2019 Acura Rdx

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, HIT THE GAS TO GET PAST ANOTHER CAR, AND CAR LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING. PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER, SHUT IT DOWN, RESTARTED, AND IT WAS FINE AFTER THAT. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VERY HUMID. FORTUNATELY WAS NOT REAR-ENDED BUT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, NO CODES WERE FOUND. OTHER OWNERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE AT SIMILAR SPEEDS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS.

INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM HAS MULTIPLE GLITCHES CAUSING MANY OF THE FEATURES, RADIO, GPS OPERATION, DRIVE MODE CHANGES, SOUND, CLOCK FREEZING, KNOBS AND DIALS NOT WORKING. REPORTED TO DEALERSHIP AND WENT IN SEVERAL TIMES. THEY SAID THERE WERE UPDATES WHICH THEY TRIED TO INSTALL AND THE VEHICLE DIDN'T RESPOND TO ANY UPDATES PROVIDED BY ACURA. CALLED ACURA, GOT A CASE NUMBER, AND WAS VIRTUALLY TOLD THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THESE PROBLEMS . THESE 2019 CARS HAVE BEEN OUT SINCE MAY OF 2018 AND THEY ARE STILL MANUFACTURING CARS AND PUTTING THEM OUT TO THE CONSUMER KNOWING THESE ELECTRICAL AND SYSTEM ISSUES HAVE NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED PROPERLY. THESE PROBLEMS HAPPEN WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, IN MOTION, CITY OR HIGHWAY DRIVING. THE PROBLEMS ARE INTERMITTENT. IT DOES BECOME A SAFELY ISSUE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS BECAUSE THE DRIVER IS NOT ABLE TO DEAL WITH ISSUES WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. ACURA HAS BEEN LESS THAN COOPERATIVE WITH EITHER THE DEALERSHIP OR THE CONSUMER, JUST TELLING ALL THEY ARE SORRY TO BE PATIENT "THEY ARE WORKING ON IT". MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS (SINCE THE DAY I DROVE IT OUT OF THE LOT.) I HAVE SCREEN SHOTS OF THE MESSAGES RECEIVED ON THE SCREEN WHEN IT IS INOPERABLE AND WELL DOCUMENTED NOTES AND DATES AS TO WHEN IT WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER AND TO THE ACURA SERVICE REPRESENTED.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON AN EXPRESSWAY IN MILD RAIN AND STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG. I WAS CONCERNED AND PULLED IN IMMEDIATELY INTO A GAS STATION. THE MOONROOF SHADE WAS OPEN. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND INSPECTED AROUND BUT DIDNOT SEE ANYTHING NOTICEABLE. AS I GOT INTO THE CAR TO DRIVE, I NOTICED A PIECE OF GLASS FALLING. THAT IS WHEN I LOOKED UP AND TO MY UTTER DISMAY SAW THAT THE FRONT PART OF THE PANORAMIC MOON ROOF WAS TOTALLY SHATTERED. THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE LOUD BANG. I PULLED THE MOON ROOF SHADE AND RETURNED HOME IMMEDIATELY. AFTER REACHING HOME, I CHECKED THE ROOF TO FIND A LARGE PART OF THE ROOF WAS MISSING AND THE SIDES CRACKED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. I AM 100% SURE THAT NOTHING HIT MY CAR. THIS IS A SECURITY HAZARD AND NEED TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY ACURA/HONDA. TO PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE, THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT 6 MONTHS AGO BRAND NEW AND HAS JUST 3500 MILES ON IT. NOT GOOD.

AUTO HIGH BEAMS APPEAR TO TURN ON WHEN THERE ARE LIGHT COLORED VEHICLES IN FRONT OF THE CAR. THIS ISSUE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ISOLATED TO OUR VEHICLE: HTTPS://ACURAZINE.COM/FORUMS/3G-RDX-PROBLEMS-FIXES-458/AUTO-HIGH-BEAM-NOT-ADVERTISED-975370/. MY WIFE INDICATED SHE HAD EXPERIENCED THIS MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE. I EXPERIENCED IT JUST YESTERDAY GOING ABOUT 20-25 MPH ON A ONE LANE ROAD WITTH A WHITE CAR IN FRONT OF US AND CARS COMING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

2019 ACURA RDX A SPEC, HAS HAD A REPEATED ISSUE WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT COMING ON WHEN A PASSENGER IS IN THE FRONT SEAT. PASSENGER IS 120 LB FEMALE AND THE LIGHT HAS REPEATEDLY COME ON AND STAYS ON UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH AND RESTARTED. THIS HAS BEEN A RANDOM ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED WITH VIDEO AND SHOWN TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP HAS WITNESSED ISSUE IN PERSON WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS CONNECTED TO THEIR COMPUTER. ACURA HAS REPLACED THE SEAT FRAME, WEIGHT PLATE AND NEW SENSORS ALONG WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM COMPUTER. DESPITE REPEATED REPAIRS THE ISSUE CONTINUES AND ACURA'S POSITION IS THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. DEALERSHIP SERVICE ADVISERS SAY THAT IN THE CASE OF A FRONT END ACCIDENT WHILE THE LIGHT IS ON AND AIRBAG OFF THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT ACURA/HONDA REFUSES TO ADDRESS.

PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF LIGHT WILL STAY ON WHEN THERE IS AN ADULT SITTING IN PASSENGER SEAT. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. I HAVE MANY PICTURES AND THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP HAS OBSERVED THIS TOO. ACURA REFUSES TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH MANY PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THIS SAME PROBLEM ON ACURA OWNER WEBSITES. NO ONE CAN GUARANTEE ME THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL FUNCTION CORRECTLY IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURS

AFTER DRIVING 100 MILES BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MILES AN HOUR IN LEFT LANE OF 3 LANE FREEWAY, THE ENGINE QUITS AND GOES INTO LIMP MODE PRODUCING ALMOST NO ENGINE POWER. IN LIMP MODE THE ENGINE RAN, BUT ONLY PRODUCED ENOUGH POWER TO FOR CAR TO DO 20 MPH. TURNED OF ENGINE, CHECKED OIL AND COOLANT, BOTH FINE. RE-STARTED CAR, RAN NORMALLY, DROVE REMAINING 60 MILES HOME AT 60 MPH WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES. DEALER HAD SUV 19 DAYS AND CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM. VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS HAD TO CUT ACROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO SHOULDER WITH NO ENGINE POWER.

MY RDX WENT INTO 'LIMP MODE' (30 MPH MAX) WHILE ON I-75 SOUTHBOUND IN MODERATE TRAFFIC NEAR MACON GA AT 10 AM TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO SPEED LIMIT (70 MPH) FROM 50 MPH AFTER BEING CUT OFF BY AN INATTENTIVE DRIVER. ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT WAS BLINKING. GOT TO RIGHT SHOULDER SAFELY AND TURNED ENGINE OFF. RESTARTED ENGINE AND COMPLETED ANOTHER 400 MILES AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACURA DEALERSHIP COULD NOT REPLICATE PROBLEM, NOR WERE ANY CODES STORED ON OBD. I WAS TOLD BY ACURA SERVICE WRITER TO MONITOR ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND REPORT ANY REOCCURRENCES. SEVERAL ACURA RDX OWNERS ARE REPORTING SAME PROBLEM ON A POPULAR ACURA ONLINE FORUM. ONE MEMBER STATED THE HONDA CIVIC TYPE R IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ENGINE AND/OR ENGINE MANAGEMENT DESIGN PROBLEM NECESSITATING AN IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION AND RECALL, IN MY OPINION. RIGHT NOW I FEEL MY RDX IS UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED WITH THE POTENTIAL OF CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.