2006 ACURA MDX Complaints

THE CAR HAD BEGUN SHUDDERING AT BETWEEN 30-40 MILES AN HOUR AND THEN AT A VERY LOW RPM IN 1ST GEAR, THE CAR STARTED JERKING HEAVILY. THE DEALERSHIP FIRST SAID THEY WOULD CHARGE ME 125$ TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, UNLESS IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER AS I HAD MENTIONED. NOW THEY WANT 2800$ TO FIX THE PROBLEM. - AT WHAT POINT IN TIME - AS I'VE NOW SEEN THIS AS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH MDX'S DO THEY GIVE A RECALL? THIS IS A YOUNG CAR. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 ACURA MDX. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER GETTING OUT OF HIS VEHICLE, IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE POLICE WERE NOT NOTIFIED NOR WAS ANYONE INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE IGNITION KEY CONVERTER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,200. UPDATED 10/4/11 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL IN ANY GEAR POSITION. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION WITH THE HEAR STILL IN DRIVE. THE DEALER PERFORMED A PCM UPDATED AND REPROGRAM. UPDATED 01/19/12

2006 ACURA MDX 77,000 MILES BAD TORQUE CONVERTER. MY CONCERN IS I AM WARRANTEED UNTIL 10/2012 OR 100,000 MILES WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN AND I DO NOT HAVE A WARRANTY. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER GOING ON ACURA MDX FROM 2001-2006 MODELS AT LOW MILES. *TR

2006 ACURA MDX SHUDDERS AND VIBRATES WHEN ACCELERATING, APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 30 - 40 MPH. THE SHUDDERING IS PREDICTABLE, OCCURS NEARLY EVERYTIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN. ACURA SERVICE ADVISED US THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS SLIPPING INTERNALLY AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT (IN WRITING). NOW ACURA SERVICE STATES THEY WILL CONDUCT THE TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE UPDATE WHICH SHOULD FIX THE ISSUE. THE CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, HOWEVER, ONLY 1100 MILES ARE REMAINING ON THE WARRANTY. FROM RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, IT IS CLEAR OTHER ACURA MDX OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR ISSUES. THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS ISSUE WHEN I ORIGINALLY REPORTED MY CONCERN IN NOVEMBER 2010, HOWEVER, THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT. THE ISSUES BEING EXPERIENCED WITH THIS CAR APPEAR TO BE ON PAR WITH OTHER MDX TRANSMISSION ISSUES, THIS APPEARS TO BE NOTHING NEW. *TR

VEHICLE SHUDDERS AND VIBRATES BETWEEN 35-40 MPH. WILL BE TAKING TO A DEALER ON FRIDAY 18FEB2011 FOR INSPECTION. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE ALSO BUT I WAS NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS. THIS NORMALLY OCCURS WHEN ACCELERATING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH. ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER REGARDING SOFTWARE UPDATES FOR THE TRANSMISSION IN DECEMBER 2010. IT SAID THAT THIS UPDATE HAS BEEN ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER 2009, BUT I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THIS UPDATE EARLIER. ACURA MYACURA.COM WEBSITE ALSO DOES NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS. *TR

RECENTLY PURCHASED 06 MDX. DIDN'T NOTICE THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE RIGHT AWAY. ABOUT MONTH AFTER PURCHASE, I NOTICED SHUTTER/GRINDING/JUDDER/WHISTLING COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. TOOK IT INTO ACURA DEALER. ACURA REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER AND UPDATED PCM SOFTWARE UNDER WARRANTY. ABOUT WEEK LATER, STARTED NOTICING THE SAME SHUTTERING NOISE COMING FROM TRANSMISSION AGAIN BUT ITS NOT AS NOTICEABLE BUT DEFINITELY NOTICEABLE AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. ACURA DID NOT "FIX" THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS ACURA HAD FIXED THE "SEVERITY" OF IT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN ONLY SLIGHTLY HEAR IT. AFTER BEING THOROUGHLY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS ISSUE, I STARTED RESEARCHING THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT THERE ARE MANY MANY MANY MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS NO PERMANENT FIX. NUMEROUS OWNERS HAVE SAME REPEAT PROBLEMS EVEN AFTER REPLACING THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE THAT OF A "DESIGN" OF TRANSMISSION ERROR BY THE ACURA SO ESSENTIALLY, ONLY PERMANENT FIX WOULD BE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH THE NEWLY REDESIGNED TRANSMISSION. IF YOU REPLACE THE SAME PARTS OVER AND OVER, YOU WILL HAVE SAME PROBLEMS OVER AND OVER. ACURA FAILS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS. IF YOU TAKE THE CAR TO ANY ACURA DEALER, THEY WILL VEHEMENTLY DENY THERE IS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS(I AM SURE THEY'RE TRAINED BY THE CORPORATE TO DENY, DENY, DENY). UNFAIR. ESSENTIALLY, MY CAR IS A "LEMON" ALBEIT A USED LEMON....

2006 ACURA MDX WITH 34000 MILES, START TO HAVE INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION "SHUDDER" AROUND 40MPH, BRING TO THOMAS ACURA DEALER TO CHECK FOR TWO TIMES AND WAS TOLD TO CHANGE THE CONVERTER BECAUSE OF "NORMAL"STRESS OF THE TRANSMISSION. IN ADDITION, DEALER SUGGEST TO CHANGE TRANSMISSION OIL BUT I JUST DID IT 6 MONTHS AGO. *TR

1. NORMAL DRIVING MY 2006 ACURA MDX (ORIGINAL OWNER 55000 MILES) 2. ACURA TOLD ME THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS BAD 3. THEY WILL PAY FOR THIS 2600.00 REPAIR, BUT THE PROBLEM IS KNOWN TO COME BACK. *TR

ACURA MDX 2006 AT 70,000 MILES BEGAN MAKING A GRINDING NOISE, SPORADICALLY AT FIRST, WHEN CAR WAS RUNNING BETWEEN 30-35 MILES PER HOUR. RPM'S ALSO JUMPED WHEN GRINDING OCCURRED. TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS NEEDING A NEW TRANSMISSION. TOOK IT TO AN ACURA DEALER FOR A SECOND OPINION. THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS NEEDING A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER. NOW IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH ACURA FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2006 ACURA MDX. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 86,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN SERVICED EXCLUSIVELY BY ACURA. ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICES HAVE BEEN PERFORMED BY ACURA. THE CAR WAS JUST RETURNED TO ME AFTER HAVING ITS 3RD TRANSMISSION REPLACED. THIS TIME THE CAR BROKE DOWN DURING AN ACCELERATION ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY ALMOST CAUSING A TRAFFIC INCIDENT. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A FAILURE BY ACURA AND HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THEM EACH TIME UNDER WARRANTY. *TR