2007 Acura Mdx

BATTERY IN OUR 2007 ACURA MDX HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED 3 TIMES IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS! TURNS OUT THAT THE HANDSFREE LINK MODULE WAS DRAINING THE BATTERY AND CAUSING IT HAVING TO BE REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES. THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE WHICH CAN POSE AS A DEADLY RESULT ESPECIALLY IF THE CAR IS PARKED INSIDE OF A GARAGE. THIS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BY ACURA FREE OF CHARGE ASAP! *TR

CAME OUT TO OUR 2007 MDX IN THE MORNING AND FOUND THAT THE BATTERY WAS COMPLETELY DEAD FOR THIRD TIME IN A WEEK. CHARGED BATTERY AGAIN AND DROVE THE CAR TO DEALERSHIP. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AS AN OPEN CIRCUIT IN THE HANDS FREE UNIT EVEN WHEN IGNITION IS OFF. REPLACED THE HANDS FREE UNIT. APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS LATER, SAME PROBLEM AGAIN, AND NEW HANDS FREE UNIT AGAIN THE PROBLEM. THE UNIT IS LOCATED IN THE CONSOLE BETWEEN FRONT SEATS WAS VERY HOT AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM A LOT, BUT THAT THERE IS NO RECALL AND ACURA HAS NO ANSWERS FOR THEM. HAD TO REPLACE BATTERY AFTER 2ND UNIT FAILED, NOW WORKING ON 3RD HANDS FREE UNIT IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR. AFTER 2ND INCIDENT I CONTACTED ACURA AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THESE HANDS FREE UNITS. APPARENTLY, ACURA DOES NOT YET HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THE INTERNET AS A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF OTHER 2007 MDX OWNERS HAVE VOICED THE SAME CONCERN IN THE ACURA OWNERS FORUM AFTER EXPERIENCING FAILURES OF THEIR HANDS FREE UNITS. OBVIOUSLY, THE HANDS FREE UNIT MANUFACTURED BY JOHNSON CONTROLS HAS A DESIGN DEFECT WHICH IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM AND CREATING A FIRE RISK IN THE PASSENGER CABIN EVEN WHEN IGNITION IS OFF. DEFECT COULD ALSO CAUSE HOUSE FIRE IF CAR IS PARKED IN AN ATTACHED GARAGE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CIRCUIT IS OPEN EVEN WHEN THE IGNITION IS OFF AND GETS VERY HOT TO THE TOUCH. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BY N.H.T.S.A., AS IT IS A SIGNIFICANT FIRE SAFETY RISK. I ENCOURAGE ALL PARTIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR PROBLEM TO FILE A COMPLAINT HERE SO THAT THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM CAN BE BETTER DETERMINED AND ACURA WILL BE FORCED TO TAKE THIS PROBLEM SERIOUSLY. *TR

DRIVER SIDE STRUT BROKE, TOOK TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES TO DIAGNOSE. INDEPENDENT FRAME SHOP DIAGNOSED WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF BEING THERE. COME TO FIND OUT FROM NEW SERVICE ADVISOR THAT PREVIOUS ADVISOR DID DOCUMENT ISSUE I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT IN THEIR SYSTEM. SMELLS LIKE A COVER UP TO ME. BEEN CHASING THIS PROBLEM FOR THE BETTER PART OF 2 YEARS NOW WITH THE DEALER. MANY OTHER DOCUMENTED SITUATIONS SIMILAR TO MINE ONLINE AS WELL. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. WITH THE DEALER'S PARTICIPATION THIS FIX WILL COST ME $1500 TO REPAIR AND MY CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY ARE CALLING IT WEAR AND TEAR. FOR SUCH A WELL CARED FOR LOW MILEAGE CAR, AND SO MANY OTHER DOCUMENTED SITUATIONS, I DISAGREE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 ACURA MDX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES AND THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED EACH TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

THE HEADRESTS IN THIS CAR AND ALL NEWER-MODEL CARS CREATE AN UNCOMFORTABLE AND DANGEROUS POSITION OF THE HEAD AND NECK BY FORCING THE DRIVER'S HEAD FORWARD INTO AN UNNATURAL POSITION. PEOPLE WHO ARE TALLER, OR WHO HAVE A TALLER TORSO ARE AFFECTED MORE THAN SHORTER DRIVERS/PASSENGERS. RECLINING THE SEAT TO AVOID HAVING YOUR HEAD PUSHED FORWARD CREATES AN ABSENCE OF SUPPORT FOR YOUR UPPER BACK AND TORSO. THESE UNNATURAL AND UNCOMFORTABLE POSITIONS, WHILE THEY MAY ASSIST IN WHIPLASH-TYPE ACCIDENTS, CAN CREATE NECK AND BACK FATIGUE AND EVEN EXACERBATE AND/OR CAUSE DISK INJURIES IN THE DELICATE CERVICAL SPINE AREA. I'M SURE THESE HEADRESTS ARE DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH NHTSA REQUIREMENTS; HOWEVER WHILE THE DESIGN MAY SOLVE ONE PROBLEM (WHIPLASH) IT CREATE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SET OF PROBLEMS. A SIMPLE SOLUTION IS TO MAKE THE HEADRESTS ADJUSTABLE IN TERMS OF THE ANGLE SO THAT TALLER DRIVERS ARE NOT FORCED INTO A HUNCHED OVER, NECK-PAIN CAUSING POSITION. THIS IS NOT A MINOR COMPLAINT AND IS NOT SPECIFIC TO OUR ACURA. THESE UNCOMFORTABLE HEADRESTS EXIST IN EVERY NEWER-MODEL CAR I'VE DRIVEN OR BEEN A PASSENGER IN. THE NHTSA RULES FOR THESE HEADRESTS ARE ALSO CREATING A SITUATION WHERE OWNERS OF THESE CARS ARE MAKING MODIFICATIONS TO ALLEVIATE THE PAINFUL HEAD/NECK POSITION CAUSED BY THE HEADRESTS. PEOPLE ARE REMOVING THE HEADRESTS, TURNING THEM AROUND BACKWARDS AND SOMETIMES BENDING THE SUPPORTS TO ANGLE THE HEADREST AWAY AT A MORE COMFORTABLE POSITION WHICH UNDERMINE THE SUPPOSED SAFETY BENEFITS AFFORDED BY THE HEAD-FORWARD DESIGN. PLEASE, DO SOMETHING TO CORRECT THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. THEY ARE HURTING US AND CREATING AN EVEN MORE UNSAFE CONDITION WHEN PEOPLE MODIFY THE HEADRESTS. A RE-DESIGN AND RECALL OF THESE CURRENT HEAD-FORWARD HEADRESTS IS IMPERATIVE TO ELIMINATE REPETITIVE HEAD-FORWARD-TYPE CERVICAL DISK INJURIES THAT ARE NOT CAUSED BY AN ACCIDENT. *TR

BATTERY WAS FOUND TO BE COMPLETELY DRAINED ON A FEW OCCASIONS AFTER SITTING OFF OVERNIGHT. AFTER EXAMINING POSSIBLE CULPRITS WHEN THE BATTER WAS FOUND DRAINED IT WAS FOUND THAT THE HANDSFREE MODULE LOCATED IN THE REAR OF THE CENTER CONSOLE WAS HOT TO THE TOUCH. AFTER REMOVING THE MODULE COMPLETELY AND RECHARGING THE BATTERY THIS INCIDENT OF BATTERY DRAINAGE HAS NOT OCCURRED IN 3 MONTHS. THE HANDSFREE MODULE THAT OPERATES THE BLUETOOTH AND HANDFEE FUNCTIONS OF THE CARE IS DEFECTIVE TO THE POINT THAT IT PULLS A CONSTANT LOAD FROM THE BATTERY EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS SHUT OFF AND KEYS ARE NOT IN THE IGNITION. SEARCHING THE INTERNET FINDS MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME MODEL TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS MODULE SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THE MANUFACTURER FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE IT CAN LEAD TO A DEAD BATTERY WITH NO WAY TO START THE CAR, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE FIRE FROM THE AMOUNT OF HEAT BUILT UP IN THE FAULTY MODULE. *TR