NHTSA Complaint #11062225 — 2016 ACURA MDX

PROBLEM: ON JANUARY 06 2018 MILEAGE (49,930) WHILE DRIVING 60-68 MPH FOR APPROXIMATELY 20MINUTES BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS AND MARTINSVILLE IN, I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, MOVE TO THE LEFT LAND AND PASS. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND THAT WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED: 1)THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE, 2)THE 'D' LIGHT BEGIN FLASHING 3)WOULD NOT SHIFT, EVEN USING PADDLES 4)TRANSMISSION 'MALFUNCTION' LIGHT 5)TACHOMETER WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 4500 RPM @50 MPH 6)EMISSIONS LIGHT STARTED FLASHING 7)YELLOW ENGINE ICON WAS ON, 8)BLIND SPOT NOT WORKING INDICATOR WAS ON. I MADE IT TO A PARKING LOT, TURNED THE CAR OFF, WENT INTO A STORE FOR LESS THAN 10 MINUTES, AND RESTARTED THE CAR. ITEMS 1-5 AND 8 WERE NO LONGER FLASHING, AND THE CAR DROVE AND SHIFTED NORMALLY. I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION, TURNED THE CAR OFF FOR 5-7 HOURS, STARED IT, AND ITEMS 6 AND 7 ABOVE NO LONGER APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS WAS THE 3RD TIME THE CAR HAD 'MIS-SHIFTED' UNDER THOSE SAME DRIVING CONDITIONS (60-68 MPH FOR APPROXIMATELY 20MINUTES, BUT THE FIRST TIME I'D GOTTEN AND FLASHING TRANSMISSION INDICATOR AND THE REST AS STATED IN ITEMS #1-8 ABOVE. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE TRANSMISSION/SOFTWARE PROBLEMS. WHEN IT OCCURS IT TRULY DOES CREATE A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE CAR NO LONGER ACCELERATES AND ONLY FORWARD MOMENTUM IS MOVING THE CAR FORWARD.