2008 Acura Mdx

THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING AROUND 15 MPH IN A SNOWING AFTERNOON ON A LOCAL ROAD. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE SLIPPED TOWARD THE CURB OF THE ROAD. THE DRIVER TRIED TO STEER THE VEHICLE AWAY FROM THE CURB BUT FAILED. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HIT THE CURB AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE INNER TIE ROD AND THE OUTER TIE ROD OF THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL DISCONNECTED FROM EACH OTHER. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS INTACT. THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE WAS INTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT STEERABLE ANYMORE. AFTER CHECKING UP THE VEHICLE, THE DEALERSHIP IDENTIFIED THAT THE CONNECTING ROD BETWEEN THE INNER TIE ROD AND THE OUTER TIE ROD WAS BENDED AND COMPLETELY BROKEN. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO COVER THE REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 ACURA MDX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT A GRINDING NOISE AND HESITATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR AND THE GRINDING NOISE WAS CAUSED BY THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

THE FIRST INCIDENT,12/17/2009, WAS WHILE I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE LIKE IT SHOULD AND ALL WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH WERE ON. I HAD A CAR RIGHT ON MY BUMPER BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD GO NO FASTER THAN 10 MPH. THE SECOND INCIDENT, 05/27/2010, HAPPENED WHILE IN CITY TRAFFIC AND ABRUPTLY DECELERATED TO 10 MPH AND AGAIN ALL WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON. THE THIRD TIME10/29/2010, I WAS AGAIN IN CITY TRAFFIC AND WAS NEARLY REAR-ENDED WHEN THE SAME THING OCCURRED. THE FOURTH TIME,11/08/2010, HAPPENED WHEN A DRIVER FOR THE DEALERSHIP WAS BRINGING THE CAR BACK TO ME BECAUSE THEY AGAIN SAID THEY HAD CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THE DRIVER SAID ALL WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON AND THAT SHE COULD GO NO FASTER THAN 10 MPH. SHE ALSO SAID THAT SHE WAS SCARED TO DEATH AND PRAYED SHE COULD GET BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. ALL 4 INCIDENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN 14576 AND 33633 MILES ON THE CAR WITHIN A TEN AND A HALF MONTH PERIOD.

WHEN DRIVING MY 2008 ACURA MDX IN THE RAIN, SPECIFICALLY IF I HAVE GONE THRU A PUDDLE, SIMULTANEOUSLY A MESSAGE WILL APPEAR "CHECK BATTERY CHARGE" AND I WILL LOOSE MY POWER STEERING FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, MAKING IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I GOT THE CAR 2 YEARS AGO. I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THERE ARE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM AND IT IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED IN NEWER MODELS. AT PRESENT THE ONLY SOLUTION IS DRIVE SLOWER THRU PUDDLES SO THE CABLES THAT ARE EXPOSED UNDER THE CAR DO NOT GET WET AND THEREFORE THE POWER STEERING IS MOMENTARILY LOST. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, AND IT WAS QUITE FRIGHTENING SINCE BASICALLY ONE IS LOSING STEERING CONTROL OF THE CAR. MY 9 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE BACK SEAT. THERE IS NO WARNING WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND ONE DOES NOT ALWAYS KNOW WHEN THE CAR HAS GONE THRU A PUDDLE. FURTHERMORE, WATCHING FOR PUDDLES IS A DANGEROUS DISTRACTION IN A RAIN STORM. I CALLED ACURA TODAY AS I LOST BATTERY POWER YESTERDAY AND HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND I SUSPECT THIS IS RELATED TO THE PROBLEM I HAD THE WEEK BEFORE. THEY DENY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE SITUATION EVEN THOUGH I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP, MIAMI ACURA, THAT THEY HAD NOTIFIED ACURA AND THAT ACURA FIXED THE PROBLEM IN NEWER MODELS BUT HAD NO SOLUTION FOR THOSE WHO WERE DRIVING THESE MODELS. I ASKED THEM IF THEY WERE, LIKE TOYOTA, GOING TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE DIED BEFORE THEY WOULD ISSUE A RECALL. I HOPE NHTSA WILL TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND PURSUE AN INVESTIGATION IMMEDIATELY. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING OUR 2008 ACURA MDX ON THE OPEN HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH WITH THE MOONROOF IN THE TILT POSITION. NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE CLOSE. THE MOONROOF GLASS SUDDENLY EXPLODED, SENDING GLASS BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE MOONROOF HAD A JAGGED HOLE ABOUT 8" BY 18" WITH SOME OUTWARD BULGE. GLASS SHARDS WERE THROUGH OUR HAIR, BUT FORTUNATELY DID NOT GET INTO OUR EYES. IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY VISIBLE OBJECT HITTING THE GLASS, WE CONCLUDE THAT THE MOONROOF GLASS WAS LIKELY DEFECTIVE AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF THE FLYING SHARDS HAD BLINDED THE DRIVER. ACURA HAS DENIED COVERAGE UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 ACURA MDX. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 65 MPH, A LOUD BANGING NOISE WAS IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE THE SPARE TIRE CABLE WELD WAS HANGING UNDERNEATH THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TIGHTENED THE WELD CABLE TO TEMPORARILY SECURE THE TIRE. THE CONTACT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000. UPDATED 10/15/10 *BF UPDATED 10/21/10

2008 ACURA MDX SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE HONDA BRAKE RECALL. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING VERY SPONGY BRAKE AND TAKES MORE PRESSURE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I QUICKLY HAD MY BRAKE FLUSHED AFTER SEEING RECALLS ON OTHER HONDA VEHICLE. WE DISCOVERED LOTS OF AIR HAD ENTERED THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND SPONGY BRAKE FREEING WAS GONE AFTER THE SYSTEM FLUSH. MY CONCERN IS THIS PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ON THIS MODEL UNLESS THE HONDA RECALL GET UPDATED TO INCLUDE THIS MODEL. *DT