THE FRONT BRAKES ON MY 2008 ACURA RDX MAKE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHEN APPLIED ON A SLIGHT DOWNGRADE OR WHEN STOPPING SLIGHTLY HARDER THAN NORMAL. I EXPERIENCED W/ ORIGINAL BRAKES, REPEATED VISITS TO DEALER HEARD & FOUND NOTHING. AT TIME OF BRAKE REPLACEMENT, BRAKES WERE FINE, NOISE STARTED AGAIN ABOUT 15K MILES INTO THE NEW BRAKES. TOOK TO DEALER ON SAT THEY AGAIN FIND NOTHING REPORT PADS/ROTORS NORMAL. THE DEALERSHIP NOW STATES THAT ACURA IS AWARE AND HAS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. THE BRAKES FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GRABBING ONTO THE ROTOR. FEEL MUSHY, RUBBING AND SLOW TO STOP. THE SOUND IS SIMILAR TO METAL TO METAL GRINDING. HAD A LOANER AND BRAKES WERE 1000% MORE STABLE. *TR
2007
CHILD SEAT
THIS COMPLAINT IS A FOLLOW-UP TO MY PREVIOUS COMPLAINT, ODI #10394383 REGARDING MY RADIAN 65SL, SERIAL #120900960 03603. DESPITE MY HAVING PROPER INSTALLATION VERIFIED BY SEVERAL CPSTS, THE MANUFACTURER CONTINUES TO INSIST THAT THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT I AM NOT TIGHTENING THE BELT ENOUGH. THIS IS NOT THE CASE AS EVIDENCED IN THIS VIDEO: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=TE4C6YKU8_W THEY HAVE SENT ME TWO REPLACEMENT LATCH BELTS THAT HAVE DONE THE EXACT SAME THING. THE FIRST REPLACEMENT THEY CLAIMED DID NOT WORK BECAUSE "AN INTERN IN THE WAREHOUSE TOOK IT OUT OF A BOX OF DEFECTIVE BELTS." EVENTUALLY, I SENT ALL 3 BELTS BACK FOR "FURTHER TESTING." I WAS INFORMED BY THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF THE BELTS, AND THAT THEY WERE SENDING ME BACK THE ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT TO REINSTALL. UPON REINSTALLATION, IT FUNCTIONS EXACTLY THE SAME -- IT CAN BE LOOSENED BY MY 2.5 YEAR OLD'S FOOT WHILE HE IS PROPERLY RESTRAINED IN THE SEAT. THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. THE BELT THEY SENT ME BACK THE SECOND TIME WAS THE SAME ONE THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FROM "THE DEFECT BOX IN THE WAREHOUSE." I KNOW BECAUSE I RECORDED THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF EACH BELT THEY SENT ME. THIS BELT SERIAL NUMBER IS SSK -000306-SB-08, LOT# 09J1, DOM 10/09. I FEEL THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS TRYING TO COVER UP THIS PROBLEM SO AS TO AVOID A COSTLY GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2007, MAKE=ACURA, MODEL=RDX). *TR
