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Mazda CX-7

Every Mazda CX-7 model year on file, 2007 to 2013. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1,13170 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years72007 to 2013

Recall campaigns7Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins1,494Summed across model years

By model year

The 2007 model year drew the most complaints, 528, 47% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Engine and cooling leads the Mazda CX-7 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling

452

Airbags

271

Suspension

235

Lighting

Powertrain

Electrical system

Steering

Equipment

Fuel system

Tires

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Mazda CX-7 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Mazda CX-7 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2013	SUV	1	0.0	3	0	31
2012	SUV	39	10.3	135	4	233
2011	SUV	153	5.2	502	4	243
2010	SUV	155	3.2	437	5	250
2009	SUV	64	1.6	291	6	242
2008	SUV	191	6.3	329	5	243
2007	SUV	528	7.6	788	5	252

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mazda CX-7

19V-782 Oct 31, 2019
These vehicles had their passenger frontal air bag inflators previously replaced under a prior recall using inflators of the same design
Airbags · 70k vehicles
18V-717 Oct 12, 2018
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation…
Airbags · 155k vehicles
18V-018 Jan 9, 2018
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation…
Airbags · 70k vehicles
17V-457 Jul 18, 2017
These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment…
Airbags · 79k vehicles
17V-429 Jun 29, 2017
These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original…
Airbags · 205k vehicles
16V-593 Aug 11, 2016
In the affected vehicles, water may enter the front suspension ball joint fittings
Suspension · 190k vehicles
09E-011 Apr 2, 2009
These fit kits were sold as aftermarket equipment for use on the vehicles listed above
Equipment · 2,323 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.