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Transmission Problems!!
MDX Owner 15 Years , 02/07/2020
2018 Acura MDX Technology and Entertainment Packages 4dr SUV (3.5L 6cyl 9A)
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
I’ve had my 2018 MDX for two years. At 17k miles I had to have my transmission replaced and serviced after at least 3 additional times to “reset” my transmission because of jerking and the influx from shifting from one gear while driving, mind you while during automatic mode. My rear camera has been stuck on at least 6 times while driving, error messages but no light warning and getting stuck in Neutral while finishing my car wash. In a panic about the person behind me about to smash into me because they are on the belt behind me. Hitting the drive button, neutral button at least 16 times before having to placing my car in park while still on the belt. Now I’m starting to hear the little humming noise again now at 25k miles, same sound I started to hear before my transmission went out the first time. Love Acura but this might be my last rodeo depending on the out come with the dealer today. Uhg!!
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Great driving 4400lb Hybrid SUV
Jim Smith, 05/05/2019
updated 05/14/2020
2018 Acura MDX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD 4dr SUV AWD w/Advance Package (3.0L 6cyl gas/electric hybrid 7AM)
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
Ride and handling excellent. Acceleration with assist of those 2 rear electric motors is awesome for this fuel efficient 4400lb SUV. Average fuel economy is 25 to 30 MPG, but supreme gasoline is required. Handling in hard driving rain is excellent. Nighttime drive is excellent and on the winding 2 lane back roads exceptional with great stability and Auto dimming very bright headlights. Yes, the transition from a stop while on battery to engine power takes bit to get use to, but is really not bad at all. I find the controls are very easy to use and did not take much time to get use to using each. I use Android Auto running Waze or Google Maps for navigation and could not ask for better performance. Front climate controlled seating is awesome, 2nd row captain seats are great, while 3rd row seating is tight and be used for smaller kids or short trips for taller people. Cargo capacity is good for me. No towing with this Hybrid could be a problem for some. I've driven this SUV for just about a year without issue and performance and ride for me has been exceptional both in city and on the highway. Just about at the 2 year point and this SUV for me has been perfect. No problems at all. Ride and drive perfect.
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Updated Review After 2 years of Ownership
David S., 01/03/2018
updated 01/06/2020
2018 Acura MDX Technology Package 4dr SUV (3.5L 6cyl 9A)
42 of 49 people found this review helpful
After owning a few of these MDXs, this one is the worst! My wife loves this one but I really hate all the different buttons you have to push or slide to engage everything. I hate the way the locks unlock when you walk by the car if you have your key fob on you and it does NOT lock itself back! It should only unlock or lock when I want it too!! Lane assist is annoying because you have to keep moving the wheel or it times our VERY fast, it should just stay set! Acura Navi & voice has always sucked and it still does, Acura refuses to listen to their customers & switch to Garmin. Still needs a panoramic sun roof and heads up. The front seats do not provide enough comfort under the thigh area. This one did not come standard with all wheel drive and I really miss it but it is not worth paying the extra money they are trying to gouge you for now. Acura needs to look at how much better the rims on other MFRs look. Even the so called Acura premium wheels they up-charge for do not look that great & you should not have to pay extra to have nice wheels anyway, just put descent wheels to begin with & give us a choice of silver, black, etc. It was still the best bang for the buck and it has great utilitarian value with great layout, just wanted to point out to Acura what I want fixed or changed for the next one. If Acura would start listening to their customers and front line salesmen, they could improve in so many areas and increase sales. Our 1993 Acura Legend LS Coupe is still funner, more enjoyable, user friendly, sporty, stylish, and more comfortable than most of what they offer today and Acura really needs to find their way back. It took Acura far to long to fix the RDX. The RLX is still a dog. They ruined the TSX (we owned two) with the ugly cheap looking ILX. They did not leave any heritage in the NSX at all. Why all the no name letter meaningless prefixes?? Acura does not act on feed back and the point is proven with the bird beak error!!
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Do you like being stuck? NOT SAFE!
JLD, 07/11/2022
2018 Acura MDX SH-AWD 4dr SUV AWD w/Technology Package (3.5L 6cyl 9A)
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
I've driven this MDX SH-AWD w/ Tech for 2 years and the transmission issues alone is having me shop for a new car. I cannot wait to get rid of this thing. My biggest complaint is that when you're coming out from a complete stop the transmission completely stalls, then when it finally decides to click into gear you lunge forward with a roar. Multiple times this vehicle has left me in some seriously dangerous situations! For example: you're making a turn in front of oncoming traffic at a light I have almost been hit multiple times as the car does not move when you press on the gas! It will inch forward and completely stop and stall. I've almost hit others from this problem as well. I will be stopped at a light and waiting to move forward and it will stall, then will powerfully jerk forward leaving me panicking try to break so I don't hit the person in front of me. I've taken it multiple times to have this KNOWN ISSUE "reset" and they clearly don't want to do a recall even though there is a full bulletin on this problem. My backup camera has also been stuck on multiple times when I'm driving. Oh and Acura.... seriously no 3rd row AC vents???? You've got to be kidding me about this! I didn't even think to look, because what manufacturer doesn't put vents? All other 3rd rows have AC vents in the side walls or up top and NOPE not acura leaving my dog or people in my 3rd row dying from the heat. COME ON. All the tech stuff in the world does not outweigh the reliability and function of this thing.
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Very disapointed
Thong, 08/08/2018
2018 Acura MDX SH-AWD 4dr SUV AWD w/Technology Package (3.5L 6cyl 9A)
33 of 40 people found this review helpful
I do not recommend this suv to anybody, the people at acura now a day their favorite word is normal, they don’t want to take responsibility on their car.....Bs ACURA .i bought this car brand new and i drive speed between 55 to 60 mph and feel the vibration on the steering wheel and took the car tothe dealer couple time to fix the problem but it’s still there. They couldn’t fix the problem, so finally they Told me that it’ normal for the mdx that the steering vibration at that speed, bs. No new car should never virbration at that speed at all.>......
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