Mazda Cx-7 Electrical Problems
357 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 6 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2007. Best year: 2012.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
NHTSA Campaign ID : 09E011000 Mfg's Report Date : MAR 31, 2009 Component : EQUIPMENT Potential Number Of Units Affected : 2323 Summary : THULE, INC. IS RECALLING 2,323 OWNER-INSTALLED ROOF-MOUNTED FIT KITS, MODELS 3068 AND 3069, MANUFACT...
CAR HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR 2 FULL DAYS WITH NO USE. I WALKED OUTSIDE TO PLACE TRASH IN TRASH BIN AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE DRIVERS DOOR. I QUICKLY RAN INSIDE, GRABBED FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND PUT OUT THE FIRE.IT LOOKS ...
WHILE DRIVING THE WHEEL AND STEERING BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. THE CAR WAS ONLY STOPPED BY A WALL ON THE HIGHWAY. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND HAD A HEART ATTACK DURING THIS INCIDENT WITH THE CAR. THE AIRBAG ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS DEP...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A WHIPLASH AND A CONCUSSION. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. A POLI...
NOV. 2015 I WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT ON I435 IN WHICH THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHICH I INHALED THE GAS, WHICH DISORIENTED ME FOR AWHILE. AFTER REGAINING MY SENSES DISCOVERED MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.
TAKATA RECALL ON AUGUST 30 2016 I WAS DRIVING ON THE STREET BREAKING AS I WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT WHEN MY 2011 MAZDA CX7 WAS REAR ENDED AND SLID INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND I HIT MY HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE CONTACT WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS BY THE IMPACT AND STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE. THE CONTACT S...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT, THERE WAS A LOUD BALLOON POP NOISE. THE CONTACT NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND EXITED THE VE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 MAZDA CX-7. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE ...
CAR POPPED AND THEN SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE HOOD AND CAUGHT ON FIRE BURNT CAR UP.
THE OEM BULBS IN THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE TOO HOT AND AFTER SOME TIME THE BULBS BURN THROUGH THE PLASTIC, CAUSING THE BRAKE LENSES TO GET CLOUDY, THE PLASTIC TO MELT ONTO THE BULB, AND THE RED TINT TO FADE IN THE BRAKE LIGHTS. MY CAR IS LIKE...
ANOTHER DRIVER TURNED IN FRONT OF ME, FAILING TO YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. I WAS DOING THE SPEED LIMIT (45 MPH) UPON ENTERING THE INTERSECTION. WHEN MY CX-7 MADE CONTACT WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE OF HER MINIVAN, NONE OF MY AIRBAGS EVER ...