general problems of the 2001 Acura MDX

I was driving down the highway at 70 mph and the vehicle is “jerking” like I am breaking then proceeded to fail to accelerate and keep up with my rpms.

Travelling on city street tire came off with my 2 year old son and 14 year old brother in-law with me in the car. Purchased vehicle from travis @ kts auto sales on 09/23/19 on 09/24/19 the car was considered unsafe and basically not driveable. . Prior to my purchase of the vehicle travis told me he had the vehicle 3 weeks and counting and had been commuting his son back and forth to school and told me for sure the vehicle ran good and drove good. Well it dont and hasnt since the day after I purchased it. The only thing he will and has offered or tried to do to make it right is to trade it back for an old Honda crv in possibly worse condition and way less in value than the vehicle I paid for, I have 3 children ( and travis knows I do) so I took the Honda crv on a test drive anyways considering I have kids and really need a running and driving car and stopped bye my mechanic to take a quick look at it and he did and said absolutely not that he wouldn't not trade the original one we bought for the Honda crv and said if it were him he wouldn't even pay scrap value for the crv it was rusted all the way around the entire car inderneath and around my mechanic said it was very unsafe that if we were to barely get hit or hit something it would crumble and fall apart and that this vehicle he was trying to give me to replace another unsafe vehicle would be even more dangerous than the 1st vehicle was. Also travis from kts lied when he said he had driven the car 3 weeks+ because I got to looking in to see how often vehicle was maintained and this and that found out he only had it 12 days befor selling the vehicle to me (that's not even 2 weeks!!).

The goodyear viva 3 set of tires installed on my vehicle the first of the year have less than 3000 miles on them and I have had six flats once I had 3 in one day. . I am registering a complaint against goodyear, the manufacturer of the viva3 now, because the last (today the 7th flat caused by a pin prick size hole in the outer sidewall) tires do not get pin sie holes in the sidewall except by defect. These tires,on their wheel are lighter weight than my smaller size convenience spare (donut). I can almost push my finger through the rubber on the sidewall and pushing on the tread flattens the tire when deflated. The treads are so far apart 25 % of the tires are bald at installation.

Vehicle/transmission constantly jerks after reading numerous forums of individuals that have spent thousands on replacements for reoccuring issue. . . This needs to be recalled and transmission needs to be replaced/repaired.

Driving south on I-5 at 9:30am sat morning. Light traffic. Overcast & 58 degrees f. Traveling in lane 3 (four lanes) with no vehicles in lane 4 next to me or ahead of me. No vehicle ahead of me in my lane either. We had just reached the apex of the seattle ship canal bridge. One adult guest riding in front . A sudden loud crunching/shattering sound & my driver's side window completely shattered to a translucent but non-transparent green color & within two seconds the heavy glass chunks began falling inward onto my body & some into back area. I thought I had been shot & didn't feel the pain yet, my heart raced, my guest exclaimed "my god what just happened?" & then she turned to check for traffic on right side to assist me in pulling over. Due to the light traffic I was able to quickly cross the other 2 lanes & exit on the roanoke exit to stop. My guest went around to the outside drivers side & said she could see no signs of anything amiss other than the shattered window. I was continuing to experience glass fall so I tried to pick & direct falling pieces to floorboard. Then I got all the visible pieces out of the frame & onto my floorboard. The car was drive-able & I did not cause a problem on the freeway so I began driving back toward my home on side streets. As I drove my friend called my husband who called Acura of lynnwood & told them what happened. He ordered a new window for which they charged him $300. 63 to order a new glass window (note: the service guy said he had never heard of something like this happening). Today, they put the new window & I paid $208. 36 for labor. So total was $508. 99 which is right at our insurance deductible so it becomes out of pocket expense for us. We are the original & only owners of this well cared for & garaged Acura Mdx therefore I'm disappointed that this failure wasn't just taken care of by the dealer or manufacturer.

Car keeps slipping like it's trying shift gears. Jerk like when speeding up. Now check engine light is on and does not pick up speed. Driving on d5. Is this a known issue? this is dangerous and can cause accidents.

Bad gas smell in the cabin, happens everyday. Was told this is a very common occurrence in this car and a factory defect. I know there is a recall for the 05 Mdx gas tank, it needs to apply for the 01 as well.

My Mdx shakes while driving not specific to accelleration, but periodically it will shake severely for a few seconds and stop with no intervention from me. I do not slow down or stop when this hard shaking occurs--course it's normal for me but my passengers are startled and concerned. This Mdx has bee doing this for years. Dealer says I need a new transmission. Other repair facilities have investigated and tried repairs that did not resolve the problem. This Mdx also "growls" there is a loud sound that is heard while driving that ends with the vehicle nearly stalling out but I continue to press on the accellerator and it has so far not stalled. I brought this to the attention of the dealer also during the inspection for severe shaking and I was told I needed a new transmission. This was 4 years ago and I am still driving the vehicle with these concerns. Since the original complaints of shaking and loud growling sounds I have had issues with the gear shifter. When I wanted to put the gear in drive it would not go. There was something preventing it from moving-locked maybe? I used the key release for the gear and put the car in neutral to start the engine and then into drive. This happens sporatically maybe a couple times a year so far. I have not had this issue investigated. I started to hear front end sounds almost immediately after the recall work was performed by the dealership. Since that dealership and I had a mutual disagreement that was distasteful enough to cause me not to return there I have tolerated the clunking sounds from my front end. Now that that particular dealer is no longer in business (sold the franchise) I am bringing my vehicle back to the dealer for possible investigation of the front-end noise.