2007 mazda CX-7 engine problems

FAILURE OF AC CLUTCH INTERFERENCE WITH BELTS CREATING SMOKE AND BURNING OF BELTS AND INTERNAL SYSTEMS. *KB

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 …

CAR'S A/C STOPPED WORKING AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE ENGINE. THEN THE CAR STALLED AND THE CONTROL VIA POWER STEERING WENT NON-EXISTENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX7. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THEN SMOKE WAS CAME FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. SHE THEN PULLED OVER TO A MECHANIC SHOP. SHE WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENGINES OIL LEVEL WAS DEPLETED. HOWEVER SHE WAS NOT SCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER OIL CHANGE UNTIL THE 25TH OF DECEMBER . THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN STAT…

ON 12/19/11, I WAS DRIVING APPX. 60 - 65 MPH ON I-81 WHEN MY 2007 MAZDA CX-7 JUST SHUT OFF. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE, WITH A LARGE TRACTOR TRAILER BEHIND ME, BUT I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MANEUVER MY CAR ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE. MY CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I DID QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH ON LINE REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND FOUND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CLAIMS…

WE WERE DRIVING HOME ON CHRISTMAS EVE GOING ABOUT 65 MPH WHEN THE CARS ENGINE JUST DIED. WE LOST ALL POWER TO THE CAR INCLUDING THE POWER STEERING. THANKFULLY WE WERE ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH AND DUE TO TIME OF NIGHT THERE WERE NOT MANY OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD. WE WERE ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND DAM…

MY WIFE'S 2007 CX7 WAS IN A PARKING LOT. MY WIFE STARTED IT UP, CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND THE CAR DIED WITHOUT WARNING. IT HAD 65,000 MILES ON IT (5000 OVER THE WARRANTY) AND WASN'T EVEN 3 YEARS OLD. WE HAD ALWAYS GOTTEN REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND HAD JUST HAD ONE THE WEEK BEFORE. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST MAZDA DEALER. THE FIRST TIME I TALKED TO A SERVICE TECH HE MENTIONED THE TIMING CHAIN B…

DECEMBER 2012 (AT ABOUT 64,000 MILES) DEALER REPLACED TIMING CHAIN UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT INTERMITTENT POWER LOSS AND ENGINE HESITATION THAT I HAD COMPLAINED TO THEM AT THE TIME. NOVEMBER 2013 (AT ABOUT 78,000 MILES), THE CAR EXPERIENCED SEVERE LOSS OF POWER, STALLING AND HEAVY WHITE SMOKE FROM THE TAILPIPE. DEALER CLAIMED "OIL SLUDGE" CAUSED ENGINE AND TURBO FA…

DEALERSHIP MAINTAINED CX-7 EXPERIENCED MAJOR FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. ENGINE DIED AND MAJOR OIL LEAK WAS NOTICED. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP FIRST INDICATED THAT THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF FAILURE REGARDING THE #3 CYLINDER. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS DUE TO TURBO OVERHEATING. LATER THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE #4 PISTON FAILED AND CAUSED CATASTROP…

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACETHE AC COMPRESSOR PUMP THIS WILL BE THE THIRD ONE. I CANT AFFORD $700.00 DOLLARS PER PUMP AND IT ONLU LAST FOR 8 MONTHS. I SEEN ALL THE COMPLAINT PEOPLE HAVE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. WHEN IS MAZDA GOING TO STEP UP AND HELP US RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I WILL NEVER BUY OR RECOMMEND A MAZDA TO ANYONE. BETWEEN THAT AND THE TURBO THEY ARE JUNK AND NOT DEPEDABLE AT ALL.