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Mazda CX-7 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 6 safety recalls and 1,132 owner complaints across 7 model years of the Mazda CX-7 (2007–2013). The most-complained-about year is 2007.

6
safety recalls, all years
1,132
owner complaints, all years
2009
year with most recalls
2007
year with most complaints

Pick your Mazda CX-7 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2013 Mazda CX-701
2012 Mazda CX-7439
2011 Mazda CX-74153
2010 Mazda CX-75155
2009 Mazda CX-7565
2008 Mazda CX-74191
2007 Mazda CX-74528

What Mazda CX-7 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 1,132 complaints with NHTSA. The 2007 model year has the most, with 528.

All Mazda CX-7 recalls (6)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Mazda CX-7, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Inflator module (air bags) Do not drive

    NHTSA 19V782000 Reported 69,879 vehicles potentially affected Mazda North American Operations

    Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2007-2012 CX-7, CX-9, and 2009-2012 Maza6 vehicles. These vehicles had their passenger frontal air bag inflators previously replaced under a prior recall using inflators of the same design. The inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term…

    Remedy: Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the repair has been performed. Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate one, free of charge. The…

    Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

  2. Inflator module (air bags) Do not drive

    NHTSA 18V717000 Reported 155,436 vehicles potentially affected Mazda North American Operations

    Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2014-2015 Mazda CX-9 vehicles sold, or ever registered in the states of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands or "Zone…

    Remedy: Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began November 9, 2018. Owners may contact Mazda customer service at…

    Model years: 2010, 2011, 2012

  3. Inflator module (air bags) Do not drive

    NHTSA 18V018000 Reported 70,227 vehicles potentially affected Mazda North American Operations

    Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2013 Mazda6 and CX-9 vehicles sold, or ever registered in the states of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands or "Zone…

    Remedy: Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began March 2, 2018. Owners may contact Mazda customer service at…

    Model years: 2009, 2010

  4. Inflator module (air bags) Do not drive

    NHTSA 17V457000 Reported 79,402 vehicles potentially affected Mazda North American Operations

    Mazda North America Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2012 CX-7, CX-9 and Mazda6 vehicles sold, or ever registered, in the states of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or…

    Remedy: Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the remedy is performed. Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger side air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The…

    Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012

  5. Inflator module (air bags) Do not drive

    NHTSA 17V429000 Reported 205,377 vehicles potentially affected Mazda North American Operations

    Mazda North America Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2009-2011 Mazda6, and 2007-2011 CX-7 and CX-9 vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating…

    Remedy: Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the remedy is performed. Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The…

    Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

  6. Suspension: lower ball joint

    NHTSA 16V593000 Reported 190,102 vehicles potentially affected Mazda North American Operations

    Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain model year 2007-2012 Mazda CX-7 vehicles manufactured February 14, 2006, to May 9, 2012. In the affected vehicles, water may enter the front suspension ball joint fittings. If the water is contaminated with salt, such as from driving on snowy roads that have been treated, the…

    Remedy: Mazda will notify owners, and dealers will replace both front lower control arms, free of charge. As a priority, Mazda will first address all affected 2007-2008 vehicles as well as 2009-2011 vehicles currently…

    Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Other Mazda models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.