Transmission Not Engage Problems of Acura MDX

Tl - the contact owns a 2004 Acura Mdx. The contact stated that after shifting into park, the gear failed to engage allowing the vehicle to roll. The contact mentioned that the failure had occurred several times before and he managed to have the gear engage by rocking the lever back and forth. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician made the contact aware that NHTSA campaign number: 12v573000 (electrical system) was directly related to the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and explained that the vehicle was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 100,000. The VIN was not available. Pam.

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Two separate related incidents to transmission listed from most recent: 1) 3feb2014- total transmission failure on highway (approx. 65mph) at 116,804mi. Dealership service noted that the transmission fluid was overfilled and the failure is internal. They recommended transmission replacement 2) 4apr2013- noted that vehicle did not engage in park after shifted to "p". After placing it in park, it rolled back down the driveway. This fault is intermittent and occasionally will exhibit a ratchet like sound. The fault is ongoing. Dealership cannot recreate failure.

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Driving on the freeway, transmission disengaged and engine revved up to red line. Car had no power and lost speed. Close call with other vehicles, including semi trucks. Had to pull into far right lane and was only able to go around 30 mph since the car continued to rev and the transmission engaged and disengaged. Engine light came on and d5 light on dash started flashing. Took it to a mechanic who said transmission needs to be replaced. In investigating, this appears to be a common problem with this model year. Car is worth $6500 in good shape, but with this issue, it is now only worth $2000.

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Twice in the last 3 days, the transmission in my 2003 Acura Mdx spontaneously slipped into neutral, I. E. , disengaged from drive and left me w/o power to the wheels. The shift lever remained in drive and had not been touched. The latter occurrence stranded me in the middle of an intersection with oncoming traffic. Several attempts at shifting into park and back into drive were required before drive actually engaged. An internet search easily turned up many similar instances in which 2003 Mdx owners indicated that their transmissions intermittently disengaged from drive.

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After backing out of my driveway and shifting the car into d5 the transmission would not engage and was completely slipping. After shifting to a lower gear I was able to get the car to drive and then shifted back into d5. Upon slowing and then trying to accelerate again the transmission again completely failed to engage and hat to be shifted into the lowest gear to re-engage the transmission. Also, on several occasions while trying to pass other vehicles the transmission would again completely slip. Also at points where I would enter traffic from a side street or parking lot as I have tried to enter traffic at an opening the transmission would fail to engage which has created very dangerous situations where we have almost been in a very bad accident.