Sway Bar Problems of Mazda CX-7

While turning onto a main road existing a parking lot, I began to accelerate, all of a sudden I heard a loud pop and could no longer steer my vehicle. My vehicle slowed to a complete stop in the middle of the road. I carefully exited the vehicle to find the front driver side wheel sideways. I was unable to move my vehicle from the road and had the vehicle towed to a local Mazda dealer. I was informed the ball joint had separated from the lower control arm causing $1,300 worth of damage to repair the axle shaft, lower control arm, tie rod, sway bar and alignment. I was also informed the front passenger lower control arm and ball joint were also loose and it was recommend they be replaced, costing me an additional $500 in repairs. The lower control arm defect I experienced on my Cx-7 is the same defect as the Mazda cx-9 recall (8515g). My vehicle was purchased in michigan and has been driven on michigan roads for the past 8 years. I believe that driving on michigan roadways during the winter months for the past 8 years has lead to roadway salts and water intrusion into the ball joint, causing corrosion, which resulted in looseness of both front ball joints. As a result of the front driver side ball joint and lower control arm separating, my vehicle was damaged and caused a serious safety risk. This type of damage should not happen on a car that is only 8 years old. Had the current cx-9 lower control arm recall applied to the Cx-7, my car would have been repaired prior to breaking down while driving. I believe this defect needs to be addressed as it poses a serious safety risk to all other Cx-7 vehicles on the roadway. It is my recommendation to extend the current cx-9 recall to all Cx-7 vehicles.

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