2002 Acura Mdx

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 2002 ACURA MDX 112000K BOUGHT USED W NO WARRANTY .5DAYS LATER THE CAR SHIFTS DOWN GEAR WHEN U LIFT OFF THE GAS ALLTHE TIME WHEN CHANGING GEAR ON HILL ITS SEEMS TO BE JAMMING ..TOOK TO SEVERAL AUTO PLACE TO HOOK TO MACHINE . IT ALL SHOWS THE SAME CODE TORQUE CONVERTER . /TRANSMISSION . *TR

2002 ACURA MDX WITH 70,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHICH HAS BEEN REPORTED HUNDRED IF NOT THOUSANDS OF TIMES TO ACURA/HONDA FOR THE 2001-2003 YEAR TRANSMISSIONS. TRANSMISSION IS SKIPPING AND WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR. THIS IS AT ABOUT 25-30 MPH AND MOSTLY OCCURS ON SLIGHT UPHILL GRADES. AS I LOOK ON EDMUNDS.COM AND GOOGLE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM. AT 22,000 MILES MY ACURA DEALER IN 2004 PLACED A LUBRICANT INJECTION FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM . NOW AT 70,000 MILES WITH MINIMAL USE, REGULAR MAINTENANCE, AND DEALER ONLY INSPECTIONS THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. THE PATCH KIT DID NOT WORK. I EXPECT A $40,000 CAR TO LAST MORE THAN 70,000 MILES BEFORE A MAJOR PROBLEM. ACURA/HONDA SHOULD ISSUE A FULL RECALL TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

2002 ACURA MDX REQUIRED A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT FOLLOWING A RAPID DECELERATION OF VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY. LUCKILY AVOIDED COLLISION BY OTHER VEHICLES. CODES ON DIAGNOSTIC INDICATED TRANS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AT 136,000 MILES. TO KEEP VEHICLE SAFE, I HAVE PAID 4,000 ++ DOLLARS TO REPLACE. THANKFULLY ACCIDENT DID NOT FOLLOW WITH THE RAPID DECELERATION. *TR

THE SUV WAS DRIVEN AROUND 5 MILES, AND THEN SUDDENLY WOULD NOT ACCELERATE IN THE MIDDLE OF FAST MOVING TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE RPM WAS SHOWING MUCH HIGHER THAN NORMAL (WITH HIGH ENGINE NOISE), BUT THE SUV WASN'T MOVING INTO HIGHER GEAR. THIS SUDDEN SLOW MOVING CAR IN MIDDLE OF FAST MOVING TRAFFIC COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. AMOCO CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION, AND SAID THE OIL LEVEL WAS FINE, BUT PART OF THE OIL WAS "BURNT". THE TRANSMISSION IS BEING REBUILT BY AAMCO. THE SUV IS 8 YEARS OLD AND LOW MILEAGE - 63K MILES, AND WELL MAINTAINED. TRANSMISSION OIL WAS REPLACED 5 MONTHS BACK. *TR

A MONTH OR SO AGO I NOTICED THE VEHICLE WASN'T SHIFTING AS SMOOTHLY AS IT SHOULD. THAT WAS FOLLOWED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR BRIEFLY. THEN, RECENTLY, AS I WAS MERGING INTO FREEWAY TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF A LOWER GEAR AND I WAS FORCED TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID BEING HIT FROM BEHIND. I SAT THERE UNTIL TRAFFIC CLEARED AT WHICH TIME I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY CONTINUE DOWN THE ROAD. THE TRANSMISSION THEN SHIFTED CORRECTLY. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN, AND IN LIGHT OF ALL ELSE I HAVE READ REGARDING TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH ACURA MDX'S, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 ACURA MDX. THE CONTACT HAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WILL SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WILL THEN RESUME NORMAL OPERATION AND DRIVE IN THE CORRECT GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER IN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NO COMPENSATION WOULD BE PROVIDED BECAUSE THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO FILE A CLAIM FOR GOOD WILL WITH THE MANUFACTURER. SHE FILED A GOOD WILL COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD COVER HALF OF THE REPAIR COST; HOWEVER, THE 105,000 MILE SERVICE WOULD HAVE TO BE PERFORMED AT THE DEALER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 97,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 ACURA MDX. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WHENEVER THE SPEED REACHED BETWEEN 20-35 MPH, THE GEARS WOULD STICK. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR BEGAN ILLUMINATING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE REPAIR, THE GEARS BECAME EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO SHIFT THAN BEFORE THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FOLLOWING DAY, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SMOKING FROM THE REAR AND ALL OF THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST ACURA DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE BRACKET FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD ISSUE A NEW TRANSMISSION, BUT WERE NOT LIABLE FOR THE REPAIRS FOR THE INTERMEDIATE BRACKET. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,900 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.

2002 ACURA MDX TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 109100 MILES, EXTEND WARRANTY EXPIRED @ 108,462 MILES. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION THAT REQUIRED ACURA SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO DO AN INSPECTION, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE. THE REPLACEMENT COST IS $4400 WHICH IS WHAT THE DEALERSHIP IS CHARGING ME. IT SEEMS CHEAPER TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE HAVE TO HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF OTHERS ON YEAR MODELS 2001-2005 ACURA MDX SUVS. *TR