2001 Acura MDX from North America - Comments

Until this week, fairly minor:

Passenger front chair back came off (broken plastic mounts)

AGR (auto gas recycling) valve had to be replaced ($450 repair - covered by Acura under extended warranty to 80K miles, so was re-imbursed by Acura)

This week the transmission started mis-behaving (over revving going uphill, and jerking badly on decelerating).

We took it into the dealers today, so I am waiting to hear the news right now. We have used the dealership for service since buying the car, and have found them (and Acura) to be reasonable - I asked if the transmission is covered by extended warranty, and was told "no", but Acura could be expected to help to some extent under their "goodwill policy" I will post what they agree to do once I hear (hopefully later today). The other posts here are useful to gauge how "helpful" Acura is likely to be --thanks!!

It is disappointing, as my 1994 Nissan Quest went 210,000 miles before a transmission rebuild (it now has 285,000 miles on the original engine and recently passed it's smog test). An Acura transmission should be expected to be at least as good as that, for a car which cost nearly twice as much new as the Nissan.

I like the car, but am concerned about the transmission issue.

I posted the above. As a follow-up on Feb 2nd 2006, I can tell you that Acura agreed to replace the transmission with a factory rebuilt unit at no cost to me. The work is being done now. Naturally, I am very pleased with this result!. The vehicle has done 94500 miles. As I said in the post, I have had the car consistently serviced at the dealership since I bought it used, so have a track record with them. Even so, I am very impressed with Acura picking up the entire tab.

Am I glad I tumbled onto this site! I just bought a used 2001 MDX and I love it. Unfortunately, it is having transmission issues – the classic slipping on the 2nd to 3rd shift.

I brought it to my local ACURA dealer and got a call stating that “Unfortunately, your MDX needs a new transmission and I’m afraid that it’s out of warranty”. I answered that I was just looking on this site and was aware that this was an on-going problem with MDX’s. He quickly answered “Of course, we’ll take care of it for you”. I do not think I would have gotten that answer if I had not seen your reviews. THANK YOU!!!