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11414777 2021-04-26
2020 ACURA RDX
IT WAS MILDLY RAINING AND I WENT TO ACCELLERATE ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND ALL A SUDDEN WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND STUTTER AND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND I WAS ALMOST HIT BY ANOTHER CAR BECAUSE I LACKED POWER. THE VEHICLE THEN REFUSED TO ACCELERATE AND I HAD TO DANGEROUSLY GLIDE OFF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT POWER AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. EVERY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I THEN HAD THE VEHICLE FIXED AND THEY SAID IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH AN ENGINE COIL. THREE WEEKS LATER IN THE SAME SITUATION IN THE MILD RAIN THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. I WENT TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY IN A MILD RAIN THE CAR BROKE DOWN THE EXACT SAME WAY. I AM WAITING FOR IT GET DIAGNOSED AGAIN.
11396339 2021-02-10
2020 ACURA RDX
ON 2 OCCASIONS WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD BARELY ACCELERATE BEYOND 5 MPH EVEN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REACH NORMAL SPEED OF 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE RPM'S WERE AT 6,000 - 7,000 INDICATING THE ACCELERATOR WAS TELLING THE ENGINE TO PRODUCE PROPULSION, YET THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT THE ISSUE WAS TO PARK, TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, AND RESTART THE ENGINE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A RE-OCCURRING ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION / DRIVETRAIN / SOFTWARE THAT HAS BEEN KNOWN WITH ACURA TRANSMISSIONS SINCE 2016. DEALER COULD NOT FIND A FAULT CODE, DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR OVER 150 MILES AND COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINS ONLINE SHOWING THE SAME ISSUE INCLUDING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED IN 2020. YET ACURA HAS ISSUED NO RECALL ALERT OR PERMANENT SOLUTION (CONFIRMED BY DEALER). ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE QUICKLY DEACCELERATING AND ENTERING "LIMP" MODE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED WHICH APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR IN NATURE AND ROOT-CAUSE BEING THE TRANSMISSION / SOFTWARE RELATED ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM CAN RESULT IN UNEXPECTED ENGINE FAILURE OR INABILITY TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE IN A HIGH-RISK SITUATION SUCH AS HIGHWAY DRIVING, CROSSING AN INTERSECTION, CAUSING A VEHICLE PILE-UP, OR WORSE. AFTER 4+ YEARS AND THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF THE SAME ISSUE, A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE INITIATED BEFORE A LARGER WIDESPREAD EVEN OCCURS SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH TOYOTA.
11359997 2020-09-16
2020 ACURA RDX
WHILE DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON I-75 THROUGH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE REMNANT OF HURRICANE SALLY ON 9/16/2020 MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST SPEED CONTROL AND THE CHECK ENGINE ICON STARTED FLASHING. I MANAGED TO SAFELY PULL OFF THE INTERSTATE ONTO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED THE ENGINE. AFTER REVIEWING THE OWNERS MANUAL I VERIFIED THAT THE GAS FILL DOOR WAS CLOSED. STARTED THE ENGINE AND HAD NO ICONS OR WARNINGS. I THEN GOT BACK ON THE INTERSTATE BUT ABOUT TWENTY MILES LATER THE CAR AGAIN LOST SPEED, 9 MAINTENANCE WARNINGS AND MULTIPLE ALARM ICONS LIT UP. THIS TIME THE MAX SPEED OBTAINABLE WAS ABOUT 20 MPH. I MANAGED TO DRIVE ON THE SHOULDER TO AN EXIT AND STOP. I CALLED ACURA AND THEY HAD AAA SEND A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE CAR TO THE DEALER IN MACON, GA. THE DEALER SAID TWO CYLINDERS WERE NOT FIRING AND NUMEROUS CODES WERE REPORTED. THEY WERE ABLE TO RESET THE COMPUTER TO ELIMINATE THE ALARMS AND TAKE IT OUT OF "LIMP MODE" BUT THEY COULD NOT SAY WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM OR WHAT THE PERMANENT FIX WOULD BE. MY VEHICLE HAD 4314 TOTAL MILES AND HAD ONLY BEEN OWNED FOR LESS THAN 3 MONTHS WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MULTIPLE VEHICLE WRECK RESULTING IN INJURIES OR DEATHS TO MY FAMILY AND OTHER MOTORISTS.
11327150 2020-05-22
2020 ACURA RDX
MY 2020 ACURA RDX HAS NOW GONE INTO "LIMP MODE" 4 TIMES SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THIS CAR. TWICE, I ALMOST WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS SUDDENLY LOSE OF ACCELERATION. IN "LIMP MODE" THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS AND YOU ARE FORCED TO TRY TO SLOW DOWN AND MOVE OVER TO A SAFE PLACE. YOU MUST THEN TURN OFF THE VEHICLE ~ WHICH SO FAR HAS RESET WHATEVER ISSUE HAPPENS AND THEN YOU ARE ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY AGAIN. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 15,000 MILES ON IT. IN ALL INSTANCES I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 - 65 MILES PER HOUR, WITH WET ROAD CONDITIONS AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE. WHEN PRESSING DOWN TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE TRIES TO DOWNSHIFT, BUT IT PAUSES AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON ~ (LIMP MODE). I LOOSE ANY ACCELERATION AND AM FORCED TO TRY TO SAFELY MOVE OVER TOWARD THE EMERGENCY LANE TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE TO GET IT TO RESET. SO FAR, THIS HAS AT LEAST ALLOWED ME TO CONTINUE ON MY TRAVELS. BUT THIS IS VERY ALARMING AND DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IF YOUR ON A TWO LANE ROAD TRYING TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE. *TR
11323102 2019-12-13
2020 ACURA RDX
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 75MPH ONE RAINY EVENING THE ENGINE LOST POWER, AND WOULD NOT MAINTAIN SPEED. AFTER MITIGATING ONCOMING TRAFFIC FROM BEHIND I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER 3 LANES TO THE SHOULDER AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. AFTER RESTARTING THE IGNITION, THE VEHICLE RESUMED WITH NORMAL POWER.
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