2020 Acura Rdx

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A TWO LANE 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT ROAD, I CAME UPON A CAR THAT HAD STOPPED IN MY LANE AND DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. I SLOWED DOWN, PROBABLY UNDER 30 MPH, AND DECIDED TO GO AROUND THE VEHICLE. I WAS OVER THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD AND FLOORED MY ACCELERATOR TO GET AROUND THE STOPPED VEHICLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. RIGHT AFTER THIS MY CAR LOST POWER AND THE MIL LIGHT CAME ON. I CAN NOT REMEMBER IF IT WAS FLASHING OR ON STEADY. MY CAR'S ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT HAD NO POWER SO I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND TURNED IT OFF. AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE, I RESTARTED MY CAR, THE MIL LIGHT WAS OFF AND MY CAR RAN FINE. I HAVE A CODE READER. WHEN I GOT HOME THE FIRST THING I DID WAS ATTACH THE CODE READER AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO CODE(S) STORED. I WAS OF THE BELIEF THAT IF THE MIL LIGHT CAME ON A CODE WOULD BE STORED. MY CONCERN IS MY CAR LOST POWER WHEN I REALLY NEEDED IT TO PASS SAFELY. THE DEALER SAID THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE SAME PROBLEM BUT I WANT IT ON RECORD. I CHECKED THE ACURA FORUM AND FOUND OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM OF THE CAR GOING INTO LIMP MODE, THE MIL LIGHT COMING ON AND NO CODE STORED.

I WAS ACCELERATING TO APPROXIMATELY 55MPH TO PASS A VEHICLE. AS SOON AS I COMPLETED THE PASS,THE ENGINE DECELERATED TO 20 MPH AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING. FORTUNATELY FOR US WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR SAFELY OFF OF THE ROAD. WE THEN SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. WAITED ABOUT 5 MINUTES RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND IT RAN FINE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME.

WHILE DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON I-75 THROUGH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE REMNANT OF HURRICANE SALLY ON 9/16/2020 MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST SPEED CONTROL AND THE CHECK ENGINE ICON STARTED FLASHING. I MANAGED TO SAFELY PULL OFF THE INTERSTATE ONTO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED THE ENGINE. AFTER REVIEWING THE OWNERS MANUAL I VERIFIED THAT THE GAS FILL DOOR WAS CLOSED. STARTED THE ENGINE AND HAD NO ICONS OR WARNINGS. I THEN GOT BACK ON THE INTERSTATE BUT ABOUT TWENTY MILES LATER THE CAR AGAIN LOST SPEED, 9 MAINTENANCE WARNINGS AND MULTIPLE ALARM ICONS LIT UP. THIS TIME THE MAX SPEED OBTAINABLE WAS ABOUT 20 MPH. I MANAGED TO DRIVE ON THE SHOULDER TO AN EXIT AND STOP. I CALLED ACURA AND THEY HAD AAA SEND A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE CAR TO THE DEALER IN MACON, GA. THE DEALER SAID TWO CYLINDERS WERE NOT FIRING AND NUMEROUS CODES WERE REPORTED. THEY WERE ABLE TO RESET THE COMPUTER TO ELIMINATE THE ALARMS AND TAKE IT OUT OF "LIMP MODE" BUT THEY COULD NOT SAY WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM OR WHAT THE PERMANENT FIX WOULD BE. MY VEHICLE HAD 4314 TOTAL MILES AND HAD ONLY BEEN OWNED FOR LESS THAN 3 MONTHS WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MULTIPLE VEHICLE WRECK RESULTING IN INJURIES OR DEATHS TO MY FAMILY AND OTHER MOTORISTS.

THE INFORMATION SYSTEM FAILS TO UPDATE AND THE SCREEN GOES BLANK WHICH TURNS OFF THE BACKUP CAMERA. MY WIFE IS DISABLED DUE TO NECK AND BACK ISSUES AND NEEDS THE CAMERA TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE. DEALER SAYS THE POSSIBLE SOLUTION IS TO REMOVE THE THE BATTERY CABLES. MY WIFE IS 63 AND IS NOT ABLE TO DO THIS. WE HAVE TRIED THE UPDATE FIVE TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESSES AND IT JUST FAILED AGAIN. THE SERVICE TECH. SAYS THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF ACURA S THAT DO THIS

WHEN TRAVELING AT 70-75 MPH ON HIGHWAY, MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED TO DECELERATE UNTIL I COULD ONLY GO 25-30 MPH (NO MATTER HOW MUCH I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL). I HAD TO DRIVE ABOUT 5 MINS. LIKE THIS (WITH MY 4-WAY FLASHERS ON), AS CARS PASSED AROUND ME AT HIGH SPEED, UNTIL I COULD FIND A SUITABLE PLACE TO PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER. ONCE SAFELY ON THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED, I SHUT OFF THE CAR, WAITED ABOUT 2 MINUTES, THEN RESTARTED THE CAR - THEN EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE FINE. I DROVE HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO THE ACURA DEALER AND THEY ACTED LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE LANE ASSIST TECH GETTING CONFUSED BY THE LINES ON THE HIGHWAY, OR BY WATER PUDDLES. THEY SAID THAT BECAUSE I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT, THAT ANY "CODES" THAT MIGHT HELP THEM FIGURE THINGS OUT WERE LOST. THEY SAID NEXT TIME, DO NOT RESTART THE CAR BUT HAVE IT TOWED RIGHT TO THE DEALER. I POINTED OUT HOW INCONVENIENT AND UNSAFE THAT MIGHT BE TO DO! THEY ALSO SAID THEY HAD HEARD OF NO OTHER 2020 ACURA RDX WITH THIS PROBLEM. I POINTED OUT THAT I FOUND A BUNCH OF OWNERS ONLINE WHO HAS REPORTED THIS WITH 2019 RDXS. THEY CONCEDED THAT THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. FINALLY, I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS CAR IS ONLY 2 WEEKS OLD!! I JUST BOUGHT IT AND THIS HAPPENED :(

I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE WE HAD WITH THE ACURA RDX ON AUGUST 16TH. MY FAMILY, INCLUDING MY 2 CHILDREN & DOG, WERE DRIVING HOME ON THE EXPRESSWAY IN THE HOV LINE. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE RDX WE JUST LEASED NOT EVEN A MONTH AGO. HE HAD THE CAR IN CRUISE CONTROL DOING 60 MPH. THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION AND DESPITE MY HUSBAND TRYING TO HIT THE GAS, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO AND EVENTUALLY LOST POWER AND CAME TO A DEAD STOP IN THE HOV LANE. HE JUST MISSED GETTING HIT BY THE CAR BEHIND HIM. YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW CATASTROPHIC THIS COULD HAVE TURNED OUT. THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. HE TURNED THE CAR OFF AND LET IT COOL AS IT SAID TO IN THE MANUAL. EVENTUALLY AFTER BEING TURNED OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 - 7 MINUTES, HE TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND IT STARTED. HE DROVE HOME, BUT CLEARLY WE WERE BEYOND SHAKEN.