general problems of the 2015 Acura MDX

Acura issued warranty extension TSB 19-029 on 2014-2016 Mdx with white diamond pearl paint. The extension covers the roof and rear door. My roof began peeling in or around 2022 and the roof was repainted without issue. The rear door just showed signs of the defect in August 2024, and the issue is clearly the same manufacturer defect as identified in the document, however, Acura is unwilling to correct the defect due to the warranty period now being expired.

The sun/moon roof glass on our 2015 Acura Mdx spontaneously shattered while my wife was driving down a major thoroughfare in our area. If the inside cover below the glass had been open, my wife could have been seriously injured by falling shards of glass. Furthermore, she could have been easily distracted and involved in an accident by the loud, exploding sound of the glass shattering. An inspection by myself and the dealer service department determined no external force or object caused the glass to shatter. It happened spontaneously. Nevertheless, the dealer's assessment is that the shattering was not caused by a manufacturing defect. When I contacted Acura owner support, I was told no other incidents of this kind have been reported even though I pointed out the the representative that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Acura for this very same issue.

Transmission torque converter shudder during 20 to 45 mph.

On particularly cold days in texas between 30 and 45 degrees fahrenheit, my Acura will not start. The electronic components work, but the engine revs up for about 5 seconds then it turns off. After that the warning lights for stability control, power steering eps, lane departure assist, check engine light, emission systems, hill start assist, come on and stay on but the engine is off. After I try to turn it on and turn it off completely for over five times, then the engine came on and the Mdx was driveable. While we drove, the warning lights stayed on. When we got to our destination, which was about 3 miles, turned off the car, and then turned it back on, all the warning signs were gone. This is the second time it happens, the first time it happened was about three months ago. The night before, the blinkers were acting up. The left blinker signal inside, was solid green and the signal light outside was flashing very dimmly and slow, the clicking sound to alert that the signs light was on was not clicking. The right blinker signal inside flashed but did not make the clicking sound to alert that it is on, the light outside blinked normally. Today everything is back to normal.

1. Engine emmision problem indiactor - Acura maintanance personal told me that the warning is because of the catalyst system efficiency is below threshold numbers and they going adjust the software to increase the threshold and I should pay for the update. 2. Steering column screeches or squeals when it is adjusted.

Transmission slips,and hesitates to shift normally and then goes normal again. Vehicle is in motion when this occured ,it happened while crusing at 35 mph, and at 50 mph, street ,and highway. I have taken it into the dealer multiple times to find the issue and anyways end up with no answers, I have been able to find multiple people with the same make and model that have the same issues with their vehicle. I bought this car with 25,000 miles and it now has 125,000 problem has not gotten better or worse has been the same. The brake warning also pops up randomly when no other cars are near.

When opening the automatic trunk it starts coming and falling down rapidly as to almost have our heads trapped. It's a death and injury awaiting to happen. I have contacted both Acura dealership and Acura customer care and they refuse to notate this safety issue and resolve. They want me to pay for a new part when in no way did we cause this malfunction to ocurr.

I was approaching the red light about make complete stop , suddenly my car shake violently and then the engines shut off, I have to put it back into park start up again, I start for couples time before it let me engage to drive mode. I took the car to the dealer they check but they found nothing. Few days later it happen again.

Automatic safety door relock faulty. The remote was used to unlock the doors. The rear door was opened and the baby was placed in the car seat. The diaper bag was then placed on the floor of the back seat. Doors automatically re-locked after 30 seconds with baby and car keys stuck inside. 911 was called to rescue the baby and bust open the door. This should absolutely never happen. After changing the settings to 90 seconds, the car still locks at 30. Acura denies hearing this happen. Acura says there is no way to disable this "feature".

Our Mdx has had numberous infotainment issues. The tailgate will open without being present on several occassions. Doors will not unlock on occassion on drivers side with key fob. Wipers will come on without any moisture on various times. Brake warning light will come on while driving without any traffic in front of the vehicle. Rear brakes will hang up and then release while moving slowly.

While driving on the highway (morning traffic moving at speed limit - 65-70 mph) I smelled smoke. Immediately following this there was a thud and then the check engine, ldw and other lights illuminated on the dash, along with audible alarm sound. Smoke was now visible, coming from the engine (under the hood). I was able to move from the middle lane to the right lane/exit lane as I knew I needed to pull over immediately. Since I was in an exit lane there was no real shoulder and I started down the exit ramp. The smoke was very strong at this point. I went to depress the brakes to slow down on the exit ramp and try to pull the car over but I had no brakes. The brake pedal went right to the floor. I had limited steering control and was driving erratically trying to keep control of the car while on the exit ramp. I tried to put the transmission in park - no effect to slow the car. I tried to power the car off - did not work. I had to depress the emergency brake to stop the car. It took over 100 feet to stop the car (luckily no other cars on the exit ramp) at which point I could pull over on the side of the road. At this point there was smoke billowing out of the engine area, smoke coming in to the car. I called 911 and they responded in about 5 minutes. After I got a safe distance from the car I could see flames coming from the bottom of the engine. From there I could see the fire start to grow in the engine compartment and once the fire dept arrived it was engulfed in flames. The car has been deemed a total loss by my insurance company. This is a very concerning situation as the car had a major, catastrophic failure with essentially no warning, including complete loss of braking and significant loss of steering, followed by a fire. The car had less than 12k miles and was about one year old. No issues or service other than standard maintenance.

On November 11th 2015, it was a sunny morning in northern virginia and I was in my 2015 Mdx driving to work. After I passed a toll booth, I heard a huge "gunshot" like explosion from the roof and realized the moonroof glass got shattered. Very scary! it was veteran's day, sunny and no traffic. I'm pretty sure no one hit me or I hit anything else. And I did not see any rocks falling/bouncing around me car nor any cars were close to mine. I immediately took pictures after I parked car in my office building. The glass is actually pushed/curved out, meaning it is a sign of explosion from inside due to the poor quality of Acura's thin moonroof glass. Total cost of replacement is $830. I have already filed a claim to Acura customer relationship, claiming they are responsible to cover this. They are supposed to get back to me by Nov 19th. My car is less than one year old, Acura rejected to cover this under warranty initially, so I had to file this claim and fight for this horrible experience. If they end up rejecting to reimburse me, I will definitely avoid any cars made from Honda going forward and share this experience with anyone I know. Terrible car quality and I hope the customer service will not disappoint me. I really hope anyone else who experience similar accidents can post a complain here or go something further so that our voices will be heard and they can eventually turn this to a manufacture defect issue and start a recall.

We have sporadic problems with engine or transmission and the dealer has not been able to identify the problem. It happens at any time slow or fast speed: uphill or downhill the car will not change gears and starts to pull as if the transmission is going to fall out. We have reported this to Acura customer service and results were guarded. I am afraid for my and my family's safety because the problem continues and it happens anytime and anywhere. It happened today and we called the dealer to come and pick up the car.

I receive a recall notice for my Acura and it's been past 60 days and they have not done anything about it/ when I called the last time they said they dont have the parts yet and will call me if they got it/ never heard from them.

Exploding sunroof - while driving south on 91 in MA we experienced an extremely loud boom in the vehicle. Nothing hit us nor did we hit anything - it was spontaneous. The sunroof exploded completely shattering into small pieces. The vehicle is new and I wonder if others Acura's are reporting similar problem - defective glass?.

The Acura Mdx 2015 can be turned off while in drive and the car rolls backwards as if in the neutral position. Pull into a parking space and forget to put the car in park, but push the engine start button to turn off the car. The car will roll backwards. The car does not lock into place. This is a serious safety concern if a person was behind the car they would get run over. The Acura corporate office took the information and told me to call the dealer. The dealer said that this is a known feature of the new car.

1. Tail gate issue: after purchasing the brand new Acura Mdx, next morning I saw tail gate was open by itself. I assumed I might have unknowingly pushed the wrong button. Few weeks later, my wife saw the tail gate open in her garage. We again thought something on our end. Few weeks later, my wife's CO worker sends her text showing the tail gate being open , while my wife was not present in the building. In one occasion when I was at target, I came out saw my tailgate open. At least 8 occurrences had taken place in last 8 months. And Acura has been unable to locate the issue. 2. Body issue few months later we noticed the vehicle's exterior started to separate from its body. We took the car to the Acura mcchurchill , fortworth. They said there was an issue with how manufacurers applied the glue. And promised the root problem is recognized and fixed. After 2 weeks, the interior was separating out from the body. We have our child in our car, at this point we did not feel safe to drive this vehicle. We took the car to Acura mcchurchill , forthworth, they acknowledged the issue. We requested them to exchange our car to any other used car, same year make/model/mileage. The representative said they have 2016 model, we can leave our car and buy new car. By that time they had clearly seen our fear of driving the old car. They took advantage of the situation and provided option-either buy a new car or take the unsafe car. The statement their sales representative made was "someone has to take the loss, we cant take it all" kbb value was $40,000. 00. They gave us $34000. 00 as the trade value. They kept saying "you are getting 2016 car" but the price difference between 2015 and 2016 is only 150 dollars. And we did not need a new car. We just needed a safe car. We didn't have any other choice except buying new car and be safe on the road.