Acura MDX Complaints (2001)

224 consumer complaints on file.

#10058047February 12, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION:LINES AND FITTINGS
LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION SPRINGS COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FALL ONTO THE TIRES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054495January 20, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
A DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER-SIDE DOOR LOCK RENDERS THE WHOLE LOCKING (AND UNLOCKING) MECHANISM UNUSABLE. MY DRIVER-SIDE DOOR HANDLE GOT SCRAPED IN LOCKED POSITION, WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN. DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER SIDE LOCK, IT COULD NOT BE OPERATED ELECTRICALLY OR MANUALLY. ON PARKING THE CAR I MANAGED TO GET OUT THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR BUT ON CLOSING THE SAME DOOR, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM LOCKED THE DOOR AUTOMATICALLY. SINCE NONE OF THE OTHER DOORS, INCLUDING THE ONE ON THE TRUNK, HAS A MECHANICAL LOCK, THE CAR CANNOT NOW BE UNLOCKED. THERE IS NOW NO WAY OF GETTING INTO THE CAR, WITHOUT WHICH THE DAMAGED DOOR CANNOT BE REPAIRED. ACURA MOTORS DID NOT HAVE A WAY OUT OF THE SITUATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049213December 4, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DRIVING AT 70 MPH MY 2001 ACURA MDX SHIFTED HARD TO, I GUESS, 2ND GEAR, RED LINING THE ENGINE AND CAUSING CONTROL PROBLEMS. I WAS ABLE TO SWERVE TO RIGHT TO PREVENT ACCIDENT. THE CAR IS NOW DOWN SHIFTING RANDOMLY. IT IS DOWN FOR A $3000 REPAIR. ONLINE, THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. RADLEY ACURA IN VA TELLS ME THE PROBLEM IS COMMON. THIS WILL KILL SOMEONE SOON. PLEASE LOOK INTO IT AND INSTITUTE A SAFETY RECALL OF THE TRANSMISSION! *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049799December 1, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WITHOUT WARNING THE TAILGATE GLASS FELL TO THE GROUND WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS CLOSING THE TAILGATE. CONSUMER HAS NOTIFIED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040769September 26, 2003
TIRES
BOTH GOODYEAR INTEGRITY FRONT TIRES, SIZE P235/65R17, DOT#UNKNOWN LOST AIR PRESSURE EVERY WEEK. DEALER STATED NOTHING WAS FOUND WRONG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026268June 30, 2003
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER STATES THAT AIRBAG LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON. CONSUMER SAYS THAT AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND THERE IS NO PASSENGER SITTING IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022753June 10, 2003
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
SUBFRAME SHIFTS WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019372June 9, 2003
TIRES
THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT. *NLM *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016844May 1, 2003
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
MY 5 1/2 YEAR OLD SON WAS BELTED IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE MIDDLE ROW SEAT OF MY ACURA MDX YEAR 2001 WHICH HAS 3 ROWS OF SEATS. NEXT TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER IS THE SHOULDER STRAP OF THE MIDDLE SEAT WHICH IS CONNECTED TO A MECHANISM IN THE SEAT AND EXTENDS TO THE ROOF OF THE CAR. AS IT TURNS OUT, DESPITE PREVIOUS WARNINGS, HE WAS PLAYING WITH THAT MIDDLE SHOULDER STRAP AND INADVERTANTLY IT LOOPED AROUND HIS NECK, RETRACTED AND BEGAN TO HANG AND STRANGLE HIM. HE CALLED OUT TO ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN A CRYING, RASPY VOICE. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE CAR AND LOOKED BACK. I AM AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN, AND WHAT I SAW WAS MY SON BEING LIFTED OFF THE SEAT, BEING HELD DOWN BY HIS SEAT WHILE HIS HEAD WAS BEING PULLED AWAY. HIS FACE WAS RED AND HE COULD HARDLY BREATH AND HIS BREATHING WAS GETTING MORE LABORED. I JUMPED IN THE BACK SEAT AND TRIED TO PULL THE SHOULDER STRAP DOWN TO GIVE HIME SOME SLACK, BUT IT WAS LOCKED. HE MUST HAVE PULLED IN OUT ALL THE WAY PRIOR TO THE SEAT BELT RETRACTING, AND IT WAS LOCKED. I HAD TO RELEASE HIS BELT AND HOLD HIM UP WITH MY HAND. I COULD NOT PLACE MY FINGER BETWEEN THE BELT AND HIS NECK BECAUSE IT WAS TOO TIGHT, AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO UNWRAP THE BELT. I LOOKED DOWN AT THE LOCKING MECHANISM. THERE IS A WAY OF UNLOCKING THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT AND RETRACTING IT ALL THE WAY INTO THE ROOF FOR STORAGE, IN MY PANIC I COULD OT IDENTIFY IT. I CALLED OUTSIDE TO PEOPLE IN THEIR CARS PARKED AT A STOP LIGHT FOR A KNIFE. NO ONE HAD A KNIFE. I WENT BACK AND THOUGHT AGAIN AND REMEMBERED THAT A KEY WAS REQUIRED TO UNLACTCH THIS MECHANISM. I TOOK MY KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, AND FOUND A SMALL RECTANGULAR HOLE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE BUCKLE MECHANISM, PLACED MY KEY INTO IT AND RELEASED THE BELT. I WAS ABLE TO THEN UNWRAP THE BELT FROM THIS NECK AND SAVE HIS LIFE. IF I HAND NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN AWARE OF THIS MECHANISM, HE WOULD HAVE HUNG/STRANGLED TO DEATH. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS. IT SEEMS TO ME THERE SHOULD BE AN EASIER WAY OF UNLOCKING THAT BELT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10016603April 28, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
ACURA MDX-LOW IMPACT LEFT FRONT COLLISION WITH STATIONARY OBJECT, WITNESSED BY OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE AND DRIVER PERSONS, NOTED DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH FRONT AIRBAGS APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS AFTER COLLISION. AUTO BODY SHOP 20 YEAR EXPERIENCED OWNER, WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF ABOVE VOLUNTEERED THAT HE WAS SURPRISED THAT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. WESTERN STATES REGIONAL MANAGER FOR ACURA CALLED IN TO ASCERTAIN WHY SRS LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH AFTER REPAIR AND NEW AIRBAG AND "BRAIN" PLACED IN VEHICLE-1 MONTH DELAY. AFTER 2ND "BRAIN" REPLACED, SRS LIGHT OFF UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 5 WEEKS LATER-THIS TIME PASSENGER SENSOR REPLACED. *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023872December 6, 2002
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 65MPH A TIRE ROD BROKE SLASHING THE LEFT REAR TIRE CAUSING IT TO BLOW OUT. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020611October 10, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:COLUMN SHIFT ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SHIFT LEVER DOES NOT LOCK INTO PLACE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK. THERE WAS A CHILD WHO WAS IN THE VEHICLE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE CHILD WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE LEVER INTO REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE RAN INTO A HOUSE BEFORE IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. MR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767048September 11, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH, I ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE TO MY RIGHT TRANSMISSION FIRST APPEARED TO DOWNSHIFT FROM 5TH TO 4TH AND THE CAR ACCELLERATED NORMALLY, BUT SUDDENLY THE ENGINE RPM INCREASED DRAMTICALLY, THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED DEACCELERATING AND FISHTAILED WIDELY. IT SIDE SWIPED THE CENTER DIVIER OF THE FREEWAY, DAMAGING THE LEFT SIDE. IT APPEARS THAT THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED TO A MUCH LOWER THAN NORMAL GEAR (LIKELY 2ND) AND THE ENGINE RPM THAT WENT OVER REDLINE, CAUSING THE ENGINE GOVENOR TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND THE LOWER GEAR TO PROVIDE EXCESSIVE ENGINE BREAKING, CAUSING THE LOSS OF CONTROL.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017860September 4, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
TRUCK WILL BECOME NON-FUNCTIONAL, NOT STARTING. OWNER HAS TO MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BEFORE TRUCK WILL ACTUALLY START, OR WAIT LONGER. DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO DETECT CAUSE UNLESS IT ACTUALLY DUPLICATES ITSELF ON THE PREMISES OR SHOWS ON THE COMPUTER. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015466August 5, 2002
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT A LOCAL DEALER, WHO WITHOUT OWNER'S CONSENT SERVICED AIR CONDITIONER WITH A PRODUCT THAT WAS STANDARD PRACTICE, USED TO KILL BACTARIA. CONSUMER LATER HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION, CAUSING TONGUE TO SWELL/ DIZZINESS/ HEADACHES, AND WEAKNESS. NAME OF PRODUCT WAS FRIGI FRESH, DISTRIBUTED BY B.G. PRODUSTS CORPORATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765195August 5, 2002
AIR BAGS
NO REPLACEMENT PART AVAILABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. WHEN SRS LIGHT COMES ON FOR WHATEVER REASON, AIRBAGS PROBABLY WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A COLLISION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765159August 3, 2002
AIR BAGS
THE WARNING SENSOR ON THE SRS SYSTEMS KEEPS FAILING. THE DEALER IS FIXING, BUT I'M TOLD THAT WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT IS ON THE SRS SYSTEM WILL NOT DEPLOY. THUS, THE REPEATED FAULTS IN THE SRS SENSING SYSTEM IS CREATING POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE AS THE WARNING SYSTEM IS (IN EFFECT) SHUTTING DOWN THE SRS SYSTEM. WHILE THE DEALER HAS BEEN FIXING, THERE APPEARS TO BE NO URGENCY TO WARN CUSTOMERS THAT THIS KIND OF WARNING SENSOR ACTUALLY KEEPS THE AIR BAG FROM DEPLOYING (MANUAL IS QUITE VAGUE ON THIS POINT). I AM PURSUING STATE LEMON LAW REMEDIES TO GET NEW CAR AS I AM NOW AT THE 4TH FAILURE OF THIS COMPONENT. THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS SYSTEMATIC ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015421August 2, 2002
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AIR CONDITIONER OPERATED POORLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762078May 20, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005084March 6, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, CONSUMER HIT A CENTER DIVIDER ON HIGHWAY, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER INJURED WITH FRONTAL IMPACT. *AK *JG
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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