I FEEL VERY AFRAID TO DRIVE MY 2002 ACURA MDX, WITH 100K MILES, AS IT HAS COME OUT OF GEAR WHEN I AM TURNING ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MEDIAN ONTO THE HIGHWAY. I AM VERY FORTUNATE THAT A SEMI TRUCK WAS NOT COMING AT ME AT A HIGH SPEED WHEN MY VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN IN THE MDX WITH ME AT ALL TIMES, AS I AM A STAY AT HOME MOTHER AND HOME SCHOOL MY OLDEST AT AGE 7. THIS FAILURE IS NOT A RESULT OF ABUSE, OR NEGLIGENT SERVICE. THE ACURA GUIDELINES FOR TRANSMISSION SERVICE HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL AND WERE DONE SO AT ACURA SERVICE CENTERS BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER. THE TRANSMISSION WAS CHECKED AND FLUIDS FLUSHED AND CHANGED LASTLY AT 80K MILES AND WE WERE TOLD BY ACURA SERVICE (IN JANUARY) THAT OUR NEXT SERVICE FOR THIS WOULD BE DUE AT 120K MILES. THIS TRANSMISSION DEFECT IS ABUNDANTLY EVIDENT IN HUNDREDS OF WRITE-INS ON SEVERAL WEB FORUMS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR WORSE WHEN THIS FAILURE OCCURS AT THE RIGHT MOMENT. WE WANT TO TRUST ACURA TO TAKE CARE OF ITS CUSTOMERS, TO RESPECT THEIR SAFETY, TAKE CARE OF ITS NEW CUSTOMERS AND FUTURE CUSTOMERS, PLEASE HELP TO MAKE THIS THE OUTCOME WE WILL COME TO KNOW AND ENJOY. ACURA HAS AGREED TO DISCOUNT A TOTAL OF $900 FROM THE OTHERWISE $4909 TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. THAT IS ALL THEY ARE OFFERING AS OF NOW, BUT WE ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS OFFER AND ARE APPEALING THIS DECISION. A NEW, UPDATED TRANSMISSION MUST REPLACE THE EXISTING FAULTY ONE IN ORDER FOR THESE VEHICLES TO BE SAFELY DRIVEN. THANK YOU! *NM
2008
STEERING
WHEN DRIVING MY 2008 ACURA MDX IN THE RAIN, SPECIFICALLY IF I HAVE GONE THRU A PUDDLE, SIMULTANEOUSLY A MESSAGE WILL APPEAR "CHECK BATTERY CHARGE" AND I WILL LOOSE MY POWER STEERING FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, MAKING IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I GOT THE CAR 2 YEARS AGO. I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THERE ARE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM AND IT IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED IN NEWER MODELS. AT PRESENT THE ONLY SOLUTION IS DRIVE SLOWER THRU PUDDLES SO THE CABLES THAT ARE EXPOSED UNDER THE CAR DO NOT GET WET AND THEREFORE THE POWER STEERING IS MOMENTARILY LOST. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, AND IT WAS QUITE FRIGHTENING SINCE BASICALLY ONE IS LOSING STEERING CONTROL OF THE CAR. MY 9 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE BACK SEAT. THERE IS NO WARNING WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND ONE DOES NOT ALWAYS KNOW WHEN THE CAR HAS GONE THRU A PUDDLE. FURTHERMORE, WATCHING FOR PUDDLES IS A DANGEROUS DISTRACTION IN A RAIN STORM. I CALLED ACURA TODAY AS I LOST BATTERY POWER YESTERDAY AND HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND I SUSPECT THIS IS RELATED TO THE PROBLEM I HAD THE WEEK BEFORE. THEY DENY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE SITUATION EVEN THOUGH I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP, MIAMI ACURA, THAT THEY HAD NOTIFIED ACURA AND THAT ACURA FIXED THE PROBLEM IN NEWER MODELS BUT HAD NO SOLUTION FOR THOSE WHO WERE DRIVING THESE MODELS. I ASKED THEM IF THEY WERE, LIKE TOYOTA, GOING TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE DIED BEFORE THEY WOULD ISSUE A RECALL. I HOPE NHTSA WILL TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND PURSUE AN INVESTIGATION IMMEDIATELY. *TR
