NHTSA Complaint #10534416 — 2001 ACURA MDX

MY MDX SHAKES WHILE DRIVING NOT SPECIFIC TO ACCELERATION, BUT PERIODICALLY IT WILL SHAKE SEVERELY FOR A FEW SECONDS AND STOP WITH NO INTERVENTION FROM ME. I DO NOT SLOW DOWN OR STOP WHEN THIS HARD SHAKING OCCURS--COURSE IT'S NORMAL FOR ME BUT MY PASSENGERS ARE STARTLED AND CONCERNED. THIS MDX HAS BEE DOING THIS FOR YEARS. DEALER SAYS I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. OTHER REPAIR FACILITIES HAVE INVESTIGATED AND TRIED REPAIRS THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THIS MDX ALSO "GROWLS" THERE IS A LOUD SOUND THAT IS HEARD WHILE DRIVING THAT ENDS WITH THE VEHICLE NEARLY STALLING OUT BUT I CONTINUE TO PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR AND IT HAS SO FAR NOT STALLED. I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER ALSO DURING THE INSPECTION FOR SEVERE SHAKING AND I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS 4 YEARS AGO AND I AM STILL DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH THESE CONCERNS. SINCE THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINTS OF SHAKING AND LOUD GROWLING SOUNDS I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE GEAR SHIFTER. WHEN I WANTED TO PUT THE GEAR IN DRIVE IT WOULD NOT GO. THERE WAS SOMETHING PREVENTING IT FROM MOVING-LOCKED MAYBE? I USED THE KEY RELEASE FOR THE GEAR AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL TO START THE ENGINE AND THEN INTO DRIVE. THIS HAPPENS SPORADICALLY MAYBE A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR SO FAR. I HAVE NOT HAD THIS ISSUE INVESTIGATED. I STARTED TO HEAR FRONT END SOUNDS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP. SINCE THAT DEALERSHIP AND I HAD A MUTUAL DISAGREEMENT THAT WAS DISTASTEFUL ENOUGH TO CAUSE ME NOT TO RETURN THERE I HAVE TOLERATED THE CLUNKING SOUNDS FROM MY FRONT END. NOW THAT PARTICULAR DEALER IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS (SOLD THE FRANCHISE) I AM BRINGING MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR POSSIBLE INVESTIGATION OF THE FRONT-END NOISE. *TR