ON 5/9/2003 THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. ABOUT 45 MINUTES LATER THE VEHICLE STOPPED WHILE IN A BUSY INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHICH STATED THE PROBLEM WAS THE WATER PUMP AND TIMING BELT WHICH WAS ON RECALL. THE CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL #02V226000. *NLM
2002 Acura MDX complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2002 record →
INTERIOR OF WINDOWS STREAK WITH WATER AFTER RAIN/CAR WASH WHEN ROLLED DOWN ANY DISTANCE. THE STREAKING HAPPENS WITHIN THE FIRST 8 TO 10 INCHES OF THE WINDOW. DEALER HAS NO FIX AND STATES MANUFACTURER DOES NOT HAVE A FIX. *JB
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE PANEL STARTED LIGHTING THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AND THE ENGINE STARTED ACTING CRAZY. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE BUT THEY STILL CAN'T EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY THE VEHICLE ACTED THAT WAY. TS
ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE ENGINE RACES WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM . MR *NLM
ALL PASSENGERS SEATBELTS WILL LOCK UP UPON BEING BUCKLED AND WILL NOT LOOSEN. PASSENGERS ARE BEING STRANGLED BY SHOULDER BELTS. DEALER STATED THAT WAS HOW THE SEATBELTS WERE DESIGNED.*AK THE PASSENGERS CANNOT MOVE FORWARD OR REACH AS THE BELTS LOCK AS IF IN A CRASH. IT WILL NOT RELEASE UNLESS THE SEAT BELT IS UNFASTENED. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY FEATURE TO HOLD THE CARSEAT IN PLACE. ALL WARNING SIGNS IN VEHICLE SAY NOT TO PLACE THE CHILD SEAT IN THE FRONT SEAT. THE SEAT BELT HARNESS TIGHTENS AGAINST THE CARTOID ARTERY IN THE NECK AND LOCKS TIGHTLY. THE WALL ADJUSTER DOES NOT HELP THE PROBLEM. AS OF JUNE 28TH THE COMPANY HAS MADE ATTEMPS TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT IT STILL LOCKS FREQUENTLY AND TIGHTLY. *JG
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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