2008 Acura MDX Service and Repair Manual

Had front collision with another vehicle and hit their passenger side of the vehicle and their Airbags Deployed on that side but my Airbags didn’t Deploy in the Front. I suffered injuries because it didn’t work.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 ACURA MDX. WHILE SHE WAS REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVE-WAY SHE STOPPED BECAUSE SHE RAN OVER SOME SMALL TOYS. HOWEVER HER FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE BRAKES, AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BACKWARDS. CONSEQUENTLY SHE RAN OVER MORE TOYS AND RECEIVED $3000.00 OF DAMAGE. SHE WAS AFRAID TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE AN UNBIASED APPROACH WHEN OFFERING HER RECOURSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,610. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT AND THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING, IT SEAMS TO SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE.

ACURA MDX-2008. IN FALL AND WINTER TIME TIRE PRESSURE READ LOW AND SIGNAL POPS. COMPLAINT WITH DEALER JACKS THE TIRE PRESSURE TO 32-33 PSI TO CLEAR THE SIGNAL. IN ROAD CONDITION SUV STATS FLUTTERING AND PRESSURE RAISE TO 37-38 PSI AUTOMATICALLY WHILE RUNNING. WITH THIS PRESSURE APPLYING BREAKS, CAR SKIDS AND LOSE CONTROL ENDANGERING PASSENGERS INSIDE. COMPLAINT RAISED TO ACURA, BUT NO ACTION. APPEAR FAULTY SENSOR LEADING THIS. REPORTING BY VIJU VARGHESE *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT,12/17/2009, WAS WHILE I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE LIKE IT SHOULD AND ALL WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH WERE ON. I HAD A CAR RIGHT ON MY BUMPER BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD GO NO FASTER THAN 10 MPH. THE SECOND INCIDENT, 05/27/2010, HAPPENED WHILE IN CITY TRAFFIC AND ABRUPTLY DECELERATED TO 10 MPH AND AGAIN ALL WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON. THE THIRD TIME10/29/2010, I WAS AGAIN IN CITY TRAFFIC AND WAS NEARLY REAR-ENDED WHEN THE SAME THING OCCURRED. THE FOUR

AUTO DAMPER SYSTEM ON 2008 MDX STOPS WORKING DUE TO SENSOR PROBLEMS IN SHOCKS/ STRUTS. AUTO DAMPER SYSTEM ADJUSTS SHOCK SENSITIVITY TO ROAD CONDITIONS AND HAS TWO MODES, COMFORT AND SPORT. WHEN THE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS THE SHOCKS/STRUTS DEFAULT TO A GIVEN SENSITIVITY. THE DANGER OCCURS IF THE DRIVER BELIEVES THAT HE/SHE IS IN SPORT MODE AND THE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS WHILE DRIVING IT COULD CAUSE A WRONG INTERPRETATION OF THE ROAD AND POTENTIALLY HAMPER THE SAFETY OF THE DRIVER/PASSENGERS. MY M

WHEN DRIVING MY 2008 ACURA MDX IN THE RAIN, SPECIFICALLY IF I HAVE GONE THRU A PUDDLE, SIMULTANEOUSLY A MESSAGE WILL APPEAR "CHECK BATTERY CHARGE" AND I WILL LOOSE MY POWER STEERING FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, MAKING IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I GOT THE CAR 2 YEARS AGO. I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THERE ARE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM AND IT IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED IN NEWER MODELS. AT PRESENT THE ONLY SOLUTION IS DRI

RATTLING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATED AT LOW SPEEDS APPROX 15 TO 30 MPH...NOISE NOT NOTICEABLE AT HIGHER CRUISING SPEEDS. *TR

MY CAR WAS PARKED ON DRIVEWAY AND SUDDENLY RIGHT PASSENGER WINDOW GLASS BROKEN BY ITSELF. INITIALLY I THOUGHT SOME ONE SMASHED IT BUT AFTER LOOKING AT VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM I FOUND THAT IT BROKE ON IT'S OWN. I AM GLAD THAT MY 14 MONTH OLD WAS NOT IN CAR OTHERWISE IT'S HUGE DISASTER. I UPLOADED VIDEO TO YOUTUBE. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=MX2-WEI_TWE&FEATURE=YOUTU.BE. *TR

1.HOOD: WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, I NOTICED THE HOOD FLUTTERING AS IF IT WAS NOT CLOSED SECURELY. I PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND CHECKED THE LATCH. I TRIED TO PULL IT OPEN BUT FOUND IT WAS SECURELY LATCHED. I OPENED THEN LATCH AND SHUT IT DOWN HARD TO MAKE SURE IT WAS TIGHTLY SECURED. WHEN I GOT BACK OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY, IT HAPPENED AGAIN! IT HAS NOW HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. I'VE GOTTEN USED TO IT BUT IT IS STILL UNNERVING EACH TIME AS I FEAR THE HOOD WILL FLY UP WHILE I'M DRIVIN

WE WERE DRIVING OUR 2008 ACURA MDX ON THE OPEN HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH WITH THE MOONROOF IN THE TILT POSITION. NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE CLOSE. THE MOONROOF GLASS SUDDENLY EXPLODED, SENDING GLASS BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE MOONROOF HAD A JAGGED HOLE ABOUT 8" BY 18" WITH SOME OUTWARD BULGE. GLASS SHARDS WERE THROUGH OUR HAIR, BUT FORTUNATELY DID NOT GET INTO OUR EYES. IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY VISIBLE OBJECT HITTING THE GLASS, WE CONCLUDE THAT THE MOONROOF GLASS WAS LIKELY DEFECTIVE AND COU

BATTERY WAS REPLACED IN FEBRUARY 2017 (ABOUT 7 MONTHS AGO). TODAY, EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL JUST DIED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THANK GOD MY CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE CAR & THAT I WAS 1 MINUTE FROM HOME. THE INTERNAL LIGHTS FLICKERED AND THEN ALL LIGHTS, THE RADIO, AND ANY OTHER ELECTRICAL PORTION WENT DEAD. THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT SENSING SOMETHING WAS WRONG, I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY HUSBAND AND TOLD HIM TO MEET ME. AFTER I STOPPED THE CAR, IT WENT DEAD AND NEVER TURNED ON. WE HAVE TRIED NUM

THE ISSUE IS A POSSIBLE DESIGN COMPATIBILITY WITH A LATCH ANCHOR SYSTEM AND MY RECENTLY PURCHASED ACURA 08 MDX. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2008, MAKE=ACURA, MODEL=MDX) *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 ACURA MDX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE SUN ROOF EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

2008 ACURA MDX WITH 27,000 MILES. A HOLE HAS APPEARED IN THE CONDENSER REGULATING THE A/C UNIT INOPERATIVE. THE HOLE HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED SPEWING OUT LARGE AMOUNT OF FREON STEAM SCARING MY WIFE, THE DRIVER. SHE MADE AN EMERGENCY STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH A LAWSUIT INVOLVED. *TR