2007 Mazda CX-9 Touring from North America - Comments

None, I have only owned the car for 4 months. I will update as time and mileage go by.

The car is as advertised. The only thing that I am surprised about so far is the poor gas mileage. I am only averaging about 13 miles per gallon in mixed driving. I guess it will get better as time goes along. Even if it doesn't, as long as the car is reliable like my last car, I will be happy.

I recently took the car in for the first service to a different dealer which is closer to my home. They were very nice and answered all of my questions. I hope that the experience continues over the long haul.

This is an update to my initial review. I took it in because my drivers side mirror had a stress crack on the glass. This happened when I used the heated function on the mirror. This dealer was skeptical of what I told him when it happened. He thought that somebody or I broke the mirror. I called him that Saturday morning when it happened and took it to him right away. Once the technician realized that it was indeed a crack. He thought it was dirt. He told the service manager that it was a defect. The part was ordered and a week later I took it back to the dealer. Since I had to go on jury duty. These people figured that they can stick my father with a charge for the replacement thinking that I would not have my cellphone on at court. Well to make a long story short, my dad phoned me and I told the manager of the dealer the story and my dad took the car without having to pay. I just hope that I don't have any other issues with this car since I experienced this attempt at them trying to extract money for us for something that was covered under the new car warranty. The mileage is about 6800 now.

This car is amazing... I had Honda and Toyota before, and Mazda surprised me with a smooth drive, power and fun to drive.. I have a CX9 GRAND TOURING and I am very happy...

I am the original poster. Keep me updated on how your grand touring is doing. I will update this week. So far everything is going well. I have the touring model with the bose system and sunroof package.

I am the original poster updating on my CX-9. It is almost 11 thousand miles already and the car hasn't given me any problems. I only do regular service at the dealer which so far has only been 55 dollars. One thing I do notice is that sometimes I can smell coolant. When I checked under the hood I notice that the overflow tank has a vent in it, which other vehicles don't have and I verified that the smell is coming from there. This is something new as I don't see other cars with it. Does anyone know what purpose this serves. Is this just a mazda thing. I will keep updating as the time and miles go along.

Thanks for the info. I was planning to get one, but I felt the gas mileage is nothing close to what's advertised just by test driving it for about 15 minutes.

I hated the rear doors, they are very wide. It will be hard for us to take the in and out off the car seat in small parking spaces.

Good luck

This is the original poster of this car. The third row seats are very comfortable, even for adults, which surprised me.

The Honda Pilot that I wanted to get had what looked like to me a back part of the seat and the cushion part like a piece of wood, covered in foam and leather. It was very hard to sit in and tight space as well. The Ford Explorer was a little bit better.

The closest vehicle that almost resembled the CX-9 was the Suzuki XL-7. The only problem was it's too expensive. I can't see myself purchasing a half GM half Suzuki vehicle for what they were asking for.

Also the CX-9 is 8 inches longer than the XL-7. I hope that this info helps.

So far everything is good knock on wood. I will keep updating.

Hi;

I don't own CX-9, but regarding coolant - is it when you push the engine hard??? I have the same issue with my old 323.

Hello I am the original poster. I am coming on two years and 15 k miles, which is not much. Will take it to service again in June.

As for the person with the 323. I would check the overflow thank and see if it has a vent tube. My cx-9 has a vent tube which is installed similar to the vent tube that one has on a water heater to drain water. And I guess it only happens occasionally. It hasn't happened recently. I always glance down to check the gauges while driving to make sure everything is like in the normal range. I do this with every car that I have owned regardless of make.

The only thing I don't like is that some parts are kind of expensive that should be cheap, and the parts that should be expensive are cheap. Confusing I know. Well I will be updating in the future. Hopefully I can get 13 years like my Ford Windstar. I know that people here would probably wonder about that. It is true it was a reliable vehicle and I'm still driving it for short trips.

I am considering the CX-9 (a move from my 2000 Nissan Maxima), and am concerned about the gas mileage performance and the overall maneuverability, since it is so much bigger than the car I have now.

For the person considering getting a CX9 to replace a Maxima, the CX9 is very maneuverable and surprisingly fun to drive for it being a crossover, and it has plenty of power, but fuel economy isn't the best 16 city/22 highway on the front wheel drive model... but I would advise you to go test drive one.

I am considering buying a used 2007 Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring with about 24k miles. Any advice on the reliability of these vehicles?

The CX9 is very reliable.