2019 ACURA RDX Engine Problems

MY 2019 ACURA RDX EXPERIENCED A TOTAL, UNEXPECTED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS A TRUCK ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY. ALL PROPULSIVE POWER SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED JUST AS I EXPECTED THE TURBOCHARGER TO KICK IN FOR SAFE PASSING. I FIRMLY DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR A COUPLE TIMES WITH ZERO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. THIS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A SENSE OF THE ENGINE MISFIRING. MY BELIEF IS THAT THIS PROPULSION FAILURE IS RELATED TO A TURBOCHARGER ACTIVATION ISSUE. PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE MY DEALER HAS FOUND NO ONGOING ENGINE PROBLEM IN MY CAR, THE DEALERSHIP HAS ORDERED TURBOCHARGER RELATED PARTS AND INTENDS TO INSTALL THEM NEXT WEEK. ALSO, WHILE STRANDED, WE SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND REFERENCES TO SEEMINGLY SIMILAR ACURA FAILURES THAT OCCURRED IN WET AND RAINY CONDITIONS. WE WERE DRIVING IN COOL AND RAINY CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THIS FAILURE. FORTUNATELY, WE AVOIDED A CRASH AND COASTED TO...

I WAS DRIVING ON A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY IN RURAL MISSISSIPPI. ONCE ON A STRAIGHTAWAY AND WITH PLENTY OF SPACE TO PASS, I ATTEMPTED TO DO SO. AS SOON AS I ACCELERATED, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, I LOST ALL POWER, ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON, AND I WAS TRAPPED IN THE LEFT LANE WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC RACING AT ME. WITH LESS THAN TWO SECONDS TO SPARE AND WITH THE HELP OF DOWNHILL MOTION, I WAS ABLE TO SQUEEZE AHEAD OF THE VEHICLE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS AND INTO THE RIGHT LANE JUST AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHIZZED BY. I SAT ON THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND LITERALLY SHOOK FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO ACURA OF JACKSON. WHILE SITTING AT THEIR DEALERSHIP, I FOUND ALL THESE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. LIKE ALL THE OTHERS, NO CODES SHOWED UP AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR...

WHILE DRIVING MY 2019 ACURA RDX I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE. DURING ACCELERATION MY ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND SIMULTANEOUSLY THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER TO THE ENGINE. THIS PREVENTED ME FROM PASSING AND FORCED ME TO FALL BACK IN BEHIND THE VEHICLE I WAS PASSING. THIS WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND COULD HAVE HAD CATASTROPHIC RESULTS IF ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING. AFTER FALLING BACK IN BEHIND THE VEHICLE I PULLED OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND WAITED ABOUT 2 MINUTES AND UPON TURNING IT BACK ON; IT WAS BACK TO NORMAL. I PAID NEARLY $50,000. TO HAVE A SAFE AND RELIABLE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE IS SO UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITH THIS ISSUE IT BASICALLY SITS IN THE GARAGE. CONTACTING ACURA DEALERS / SERVICE DEPARTMENTS THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS BUT ARE WAITING FOR THE COMPANY ACURA TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. THIS VEHICLE...

2019 ACURA RDX ADVANCE SH-AWD ODOMETER 12,900 TUESDAY 01/14/2020 14:20; LKAS ON, COMFORT MODE, ENGINE IDLE STOP/START CANCELLED WITH THE BUTTON, 60 DEG F. ON A 300+ MILE ROAD TRIP, THE LATTER HALF UNDER HEAVY RAIN. NEARING MY HOME, THE RAIN WAS ALMOST STOPPED, AND AS I ACCELERATEDUP A LONG STEEP GRADE, THE RDX FELT LIKE IT RAN OUT OF GAS. IT JUST SPUTTERED ALONG UP THE HILL UNTIL I CAME TO A DRIVEWAY AND TURNED IN. I NOTICED THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, WAITED A FEWMINUTES, THEN IT RESTARTED AND HAS BEEN OK SINCE THEN. I DID NOTICE THE NEXT DAY THAT THE IDLE START/STOP FUNCTION IS "UNAVAILABLE" AND THE CAR CONTINUES TO RUN WITH THE FOOT ON THE BRAKE. I DO QUITE A BIT OF 2 LANE TRAVEL, AND OFTEN MUST PASS SLOWER TRAFFICUNDER FULL POWER. IF THIS SITUATION OCCURS DURING A PASSING...

MY BRAND NEW 2019 ACURA RDX THAT HAD 9200 MILES ON IT SHUT DOWN ON ME ON THE FREEWAY. IT WAS RAINING AND I PULLED OUT TO PASS, GOING ABOUT 75 MPH, AND IT WENT INTO WHAT I NOW KNOW IS LIMP MODE AND THE ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF AND THE ENGINE WAS MAKING A DIFFERENT SOUND THAN NORMAL. I HAD SOMEONE TAILGATING ME, SO I AM LUCKY IT DIDNT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. GOT PULLED OVER AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT NEEDED TO COME IN. THEY SPECULATE RAINDROPS GOT ON THE ENGINE FILTER (FORGET THE NAME) AND THE CAR THOUGHT IT WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND SHUT DOWN. I HADNT TURNED THE CAR OFF BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID ID BE STRANDED, SO I DONT KNOW IF IT WOULD HAVE RESET ITSELF. STILL, I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR DEPENDABILITY AND IVE LOST ALL TRUST. I HAD HAD THREE...

WE TURNED ONTO THE ON-RAMP OF I40 WEST IN ARKANSAS AT EXIT 58 HEADING WEST. I ACCELERATED TO GET UP TO SPEED TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I REACHED 70MPH THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATION AND VERY RAPIDLY SLOWED TO 20MPH IN FRONT OF MULTIPLE CARS AND SEMI TRUCKS. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN MISSED BY THE TRAFFIC BEHIND US AND WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 10-20MPH. WE LIMPED TO THE NEXT EXIT AND FOUND A PARKING LOT. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT SEEMED TO BE WORKING CORRECTLY AGAIN. MY ENTIRE FAMILY COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED! DURING THE INCIDENT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON UNTIL TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON.

I REPORTED AN ISSUE WITH MY 2019 ACURA RDX, WHERE IF: ENGINE AUTO STOP IS ENABLED, AND BRAKE HOLD IS ENABLED. ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD WHILE THE BRAKE HOLD IS ENABLED THIS PROPELLED ME TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION TODAY, WITH A 2020 LOANER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 ACURA RDX. WHILE DRIVING, ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE NORMALLY; HOWEVER, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PARAGON ACURA (56-02 NORTHERN BLVD, WOODSIDE, NY 11377, (347) 862-9539) WHERE IT WAS REPROGRAMMED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHERE AN UPDATE WAS COMPLETED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 500.

ON OCTOBER 30, 2019, I WAS PASSING A DUMP TRUCK ON RT. 539 IN NEW JERSEY, I HAD JUST ACCELERATED TO COMPLETE THE PASS. AS I WAS COMPLETING THE PASS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING, I'VE BEEN TOLD THE VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE. THE CAR DECELERATED AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MPH. I WAS QUICKLY ABLE TO PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID BEING HIT BY THE TRUCK I JUST PASSED. ONCE IN THE SHOULDER, I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. WHEN I TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON, THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT WAS NO LONGER FLASHING AND THE CAR RESUMED NORMAL OPERATIONS. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL ACURA DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT THE VEHICLE FROM OCTOBER 30 UNTIL NOVEMBER 1, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO STORED CODES ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN FOR 60 MILES, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE...

CAR GOES INTO "LIMP MODE" AND LOSES ALL ENGINE POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES, TWICE PUTTING MY SAFETY IN JEOPARDY. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS ACCELERATING ONTO THE HIGHWAY. I PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, ATTRIBUTING IT TO A ONE TIME GLITCH. IT HAPPENED THE SECOND TIME WHEN I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED ME TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE INTO THEIR SHOP. THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS ACCELERATING ONTO A HIGHWAY FROM THE ON RAMP. I CALLED AND LEFT A MESSAGE FOR THE DEALERSHIP. THE FOURTH TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SEMI TRUCK IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. MY RDX LOST ALL ENGINE POWER AND I WAS FORCED TO TURN ON THE FLASHING EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND COAST UNTIL I REACHED THE END OF THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE....

ON WEDNESDAY, OCT 16, 2019, I WAS DRIVING THIS RDX FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS, AND WAS GOING SOUTH ON N CAROLINA RT #171 IN A STEADY RAIN ON A FLAT ROAD. I DROVE BEHIND A 18 WHEEL LOG TRUCK FOR 10-15 MINUTES AT 50-55MPH BEFORE CONFIRMING THERE WAS NO VEHICLES COMING THE OTHER WAY. WHEN IT WAS CLEAR FOR 1-2 MILES, I FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS THE LOG TRUCK. THE RDX LEAPED FORWARD AT FIRST, BUT HALFWAY PAST THE LOG TRUCK THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SLOWED TO 35-40 MPH OR SO (MAYBE SLOWER, AS I AM GUESSING--- I WAS NOT LOOKING AT THE DASH). I WAS SCARED THAT I COULD NOT COMPLETE MY PASS OF THE TRUCK. FORTUNATELY, AFTER 5-10 SECONDS, THE TRUCK DRIVER NOTICED SOMETHING WAS AMISS, AND HE SLOWED DOWN TO LET ME PASS AT MY SLOWER SPEED. I PULLED OFF AND WAS GRATEFUL FOR TWO...

ON OCTOBER 6, 2019 I WAS TRAVELING WEST ON INTERSTATE 80 IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AT ABOUT 70 MPH. ACCELERATED IN THE LEFT LANE TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER.. PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AS MAXIMUM SPEED DROPPED TO 40, THEN 20, THEN ABOUT 10. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS BLINKING AN ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER. IT IS CURRENTLY BEING EVALUATED.

VEHICLE LOST ALL ENGINE POWER WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS FROM APPROX 60 MPH. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, PULLED TO THE SHOULDER AND POWER WAS STILL NOT PRESENT UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. HAS HAPPENED ON A FEW OTHER OCCASIONS, VERY DANGEROUS IF PASSING ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE ON INTERSTATE AT AROUND 70 MPH, CAR POWER FAILS LOSING MOST POWER AND ENGINE LIGHT BLINKING LEAVING US VERY UNSAFE! ONCE GETTING TO THE SHOULDER AND RESTARTING CAR, IT IS NORMAL AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES NOW. ACURA CAN'T FIND ANY CODES AND DOES NOT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THIS SAFTETY ISSUE!

ENGINE STALLS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. VEHICLE IS ALREADY IN MOTION, 40 MPH. WE SIMPLY STEPPED ON THE GAS PADDLE AND THE CAR STALLED ON THE LEFT LANE.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS, STUCK IN FIRST GEAR GOING OVER 50 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY.

I WAS ACCELERATING HARD ONTO A HIGHWAY ON RAMP WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON AND THE CAR WENT INTO "LIMP" MODE. I DROVE AT 40 MILES PER HOUR TO THE NEXT EXIT AND TURNED OFF THE CAR AS INSTRUCTED ON THE MANUAL. THE CAR RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION AFTERWARDS ALTHOUGH SPECIAL CARE WAS TAKEN TO MINIMIZE STRONG ACCELERATION.

I JUST BROUGHT A NEW 2019 RDX,IT ONLY HAS 315 MILES (IT HAS BEEN ONLY TWO AND HALF WEEKS).I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON MY WAY TO WORK. I LOST ACCELERATION ON MY VEHICLE. I TRIED PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR NO REPONSE. ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON ,THE ENGINE LIGHT,AWD, BRAKE SYSTEM, POWER STEERING, STABILITY AND TRACTION. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET ON TO THE SHOULDER. AS I AM READING SIMILAR COMPLAINTS I NOTICE THAT SOME PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SHUT OFF AND TURNING ON BACK THE VEHICLE , RESETTING THE CAR AND RESOLVING THE ISSUES. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THAT DID NOT WORK. I HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP.

I JUST BOUGHT A NEW 2019 RDX ASPEC LAST FRIDAY, AND IT ONLY HAS ABOUT 500 MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING HOME TONIGHT AND WENT ABOUT 60MPH TO PASS A CAR AND MY CAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER. I TRIED PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AND I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSE. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS ABLE TO GUIDE ME TO THE SHOULDER. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS GONE AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF. HOWEVER, THE CAR STILL DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE A FULL THROTTLE RESPONSE AND THE RPM IS STAYING AT ABOUT 3500 IN NORMAL MODE. THE AUTO-DISABLE ENGINE FEATURE IS ALSO NOT WORKING ANYMORE. IT HAD RAINED EARLIER IN THE DAY BUT IT WAS NOT RAINING AT THIS POINT BUT THE ROADS WERE WET. I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES CONTINUOUSLY BEFORE...

I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY ACCELERATING TO ENTER A TOLL LANE. THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND I LOST ACCELERATION ABILITY IMMEDIATELY. I HAD TO CROSS 6 LANES TO GET TO SHOULDER ACROSS A MAJOR HIGHWAY.. I HAD ALREADY BEEN DRIVING FOR 1.5 HOURS WITH NO ISSUES. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE ISSUE IN THE CAR LOGS AND THEREFORE NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I WAS LUCKY THAT FELLOW DRIVERS ALLOWED MY LIMPING VEHICLE ACCESS TO THE SHOULDER BEFORE THE CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED. SHUTTING OFF AND TURNING BACK ON THE CAR RESET THE ISSUE AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. ENGINE IDLE STOP NO LONGER WORKED AFTER THIS HAPPENED. I HAD PASSED THROUGH A MAJOR RAINSTORM PRIOR TO THIS ISSUE - NOT SURE IF THAT WAS RELATED.

AFTER LEAVING WORK ON MAY 16, 2019, I ACCELERATED FROM A STOP LIGHT ONTO HIGHWAY 1 IN SAN LUIS OBISPO. IMMEDIATELY, THE CAR STALLED, LOST ALL POWER, AND A WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED STATING "AWD MALFUNCTION, AWD NOT AVAILABLE." I PULLED OFF THE ROAD, TURNED THE CAR OFF. I RE STARTED A COUPLE MINUTES LATER, AND MADE IT HOME. HOWEVER, THE CAR APPEARED TO BE OPERATING ON ABOUT 50% POWER, AS IT STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

WHILE DRIVING ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY ON MAY 25, 2019, I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE BY FLOORING THE GAS TO OVERTAKE THEM, AND CROSSING THE HASHED HIGHWAY LINE. I WAS DRIVING IN AN AREA WHERE THE ROAD UNDULATED, SO PASSING WAS ONLY LEGAL IN STRETCHES WHERE THE ROAD WAS FLAT WITH DISTANT VISIBILITY. AS I MOVED OVER AND FLOORED IT TO PASS, THE CAR HESITATED AND LOST PROPULSION, AND THE ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. I WAS FORCED TO TRANSITION FROM AN AGGRESSIVE, BUT LEGAL, PASSING MANEUVER, TO SWINGING BACK INTO POSITION BEHIND THE VEHICLE I WAS ATTEMPTING PASS, AND IN FRONT OF ANOTHER VEHICLE TAILING ME, BUT NOW I WAS LOSING SPEED. THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS FORCED TO BRAKE HARD, AND MY MECHANICAL FAILURE PUT THEM AND ME AT RISK. AS I SLOWED DUE TO LOST POWER WHILE IN LIMP MODE, I MOVED TO THE...

MY ACURA HAS "STALLED" TWICE NOW WHILE PASSING (ONCE AT ABOUT 4800 MILES AND THE OTHER AT ABOUT 5600 MILES ON ODO). BOTH TIMES THE CAR WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL AND LANE KEEP ASSIST AND TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60MPH. BOTH TIMES I WAS OVERTAKING A LARGE VEHICLE THAT WAS TO THE RIGHT OF ME. BOTH TIMES, I PUT THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, THE CAR ACCELERATED FOR ONLY A SPLIT SECOND, THEN LOST ALL POWER, THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I HAD TO CUT ACROSS SEVERAL LANES OF TRAFFIC WITH NO ENGINE POWER TO GET THE SHOULDER. (VERY DANGEROUS.) BOTH TIMES, WHEN I SHUTDOWN AND IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED THE CAR, IT THEN RAN NORMALLY. HOWEVER, BOTH TIMES AFTER THIS HAPPENED, THE CAR'S IDLE START/STOP FUNCTION STOPPED WORKING (THE ENGINE NEVER SHUT OFF AT STOPS). SO FAR, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PURPOSELY...

TRYING TO OVERTAKE SLOWER CAR ON TWO LANE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH, CAR LOST ALL POWER WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" FORCED TO FIND WAY OFF ROAD ON BUSY ROAD. USING 93 OCTANE GAS, SUNNY DAY. WAITED FEW MINUTES RESTARTED VEHICLE. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, ONAPRIL 19TH, MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING THROUGHCOLUMBUS, GA. IT WAS AROUND 7:00 AM AND RAINING. WE HAD BEEN DRIVING ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS ANDWE WERE ONLY GOING AROUND30 MPH WHEN I ACCELERATED TO PASS A DUMP TRUCK. THE 2019 RDX (6000 MILES) STARTED ACCELERATING AND THEN LOST ALL POWER. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT GETTING RUN OVER BY THE DUMP TRUCK BUT IT A WAS VERY SCARY COUPLE OF MINUTES. ITURNED THE RDX OFF FOR A MINUTE, RESTATED AND THEN CONTINUED OUR TRIP. I TOOK THE RDX TO THE ACURA DEALER IN MACON THE FOLLOWING DAY AND EVEN THOUGH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON NO CODES WERE STORED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DID A HARD RESET OF THE SYSTEM HOPING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT ACURA IS COMING OUT WITH A...

I AM SUBMITTING THIS TICKET TO DOCUMENT A HAZARDOUS SCENARIO THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED TWO TIMES SINCE PURCHASING MY BRAND NEW 2019 ACURA RDX. INCIDENTS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA ON COOL DAYS (AMBIENT TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 AND 50 DEG FAHRENHEIT), WITH AND WITHOUT RAINFALL. THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS WERE TRUE FOR BOTH OCCURRENCES. WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WITH ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL [WITH LOW SPEED FOLLOW] AND LANE-KEEPING SYSTEMS ENABLED, I DECIDE TO OVERTAKE A SLOWER VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME. I DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WITHOUT DISABLING THE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTIONS AND CHANGE LANES TO THE FASTER LANE. JUST AS I EXECUTE THIS MANEUVER, THE ENGINE SIMULTANEOUSLY GOES INTO LIMP MODE -- THE MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT DECREASES DRAMATICALLY AND THE MALFUNCTION INDICATION LAMP (CEL) IS BLINKING. AT THIS POINT I HAVE TO GET ACROSS ALL LANES OF THE HIGHWAY TO PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER, AND I HAVE...

WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 65 MPH AND PASSING, MY ENGINE HAS STALLED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ONCE AT 1200 MILES AND THE OTHER TWICE IN ONE DAY AT 4,000 MILES. THE CAR OBVIOUSLY LOSES ALL POWER CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO MERGE RIGHT IN TRAFFIC TO THE SHOULDER TO RESTART THE CAR. EACH TIME IS WAS UNDER FULL ACCELERATION AND IN HIGH TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, HIT THE GAS TO GET PAST ANOTHER CAR, AND CAR LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING. PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER, SHUT IT DOWN, RESTARTED, AND IT WAS FINE AFTER THAT. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VERY HUMID. FORTUNATELY WAS NOT REAR-ENDED BUT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, NO CODES WERE FOUND. OTHER OWNERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE AT SIMILAR SPEEDS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS.

AFTER DRIVING FOR AN HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 65 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY, AND SHUT MY CAR OFF AND TURN THE CAR BACK ON. THE CAR WENT INTO "LIMP MODE"

AFTER DRIVING 100 MILES BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MILES AN HOUR IN LEFT LANE OF 3 LANE FREEWAY, THE ENGINE QUITS AND GOES INTO LIMP MODE PRODUCING ALMOST NO ENGINE POWER. IN LIMP MODE THE ENGINE RAN, BUT ONLY PRODUCED ENOUGH POWER TO FOR CAR TO DO 20 MPH. TURNED OF ENGINE, CHECKED OIL AND COOLANT, BOTH FINE. RE-STARTED CAR, RAN NORMALLY, DROVE REMAINING 60 MILES HOME AT 60 MPH WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES. DEALER HAD SUV 19 DAYS AND CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM. VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS HAD TO CUT ACROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO SHOULDER WITH NO ENGINE POWER.

MY RDX WENT INTO 'LIMP MODE' (30 MPH MAX) WHILE ON I-75 SOUTHBOUND IN MODERATE TRAFFIC NEAR MACON GA AT 10 AM TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO SPEED LIMIT (70 MPH) FROM 50 MPH AFTER BEING CUT OFF BY AN INATTENTIVE DRIVER. ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT WAS BLINKING. GOT TO RIGHT SHOULDER SAFELY AND TURNED ENGINE OFF. RESTARTED ENGINE AND COMPLETED ANOTHER 400 MILES AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACURA DEALERSHIP COULD NOT REPLICATE PROBLEM, NOR WERE ANY CODES STORED ON OBD. I WAS TOLD BY ACURA SERVICE WRITER TO MONITOR ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND REPORT ANY REOCCURRENCES. SEVERAL ACURA RDX OWNERS ARE REPORTING SAME PROBLEM ON A POPULAR ACURA ONLINE FORUM. ONE MEMBER STATED THE HONDA CIVIC TYPE R IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ENGINE AND/OR ENGINE MANAGEMENT DESIGN PROBLEM NECESSITATING AN IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION AND RECALL, IN MY OPINION. RIGHT NOW I FEEL MY RDX IS UNSAFE...

THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION IN TRAFFIC, WHILE IN MOTION. THE CAR REFUSED TO START UP AGAIN, INDICATING A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE CAR ALSO REFUSED TO SHUT DOWN, AND THE ELECTRONICS ARE CONFUSED. THIS IS THE THIRD INCIDENT THAT I HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE.