MODELYEARINDEX

Mazda CX-7

71 complaints across 2 scored model years and 5 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Mazda CX-7 Full report
D
Grade 2010–2011
2010 vs model median 1.2×
Model median3× median
Engine 10
Electrical 5
Lights & Visibility 4
Avoid

2010

Best

2010 · 2011

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
1.23× 36 D
2011
0.77× 29 C

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG20
City / Highway18 / 24
Engine2.3L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,800

Recalls

5 campaigns on record, 4 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
17V429000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010, 2011 205,377
16V593000 SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT 2010, 2011 190,102
18V717000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010, 2011 155,436
18V018000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010 70,227
19V782000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010, 2011 69,879

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2010 CX-7
Complaints in window
36
Severity-weighted
58
Model median (weighted)
47
vs model median
1.23×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
13
Open investigations
0
Score 54.3 D