2007 Acura Mdx

AT 62,000 MILES THE LEFT HEADLIGHT FAILED. DEALER INDICATED THAT THE XENON BULB, IGNITER AND CONTROL UNIT HAD ALL FAILED AND BLOWN A FUSE. REPAIR COST WAS APPROXIMATELY $1,000, OF WHICH ACURA PAID 75% AS A GOODWILL GESTURE. NOW, AT 72,000 MILES, THE RIGHT SIDE HEADLIGHT HAS FAILED REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE IGNITER AND CONTROL UNIT AT A COST OF OVER $600. HEADLIGHTS ARE SAFETY COMPONENTS AND IT APPEARS THERE IS A DESIGN DEFECT CAUSING PREMATURE FAILURE OF THESE ITEMS. A BULB IS ONE THING. BUT THE COMPONENTS CONTROLLING THE FUNCTION OF THE XENON BULBS SHOULD OUTLAST THEM IN MY OPINION. WAITING TO SEE IF ACURA WILL ASSIST IN THE COST OF THIS REPAIR. *TR

WE WERE ON A ROAD TRIP DRIVING FROM BALTIMORE MARYLAND HOME TO EASTON PA. MY SIX YEAR OLD SON SAYS, MOMMY I NEED YOUR HELP! I TURN AROUND AND HE IS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE SEATBELT WHICH IS TETHERED BETWEEN THE CEILING AND THE SEAT AROUND HIS NECK! I AM NOT SURE HOW HE GOT IN THIS PREDICAMENT AND I QUICKLY TRIED TO HELP HIM AS MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON A SECTION OF 95 WHERE WE COULD NOT PULL OVER. I CLIMBED INTO THE BACKSEAT AND FOUND THE SEATBELT WAS TIGHT AROUND HIS NECK. BY THIS TIME MY SON WAS CRYING AND PANICKING AS HE REALIZED THE SITUATION WAS WORSE THAN HE THOUGHT. THE SEATBELT HAD GOTTEN PULLED TIGHT AROUND HIS NECK AND WAS LOCKED IN THAT POSITION SO I COULD NOT LOOSEN IT. I HAD HIM GET OUT OF HIS SEATBELT ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SEAT AND TRY TO GET ON HIS KNEES AND FINALLY HE WAS ABLE TO SPIN HIS NECK OUT OF IT. HOWEVER, I THINK THIS WAS A REAL STRANGULATION HAZARD. IT WAS A TENSE FEW MINUTES IN MY CAR AS I CONTEMPLATED HAVING TO CUT THIS SEATBELT AND WHAT I WOULD USE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS AND HOW MUCH TIME I HAD TO DO IT. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME WRITING A COMPLAINT AS I AM NOT ONE OF THOSE OVER CAUTIOUS MOM'S BUT I DID FEEL THIS WAS A PROBLEM WORTH MENTIONING. THE SEATBELT COMES FROM THE CEILING DOWN TO THE SEAT AND THEN GETS PULLED FROM THAT POINT ACROSS A PERSONS STOMACH AND FASTENED. AT THE POINT WHERE IT WAS CONNECTED FROM THE CEILING TO THE SEAT THERE IS NO BUTTON OR SAFETY RELEASE (WHICH I WAS FRANTICALLY LOOKING FOR). I WANTED TO REPORT THIS BEFORE IT HAPPENS TO SOMEONE ELSE WHICH DOESN'T END SO WELL. THANK YOU. MARLA WITTER I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE MY VIN NUMBER ONCE I AM CONTACTED. I AM AT WORK AND DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 ACURA MDX. THE CONTACT WENT ON A TRIP AND RETURNED TO FIND THAT THE GPS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, RADIO, AND OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FAILED. ONLY THE INTERIOR LIGHTING WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE CONTACT CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE BATTERY WAS DRAINED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 13,000.

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN A CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME. I COULD NOT STOP IN TIME, AND HIT THE VEHICLE. MY SEATBELT [DRIVER'S], WHICH I HAD PROPERLY FASTENED, DID NOT RETRACT AND LOCK INTO PLACE. THE SHOULDER STRAP OF THE SEATBELT FULLY EXTENDED, AND I HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. THE SHOULDER STRAP OF THE SEAT BELT REMAINED FULLY PULLED OUT AND NO LONGER WILL RETRACT AT ALL - IT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. I THOUGHT SEATBELTS WERE SUPPOSED TO LOCK AND HOLD IN AN ACCIDENT?? *CN

NEWEST INFO FROM IIHS SHOWS THAT BOTH OF MY ACURA MDX'S ('04 AND EARLY '07) DID VERY POORLY ON THE REAR COLLISION/HEAD RESTRAINT TEST (WHIPLASH). ACURA APPARENTLY REALIZED THIS BLUNDER BECAUSE MDX'S MADE AFTER MAY '07 PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS. THIS HAS ME VERY CONCERNED TO SAY THE LEAST FOR ME AND MY FAMILIES SAFETY. ACURA CHANGED SOMETHING WITH REGARD TO THE SEATS AND I WISH THEY WOULD APPLY IT TO ALL OF THE MDX'S (AT LEAST MY '07). *TR