2001 Acura Mdx

STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH MY 2001 ACURA MDX ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL ACURA DEALER AND EXPLAINED TO THEM THE PROBLEMS I WAS NOTICING WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE, WELL APPARENTLY IT WASN'T BECAUSE NOW I NEED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND ALOT OF OWNERS HAVE BEEN COMPENSATED IN ONE FASHION OR ANOTHER ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT THREADS I HAVE READ ONLINE. I CALLED ACURA TODAY AND PLEADED MY CASE BUT THEY ESSENTIALLY TOLD ME TO "SUCK IT UP" (EASY FOR THEM TO SAY, A $4,500 REPAIR) THEY DID TELL ME THAT THE CASE MANAGER WOULD REVIEW THE CASE AND GET BACK TO ME BUT I SHOULDN'T EXPECT ANY COMPENSATION FROM ACURA. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 ACURA MDX I PURCHASED NEW IN 2001. SINCE MY PURCHASE I HAVE JUST REPLACED THE 5TH TRANSMISSION. MY MDX USE HAS BEEN 90% HIGHWAY DRIVING WITH NO TRAILER TOWING. PER BLOGS ON THE INTERNET MANY OTHER 2001 MDXS HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS, BUT ACURA (HONDA) SEEMS TO IGNORE THIS ISSUE. ALSO MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED AT ABOUT 60K MILES. ANOTHER ISSUE ACURA SEEMS TO IGNORE. OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE VEHICLE (ENGINEERING) DESIGN ISSUES. ACURA SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON ALL THE VEHICLES OF THE 2001-2002 VEHICLES TO CORRECT THESE PROBLEMS. I HAVE ALL THE SERVICES DONE PER THE MANUAL ON THIS VEHICLE AT DAVID MCDAVID ACURA. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ACURA MDX. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SUFFERED INTERNAL FAILURE. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED HIS VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL AND FOUND RECALL NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE VEHICLE HAD THE RECALL REPAIRED AT 108,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 114,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ACURA MDX. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE AT NORMAL SPEEDS WHEN THE RPMS WERE ABOVE 3000. HE IS ALSO UNABLE TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE. THE ACURA REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE PER RECALL NUMBER 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) AND REPAIRS WERE MADE WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THEY INSTALLED AN OIL COOLER TO AVOID BUILD UP WHILE IN SECOND GEAR. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE OWNER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 105,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

2001 ACURA MDX VIBRATIONS LEAD TO DEALER/ MANUFACTURER TO FOCUS ON OTHER COMPONENTS THEN THE TRUE ISSUE. WERE DIFFERENT FINDS STATED TO DIVERT ATTENTION OF KNOW PROBLEMS, TO MINIMIZE FINANCIAL AND REPUTATION? (LEMON LAWS OR POOR DESIGN RUN AROUND?) I'M NOT THE PRIMARY DRIVER AND THEN WHEN I DROVE IT (MY WIFE IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER), SAME PROBLEMS WERE FELT AND IT ONLY HAD DEALER SERVICE SINCE PURCHASING IT IN 2001. I INVESTIGATED THE NOISE MYSELF ON 7/15 /2007 AND NOTICED THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKE. HOW LONG WERE THEY LIKE THIS, WHO KNOWS, BUT A NOTICEABLE ENGINE VIBRATION IS GONE AFTER I POINTED THIS OUT TO THE DEALER/ MANUFACTURER AND HAD IT REPAIRED. I ASKED FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE MOTOR MOUNTS FROM THE MANUFACTURER SINCE IT IS A DOCUMENTED PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURE, ACURA/ HONDA, WOULD NOT REIMBURSE DUE TO THE AGE AND MILEAGE. I PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MOTOR MOUNTS. A VIBRATION WAS OCCURRING AROUND 30 - 40 MPH, DEALERS/ MANUFACTURER STATE IT WAS A EGR VALVE NOT ALLOWING TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT SMOOTHLY, AND IT WAS DUE TO RUNNING BELOW GRADE GAS. PREMIUM HAS AND WAS RAN, YET THE TRANSMISSION WAS 1.5 QUARTS LOW OF TRANSMISSION FLUID, WHERE IS IT GOING? IS IT HEATING UP AND PUSHING BACK THROUGH THE EGR VALVE IN GASEOUS STATE AND THEN COOLING, CLOGGING THE INTAKE, THENCE EFFECTING THE SHIFTING? THERE IS KNOWN ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS AND THE DEALER/ MANUFACTURER SHOULD REPLACE IT AND STEP UP TO THE KNOW ISSUE. LASTLY, THE SWAY BAR HAS BEEN LOSE AND I'VE BEEN TOLD IT WAS THE A/C COMPRESSOR TO A STRUT. I GOT UNDER THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY IT THE FIRST TIME. IS THE MANUFACTURER HIDING KNOW ISSUES ON THESE ITEMS STATED ABOVE? *JB

THE 2001 ACURA MDX STARTED TO HAVE MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SEEMED LIKE WHEN I FIRST START DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION ONLY WENT TO SECOND GEAR AND DIDN'T GO HIGHER. IF I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL THE RPMS WENT OVER 5000 AT SPEEDS OF ONLY 40 TO 50 MPH. SOMETIMES, IT FELT THAT THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL, AND WHEN THERE WAS A SHIFT IN GEAR THE CAR JUMPED AS WHEN SKIP PING A GEAR WHILE DRIVING A VEHICLE WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE FELT LIKE WHEN I DROVE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION CAR FOR THE FIRST TIME AND DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO WORK THE SHIFTS. *AK

SAFETY RECALL ON 2001 ACURA MDX CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM STARTED IN 07 AND FEELS LIKE ACURA SHOULD PAY FOR IT BECAUSE IT FALLS UNDER THE RECALL FROM 04**CC THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE RECALL WAS FIRST ISSUED, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT IN SERIOUS ENOUGH CONDITION TO WARRANT REPLACEMENT, BUT INSTEAD AN OIL KIT WAS INSTALLED. ON MAY 25, 2007 THE TRANSMISSION DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING. THE VEHICLE WOULD REV MORE OFF A START AND SWITCH HARD INTO SECOND GEAR, MAKING PULLING IN FRONT OF A VEHICLE HARD. THE DEALER INSTALLED A TRANSMISSION AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $3000. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ACURA MDX. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. THE DEALER DID NOT MAKE THE REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THE CONTACT WANTED TO CONSULT WITH NHTSA. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 98,225 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,125.