Acura MDX Complaints (2001)

224 consumer complaints on file.

• #8000829December 17, 2001
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

  WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. *AK THE CONSUMER SAYS WHEN FOOT IS OFF THE ACCELERATOR THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN ALSO, LOSES ALL POWER, LIGHTS COME ON DASHBOARD AND POWER STEERING IS LOST. *YH

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #898732November 5, 2001
  TIRES

  WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATLEY 40 MPH IN A 2001, ACURA MDX RIGHT/FRONT GOODYEAR INTEGRITY TIRE, SIZE: 235/65R17, DOT: 4B87 EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT. CONSUMER SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING BEFORE INCIDENT OCCURRED. A TIRE SHOP WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE FOR ANY SMOKE OR BURNING SMELLS. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 5,530 MILES ON TIRE, AND IT WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. *AK *TT *NLM

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  2

  Deaths:

  0

• #889312May 29, 2001
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

  CONSUMER WAS GOING 45MPH ON 3 LANE HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. ALL LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD LIT UP. CONSUMER GOT TO SHOULDER OF ROAD, STARTED IT UP AND DROVE IT TO DEALER. THIS WAS FOURTH TIME HAPPENING, AND DEALER STILL COULDN'T TELL CONSUMER WHAT'S CAUSED IT TO STALL. *AK *JB

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #888710May 21, 2001
  SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, CHILD SEAT:TETHER: STRAP/WEBBING

  SEATBELTS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY FOR A BOOSTER SEAT. COSUMER FEELS THERE'S A DEFECT IN THE WAY THEY WERE MADE. SEAT WILL SLIDE 7 TO 9 INCHES IN A COLLISION.*AK CONSUMER STATES BOOSTER SEAT IS A COMMON MODEL MANFACTURED BY CENTURY PRODUCTS, THE SEAT BELT STRAP GOES THROUGH THE BACK OF THE BOOSTER SEAT TO INSTALL IT, BECAUSE THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE OF THE VEHICLE IS NOT ON A SMALL STRAP LIKE THOSE IN THE SECOND ROW SEATING THAT ALLOWS IT TO MOVE TO A VERTICAL POSITION, CONSUMER STATES UNABLE TO GET BOOSTER SEAT TO INSTALL PROPERLY, THE BUCKLE WILL NOT ROTATE BACK FAR ENOUGH AND THE BOOSTER SEAT WHEN BUCKLED IN AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE WILL MOVE 7-9 INCHES, CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL POLICE DEPT. AND AN OFFICER WHO IS CERTIFIED COULD NOT MAKE THE INSTALLATION EITHER, CONSUMER THEN TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND COULD NOT PROVIDE A SOLUTION ,EXCEPT FOR TRYING A LOCKING CLIP ON THE BELTS BUT THAT DID NOT WORK EITHER. *JB

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0