2005 ACURA MDX Complaints

I FINANCED A CAR FROM A DEALER IN 3-2016 CAR WAS NOT ABLE TO START SO THE DEALER INFORMED ME WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM AND IT WAS THAT I WAS USING THE WRONG KEY. DEALER ALSO SAID THAT I CAN TAKE THE CAR TO A MECHANIC TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES WITH THE CAR TOOK IT TO PEP BOYS AND OVER 20 ISSUES SHOWED FROM LACK OF OIL TO CONTROL ARM SHAKING I HAD ROAD SAFETY ISSUES AND I INFORMED THE DEALER AND HE TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO HIS MECHANIC AND HE WILL GIVE ME A DISCOUNT THAT'S WHEN I STARTED LOOKING AT THE DEALER WITH SUSPENSION I DID A CAR FAX AND THE DEALER HAD AN INSPECTION STICKER ON THE CAR FROM MARCH THE DAY IF FINANCED THE CAR BUT ON CAR FAX IT SHOWN THAT THEY INSPECTED THE CAR IN DECEMBER OF 2015 2 WEEKS LATER THE AIR BAG SENSOR SHOWS I CALLED THE DEALER AND HE TOLD ME NOT TO CALL NO MORE OR HE WILL CALL THE POLICE. I SENT HIM A LETTER TO FIX THE PROBLEMS AND HE JUST IGNORED ME.. SO NOW IM AT MY LAST STEPS... I ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 2 MONTHS AND ALL OF THESE SAFETY ISSUES ARE SHOWING WHAT CAN I DO NOW......

THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION I PUT IN MY CAR , WARRANTY EXPIRED AND CAR IS STARTING TO JERK AND MAKE NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. IT COST WAY TO MUCH MONEY TO KEEP REPLACING A TRANSMISSION IF ALL THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM . WAY TO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE . WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN RECALLED YET?

TAKATA RECALL: HELP! I'VE CALLED ACURA AND THEN HONDA 9 TIMES IN THE PAST 45 DAYS. EACH TIME, THEY PROMISE SOMEONE WILL CALL ME BACK AND SO FAR NOTHING, AFTER SENDING ME POSTCARDS THAT MY RECALL NOTICE IS URGENT AND LIFE THREATENING. THIS CAR IS NOW BEING DRIVEN BY MY DAUGHTER AND I WANT IT FIXED! YET I CAN'T GET THEM TO RESPOND. VERY FRUSTRATING WHAT CAN I DO?

TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING UP WHILE DRIVING. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER CONNECTION TO RADIATOR FAILED DUE TO CORROSION AND GALVANIC ACTION. LOST ALL TRANSMISSION FLUID, COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID GOT MIXED IN RADIATOR. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE IN ACURA / HONDA VEHICLE BUT MANUFACTURER IS NOT TAKING ANY ACTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 ACURA MDX. WHILE DRIVING 8 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND EXPLODED, EMITTING A GASEOUS SUBSTANCE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED HAND AND FACE INJURIES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE FRONT PASSENGER DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE IF THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY FROM THE CRASH SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V320000 (AIR BAGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.

TRANSMISSION START MAKING NOISE, JERKING AND PROBLEM IN SHIFTING. SOMETIMES IT SHAKES ALOT. LOT OF PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE PAST. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS NO RECALL

I PULLED CAR OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND AS I REACHER SPEED OF 25 MILES IT STARTED JERKING BADLY. IT STOPPED AFTER SPEED INCREASED. DID NOT HAPPENED AGAIN FOR FEW DAYS AND FROM THAT DAY IT IS GETTING WORSE DAY BY DAY. LOT OF NOISE SOMETIMES WHEN ITS SHIFTING GEAR. ALSO WHEN I GET ON HIGHWAY I CAN SMELL SOME FLUID BURNING. SOMETIMES IT JERK VERY BADLY ON CURVES.

THIS IS A GENERAL COMPLAINT REGARDING WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE AN INSUFFICIENT RECALL INVOLVING THE 2005 ACURA MDX AMONG OTHER VEHICLES (NHTSA RECALL NO. 14V-700 & 14V-353). I CONSIDERED PURCHASING A 2005 ACURA MDX OF THE PROVIDED VIN BUT DECIDED AGAINST IT AFTER FINDING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY RECALLS 14V-700 & 14V-353. THE RECALLS PERTAIN TO PASSENGER FRONT AND SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS THAT "COULD PRODUCE EXCESSIVE INTERNAL PRESSURE UPON DEPLOYMENT." THE RECALL STATES THAT "IF AN AFFECTED AIRBAG DEPLOYS, THE INCREASED INTERNAL PRESSURE MAY CAUSE THE INFLATOR TO RUPTURE AND DEPLOY ABNORMALLY. IN THE EVENT OF AN INFLATOR RUPTURE, METAL FRAGMENTS COULD PASS THROUGH THE AIRBAG CUSHION MATERIAL POSSIBLY CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITY TO YOU OR OTHERS IN THE VEHICLE." HOWEVER, THE RECALL APPLIES ONLY TO VEHICLES THAT "WERE ORIGINALLY SOLD IN, OR EVER REGISTERED IN GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS WITH A HIGH ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, SOUTH CAROLINA, TEXAS, PUERTO RICO, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, SAIPAN, GUAM, AND AMERICAN SAMOA." I AM A COLLEGE STUDENT, AND WHILE I LIVE IN COLORADO AND WOULD REGISTER MY VEHICLE IN CO, I ATTEND SCHOOL IN TEXAS, WHICH ACCORDING TO THE RECALL HAS SUFFICIENT HUMIDITY TO AFFECT THE FUNCTION OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS. I CONTACTED BOTH AN ACURA DEALER AND ACURA RELATIONS TO ASK IF THEY WOULD REPLACE MY PASSENGER AIRBAGS SINCE I WILL HAVE THE VEHICLE IN TX FOR 8 MONTHS OF THE YEAR FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, BUT THEY REFUSED TO PERFORM THIS RECALL WORK SINCE MY VEHICLE'S VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL (IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN REGISTERED IN CO). SINCE IT IS KNOWN THAT HUMIDITY IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE AIRBAGS, THIS RECALL IS INSUFFICIENT AS IT DOES NOT PROTECT OWNERS OF VEHICLES THAT ARE EXPOSED TO HUMID CONDITIONS BUT ARE NOT REGISTERED IN ONE OF THE APPLICABLE STATES.

THE ISSUE AT HAND REGARDING THE VSA (VEHICLE STABILITY) FOR WHICH A RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN ISSUED. MY VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN AND RECEIVED THE RECALL. THIS HOWEVER DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE WHICH IS A SERIOUS ISSUE MANY OTHERS I HAVE SPOKEN WITH FACE. THE "YAW RATE SENSOR" MALFUNCTIONS CAUSING SIMILAR BUT MORE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS THAN THE "WIRING HARNESS" ACURA CLAIMS TO HAVE RESOLVED THE VSA ISSUE. THERE IS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE SEEMS TO BRAKE VERY HARD PULLING MY VEHICLE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND NEARLY FLIPPING THE VEHICLE THE ON 7/28/15 AT 65 MPH. THE SITUATION IS EXTREME AS OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING. IT IS NOT A BRIEF AND NON DRASTIC PULL. IF BOTH HANDS ARE NOT ON THE WHEEL AT THE TIME OF MALFUNCTION THE VEHICLE MAY VERY WELL FLIP OVER. I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP EXPLAINING THE ISSUE FIGURING THE ISSUE WAS LINKED TO THE RECALL; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT. THE YAW RATE SENSOR IS CAUSING MY CAR TO THINK I'M SPINNING OUT WHICH IMMEDIATELY STOPS SENDING POWER TO THE FRONT LEFT TIRE CAUSING MY CAR TO VEER HARD TO THE LEFT. THEY WANTED $75 FOR AN INSPECTION AS WELL AS $1200 TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THIS SEEMS LIKE AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISSUE FOR THERE NOT TO BE A RECALL. PLEASE LOOK INTO OTHER WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE ISSUE.

I, ALONG WITH MY WIFE, PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING SLOT WITH SEAT BELTS SECURELY FASTENED AND STARTED DRIVING. AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE CAR WENT INTO SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I HAD NO CONTROL ON BRAKES OR ACCELERATOR. I HAD TO FIND A WAY TO STOP THE CAR. I STEER THE CAR ON TO MIDDLE CURB OF THE PARKING LOT. FIRST I HIT THE GATE, WHICH WAS FLEXIBLE AND DID NOT STOP THE CAR. NEXT THING I HIT WAS A LIGHT POLE. THE CAR STOPPED WITH BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, LOT OF DAMAGE TO CAR (COMPLETELY TOTALED) AND CAUSING PERSONAL INJURY TO ME AND MY WIFE WHO WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. DUE TO THE SPEED OF THE CAR, THE CONCRETE BASE WAS LIFTED FROM THE GROUND AND THE POLE FELL IN FRONT AWAY FROM THE CAR. WE BOTH CHECKED INTO THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CRASH. THIS WAS CAUSED BY MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE CAR. THE REASON I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE: A) I JUST LEFT THE PRAYER HALL, WHERE I GO FREQUENTLY AND AM FAMILIAR WITH THE SURROUNDING WHERE OTHER CARS ARE PARKED AND MOVING, PEOPLE ARE WALKING TO AND FROM THEIR CARS, AND HAD NO REASON TO ACCELERATE; B) I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ACCIDENT FREE FOR PAST 39 YEARS, MY DRIVING RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF; C) DRIVING IS REQUIRED IN THE PROFESSION I AM IN, WHERE I HAVE TO VISIT CLIENTS FEW TIMES A WEEK; D) I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE CAR BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS CAR FOR OVER 4 YEARS. E) I AM A FAMILY MAN AND NOT A RECKLESS DRIVER. I CARE TOO MUCH FOR MY FAMILY, AND ESPECIALLY MY GRANDSON, TO TAKE A CHANCE LIKE THIS; F) I AM PERFECTLY HEALTHY AND CONSCIOUS ABOUT MY SURROUNDINGS. IT HAS BEEN SIX WEEKS AND WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING PAIN FROM THE INJURY. I BELIEVE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO AVOID SUCH INCIDENTS IN FUTURE. THIS CRASH COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL.