ACURA MDX 2001 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO ALWAYS GET STUCK IN NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING. ENGINE WILL REV VERY HIGH UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS GEAR. EACH TIME THE TRANSMISSION FAILS THE CAR IS BROUGHT TO SUDDEN STOP AND THEN SHIFTS GEARS THEN CONTINUES ON MOVING. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM CAUSES SUDDEN STOP WHEN DRIVING IN BOTH FREEWAY AND WHEN GO AT LOWS SPEEDS OF 30 MPH. THE ENGINE LIGHT WARNING LIGHTS UP, THE D5 GEARS STARTS TO BLINK. *JB
2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAD A HARROWING DRIVING EXPERIENCE ON 01/19/13; COULD HAVE GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT IF IT WAS NOT DUE TO ALERTNESS OF THE DRIVER BEHIND ME. I HAD SERVICED MY MDX PREVIOUS DAY, IT INCLUDED REPLACING THE BATTERY. THE TECHNICIAN DID A SLOPPY JOB IN CONNECTING THE CABLE RESULTING IN THE CABLE COMING OFF THE BATTERY WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP SUDDENLY AND I WAS LOCKED INSIDE. I WAS NOT ABLE TO OPEN ANY DOOR OR ROLL DOWN WINDOWS BY USING THE MANUAL KNOB. I WAS HOLED UP IN THE CAR UNTIL A TOW TRUCK CAME AND CONNECTED THE CABLE. IT IS A DESIGN FLAW IF THE PASSENGER CANNOT OPEN THE DOORS USING MANUAL CONTROLS IRRESPECTIVE OF THE CAR HAVING NO POWER. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS MANUFACTURER; THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. *TR
