ON MAY 18TH I TOOK MY CAR TO THE MAZDA DEALER IN NJ FOR A TIMING BELT RECALL AND WAS REPLACED. ON MAY 28TH DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE A/C STOPPED WORKING, THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND IMMEDIATELY THE CAR STALLED. I THEN HAD IT TOWED TO THE SAME MAZDA DEALER. THE NEXT DAY THEY TOLD ME THAT MY ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND IT WAS GOING TO COST ME $7,476.79.I HAVE ALWAYS SERVICED MY CAR EVERY 3,000 MILES, MY CAR IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD AND ONLY HAS 57,040 MILES. I TOOK IT TO AN ENGINE EXPERT AND TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE. MAZDA SHOULD RECALL ALL CX7S FROM 2007. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT ALL OF THEM CAME OUT WITH A DEFECT. *TR
2010
TIRES
WHILE ON INTERSTATE THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR ILLUMINATED. HUSBAND CHECKED ALL TIRES AND DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE VALVE STEMS WAS BROKEN. THE OUTSIDE WAS CORRODED. THE SLIGHTEST PRESSURE ON IT WAS RELEASING AIR AT A RAPID RATE. WE HAD ONLY JUST PURCHASED THE CAR A WEEK BEFORE. HOW THIS WAS NOT CAUGHT BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP IS BEYOND ME. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEM, BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. REALLY? THEN WHY AREN'T THERE ANY RECALLS ON THIS? AFTER READING THE OTHER NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT OUR MODEL, I AM BECOMING INCREASINGLY NERVOUS OVER OUR HASTY PURCHASE. RESEARCH IS KEY IN CHOOSING A VEHICLE. *TR