general problems of the 2017 Acura MDX - part 2

Transmission goes into neutral on its own. Loses power. Delay in acceleration. Jerky gear shifting.

We were driving on the highway yesterday at 75 mph when suddenly our tachometer jumped a couple of times and then the car lost all power and switched into neutral. It's the same transmission problem others are reporting and dangerous.

The transmission will jerk when driving upon acceleration and has a continuous shifting sound and feeling as though the car is in neutral or the drive mode is being changed (like that when you shift gears on a bike). I am unable to use all drive modes as the issue occurs in every mode--but even more in the sport modes. When the problem occurs, I have to turn off the car and turn it back on and that will usually fix the problem--but if I change it to another drive mode or have it in the sport modes it occurs randomly. If I'm on the freeway during commute times, I don't pull over to do so. The issue first started at 15k miles while driving on the freeway. I was utilizing one of the sport modes. In the past--the ride was smoother, now it's a hit or miss. It was reported to the dealership during a service. This issue has been reported a total of 6 times to the dealership. They have kept the car overnight, replace the shift mechanism, updated system settings, and the gas pump. During my last visit, the service manager stated that no issue was found. The issue still persists. From my research, it is a common issue and should not be. It started back in 2018 and as late as 4/14/2021.

Transmission will jerk heavily when driving and has a continuous shifting sound like it stays neutral. Will judder when the vehicle stops and on acceleration. The car needs to be turned off and back on to reset. I can't use all drive settings as it happens more frequently in the sport modes. The issue first started happening at 15k miles. I have reported it to rhe dealership six times, the last time was a week ago. The dealership has kept the car overnight, replaced the shift mechanisms, updated system settings, and the gas pumps. The problem still persists. I attempted to upload service records, multiple documents.

The contact owns a 2017 Acura Mdx. The contact stated that while driving at 45 mph, the vehicle stalled as the emission and parking brake warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact stated that after experiencing the failure, the vehicle resumed normal operation as the warning remained illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact then took the vehicle to lindsay Acura (5880 scarborough blvd, columbus, OH 43232) where they were unable to duplicate or diagnose the failure. The mechanic cleared the warning lights off the instrument panel. The contact stated that the failure persisted soon after the return of the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

Loses power and unable to accelerate while driving at higher speeds. Has happened 4 times in 2 months.

I own a 2017 Acura Mdx. When accelerating from a stop it hesitates for a second or two and then jerks when it finds its gear. This happens every time the vehicle is used. Merging onto the interstate or switching lanes can be very dangerous.

Vehicle lost power upon accelerating and I received a message to pull over when safe transmission error; this happened at a stop and seems to be more likely when turning the vehicle or while accelerating, I pulled over and attempted to put the vehicle in reverse with out success;.

We purchased vehicle in sept 2020. The vehicle has always had a rough jerk or rough shift when initially moving at stop lights or any stop and as vehicle is accelerated and to shifting to next gear. It is not a smooth transmission shift from initial start to first few gears. Just seems that at any time transmission may fail and vehicles behind may run into it.

After receiving the vehicle from Acura in March 2020 with approximately 49,500 miles and noticed the vehicle was slipping around 20 to 30 miles per hour. My fiancee drove it as well and felt it slipping in a city stop and go under the same speed. We called Acura to complain about the slipping as well as the battery malfunctioning. They told us to bring it in and we did. The battery end up being dead a few weeks after receiving the vehicle. It was changed. We then were told that the vehicle needs a transmission fluid change and that this maybe causes the problem. We noticed with the vehicle records the fluid was changed at 42,376 miles prior. The transmission fluid ended up being changed and we were told that we would need to drive the vehicle a lot for the slipping to go away. Thousands of miles later the vehicle is still slipping with 53,000 miles. We feel Acura knows the is an issue but doesn't want to fix it. We need help. I'm not the only won having this issue with this particular vehicle when it involves slipping. I have a few documents supporting my case about the transmission fluid and the current issues with the vehicle.

We were driving 70mph on the interstate i10 headed to new orleans when our vehicle suddenly and without warning lost acceleration the dashboard lite up like a christmas tree telling me to pull over immediately and then electric parking brake error, transmission error and an emissions error all at once. This was a very dangerous incident and we somehow managed to get to the small side of the road on this busy interstate. It scared the both us! the Mdx would not go into drive or neutral? while waiting for the tow truck we almost were side swiped. This car was purchased for the safety features and it has really caused my wife and I to lose all faith and now cannot depend on it. Our vehicle has 44k on it and it was even a Acura certified pre-owned inspected vehicle. I have learned there is a class action lawsuit for this same type of incident and model of Acura. This car is dangerous and Acura better own up to this faulty vehicle. This needs to be recalled!.

Vehicle loses power upon accelerating and hesitates for a second or two - most typically from a stop and seems to be more likely when turning the vehicle while accelerating, although there have been times when the vehicle has stalled when trying to accelerate on a straight section of highway. Problem is intermittent, virtually impossible to predict or replicate, but has occurred numerous times since purchase of the vehicle in November of 2017.

While driving on the expressway, I have had at least 3 episodes of deceleration while trying to accelerate. I was traveling between 60 and 75 mph. It seems to happen when I decelerate to slow with traffic or change lanes to exit. When I attempt to accelerate, the car (2017 Mdx) continued to decelerate rapidly, for up to 5 seconds, putting me in a very dangerous situation on the highway. I was not using cruise control and had the lkas turned off. Additionally, I was not close enough to any other care for the automatic braking system to be a factor.

I was driving 80mph southbound on 45 in houston, texas on Sunday, may 26, 2019, during memorial day traffic. Without notice, my car began to ding and stated to �stop driving�. It also showed a transmission error and parking brake error. In addition, the car shifted into neutral automatically, disabled the gas pedal and I was unable to reengage drive. At this time, the highway I was on was under construction with cement walls on both sides with no shoulder. I was able to coast to the nearest exit and leave the highway. Once off the highway, I restarted my car and was still unable to put it in drive.

Note that the following problems have been occurring frequently since I purchased the car in October 2017; the date required below was a random date I chose. When accelerating quickly to enter a highway, the transmission hesitates before deciding which gear to jump into. This also occurs, to a lesser extent, when I have to stomp on the gas in an emergency situation while on the highway. This is extremely dangerous since it makes me vulnerable to an accident; when I stomp on the gas pedal, I expect to get acceleration. I don't expect the car to pause in order to decide which gear would be the best to jump into. The dealership said the computer was trying to decide which gear would be the most economical, from a gas perspective, to shift into. This is not for normal acceleration, but where I need to accelerate very quickly. Additionally, the automatic transmission jerks when shifting from 1st to 2nd gear. It has been happening since I purchased it in October 2017. When I complained about it to the dealer service center, they said this was "normal" and nothing they could do.

Transmission is jerky, choking and doesn't react for 3-4 seconds. I took it to the dealer and they reset a transmission code without replacing my transmission with a new one.

Tl the contact owns a 2017 Acura Mdx. While driving approximately 75 mph on a busy interstate highway, the vehicle suddenly failed to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. In addition, the electric parking brake, blind spot, and "stop driving" messages and indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to mapleton palm beach Acura (6870 okeechobee blvd, west palm beach, FL 33411), but the failure could not be duplicated. The dealer performed a software update on the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 35,649.

The transmission in the car decelerates unexpectedly, the vehicle stalls when trying to accelerate, it also jerks when shifting gears, all of these issues are extremely dangerous when driving on the highway, switching lanes and simply driving and trying to maneuver from a stop. We have also had a warning pop up on the dashboard to immediately stop the vehicle in the middle of the street because there is an issue with the transmission, we took the car to the dealership and they said they dont see the specific code and to just have it towed in next time. I bought this car for safety, we just had a baby and now I am scared to drive the car on a daily basis, what if it doesnt accelate when needed and we get hit! we have brought the transmission issue up mutliple times; however, all we have been told is that this is a normal thing for the Acura Mdx 2017 year we have. This is not normal, it is extrememly unsafe.

The transmission shifts hard and rough, slips in and out of gear and on two separate occasions (both being on the freeway) the transmission got stuck and would not respond at all and I sat in the car coasting as if the car was in neutral while on the highway. I have taken the car in to Acura 6 times and have received no help at all. I have contacted Acura corporate and still received no help. I'm highly concerned for myself and my families safety. This is now my daily driver and the transmission is only getting worst over time. In regular city street driving, braking is scary because the transmission accelerates before it slows down and the car shifts down slowly so by the time I actually stop the car, the car is still shifting down. The car jerks when I press on the gas or when I break to stop. I'm afraid an accident is going to happen if I have to slam on the breaks to avoid a collision because the transmission can't decide which gear to shift into. Acceleration is a big problem as well. If I'm at a complete stop and press the gas to go the car lags and then jolts into gear and then jolts again into the next gear. I paid a lot of money for this car and I do not feel safe driving it at all I'm trully scared I'm going to be injured or maybe worst.

When pulling forward from a stop into a car wash, the zf 9-speed transmission dropped into neutral without warning, causing the vehicle to lose all ability to move forward. When this happened, all warning lights on the dash illuminated, including stability control, airbags, check engine, lane departure, and frontal collision system, and the digital display flashed through every component on the car saying there were system failures in them all. The immediate remedy was to stop, place the vehicle in park and shut off the engine. When re-started the vehicle was able to be driven, but all system failure lights and warning lights on the dash and digital display remained illuminated.

The 9 speed transmission in my Acura Mdx shifts very hard going into first and second gear while driving on city streets and in two separate cases the car did not shift into third gear and halted the car as I step on the gas the engine roars but the car did not move. Once it finally shifted into gear the car jolted forward. This happened in the rain which was extremely scary and unsafe. I have taken the car to two Acura dealers totaling 4 visits to the service department and no one believes that anything is wrong because Acura is not doing anything about it. A lot of other customers online reviews explain the same issue I'm having. I have contacted Acura corporate office and was assured within two business days a manager would contact me regarding this matter and that was three weeks ago and I have heard nothing from them. I do not feel safe in this car or having my family in the car at this point.

On February 23,2018, I purchase a new 2017 Acura Mdx with technology package. The vehicle had 378 miles when I purchased it. It had never been titled and was sold as a new vehicle. Upon taking delivery of the vehicle, I noticed that the vehicle hesitates when shifting gears. When stopped at a traffic light on a flat paved, city street, the vehicle experiences poor acceleration when taking off. I am pressing the gas pedal down really hard, yet the vehicle is moving very slowly--not equal to the amount of pressure I am applying to the gas pedal. The acceleration is very poor, especially when pulling off from a stopped position. When I am going downhill on a paved city street, the vehicle accelerates even when no gas is applied. Experiencing rough shifting, especially in low gears on all paved roads. Dangerous when trying to merge onto the highway due to extremely slow acceleration. Sometimes when slowing down to stop, the vehicle accelerates. When I try to make a left turn against oncoming traffic, the vehicle hesitates and could cause a serious accident. All driving takes places on city streets, highways and paved roadways. On one occasion, the vehicle would not shift into reverse from a parked position. I received an error code saying 'transmission problem, pull over when safe. " the poor acceleration problem is worse when I enable the adaptive cruise control and lane keeping assist features. I have returned the vehicle to the dealership on 2 separate occasions. Each time they tell me the vehicle is operating as designed. They even said that I need to drive the vehicle more so that the transmission will learn my driving patterns and make the necessary adjustments.

I believe the 9-speed transmission in the 2017 Mdx presents serious safety issues. One of my major concerns is the significant "lurching" I get when parking on a slope, shifting to "park" and then taking my foot off the brake. On snow or ice, the car could easily slide some distance. I similar lurching also frequently occurs when shifting into drive or reverse when on a slope and then starting to accelerate. My second major concern is that when I downshift on a down-slope in lieu of braking, the car actually first speeds significantly up after downshifting and does not slow down as it should. I do a significant amount of driving in mountains where down-shifting is safer than braking and this is a major safety issue. Lastly, the car hesitates at times when accelerating from a stop. I have taken the car back to the dealer at least twice and am told that these issues are just the characteristics of the car.

The van started running rough and started jerking. The gears were not shifting well and got an error message p0730. It was very unsafe and we were lucky not to have been driving on freeway. Huge safety issue .

We own a 2017 Acura Mdx, my wife was driving the SUV attempting to park when the vehicle briefly accelerated. I was driving the SUV at low speed when it briefly accelerated, I was kind of stunned, and asked did you feel that, she said yes, and then stated I guess I wasn't imaging it when it happened to me, these were separate issues at different times and dates. The vehicle was brought in for service and this issue was mentioned, the service writer explained that Acura is aware of this and it's an intermittent issue and Acura has no fix, it was asked why Acura hasn't warned owners of the potential problem and the service writer explained it's a intermittent issue that hasn't been replicated in service and doesn't happen to all the vehicles. We asked doesn't someone think it's a safety issue, that when I was driving in laconia nh bike week it could have accelerated into a motorcycle or pedestrian. There was no response other than please rate us good on the service call what we did not what Acura isn't doing?????????.