2002 Acura Mdx

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 ACURA MDX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD INDEPENDENTLY SLIP INTO SECOND GEAR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HESITATE. THE CONTACT LOCATED A NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V176000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED TO COVER FIFTY PERCENT OF THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT DID NOT BELIEVE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED CORRECTLY WHEN REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 82,000.

I OWN A 2002 ACURA MDX WITH 130K MILES. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE I WAS IN VACATION 2 HOURS FROM MY HOME. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND I WAS CHARGED $4700 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON-LINE, I FOUND THAT TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON ACURA MDXS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT A PREMIUM CAR SUCH AS AN ACURA SHOULD HAVE SUCH A HIGH INCIDENCE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ACURA SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THESE VEHICLES GIVEN THAT THE TRANSMISSION COULD FAIL WHILE ONE IS DRIVING LEADING TO INCREASED PROBABILITY OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

2002 ACURA MDX: FOR ABOUT 2 MONTH'S THERE SEEMED TO BE LOSS OF POWER DURING DRIVING. I ASSUMED MAYBE I WAS WEARING SHOES WITH HIGHER HEELS AND PASSED IT OFF AS NOT PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AS HARD AS I THOUGHT. 2 WEEKS AGO WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD SOUND AND LOSS FORWARD MOTION POWER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE STOPPED AND HAD THE VEHICLE LOADED ON A CAR TRAILER TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALER (CLOSER THAN AN ACURA DEALER). NOW WE ARE INFORMED THE TRANNY IS NEEDING REPLACED AT 86,600 MILES. LISTED INFO ON THIS VEHICLE BY VIN IS A 2004 RECALL OF THE 2ND GEAR WHICH WAS FIXED BY THE PRIOR OWNER AT ABOUT 42,000 MILES AND A SEARCH OF THE INTERNET REVEALS MANY PEOPLE REPORTING THE SIMILAR TRANNY RELATED PROBLEMS. AT THIS TIME WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR IF ACURA WILL HELP WITH THE REPAIRS ESTIMATED AT OVER $4000 BUT OTHERS IN ONLINE POSTINGS HAVE STATED THEY HAVE HAD NO LUCK WITH ACURA HELPING- WE WILL SEE. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND DISSERVICE TO CONSUMERS. WE WERE LUCKY THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES AROUND AT THE POINT THAT OURS WENT OUT. *TR

ON 4/2/2009 THE FRONT END OF MY 2002 ACURA MDX SEIZED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH LOCKING UP THE FRONT END CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID 5-7 FEET TO A HALT. IT TURNS OUT THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE FIXED PER THE RECALL UNDER CAMPAIGN NUMBER 04V176000 WAS THE ISSUE. IT WAS A GEAR FAILURE THAT RESULTED IN TRANSMISSION LOCKUP. AS THERE WERE NO VEHICLES BEHIND ME WHEN THIS HAPPENED AN ACCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR; HOWEVER, THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE ADDRESSED AND IT APPEARS IT WASN'T. ACURA STATES THE ISSUE WAS FIXED IN 2004 AND AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARS THERE ARE DOZENS OF SIMILAR TESTIMONIALS OF THIS EXACT OCCURRENCE ON ONLINE FORUMS. ACURA DENIED THE EXISTENCE OF AN ISSUE AND I FEEL THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN THAT REQUIRES FURTHER ACTION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY DURING A VACATION, CAR TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON, STARTING SMELLING FUNNY, READ MANUAL AND IT SAID IF THIS LIGHT WAS ON TO PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY - SEVERE DAMAGE CAN OCCUR IF YOU KEEP DRIVING. WE PULLED OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. FLUID HAD SPILLED OUT ALL OVER ENGINE. THEY SAID THAT WAS FROM IT OVERHEATING AND BOILING THE FLUID OUT. WE SAT FOR A WHILE AND LET IT COOL DOWN. THE LIGHT WENT OFF, BUT WE DROVE AROUND 50 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE REST OF OUR TRIP. THE CAR RESUMED TO WORK FINE. HOWEVER, WE HAVE CONSTANTLY HAD ISSUES WITH IT SLIPPING. WE TOOK TO OUR MECHANIC AND THEN TO ACURA. BOTH PARTIES AT FIRST DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING WAS WRONG, BUT THEN BOTH SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACING. ACURA WOULD NOT GIVE ANY DISCOUNT, SO WE ENDED UP GOING WITH THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR COMPANY BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY $2200 INSTEAD OF $4500 BY ACURA. WAS WITHOUT A CAR FOR TWO WEEKS. A FEW MONTHS LATER IT BEGAN SLIPPING AGAIN, SO WE TOOK BACK AND THEY REPAIRED AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS COMPANY OFFERED A 12 MONTH WARRANTY. AGAIN, WAS WITHOUT A CAR FOR TWO WEEKS. NOW 7 MONTHS LATER, WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT ON BUSY ROAD. I WAS BRAKING COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT. THE LIGHT CHANGED, SO I SWITCHED TO PUSH THE GAS PEDAL BEFORE I WAS FULLY STOPPED AND THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY WENT OUT AND WOULDN'T ENGAGE AT ALL. MY CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RED LIGHT AND CARS WERE SWERVING ALL AROUND US TO AVOID HITTING US. IT WAS A MIRACLE WE WEREN'T HURT. I PUT DOWN TO PARK, TURNED OFF CAR, AND THEN IT BEGAN WORKING LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG. WENT BACK TO TRANSMISSION REPAIR PLACE AND THEY SAID THAT NOTHING SEEMED WRONG. THEY TOOK APART TWICE AND FINALLY REPLACED OUT 5TH GEAR EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKED COMPLETELY FINE. THEY SAID THEY HEARD THE WHINING NOISE, TOO, BUT COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY DID REPLACE THOUGH AND HOPED THIS WOULD FIX IT. WE STILL HEAR THE WHINING NOISE AND NOW DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING OUR FAMILY IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 ACURA MDX. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND CHANGING LANES THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED AND ALMOST SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE D5 LIGHT STARTED FLASHING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND WILL BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THERE WAS ONLY ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.