Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | |||
| 06/09/2012 | 101000 | ||
| 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). unfortunatly, my car is up to 100,000 miles and they only extended the warrenty 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.... | |||
| 12/15/2011 | 62000 | ||
| While driving on the freeway at about 70 mph, my 2007 mazda cx7 randomly lost power. i was able to pull to the side of the freeway eventhough the steering wheel became very hard to turn. i was very lucky there were not many cars around me. the motor would only rev when i pushed the gas pedal. i had the car towed to a mechanic. the next day i was told that my motor and turbo needed to be replaced. the repairs would total to about $8,000. i already owe $15,000 on the auto loan. i only had the car for one year, the motor went bad at 60, 000 miles?. i'm a fulltime student and a mom, my husband makes less than $30k a year. we cannot afford the repairs at this time. as a result, the car is sitting on our driveway. | |||