I WANTED TO REPORT A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE 2007 MAZDA CX-7. THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE AC COMPRESSOR AND INSTEAD OF DOING A RECALL ON THE PRODUCT THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 5 YEARS OR 60,000 MILES (INSTEAD OF 32,000 MILES). I BOUGHT MY CAR RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THEY SENT THESE LETTERS OUT, SO WAS UNAWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. RECENTLY I WAS DRIVING THE MAZDA AND I SMELLED SMOKE. I SAW SOME SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, AND WHEN I PULLED OVER AND OPENED THE HOOD THE AC COMPRESSOR WAS ON FIRE. HAD I NOT BEEN PULLING INTO WORK AND ON THE HIGHWAY I WOULD?VE BEEN IN WORSE SHAPE. IT WAS SCARY CONSIDERING IT WAS NEXT TO THE ENGINE WHICH HAS OIL, FUEL, ETC...GOING THROUGH IT. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AC COMPRESSOR UNTIL ALL OF A SUDDEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. I HAVE MADE ATTEMPTS TO CALL MAZDA AND TRY TO GET SOME HELP ON THIS ISSUE, AND THEY SEEM TO NOT CARE AT ALL. I WANTED TO REPORT THIS IN HOPES SOME OTHER OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE COULD BE AWARE AND NOT EXPECT ANY HELP FROM MAZDA'S END. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED/RECALLED. *TR