PUT THE WINDOWS DOWN TO LISTEN TO THE CAR, PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AGAIN AND IT STARTED, PUT IT IN DRIVE AND IT DROVE JUST FINE. ENGINE TEMP WAS FINE. I DROVE THE CAR WITHOUT A/C TO GET HOME SAFELY. MY HUSBAND AND I SWITCHED CARS (HE HAS A MAZDA 3, WE ARE (WERE?) MAZDA LOVERS). HE DROVE IT WITHOUT A/C FOR THE WEEK, AND ON A LIMITED BASIS UNTIL WE COULD GET IT TO A SERVICE APPOINTMENT. MORNING...

WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 MAZDA CX7 WITH CIRCULATING FAN ON SUDDENLY HEARD A GRINDING NOISE AND HAD A LOT OF WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER RIGHT FRONT HOOD. THERE WEREN'T ANY WARNING LIGHTS ON MY DASH & THE TEMP GAUGE READ NORMAL. CAR HAS 43,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS AT DEALER PREVIOUS WEEK FOR ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. LOCAL MAZDA DEALER ADVISED A/C COMPRESSOR, DRYER, EXPANSION VALVE, PAG OIL & FREON ARE ALL NEEDED FOR $1,400 AND IT WOULD TAKE A 1/2 DAY TO REPAIR ONCE THEY HAD THE PARTS. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT AND MAZDA SHOULD COVER WITH A RECALL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD APRIL 10, 2010, IN MY 2007 MAZDA CX 7 WHEN THE A/C STARTED BLOWING HOT AIR, NEXT THING I KNEW PEOPLE ARE FLAGGING ME DOWN AND TELLING ME MY CAR IS ON FIRE! THE CAR WAS NOT ON FIRE, JUST VERY HOT AND SMOKING WITH A VERY BAD BURNING SMELL. DEALERSHIP SAID A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP WHICH CAUSED OTHER DAMAGE. DEALERSHIP SAID "THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEMS WITH A/C COMPRESSOR". LOW AND BEHOLD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUES, BETWEEN 30 - 50K MILES, SOME EVEN LOSING POWER STEERING OR COMPLETE OPERATION OF THEIR VEHICLES DUE TO A/C COMPRESSOR FAILURE. MAZDA HAS NOT RECALLED? THIS IS A PROBLEM AND IT MAY COST SOMEONE THEIR LIFE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE... *TR

PULLED INTO A GAS STATION, ONCE PLACED IN PARK POSITION, NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM PASSENGERS FRONT SIDE. OPENED THE HOOD AND SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. DROVE HOME (5 MINS) AND LEFT UNTIL I RETURNED CAR TO DEALERSHIP. ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP, THE AIR COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP AND THE RADIATOR CAP WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE ARE REPLACING RADIATOR CAP AND REPLACING AIR COMPRESSOR WITH BELT. *TR

2007 MAZDA CX-7 - 39 MONTHS OLD WITH 35,000 MILES, THE AIR CONDITIONING A/C COMPRESSOR CAUGHT ON FIRE, MELTED THE COMPRESSOR AND MADE THE CAR SMOKE, HAD TO STOP THE CAR AND WAIT TO BE TOWED BACK HOME. SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM HAPPENING TO A LOT OF OTHER CX-7 OWNERS. WOULD LIKE FOR MAZDA TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND PAY FOR ANY PARTS AND REPAIRS ON THIS MATTER. *TR

A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKS. NO POWER STEERING, OVERHEATS AND DIES SUDDENLY. *TR

NO EVENTS OR WARNING LEADING TO FAILURE. A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP AT 53K MI. JUST QUIT WORKING, HOT RUBBER SMELL COMING FROM ENGINE. *TR

2007, MAZDA CX-7, 40,000 MILES (4,000 OUT OF WARRANTY) THE AIR COMPRESSOR STOPPED WORKING. SPEWED ONLY HOT AIR. I HAD IT AT THE DEALER AT 32,000 MILES FOR A COMPRESSOR/BELT SQUEAK. DEALER FOUND "NOTHING UNUSUAL". FOUR DAYS NOW WITH OUT THE CAR AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG. *TR

I JUST GOT A MAZDA CX 7 4 MONTHS AGO. THE A/C SYSTEM IS FRIED. THE FACTORY WARRANTY WAS NO GOOD AND I HAVE TO PAY$1900. PLEASE I AM READ THESE ARTICLES AND DO NOT BUY. *TR

I OWN A 2007 MAZDA CX7 THAT THE A/C COMPRESSOR SEIZED UP ON CAUSING A NEAR FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. I HEARD AN AWFUL NOISE AND SAW SMOKE BILLOWING UNDER THE HOOD. I SHUT IT DOWN IMMEDIATELY KNOWING THAT WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN COULDN'T BE GOOD. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY CX7S NOW THE DEALER IS TELLING ME THAT BECAUSE I'VE OWNED THIS FOR 37 MONTHS, (35,000 MILES) THAT IT ISN'T COVERED BY THE 60,000 MILE DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY, (IF I CAN'T DRIVE IT, ITS A DRIVETRAIN PROBLEM TO ME)...THIS NEEDS TO BE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT..OR A RECALL YOU'RE CHOICE. *TR

AC COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP CAUSING CAR TO STALL IN MIDDLE OF STREET AND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. *TR

2007 MAZDA CX-7 - A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT ON WAY HOME FROM FL TO ATL. WHITE SMOKE FROM RIGHT SIDE ENGINE BAY. WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF A/C IN TIME TO KEEP VEHICLE RUNNING. SEEMS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MAZDA. $900 TO REPLACE PARTS AND LABOR. MAZDA OF ROSWELL STATES ISSUE WAS UNKNOWN TO THEM. MAZDA USA IS AWARE AS WELL AS ALL THE FORUMS AND THIS SITE AS WELL FROM OTHER CUSTOMERS. MANY CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES. SOME WITHIN THE 36K BTB WARRANTY, SOME AFTER. POWERTRAIN IS UP TO 60K. WITH THIS BEING A KNOWN ISSUE, SHOULDN'T THIS BE A RECALL IF IT IS A PROBLEM THAT WILL OCCUR ON MOST 2007 CX-7'S WITH THE PART? I HAVE EMAILED MAZDA USA AS WELL. *TR

I HAVE A MAZDA CX-7 2007. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS I HAD TO REPLACE AC CONDENSER TWICE. IT LOCKED UP AND STARTED SMOKING. AND THE CAR WAS UNDRIVEABLE. NOW THEY HAVE 300 BACK ORDERS FOR THIS PART BEFORE I CAN FIX MY CAR. *TR

MY 2007 MAZDA CX7 A/C COMPRESSOR FROZE UP AT 37500 MILES. THE ENGINE STARTED TO SMOKE WILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUSING ME TO SUDDENLY STOP AND EVACUATE THE VEHICLE. I THOUGHT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. MAZDA IS WELL AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. AT FIRST THEY ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE ME 1000 FOR THE REPAIR. AFTER REPEATED DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEALER AND MAZDA USA THE VEHICLE WAS FIXED AT NO CHARGE. THIS ISSUE IS VERY SERIOUS AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

1. NO EVENTS INVOLVED. 2. FAILURE: PREMATURE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FAILURE. FAILURE CAUSES OVERHEATING OF COMPONENT WITH SMOKING FROM UNDER HOOD ALONG WITH STRANGE NOISES. 3. COMPRESSOR UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED BY A DEALERSHIP AT A COST OF OVER $1,000.00. *TR

AC BLOWING WARM AIR AND LOUD NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD, SOUNDED LIKE I WAS DRIVING A DIESEL. TOOK CAR TO SHOP TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE NOISE. AC COMPRESSOR GOING OUT CAR ONLY HAS 41,600 MILES ON IT. AC COMPRESSOR HAS TO BE REPLACED OR RISK MORE DAMAGE TO MOTOR. WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 36,000 MILES. COMPANY FIRST TOLD ME I HAD THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THEN LATER CALLED AND STATED I DID NOT HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND JOB WOULD COST $1,100.00. TOLD THEM I WOULD COME AND GET CAR NOT ABLE TO PAY $1,100.00 FOR REPAIR. CALLED ME BACK LATER AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD COVER 60% IF I WOULD PAY 40%. *TR

I WAS STRANDED AN HOUR AWAY FROM HOME B/C MY MAZDA CX-7 WOULDN'T START. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AN HOUR AWAY. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE AC COMPRESSOR BROKE AND THAT CAUSE THE DRIVE BELT TO BREAK WHICH IN TURN CAUSED A MOTOR MOUNT TO BLOW OUT AND ALL THAT DRAINED MY BATTERY SUCH THAT I HAD TO REPLACE IT AS WELL. THIS HAPPENED LESS THAN A WEEK AGO AND I'M ALREADY HEARING OF OTHERS WHO HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR AC IN THE SAME TYPE CAR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME ON THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009 WHEN I HEARD THIS HORRID SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR. I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND, FORTUNATELY, I WAS CLOSE TO MY DRIVEWAY SO I WAS ABLE TO PARK AND TURN THE CAR OFF. AT FIRST, I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE EXACT LOCATION OF WHERE THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM BUT THE SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER FORCED ME TO LEAVE IT ALONE AND LET IT SIT OVER NIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING, WHEN I STARTED THE CAR, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A REALLY HOT PART ON MY CAR ... I'M NOT MECHANICALLY INCLINED BUT, I KNEW THAT THE METAL PART TURNING A BRIGHT SHADE OF ORANGE IS NOT A GOOD THING. I HAVE A MECHANIC FOR A NEIGHBOR AND I ASKED HIM TO LOOK AT MY CAR. HE IMMEDIATELY ASKED ME IF MY A/C...

AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED BLOWING COOL AIR. WAS ON A THREE HOUR TRIP AND STOPPED AT A 4 WAY. THE MAZDA CX-7 ENGINE DIED AND WOULD NOT START. I HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE A/C COMPRESSOR. THE COMPRESSOR WENT OUT AND CAUSED THE BELT TO SLIP, NOT ALLOWING THE ALTERNATOR TO DO ITS JOB. *TR

WHILE DRIVING 07 MAZDA CX7 NOTICED EXTREME SMOKE FROM ENGINE. PARKED AND TOWED TO DEALER. INFORMED OF AC COMPRESSOR FAILURE. MAZDA MANUFACTURE OFFERED TO SPLIT COST OF REPAIR. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA CX7, IT'S ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND I JUST SPENT $900.00 FOR A NEW COMPRESSOR FOR THE A/C. *TR

DRIVING A 2007 MAZDA CX-7 WITH 36, 671 MILES ON IT WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND TURNED THE AIR ON, THERE WERE SPARKS AND SMOKE. ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON IN THIS MODEL AND MAZDA HAS NOT RECALLED THIS PART. PART SPECIFICALLY IS THE AIR COMPRESSOR, IT LOCKS UP, STOPS THE ENGINE, AND TEARS UP THE SERPENTINE BELT. SINCE I AM OVER THE WARRANTY BY 600 MILES THIS WILL COST ME UPWARDS OF 2,000. *TR

7/17 I BROUGHT MY MAZDA CX-7 (2007) TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR DUE TO AIR CONDITIONING NOT WORKING AND MAKING A LOUD NOISE COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE AND A BAD ODOR. HERE IS A LIST OF PROBLEMS FOUND WITH THE CAR: 1. BAD COMPRESSOR COST TO REPAIR $1100 2. FRONT TRANSFER STEERING CASE SEAL LEAKING COST TO REPAIR $1500 3. MOTOR OIL SEAL LEAK COST TO REPAIR $875 4. OXYGEN SENSOR MELTED TO THE CHASSIS COST OF REPAIR $240 5. WATER PUMP LEAK COST OF REPAIR $275 THE TOTAL COST OF REPAIR IS $3,935 BEFORE TAXES. THIS IS RIDICULOUS FOR A 2 YEAR OLD CAR. *TR

IN MARCH, MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 HAD AN AIR COMPRESSOR FAILURE. I WAS COMING OFF AN EXIT RAMP OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY AIR CONDITIONER WAS BLOWING HOT AIR. I TURNED IT OFF, THEN SMELLED BURNING RUBBER. IMMEDIATELY AFTER, WHITE SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH MY HOOD. WHILE I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME, I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR ANY FURTHER. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL DEALER, AND MY CAR, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AT A LITTLE OVER 50,000 MILES. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS MY AIR COMPRESSOR. I DID RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND MANY OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE. MY DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE 2007 CX-7, BUT THAT NO RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED. I WAS UNABLE TO GET A LOANER VEHICLE FROM...

I BOUGHT MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO, WITH ONLY 17,000 MILES ON IT BECAUSE IT WAS A DEALER DEMO FOR LESS THAN A YEAR. OVER THE WEEKEND (SATURDAY, JULY11, 2009) MY AIR CONDITIONING BEGAN BLOWING OUT HOT AIR. THE NEXT DAY, MY ENGINE SOUNDED AS IF IT WERE SPUTTERING, AND MY CAR BEGAN SMOKING AND SMELLING LIKE BURNT RUBBER. THIS MORNING, 7/13/09, I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY CAR TO MY LOCAL MAZDA DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD ME MY AIR COMPRESSOR NEEDED REPLACING FOR MORE THAN $800, AND MY CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE. ON TOP OF THAT, THE AIR COMPRESSOR WILL TAKE UP TO 3 WEEKS TO ORDER, AND MAZDA WILL NOT REIMBURSE ME FOR A RENTAL CAR OR PROVIDE A COMPARABLE DEALER CAR TO DRIVE BECAUSE MY 25,000 MILE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. MY REAL CONCERN IS NOT THE MONEY, ALTHOUGH IT'S A HUGE REPAIR BILL FOR A...

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...

AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILURE ON MANY MAZDA CX7 CARS. *TR

CAR RECENTLY PURCHASED DECEMBER 2008 AND INSPECTED ONE MONTH AGO BUT IS OVER WARRANTY. THE COMPRESSOR GOES OUT FOR NO REASON PER THE DEALER AND HE ADVISED THAT HE SEE THIS PROBLEM IN THE CX7S ALL OF THE TIME. I HAVE ALSO VISITED OTHER CAR BLOG SITES AND PEOPLE REPORTING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THE COMPRESSOR. I CALLED MAZDA AND THEY GAVE ME A FILE #124465 BUT ADVISE THEY ARE SIMPLY UNABLE TO REACH THE REP IN MY AREA. *TR