The contact owns a 2007 Mazda Cx-7. the contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16V356000 (air bags) and 16V593000 (suspension). The part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

- Enfield, CT, USA

I went to dealer and was told that suspension system had a recall but parts was not available. Since then the suspension arm has broken, leaving me to find a way to repair the items myself. With limited resources. Car needs to be towed also.

- Darien, IL, USA

The contact owns a 2007 Mazda Cx-7. the contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16V356000 (air bags) and 16V593000 (suspension); however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

- Lancaster, CA, USA

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 Mazda Cx-7. the contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16V356000 (air bags) and 16V593000 (suspension). The parts needed to repair the vehicle were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

- Rustburg, VA, USA

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 Mazda Cx-7. the contact stated that the control arms made an abnormal noise. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16V356000 (air bags) and 16V593000 (suspension); however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000. Parts distribution disconnect. Updated 6/26/18

- Downers Grove, IL, USA

My car has a safety recall for the front suspension control arm ball joint. And there are no parts yet available according to online Mazda. However my car will not pass safety inspection here until it is fixed. This I cannot register the vehicle and drive it legally in 2 months. Can you please advise what I can so?

- Saint Peters, MO, USA

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 Mazda Cx-7. the contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16V356000 (air bags) and 16V593000 (suspension). The part to do the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

- Williams Port, PA, USA

While turning right onto a city street the driver side lower ball joint failed. There was no previous signs that this would happen, eg. Sloppy wheel or uneven wear on tire. This seems to be a problem with the cx series and is a current recall with the CX9.

- Edwardsburg, MI, USA

While traveling approximately 10 mph and turning out of a business and into traffic the right, front lower control arm separated from the ball joint causing my vehicle to come to a complete stop in front of oncoming traffic. This has been a recall for CX9's and I am unsure why the issue has not been addressed in the CX7.

- Waukesha, WI, USA

The contact owns a 2007 Mazda Cx-7. while driving at various speeds, the check engine warning illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that a coil spring failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, however the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the coil springs failed once again and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000. The VIN was not available.

- Inglewood, CA, USA

While turning onto a main road existing a parking lot, I began to accelerate, all of a sudden I heard a loud pop and could no longer steer my vehicle. My vehicle slowed to a complete stop in the middle of the road. I carefully exited the vehicle to find the front driver side wheel sideways. I was unable to move my vehicle from the road and had the vehicle towed to a local Mazda dealer. I was informed the ball joint had separated from the lower control arm causing $1,300 worth of damage to repair the axle shaft, lower control arm, tie rod, sway bar and alignment. I was also informed the front passenger lower control arm and ball joint were also loose and it was recommend they be replaced, costing me an additional $500 in repairs. The lower control arm defect I experienced on my Cx-7 is the same defect as the Mazda cx-9 recall (8515G). My vehicle was purchased in Michigan and has been driven on Michigan roads for the past 8 years. I believe that driving on Michigan roadways during the winter months for the past 8 years has lead to roadway salts and water intrusion into the ball joint, causing corrosion, which resulted in looseness of both front ball joints. As a result of the front driver side ball joint and lower control arm separating, my vehicle was damaged and caused a serious safety risk. This type of damage should not happen on a car that is only 8 years old. Had the current cx-9 lower control arm recall applied to the Cx-7, my car would have been repaired prior to breaking down while driving. I believe this defect needs to be addressed as it poses a serious safety risk to all other Cx-7 vehicles on the roadway. It is my recommendation to extend the current cx-9 recall to all Cx-7 vehicles.

- Macomb, MI, USA

I noticed a "rubbing: Sound, or a sound in the suspension or steering that would lead me to think it needed a "lube job", but newer vehicles no long need to be greased so I took it to the dealer. The sound occurred most notably at low speed while turning slowly, many times while backing up and turning, it sounded "dry" and labored, not a squealing or squeaky sound. But I could not reproduce the noise at the dealership, despite multiple trips and having the mechanic sit in the vehicle with me. Finally they replaced the "strut bearings" in 2013, though I had never heard of this part before. They were certain this would correct the problem but it did not. My last trip to the dealer in Oct. 2014 led them to think the struts needed replacing along with the strut bearings, though the latter was still under warranty. My vehicle has less than 67,000 miles on it. I'm told by another mechanics garage service there was a 2009 manufacturer notice about this problem, but no one at the dealer said anything about it.

- Tallahassee, FL, USA

Excessive tire wear on Cx-7.

- Northfield, OH, USA

Mazda CX7 (fwd) exhibits abnormal tire wear(cupping, feathering) on all (4) tires after less than 1000 miles. Brought the car into the purchasing dealer who re-balanced and realigned. Tires continued to exhibit the same wear after 2000 miles and ride at highway speeds had some vibration and rough feel at lower speeds. Dealer once again realigned vehicle and increased the psi on all 4 tires to 36psi. At just over 5000 miles vehicle was brought into dealer again, still continuing to show abnormal wear and poor ride at highway speeds (vibration & rough). Dealer realigned and re-balanced all wheels and once again increased tire inflation to 36psi. I later contacted the service mgr and told him that I did not like the fact that he increased the tire pressure over the manufacturers recommended settings and that this would cause the tire to wear down the center quickly.

- Lake Worth, IA, USA