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133 messages, Last post on Nov 03, 2009 at 7:14 PM
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Replying to: dusty1959 (Feb 07, 2009 12:47 pm) I have an 05 MDX and drive the highway at 65mph (yes, I go the speed limit) almost every day. 1700 rpms is normal, at least for my MDX. In fact, I don't think my rpms are ever much higher than 2000 unless I am accelerating. Is your Accord a 4 cylinder? My 4 cylinder rice burner is at about 3000 (maybe a tad less) at 65 mph. Hope this helps! 
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I just found out today that I was dead WRONG about the rpms and boy am I embarrassed! I'm glad that part is dead on. Now we just have to wait for cold weather to get the hesitation from 2nd to 3rd gear (going 30-40mph) to reproduce. Thanks for the comment. |
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Replying to: jkotlar (Feb 09, 2009 1:29 pm)
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Replying to: tpulak (Feb 09, 2009 3:26 pm) We took it back 23,000 miles after the reman replacement and were told at that time that the fluid was about 1 qt low. My svc advisor friend said that since the transmission is a closed system, there is NO way for the fluid to burn. And since the dealer did not detect any leaks with the dye, the only conclusion we can come up with is that the ATF was not filled all the way. My friend said that if the MDX had the updated trans cooler line installed then the system would actually take MORE than normal ATF to completely fill the system. That makes sense. We have about 10,000 left on the warranty of the reman. I pray that we don't have any more problems. But my svc advisor friend told me that more than likely bec the car was run when it was low on ATF we would most likely need another trans. He said that the MDX trans tends to "act up" in extreme temps - either really hot or really cold. I guess we will see... thanks for the input. |
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Well, here's another story. 2002 MDX base with tranny problem at 44,000 miles a few years ago. Acura dealer first had "no idea" of the problem then offered through Acura home office to repair at no cost to us as good will. Now at 98,000, a slightly different issue has arisen: drive gear selector light flasshing, engine light is on, and when warm, VTM-4 lock-in light goes on. Would you believe the hard down-shift is probably the car attempting to shift back into VTM-4 lock at 30 +/- mph. Dealer calls Acura and they offer to pay HALF, or $2,000 even though they have not been able to diagnose the problem. Amazing, I drop down $2 grand because I trust that the unit cannot be repaired, or that the issue might involve a $100 sensor problem. I have no clue yet what my choices are, if any. |
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Update to my story from January 2009, where I initially wrote: My MDX has 95,000 miles on it and has the extended warranty to 100,000 miles. Three times in the last two weeks I've started the car in the morning and when it shifts to 2nd gear (going up a slight grade) it's like I put the car in neutral - no pwer but the rpms go way up. Twice it's caught and been fine, yesterday it didn't catch and I shifted down from drive to lowest gear before it would engage. When I took it in, they say they can't replicate the problem so can't turn it in as a transmission problem as they don't think there is one. They will charge me $120 every time I bring it in but they can't find anything wrong with it - so I guess I won't be bringing it in every week like I'm tempted to. Any suggestions on how to get this to replicate so I can get it fixed Also, something I didn't mention before, the torque converter had been replaced at 76,000 miles. This time, at 95,000 miles they told me it was an imput sensor and replaced that. Shifting is still rough, but it doesn't slip like before. However, at 98,600 miles all the lights came on again - AB, VSA, VMT-4, brake, etc. When I took it in, they said that it was due to a bad cell in the battery and recommended that I have my transmission flushed as the fluid looked "burned". I said that was odd since they'd replaced the fluid when they'd replaced the torque converter, and just changed the transmission fluid at 93,550 miles and that I was taking it to an independent dealer to have them look at the fluid and transmission. They then agreed to contact the Acura care and see if they could get them to agree to replace the tranmission. Today they said that they would replace the transmission under the 100,000 mile warranty. |
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Replying to: lbrickner (Sep 04, 2008 11:51 am)  75k cost $6000 hate this piece of shit |
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Replying to: thebouncer1 (Jan 19, 2009 1:50 pm) Have you find out the jerky issue response from your dealership/ I had experiencing the same issue since I get my brand new car. I am not familar w/ sport seadan concept but feel like you mentioned that someone s on brake and the speed suddenly reduced. It's really bother me all the times druing the low speed. I don't think we should keep step on accelerator to waste more gasoline, right?
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Replying to: jyao888 (Jun 27, 2009 12:33 pm) I did bring in my 09MDX for technician to test drive regarding the transmission issue you have and I experience the same at first 4-500mi when I got my car. This "jerk" issue had been less and less. I had 1300mi now and feel the transmission change gear when I slow down and speed up. Tenician siad it's normal. The harder you step the accelerator the transmission take more time to shift gear. The soft you step the quicker gear changes. It's the way to design to protect engine for damages due to suddenly speed changes. I am very gentle driver and not sure about this concept. |
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I have a 2002 Acura MDX that has about 97,000 on it. I have kept it up to date on its services, oil changes, etc...About two months ago, I started noticing at different speeds my car felt like it shifted into neutral and would take a couple of seconds to let me accelerate again. It only happened every once in a while. About a couple of weeks ago it became more frequent and it developed a funny noise. I brought it to my mechanic who said that the transmission was failing and I would need another. Before sinking another $3,000 I started looking at other cars very disappointed that I car I bought because I was told it would last forever needed a new transmission. As I went searching, I met other customers with 2002 Acura MDX's with similar problems. I called the dealership asking if they knew of this and they said they couldn't help me because I hadn't serviced my car there for a couple of years. I told them that I had still been servicing my car but at my mechanics because I was not happy with their service. I started wondering if this was a problem and found out by taking my MDX to the dealer that some of the 2002 MDX's had problems with the torque converter. Needless to say, mine was one of them and it need a new torque that would cost me over $2,000. The dealer told me my warranty was up and I would have to pay for it. I then called Acura back who said I should ask my dealer to contact the district manager to see if they will replace it on goodwill. I called the dealer who was not happy and said that I need to bring them all my receipts from the mechanic and then they would submit it to the warranty manager. Acura told me if they will not help me then they will assign me a case manager to investigate. My question to Acura was how do I know there are no other defects once I fix this problem. Why was there no recall? Why do I have to pay for something that was a know defect? I also found out the TL's had a class action law suit which caused Acura to extend warranties. Any suggestions on how I should proceed?
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