NHTSA Complaint #10390603 — 2010 ACURA MDX

RECEIVE "BATTERY CHARGE LOW" WARNING MESSAGE ON CONSOLE ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS AS SOON AS I OPEN THE CAR DOOR. TOOK TO ACURA DEALER AND HAD CORPORATE INVOLVED AND WAS TOLD THAT ITS THE DESIGN OF THE CAR AND DEEMED THE ISSUE AS A STANDARD LOGIC FEATURE WITH NO ACTION REQUIRED. THIS YEAR MODEL HAS A POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WHICH I BELIEVE IS NEW FOR 2010. I POINTED OUT THAT IT COULD BE THE BATTERY, THE CHARGER, OR THE ALTERNATOR, BUT THEY INSIST ITS NORMAL. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MONTHS AND TOOK CAR BACK TO THEM ABOUT 5 TIMES TOTALING OVER 20 DAYS IN SHOP WITH THEM TELLING ME NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW IN 2010 AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE SUCH ISSUES WITH A BRAND NEW CAR. ANOTHER ISSUE DEALS WITH THE DRIVER CONSOLE, GPS CONSOLE, AND RADIO CONSOLE. THEY ALL SEEM TO HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN AND LIGHT INTENSITY FLUCTUATED WITH NO LOGIC TO WHEN AND WHY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE HEAD LIGHTS TURN ON WHEN SENSES NIGHT AND THE CONSOLE ADJUSTS ITSELF ACCORDINGLY BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH THE REST OF THE CONSOLE, THE GPS WILL STAY IN DAY MODE AND THE RADIO WILL BE BRIGHT AS IF IT IS IN DAY MODE. I ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER NOT WORKING TO EXPECTATION AND WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT ITS WORKING NORMAL. THIS ALL SURFACED A FEW MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT. THERE ARE BLOGS THAT CAN BE GOOGLED SUCH AS MDXERS.ORG WITH PAGES OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE. PICTURE OF THE MESSAGE IS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. *TR