2008 Acura Mdx

SPORTS SUSPENSION IN VEHICLE DOES NOT WORK OVERTIME. I BELIEVE THEY ARE DEFECTIVE, EVERY BUMP I GO OVER, TINY OR BIG IT MAKES A SOUND FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE. DEALERSHIP TOLD ME ITS 2300 TO REPLACE BOTH SIDES. REASON I BELIEVE THEY ARE DEFECTIVE OR NOT OF HIGH QUALITY, HEARD AND READ MANY PEOPLE WITH MDX SPORTS SUSPENSION GETTING THEM REPLACED ONCE TO SEVERAL TIMES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR GOING ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY I LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER THE CAR, STOP THE CAR, ACCELERATE AND CUT ON MY BLINKERS. NOTHING IN THE CAR WORKED. I WAS DESPERATE TO GET OUT OF THE TRAFFIC FLOW WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY JERKED BACK ON. IT DID THIS OFF AND ON AS I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. ONCE THERE THEY STATED THAT THE BATTERY WAS THE ISSUE. BATTERY WAS REPLACED. VARIOUS INTERNAL COMPONENTS OF THE CAR STARTED TO FALL APART (SEAT BELTS, AIRBAGS, CAR LIGHTS, CAR KEY, WINDOW SENSORS, DOOR LOCKS, ALARM, NAVIGATION). FOR A TIME THE CAR DROVE BUT WITH VERY STIFF HANDLING. CAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR AN ISSUE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A WHIRRING SOUND AT START-UP. EVERYTHING WAS REPLACED TO FIX THE ISSUE WITH THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN DOING A HAIL MARY ATTEMPT AT OFFERING RESOLVE. I FINALLY RECEIVED MY CAR BACK TWO WEEKS LATER. THEN HERE WE GO AGAIN, I AM ON THE FREEWAY WITH A BRAND NEW BATTERY INSTALLED BY ACURA WHEN EVERYTHING POWERS OFF YET AGAIN. CAR EVEN BRAKED ITSELF AND I SAW MY LIFE FLASH BEFORE MY EYES. I WAS ON THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN THIS OCCURRED AND TRAFFIC FLOW WAS THICK. I TOOK MY CAR TO ACURA AND CURRENTLY THEY HAVE HAD IT FOR OVER A WEEK. THEY TELL ME IT IS MY BATTERY AGAIN WHICH THEY WILL REPLACE FOR FREE BUT THEY WANT TO KEEP FOR FURTHER TESTING. I WORK FROM HOME AND DRIVE MY CAR EXTENDED DISTANCES WHEN NEEDED AND I NEED RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION. THIS CAR IS PROVING UNRELIABLE. I AM NOT GETTING STRAIGHT ANSWERS FROM ANYONE AND IN 4 YEARS I HAVE REPLACED MY BATTERY 3 TIMES! I PARK IN THE GARAGE! THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. I MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY THE NEXT TIME THE POWER GOES OUT ON THE CAR AND EVERYTHING STOPS WORKING! I SEE THIS CONCERN IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND I NEED HELP! *TR

I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED IN OCTOBER 2014. EVER SINCE I HAD THE CAR I NOTICE THAT THE HOOD STARTS VIBRATING AS IF IT IS GOING TO OPEN. I HAVE PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SEVERAL TIMES TO CHECK THAT THE HOOD IS NOT OPEN. I HAVE CONTACTED ACURA HEADQUARTERS AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME TO GO TO THE DEALER. WHAT I HAVE NOTICE IS THAT THE LATCH MOVES BACK AND FORTH EASILY AND THE HOOD FLEXES WHEN YOU OPEN IT AND PULL ON IT. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND PEOPLE GO TO THE DEALERSHIPS AND WE GET TOLD THE SAME THING. EVERYTHING IS NORMAL. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CAR HOOD VIBRATE THE WAY THIS HOOD VIBRATES. *TR

*****ACURA MDX 2008 BATTERY IS DRAINING AND CAR WILL NOT START DUE TO HFL UNIT.******** ***CONSUMERS SHOULD KNOW SO THEY CAN ADDRESS THIS ISSUE PREVENT BEING STRANDED SOMEWHERE WITH A DEAD BATTERY*** THIS HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE 1) FEBRUARY 2013, VEHICLE @ 35,000 MILES- BATTERY REPLACED AT ACURA 2) OCTOBER 2014, VEHICLE @ 48,000 MILES- TOLD BY ACURA BATTERY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN 3) JANUARY 2015, VEHICLE @ 49,000 MILES- I FOUND ONLINE FORUM WHERE ACURA MDX OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND THE CONCLUSION IS A DEFECTIVE HFL (HANDS FREE LINK) UNIT DRAINING THE BATTERY WHILE THE VEHICLE IS OFF. 4) JANUARY 2015, VEHICLE @ 49,000 MILES - I TELL ACURA SERVICE ADVISOR AT INTAKE ABOUT ONLINE DISCUSSIONS AND THAT I BELIEVE THE HFL UNIT IS DRAINING MY BATTERY. THE SERVICE ADVISOR AGREES THE ISSUE IS DEFINITELY THE HFL UNIT AND THE HFL UNIT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED OR UNPLUGGED BUT HE WILL HAVE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSE TO CONFIRM . I HAD ACURA REPLACE THE HFL UNIT AND THE BATTERY HAS NOT DIED SINCE EVEN AFTER NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR THREE STRAIGHT DAYS. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME AS I BELIEVE DRIVING HANDS-FREE IS SAFER THAN DRIVING WITH A PHONE IN ONE'S HAND. IT IS ALSO ILLEGAL TO DRIVE AND TALK ON A HAND-HELD PHONE IN THE STATE IN WHICH I LIVE SO UNPLUGGING THE HFL UNIT IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME. I BELIEVE ACURA IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE AND ALL THE MANY ONLINE FORUMS WHERE CONSUMERS WITH DIFFERENT ACURA MODELS, MAKES AND YEARS ARE DISCUSSING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE HFL AND GIVING THEIR FEEDBACK ABOUT THEIR CONTACT WITH ACURA. INSTEAD OF DOING A THOROUGH DIAGNOSTIC CHECK I WAS TOLD TWICE I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY. IT WAS MY THIRD VISIT ALONG WITH THE INFORMATION I FOUND ONLINE THAT I GOT ACURA'S ATTENTION HOWEVER BY THEN THE HFL WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

MY CAR WAS PARKED ON DRIVEWAY AND SUDDENLY RIGHT PASSENGER WINDOW GLASS BROKEN BY ITSELF. INITIALLY I THOUGHT SOME ONE SMASHED IT BUT AFTER LOOKING AT VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM I FOUND THAT IT BROKE ON IT'S OWN. I AM GLAD THAT MY 14 MONTH OLD WAS NOT IN CAR OTHERWISE IT'S HUGE DISASTER. I UPLOADED VIDEO TO YOUTUBE. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=MX2-WEI_TWE&FEATURE=YOUTU.BE. *TR

1.HOOD: WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, I NOTICED THE HOOD FLUTTERING AS IF IT WAS NOT CLOSED SECURELY. I PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND CHECKED THE LATCH. I TRIED TO PULL IT OPEN BUT FOUND IT WAS SECURELY LATCHED. I OPENED THEN LATCH AND SHUT IT DOWN HARD TO MAKE SURE IT WAS TIGHTLY SECURED. WHEN I GOT BACK OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY, IT HAPPENED AGAIN! IT HAS NOW HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. I'VE GOTTEN USED TO IT BUT IT IS STILL UNNERVING EACH TIME AS I FEAR THE HOOD WILL FLY UP WHILE I'M DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED. 2. TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS: I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TWO OF THESE SENSORS. THEY START BEEPING AND A MESSAGE APPEARS SAYING THE PRESSURE IS LOW IN THE TIRE. WHEN I HAVE HAD THE TIRE CHECKED (ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS), THE AIR PRESSURE IS IN THE NORMAL RANGE OF 32. EACH TIME THE TIRE ATTENDANT ADDED EXTRA AIR TO TRY TO SILENCE THE ALARM BUT CAUTIONED THAT DOING SO COULD BE DANGEROUS. OTHERWISE, THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE BEEPING (WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLY ANNOYING ON A LONG ROAD TRIP) IS TO HAVE THE FAULTY SENSOR REPLACED. *TR

IN JANUARY 2013 MY ADS LIGHT IN MY MDX WENT ON. WE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT ACURA HAD SENT A SERVICE REQUEST TO CERTAIN VIN NUMBERS FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE DESIGN OF THE ADS SYSTEM FOR THE MDX'S WAS POOR AND IT ALLOWED SALT AND MOISTURE INTO THE SENSOR CONTROL FOR THE STRUT THUS CAUSING CORROSION IN THE SENSOR AND STRUT. EVENTUALLY THE STRUT FAILS. WHEN WE CALLED ACURA AND I SPOKE WITH FRANK SWARTWOT IN ACURA CUSTOMER SERVICE IN CALIFORNIA, HE TOLD US THAT OUR VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SERVICE REQUEST. WE EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT WE LIVE IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AND WE GET A LOT OF SNOW AND SALT IS USED ON THE ROADS WHEN THERE IS A SNOW STORM. (WE DID HOST THE 2002 OLYMPIC GAMES AFTER ALL.) WE ALSO TOLD HIM THAT THE ADS FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON IN JANUARY 2013 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORST SNOW STORM OF THE YEAR. THIS SOUNDED LIKE THE PERFECT COMBINATION TO CAUSE THESE PROBLEMS. ACURA TOLD US THEY WOULD NOT COVER US AND BASICALLY TOLD US THEY COULD COVER IT IF WE WERE VALUED CUSTOMERS. SINCE WE HAD PURCHASED THE MDX USED AND DID NOT GO TO JODY WILKINSON FOR OUR REPAIRS, THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT. WE ENDED UP REPLACING THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT AND THE SENSOR AND WHEN THE MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE SENSOR AND THE STRUT, IT WAS FULLY RUSTED AND CORRODED.. WE FULLY EXPECT THE OTHER SENSOR AND STRUT TO FAIL WITHIN THE YEAR AS THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS ACCORDING TO THE ACURA MECHANIC. THE COST TO REPLACE EACH STRUT THROUGH THE ACURA DEALERSHIP IS $1250. ACURA HAS SINCE REPLACED THE OLD SENSOR AND STRUTS USED ON THEIR CARS WITH A NEW DESIGN. WE FEEL THAT IF ACURA HAD AT LEAST WARNED US THAT THIS COULD BE AN ISSUE, WE COULD HAVE REPLACED THE SENSOR (A $200 FIX) AND SAVED THE STRUT. THE LETTER NUMBER ON YOUR SITE IS CSC-10038347-3254 AND THE URL LINK IS HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/ACMS/CS/JAXRS/DOWNLOAD/DOC/UCM429164/CSC-10038347-3254.PDF. *TR

THE BRAKES BEGAN TO HAVE AN AWFUL SQUEAKING SOUND AT 28,000 MILES. I CALLED ACURA'S CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIVE. THE REP ON THE PHONE SAID THAT THE WARRANTY DID NOT COVER BRAKE PADS SINCE IT WAS CONSIDERED NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THE FRONT BRAKES WERE IN GOOD SHAPE, STILL HAS 75%, BUT REAR BRAKES PAD ONLY HAS 30% LEFT. THE SAME CASE WITH MY HONDA ACCORD 2008, REAR BRAKE WEARS OUT MORE THAN THE FRONT ONE. *TR