NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Mazda CX-7 Recalls
The 2008 Mazda CX-7 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 31, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Mazda CX-7. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 192
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Mazda CX-7, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2008 Mazda CX-7
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V782000
- Reported
- October 31, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 69,879
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2012 CX-7, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V457000
- Reported
- July 18, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 79,402
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009, 2012 CX-7, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V429000
- Reported
- June 29, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 205,377
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 CX-7, 2 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 16V593000
- Reported
- August 11, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 190,102
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2012 CX-7
Equipment
- Campaign
- 09E011000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 CX-7, 6 other models
2008 Mazda CX-7 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 192 owner complaints about the 2008 Mazda CX-7, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (2%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Mazda CX-7, the component group named most often is the air bags (28%), followed by the engine (23%) and the suspension (21%).
3 of the 2008 Mazda CX-7's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Mazda CX-7 owners gave the mileage (127 complaints), the median was 61,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags53
- Engine44
- Suspension41
- Engine And Engine Cooling40
- Exterior Lighting14
- Power Train14
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 17 | |
| 2010 | 21 | |
| 2011 | 11 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 21 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 43 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Mazda CX-7 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 43. 27% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Mazda CX-7 drew 1.9× the complaints of the median Mazda CX-7 year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 5 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 192 complaints about the 2008 Mazda CX-7 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mazda CX-7 by model year
Other 2008 Mazda models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted