2009 Mazda CX-7 Powertrain & Transmission Problems

THIS MAZDA CX-7 HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY MY DISABLED FINANCE AND USED FOR IN CITY DRIVING IT'S WHOLE LIFE AND ONE DAY A HIGH PITCHED WHINING SOUND DEVELOPED AND THE CAR WAS DELIVERED TO CAPITOL MAZDA FOR AN INSPECTION. UPON GETTING THE RESULTS WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CAR HAD NOT HAD REGULAR SERVICING AT THE DEALER. I AGREED AS I AM AN ENGINEER AND DO MOST SERVICING OF MY FAMILIES VEHICLES. THEY SAID I HAD NOT DONE THE OIL CHANGES, BUT I HAD DONE THEM EVERY 5,000 MILES. EVERY VEHICLE I HAVE EVER OWNED HAD MORE THAN 200,000 MILE ON THEM WHEN I SOLD THEM. THE CURRENT TOYOTA TRUCK I AM DRIVING HAS 205,000 AND I HAVE DONE ALL OF THE SERVICING MYSELF. MAZDA WANTS OVER $8,000.00 TO REPAIR IT BACK TO DRIVING CONDITION. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE. AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SEVERAL FORUMS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE ISSUE SHOW SOME OWNERS HAVE HAD MORE THAN ONE TURBO INSTALLED AND THEN THE ISSUE CAME BACK. ONLINE I HAVE FOUND LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF STORIES JUST LIKE MINE. THE TURBO IN THE CX FAMILY OF VEHICLES IS AN ISSUE. SINCE MAZDA DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, THE GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE TO LOOK INTO A FINE AND ALSO A RECALL OF ALL OF THESE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS VEHICLES ON OUR ROADS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. I HEARD A HIGH PITCHED SQUEALING SOUND THEN SMOKE STARTED BLOWING OUT OF MY CAR. I COULD NOT SEE, AND THE OTHER DRIVERS BEHIND ME LOST VISABILITY TOO. IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS BLINDING SMOKE, SURROUNDED BY HUGE TRUCKS, I LOST ACELERATION. MY INSTRUMENTATION PANEL DID NOT HAVE ANY WARNING LIGHTS ON. I WAS DRIVING BLIND. I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP SAID MY TURBO BLEW OUT, (WHICH I GUESS SUCKED ALL THE OIL OUT OF THE CAR) I NEED A VVT VALVE AND THE TIMING CHAIN IS STRETCHED. ON A CAR WITH 57,000 MILES! IN CHECKING ON LINE, I FOUND THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE CX-7 FOR 6 YEARS AND THEY ARE NO LONGER MAKING THIS MODEL. I SEE THAT MAZDA DEALS WITH THESE PROBLEMS BY STATING THE OWNER DID NOT MAINTAIN THE CAR PROPERLY, WHEN IN ACTUALITY, THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE TURBO SYSTEM AND HOW THE OIL COOLS IT. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH "SLUDGE BUILDUP". I BELIEVE MAZDA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY AVOIDING A RECALL. BUT THESE ISSUES ARE A REAL SAFETY CONCERN. I AM VERY LUCKY THAT THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. THESE ISSUES CAN BE DANGEROUS. WHEN EVERYTHING BLEW ON MY CAR, NO ONE COULD SEE THE ROAD. *TR

I JUST BOUGHT A 2009 MAZDA CX-7 THREE WEEKS AGO, WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ON THE THIRD WEEK, MY CAR STOPPED SHIFTING GEARS. AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IT JUST STOPPED. I HAD THE CARE TOWED INTO THE SAME DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE CAR AT, AND COME TO FIND OUT THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON THE CAR. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2008. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD RECEIVE A CALL FROM SOMEONE ON MONDAY, I WAITED AND FINALLY WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP MY SELF AND THEY HAD NO ANSWERS ABOUT THE CAR. I THEN CALLED MAZDA'S CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE AND MADE A COMPLAINT ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD CALL ME BACK WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AT THE TIME THEY CALLED ME BACK IS WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY NEEDED MORE TIME TO GET MORE INFO AND THAT THEY WOUL;D CALL ME BACK. I WAITED UNTIL WEDS.. AND I RECEIVED A CALL AND WAS TOLD THEY STILL HAVE NO INFORMATION FOR ME AND THAT THE ETA OF FIXING MY CAR WOULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE TO FOUR WEEKS. SO TELL ME CAN I DO, DOES MY CAR FIT UNDER THE LEMON LAW, SHOULD THEY GIVE ME A NEW CAR? WHAT DO I DO AND WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE? *TR