2020 Acura Rdx

Driving 70 mph down interstate and all of the sudden the check engine light started flashing and the vehicle lost all power. Had to make an emergency move to the shoulder. The check engine light remained flashing and when car shut off and turned back on the engine light was not on and vehicle operation seemed to turn to normal. Have seen other reports of this specific model of vehicle losing power at highway speeds and is very dangerous situation.

- 2020 Acura RDX Aspec - my 2nd one of this model!!!!! - Tue, 18May2021 - travelling at ~65 mph on the Houston Hardy Toll Road and lost all ability to accelerate and MIL (engine light) came on - I was able to pull over 4 lanes to the right shoulder safely - I turned the car off, waited ~30 seconds and then turned the car back on - I drove to the dealership, Gillman Acura, which is ~21.4 miles, and delivered the car - Gillman Service Rep advised that they were applying the intercooler replacement fix associated with Acura Service Bulletin 20-053 - issued 21Apr2021 - Dealership replaced intercooler, I picked up the car on Thu, 20May2021 - drove ~22 miles home and the very next day, Fri, 21May2021, when i was ~3 blocks from my house, the VSA - vehicle stability assistant light came on - 21May2021 and the car is back at the dealership for repair - The RDX is a rolling death trap and I pray that it doesn't take one or more fatalities and/or serious injuries to Acura owners and/or others before Acura does the right thing - a recall - In Apr2021, I purchased the first 2020 RDX Aspec, VIN: 5J8TC1H6XLL014219, and experience the "limp mode" issue on 4Jul2020 while traveling on I-10 west from Tallahassee to Houston - vehicle had 2.8K miles and experienced limp mode - see NHTSA complaint > 11339164 - Dealership exchanged the first car and now I've experienced "limp mode" with the second car

My car's engine quit as I was about to make a right turn off a 6 lane road. It would not restart. By design, the transmission immediately goes into park (electrickly). There is no way for the driver to put it into neutral so it could be pushed or serviced by a flat bed tow truck. As a result my car blocked the turn lane requiring numerous cars to go around me putting my wife and I in danger of being hit. It also put the drivers of cars who were detouring around me in danger of collision with cars in the three thru lanes. The police placed one of their cars in the lane with lights on to mitigate the danger. They also tried to start my car un-succcessfully. The dealer repaired my car by replacing a defective "O" ring in the fuel pump pressure line. This was a recall item I had previously had done by the dealer

IT WAS MILDLY RAINING AND I WENT TO ACCELLERATE ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND ALL A SUDDEN WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND STUTTER AND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND I WAS ALMOST HIT BY ANOTHER CAR BECAUSE I LACKED POWER. THE VEHICLE THEN REFUSED TO ACCELERATE AND I HAD TO DANGEROUSLY GLIDE OFF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT POWER AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. EVERY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I THEN HAD THE VEHICLE FIXED AND THEY SAID IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH AN ENGINE COIL. THREE WEEKS LATER IN THE SAME SITUATION IN THE MILD RAIN THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. I WENT TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY IN A MILD RAIN THE CAR BROKE DOWN THE EXACT SAME WAY. I AM WAITING FOR IT GET DIAGNOSED AGAIN.

FAILURE DATE 4/15/21. CLIENT DRIVING A 2020 ACURA RDX AT 75MPH AT NIGHT WITH LIGHT RAIN RETURNING HOME ON US281, SOUTH TEXAS. VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN DECELERATING TO ABOUT 45MPH, WITH NO RESPONSE THROUGH THE GAS PEDAL TO MAINTAIN SPEED. VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS FLASHING. VEHICLE PULLED OVER TO OFF RAMP AND IDLED TO A GAS STATION THAT WAS NEAR.. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER THE NEXT DAY. DEALER INITIAL RESPONSE WAS THAT NO ISSUE WAS FOUND AND ATTRIBUTED IT TO "BAD GAS". VEHICLE OWNER DID NOT ACCEPT THIS ANSWER AND ASKED DEALER TO SEARCH SERVICE BULLETINS. THE NEXT DAY, IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL INCIDENTS REPORTED ON THIS FAILURE MODE, AND THE REPAIR/REPLACEMENT OF PN# 19710-6B2-A01 WHICH INCLUDES AN INTAKE INTERCOOLER KIT PN# 06198-5YF-305, AND LUBRICANT PN# 08734 WAS THE FIX OF THIS ISSUE. THE FIX PREVENTS MOISTURE FROM ENTERING THE INTAKE INTERCOOLER ASM AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE ENGINE TO DECELERATE INTO "LIMP MODE". NOTE: ALSO, VEHICLE PGM SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED. .

BRAND NEW WITH 4000 MILES. IT WENT LIMP, STALLED AND WENT TO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING, HAD TO STOP BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTART TO RESET. AND IT WENT LIMP ON HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, CONTINUE TO DECELERATE RAPIDLY AND DID NOT RESPOND TO GAS AND WENT LIMP, ENGINE DID NOT REV UP WITH ANY AMOUNT OF GAS. IT ONLY RESPONDED WHEN I SET THE CRUISE AND HAND ACCELERATE THAT WAY. DANGEROUS AND SCARED TO DRIVE IT

BACK UP CAMERA DOES NOT WORK AS INTENDED IN THE DARK. ON CHANGING GEAR SELECTOR TO REVERSE, THE BACK UP IMAGE IS ALMOST COMPLETELY BLACK WITH A SLIGHT REFLECTION OF THE REVERSE LIGHTS ON THE BLACK TOP. ONCE A PROXIMITY SENSOR IS TRIGGERED (E.G. PEDESTRIAN WALKS UP CLOSE TO THE CAR), THEN THE CAMERA SWITCHES INTO DARK MODE, AND THE IMAGE IS APPROPRIATELY ILLUMINATED FOR ADEQUATE VISUALIZATION OF SURROUNDINGS. IN ATTACHED PICTURES IT IS NOTED THAT A PROXIMITY SENSOR HAS TO BE TRIGGERED BY A PERSON WALKING CLOSE TO THE CAR, BEFORE WHICH THEY ARE NOT VISIBLE. THE SIDE AND FRONT CAMERA ARE FINE AS SEEN IN THE SCOUT VIEW AS WELL ON THE SCREEN, THE REAR ONE IS THE ONLY THAT REQUIRES A SENSOR TO GO OFF TO TRIGGER THE DARK MODE. THE CAMERA WORKS FINE IN BRIGHT AREAS. FROM A GARAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, SURROUNDED BY CLOSE OBJECTS, WHICH INVARIABLY TRIGGER A PROXIMITY SENSOR, THE BACK UP CAMERA WORKS FINE. FROM A DRIVEWAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THE CAR IS SWITCHED ON WITHOUT ANY OBJECT TO TRIGGER A PROXIMITY SENSOR, THE BACK UP REAR CAMERA WILL NOT WORK UNTIL A PROXIMITY SENSOR IS TRIGGERED. SEEMS TO BE A RANDOM OCCURRENCE, AS SOME OWNERS OF SIMILAR TRIM LEVELS HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME ISSUE, WHILE OTHERS HAVE NO ISSUES, AND CAMERA WORKS AS IT SHOULD. THE DEALER REPORTS THAT THE CAMERA SYSTEM IS WORKING WITHIN SPEC. GIVEN THAT THE REAR WINDOWS ARE ALL TINTED, THIS POSES AN UNACCEPTABLE, AND EASILY AVOIDABLE HAZARD FOR BACKING UP ONTO A STREET WITH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN THE DARK. ATTACHED FILES: IMG_7298 BEFORE SOMEONE APPROACHES. SCREEN IS TOO DARK. IMG_7299 AS SOMEONE APPROACHES - YOU CAN SEE THE SENSOR STARTS GOING OFF, BUT SCREEN IS STILL DARK. IMG_7300 THE SENSOR CONTINUES TO GO OFF, BUT NOW THE CAMERA IS BETTER ILLUMINATED. IMG_7302 AND IMG_7303 AFTER PEDESTRIAN HAS MOVED AWAY, THE CAMERA STAYS BETTER ILLUMINATED, AND ON PAR WITH OTHER BACK UP CAMERA SYSTEMS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 ACURA RDX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER AND DECELERATED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT GUIDED THE VEHICLE OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES AND SLOWLY DRIVEN TO GAS STATION PARKING LOT. THE CONTACT CALLED ACURA OF COLUMBUS (6549 WHITTLESEY BLVD, COLUMBUS, GA 31909, (706) 576-6700) WHO DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE OVER THE PHONE, STATING THAT THE TURBO CHARGER INTER COOLER SYSTEM HAD ALLOWED MOISTURE INTO THE SYSTEM WHILE IT WAS RAINING AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SHUTDOWN. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO SLOWLY DRIVE THE VEHICLE AROUND THE PARKING LOT ONCE IT STOPPED RAINING FOR THE MOISTURE TO DISSIPATE FROM THE SYSTEM. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD RESET ONCE THE INTER COOLER WAS CLEAR OF MOISTURE. THE CONTACT FOLLOWED THE ADVICE AND WAS THEN ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ACURA COLUMBUS (4340 W. DUBLIN GRANVILLE RD, DUBLIN, OH 43017) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INTER COOLER KIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,300.

MY SUV HAS BEEN IN SERVICE OVER 15 TIMES STEMMING FROM ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THE DASH HARNESS, MULTI TIMES FOR LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING, LOSS OF INFOTAINMENT SYSTEMS, AND PIPING NOISE COMING FROM THE SPEAKERS. THE LOSS OF POWER AND 'LIMP MODE' HAS HAPPENS 3 TIMES. ONCE AT HIGHWAY SPEED AFTER AN OUT OF STATE TRIP, AND TWICE ON MY WAY TO WORK DURING HUMID CONDITIONS. THE ELECTRIC ISSUES HAVE HAPPENED MULTI TIMES DURING ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS. I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK TODAY, AND I STARTED TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. I WORKED MY WAY OUT OF THE MAIN HIGHWAY WHEN SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT OF THE AC VENTS. A FEW MOMENTS LATER I COULD SEE FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE DASH BEHIND THE INFOTAINMENT SCREEN.

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2020 ACURA RDX. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, AT 1210 MILES I STARTED HEARING A SQUEALING, GRINDING NOISE WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES UNDER MODERATE USE .THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN SERVICED OR REPAIRED 5 TIMES AT TWO DIFFERENT ACURA SERVICE CENTERS. THE NOISE SEEMS TO GO AWAY FOR A BIT BUT ALWAYS COMES BACK. ACURA CORPORATE HAS ADVISED FOR THESE MAKES AND MODELS THAT CAME OFF THE PRODUCTION LINE AT A CERTAIN TIME ALL HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE. THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY WORKING ON A SERVICE BULLETIN TO FIX IT. THEY CLAIM THE NOISE IS NOT AN INDICATION OF ANY SAFETY CONCERN. MY NEW PREMIUM VEHICLE IS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AS I HAVE CONCERNS DRIVING IT DUE TO CONTINUAL BREAKING NOISES. ACURA WAS WELL AWARE OF THESE ISSUES AND CONTINUED TO SELL THE VEHICLES TO CONSUMERS.