I AM WRITING BECAUSE I JUST RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FROM ACURA RELATING TO: NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : EA13002. MY DAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT (SHE'S OK!) WHERE SHE HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID AN ONCOMING CAR THAT HAD DRIFTED INTO HER LANE ROUNDING A LEFT HAND BEND. OUR 2005 ACURA MDX WENT OUT OF CONTROL DESPITE HER ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, WHICH SHE DID AFTER IT HAD BLOWN OUT TWO TIRES. COULD HER BRAKING AND SWERVING RESULT IN THE SUBSEQUENT OVER CORRECTION OF OUR MDX AND BE THE RESULT OF THE VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST CONTROL MODULE MALFUNCTIONING AS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL NOTICE FROM ACURA. *TR
2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2007 ACURA MDX TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED ON 3 OCCASIONS. FIRST AT 4000 MILES, SECOND AT 6000 MILES AND THIRD AT 8000 MILES (CURRENT MILEAGE). AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS ON ITS OWN TO FIRST GEAR AND WILL NOT GO ABOVE 30 MPH. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR