2005 ACURA MDX Complaints

THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT BRAKE RANDOMLY APPLIES EVEN IF YOU DON'T TOUCH THE BRAKES. IT PULLS INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE VSA! LIGHT COMES ON EVERY TIME SIGNALING AN ISSUE WITH THE TRAFFIC CONTROL. THERE WAS RECALL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX THE ISSUE HOWEVER IT DID NOT. IT CAN OCCUR AT 70 MPH OR 5 MPH, THERE IS NO RHYME TO WHY IT OCCURS HOWEVER I FEAR FOR MY WIFE AND MY CHILDREN WHEN IT IS DRIVEN. *TR

DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW CONTROL UNIT CONNECTOR FAILS AFTER YEARS IN SERVICE. THE CONTROL UNIT IS MOUNTED ON DOOR WITH BRACKET AND TWO SCREW WHICH PUTS UNDUE PRESSURE ON THE CONNECTOR BY PUSHING IT AGAINST THE BODY. OVER THE TIME PLASTIC CONNECTOR (DUE TO CREEP EFFECT) WILL GIVE AWAY AND BECOME LOOSE PREVENTING PROPER CONTACT WHICH WILL DISABLE THE OPERATION OF DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW. I LEARNED IT HARD WAY BY SPENDING LOTS OF MONEY CHANGING ALL PARTS (CONTROL MODULE, WINDOW MOTOR AND DRIVER MULTIPLEX SWITCH) FOR NO REASON. *TR

GEAR SHIFT LEVER BECAME HARDER AND HARDER TO SHIFT OVER THE TIME AND THEN SEIZED. NOTICED HEAVILY CORRODED SHIFT LEVER LINKAGE AT THE TRANSMISSION END. THE LINKAGE DESIGN SEEMS TO BE A POOR. EXPOSURE TO ELEMENTS MAKES IT TO CORRODE AND SEIZE. I HAD TO APPLY WD40 TO LOOSEN THE LINKAGE AND THEN COAT IT HEAVILY WITH ANTI-SEIZE COMPOUND. *TR

WHEN I'M DRIVING BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH I HEAR AND FEEL A VIBRATION UNDERNEATH THE CAR. I'VE LOOKED UP THE ISSUE ONLINE AND I'VE READ DOZENS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE, THE TORQUE CONVERTER. *JS

AFTER PLACING VEHICLE IN PARK, I WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE IGNITION KEY FAILED TO ALIGN WITH SLOT SO KEY COULD BE REMOVED. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE CAR, IT FAILED TO START. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS SOMEHOW LINKED BETWEEN THE IGNITION AND THE TRANSMISSION/GEAR SHIFT. RECENTLY, WHEN SHIFTING INTO PARK AND DRIVE THE GEAR SHIFT MET WITH RESISTANCE. I'M OUT OF TOWN (APPROX 100 MILES) AND AFRAID TO STOP ANYWHERE UNTIL I REACH MY DEALER. HAD NEW TRANSMISSION INSTALLED WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS. POSTING THIS NOTICE FROM HOTEL'S COMPUTER, HEADING TO DEALER (MCGRAPH ACURA, WESTMOUNT,IL.) TO DIAGNOSE AND HOPEFULLY CORRECT PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN MY CAR JERKED AND THEN WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED IN AND WAS TOLD THAT MY TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TRANSMISSION HAS INTERMITTENT VIBRATION BETWEEN 30-40 MPH. LASTS APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS. ACURA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT FIX THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

AS DRIVING TO WORK THE VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN STOP SHIFTING GEARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO STOP TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER LANE WITHOUT GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT. PRIOR TO THE CAR NOT SHIFTING GEARS I HEARD A GRINDING METAL NOISE COMING FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE ENGINE, A NOISE THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER APPARENTLY IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO ACURA BUT THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING IN REFERENCE TO IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 ACURA MDX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING SENOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

WELL WHEN I DID A SUDDEN EMERGENCY STOP BECAUSE A CAR IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED THEIR BRAKES I NOTICED THAT MY BRAKES DIDN'T LOCK UP TO CAUSE THE ABS SYSTEM TO TRIGGER IN CASE I HAD TO DO SOME MANEUVERING. HONDA EVIDENTLY RECALLED BRAKE BOOSTERS IN SOME OF THEIR OTHER MODEL CARS BUT NOT THIS ONE. THIS MAYBE THE PROBLEM NOT SURE. BUT IT'S AWFULLY DANGEROUS. I AM ON A ACURA MDX FORUM AND THERE ARE OTHERS WHO'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. *TR