general problems of the 2014 Acura MDX

Paint. Delaminating at the sealer. Paint flakes randomly fall off car over the years. Acura verified this was a factory defect and the common area is occurred was the roof. This was covered for my car 03. 2019 under an extended warranty but was only limited to the roof. I specifically asked to fix the whole paint job since this was a factory defect and they stated they will only fix the area with the current damage. Well now time has passed and this has now happened on my left passenger door and Acura will not cover any part of fixing their factory defect. Terrible on Acura for selling a product they know has a factory defect and they will not stand by their product.

Abs vsa malfunction light comes up constantly and car rattles when brakes are used. It’s constantly turned on even with good road conditions. There are millions of customer complaints on the web about this issue and I believe this should be logged as a major issue which should be logged a recall and offered as a fix to customers who have these car models and issues. My daughter was driving the car and experienced issues on freeway when braking. The car slipped to the side when brakes were pushed and the whole car was shaking and unstable.

Hi, my reverse camera is not working. When I put the car in reverse, I can see the guidelines but no picture of the rear. Regards,.

While traveling in a straight line at 75 mph in the far left lane of an 8-lane interstate, the hood suddenly few open and crashed into the windshield. The windshield was of course shattered. Visibility was of course immediately and dramatically reduced. I bent forward and to the right to look through the small space in the center of the windshield under the hood. Fortunately it was a sunny mid-afternoon and traffic was only moderate. With assistance from god, my passengers, and cooperative and observant nearby drivers, I was able to safely navigate to the far right lane and eventually off the road without further drama, damage, or any injuries to those in my car or others.

The vehicle compressor clutch assembly failed after the bolt backed itself out. The failure of this bolt resulted in the vehicles inability to engage the compressor and as a result the a/c does not work and just blows hot air. It appears to be related to the recall issued on certain model year 2014-2015 Acura Mdx's; mine was manufactured in 3/2014. The local Acura dealership will not cover the repair under the recall for some reason even though the part failure, as described by the service technician, is exactly what is addressed by the recall. Apparently, my vehicle was manufactured outside of the date range addressed by the recall.

Sunroff shattered.

My navigation unit has been updated and the problem persists. The lines for nav traffic cannot be easily seen. This was fixed in 2015 and 2016 Acura Mdx w/ nav but have not been fixed for the 2014 Mdx units. The traffic lines are very faint and unreadable to where too much time is spent trying to see traffic while driving. This will result in accidents due to diverted attention. Acura/Honda is aware of the problem since the 2014 model was released, and still refuses to release a firmware update to make the traffic lines better visibility like they did for 2015 and later. Even my 2006 rl was easier to see. We were rear ended near uc davis in david California in may 2017. While I was able to anticipate 70 mph traffic making a sudden stop because my passenger was using nav traffic on their phone, and they warned me of the traffic congestion, if I had been looking at the nav unit trying to figure it out what traffic was like ahead we would have hit the car ahead of us too instead of just being rear ended. The other car hit us so hard it was totaled. This visual issue needs to be fixed either as a recall or by an optional update. The 2017 nav disk update I tried from Acura did not fix the issue. The Mdx forums are full of the complaint for the 2014 Mdx with nav, and people are quite angry about it. Essentially what Acura has done is add a distraction on the 2014 Mdx with nav then fix it in the 2015 and later models but not fix it in the 2014.

Sunroof spontaneously exploded while drive approximately 65 mph on interstate 83 north of baltimore maryland. No traffic ahead within quarter mile. No evidence of any object striking vehicle, no other damage to vehicle. Outside temperature was about 55 degrees.

Sunroof spontaneously exploded while driving approximately 70 mph on interstate 40 in memphis, TN.

2014 Acura Mdx. Consumer writes in regards to defective voice control system. The consumer stated the voice control system dud not understand his voice or his wife's voice. The dealer could not explain the control features.

Keyless fob not recognized and locked me out of car with fob in the car.

Sunroof exploded while driving on the freeway near salt lake city at 8:30 am. The outside temperature was around 65 degrees. No traffic ahead of me was closer than 200 to 300 yards. Did not see anything fly up from the freeway and there was no other damage to the body of the car.

First, many new vehicles install halogen head lamps, some of them are white in color. These head lamps are exceptionally bright. I live in California where there is law restricting the brightness of these lamps. I strongly believe that some of these head lamps are overly bright because it blinds my eyes at night. One model in particular is the new 2013, 2014 prius. I wonder if they pass the requirement of law of all the states. Second, most of the models manufactured by Acura and Mercedes Benz installed frog lights and by default, the frog is turned on without the head lamp. This violates law in California. I am not sure where to file complain, but hope you can redirect to the appropriate party. This concerns drives safety. Thank you very much.

This is the fourth incident of unintended engine revving with this vehicle. This fourth incident occurred at 7121 miles. Was in "reverse," positioning the vehicle to pull into a parking space. The engine suddenly accelerated while I was in "reverse" and my foot on the brake pedal. Had to firmly press on the brake pedal to hold the car from running into people and other vehicles behind our vehicle. Shifted into "neutral". The engine sounded like one third of full throttle. I pressed on the gas pedal and the engine returned to idle. My wife was with me during this incident. She was with me in the vehicle during three of these four similar incidents.

This is the third incident of unintended engine revving with this vehicle. This third incident occurred at 5925 miles. Was pulling out of a parking space in "reverse" and came to a complete stop with my foot firmly on the brake pedal when, in an instant, the vehicle unexpectedly revved up while I was still holding the brake pedal firmly and shifting into drive. The vehicle jolted into drive.

Noticed bubbling paint on drivers side near back tire. . . Emailed salesman with no response. Took car in for oil change, mentioned problem but paint had chipped off. . . Took a picture to send to Acura for their determination whether it was going to be repaired free of charge. . . . Asked again in septmeber. . . No answer yet. . . No phone call to date to let me know if covered or not. July 24 was driving when for no reason all warning lights came on with warning beep. . . Called dealership. . . Was on my way to the airport for vacation and scared to keep driving. . Was told just a fluke and it would probably re-set. . . In August. Took car to dealership and warning lights came on enroute. . . Still on when I arrived. . . Again told it was just a fluke happened again while parked with engine running in late August but noticed it was also idling quite high for no reason. . . Called dealership again right away. . . Left a message with no return call. . It again re-set itself. . . . In September I was driving 35mph and all warning lights came on, lost power and steering. . . Called dealership, they had me look at message center but it did not say any code. . . . Took to dealership. . Told them I had been reading on line that other owners had same issue with no results. . . He said Acura was working on issue. . . . Nervous that it will happen while driving on expressway and I lose steering and power. . . . . Tired on hearing there is no code and no answer. . . . Very expensive car to have this type of issue with no fix. . . Thank you.

This is the second incident of unintended engine revving with this vehicle. This second incident occurred at approximately 4500 miles. Was pulling out of a parking space in "reverse" and came to a complete stop with my foot firmly on the brake pedal when, in an instant, the vehicle unexpectedly revved up while I was still holding the brake pedal firmly and the vehicle was still in "reverse". Alarmed, I immediately put the car into "park". The transition into "park" was not smooth and the engine rpm went even higher. It sounded like one third of full throttle. My wife was in the vehicle with me. Once in "park", we put down the windows to hear how loud the engine was revving. Still in "park", I asked my wife to watch me step on and off the brake pedal at least three times, but the engine did not return to idle. I then kicked the accelerator pedal and the engine returned to normal idle. Acura client relations had a "field representative" check my vehicle. For the second time, Acura is claiming that no problem can be found with our vehicle.

Brake pedal gets really stiffen up and car won't start unless I depress the brake really really hard. Seems like faulty brake system. This happens when the vehicle has been left sitting for awhile. Happening frequently now.

Drivers side door window was inoperable several days over the winter. Acura said it was due to polar vortex. Other windows worked find. Door handle on this door has also failed. Struggle with windshield frosts on drivers side as well. It seems like there is a bad seal on this door that is allowing moisture in causing door handle to fail and window to freeze.

Shortly after I purchased this vehicle in 2013, I noticed that their was a loud vibration coming from the front right driver's side near the wheel well when driving at speeds between 30 - 45 mph. This vibration would occur intermittently. When I took the vehicle back in to the Acura dealership, it was stated that they could not duplicate the issue. Two years later, the issue is still occurring and the dealership "can't duplicate". Additionally, noticed that there was bubbling of the front grill chrome paint. Later it became apparent that the left front passenger window panels were warped. Didn't make too much of a fuss about either issue, but in the summer of 2015, while running my car through a car wash, the panel popped off and began flapping in the wind. Returned vehicle to dealership and the window panel was replaced. At this time, I also informed them that the vehicle had begun to start exhibiting issues upon acceleration like it was struggling to gain power. You could also see the rpm indicator began to fluctuate when this issue occurred. This was also happening between 30-45 mph. Dealer performed a diagnostic and said that they were unable to locate any issues. Driving the vehicle does not feel safe. I am afraid that it will lose power while I am driving and cause an accident. I have owned multiple Acuras and the quality of this vehicle is by far the worst of any vehicle that I have ever owned.

We recently purchased (6/25/14) an 2014 Mdx Acura. When the car is in motion (at any speed) and door locks are engaged in the lock position, the door handles open the doors. There is no way to prevent the passenger side door from opening if the inside handle is pulled while the car is in motion. I called the dealer, response was that is the design of the car, I contacted Acura customer care spoke with jeff and was told the same, it's the design of the car to make it easy for the passenger and driver to exit the car. My concern is obvious and the customer care agent agreed, but there is no recourse. If the door handle is pulled while the car is in motion there could be catastrophic injury or accident.