2014 Acura MDX Brakes Problems

WHEN DRIVING DOWN A LONG, DOWNHILL SLOPE THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE REST OF THE CAR STARTED SHAKING WHEN THE BRAKE IS APPLIED. FROM A SCALE OF 0 TO 10 I WOULD GIVE IT A 6 OR MORE FOR THE SHAKING. IT IS PRETTY BAD. THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS OCCURRED TO MY 2009 HONDA ACCORD. AT THAT TIME I JUST BARELY OWNED IT FOR LESS THAN A YEAR FOR MY ACCORD.

THE VEHICLE START SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKING AT HIGH SPEEDS OR WITH EMERGENCY BRAKING. BRAKING EFFICIENCY MAY BE SUFFERING AS WELL. THE DEALER REFUSED TO COVER THE REPAIR UNDER NEW VEHICLE WARRANTY. I PAID FOR THE FRONT ROTORS TO BE RESURFANCED AT 38000 MILES BUT THE PROBLEM IS BACK AT 45000 MILES. THE DEALER IS PERFORMING THE SAME REPAIR BUT CONCERN IS THAT THIS WILL KEEP HAPPENING. THIS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.

BAD BRAKE ROTORS AT 12000 MILES STARTED FACING VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL WHEN MDX HAD 8K MILES ON IT AND AT THAT TIME DEALER TOLD THAT ITS NORMAL IN MY NEXT SERVICE FOR OIL CHANGE I TOLD THE DEALER TECH THAT I AM STILL FACING THE PROBLEM AND ITS QUITE SIGNIFICANT. HE STATED THAT ITS ROTOR SURFACE ARE UNEVEN AND WARPED AND HE HAS TO RESURFACE ALL 4 OF THESE ROTORS. HOW CAN ROTOR GETS WARPED AT 12-13K MILES. ITS FAIRLY NEW CAR. MY CONCERN IS TO REPLACE ALL THE BAD ROTORS BUT DEALER INSISTED THAT THEY WILL RESURFACE THOSE ROTORS. RESURFACING REDUCES THE LIFE OF THE ROTORS AND THEN I CALLED ACURA AND THEY ASSIGNED ME DISTRICT CASE MANAGER AND IN TURN THEY TALKED TO DEALER AND FINAL RESULT IS THAT THEY WILL RESURFACE IT NOT REPLACE IT. IF THE PRODUCT IS DEFECTIVE THEN THEY SHOULD REPLACE IT. I THINK THE AMOUNT OF CONCERNS REGARDING 2014 ACURA MDX THEY ARE RECEIVING REGARDING THE BRAKES ARE ENORMOUS AND THEY SHOULD RECALL OR REPLACE THE ROTORS. ENGINE NOISE/ TRANSMISSION NOISE. WHILE GOING TO LA FROM SACRAMENTO I NOTICED THAT WHILE AT 65- 70 MPH THERE IS ALWAYS A WHISTLING NOISE WHEN YOU ARE STEPPING ON GAS AND WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS IT STOPPED. ITS ANNOYING AND DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF BUYING SUCH A HIGH END SUV AND INSTEAD OF LESS ROAD NOISE YOU HEAR WHISTLING SOUND. I TOOK IT TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND THEY STATED THAT ITS EITHER FROM ENGINE OR FROM TRANSMISSION AND THEY HAVE NO SOLUTION TO IT. UPDATE FROM APR 25, 2016 THIS IS UPDATE FROM LAST TIME WHEN NIELLO ACURA COULD REPLICATE THE NOISE BUT THERE WASN'T ANY SOLUTION TO IT. I CALLED ACURA HQ AND THEY SET AN APPOINTMENT FOR ACURA TECH-DPSM ON 04/21/2016 TO DRIVE AND NEXT DAY I GET CALL BACK THAT THEY COULD REPLICATE THE WHISLING NOISE BUT THE SAME NOISE ALSO CAME FROM OTHER 2014 MODEL THEY DROVE. SO THERE IS NO SOLUTION TO IT.

DROVE THE VEHICLE (22,000 MILES) ON THE HIGHWAY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY IN SEPTEMBER WITH TEMPERATURE ABOUT 105 F. ON THE DOWNWARD SIDE OF A PASS ON HWY 395 AND WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH, CAME INTO A VIEW AREA AND USED THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY SHOOK WITH A LOUD NOISE ENGAGED ALSO USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND IT CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD. I DID GET IT STOPPED AND IT SAT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES WHILE I WAS OUT TAKING PICTURES. GOT BACK IN AND SLOWLY STARTED DOWN THE ROAD AND THERE WAS A VERY SMALL FEEL OF VIBRATION WITHIN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES AND THEN IT WAS NORMAL AGAIN. SINCE IT WASN'T AN IMMEDIATE ISSUE AFTER I GOT BACK DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AS IT WASN'T BEEN USED. THE DEALER IS 115 MILES AWAY SO IT TAKES A SCHEDULE TO TURN IT IN. ON 3 DECEMBER DID TAKE IT IN AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM THEY CAME UP WITH THE PROBLEM AS BRAKE PULSATION WITH ROTORS THAT NEED TO BE RESURFACED. WHAT OCCURRED WAS MORE THAN PULSATING BRAKES SINCE IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN AND IF IT WAS JUST THAT IT SHOULD STILL STOP, AS NECESSARY.

OUR 2014 ACURA MDX'S BRAKE ROTORS HAD TO BE RESURFACED AFTER ONLY 13,000 MILES. THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALER NOTED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN MANY SIMILAR CASES WITH THE NEW MDX BECAUSE IT'S SO HEAVY. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A DESIGN PROBLEM RELATING TO A CRUCIAL PART OF THE VEHICLE. WE ARE NOT AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS, NOR DO WE LIVE IN AN AREA WITH LOTS OF STOPS.

OUR MDX EXPERIENCED A LARGE AMOUNT OF BRAKE SHIMMY GOING DOWN A HILL THAT ALMOST CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. WE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ABILITY OF THE VEHICLE TO STOP. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID THE BRAKES ROTORS WARPED FROM OVERHEATING. OVERHEATING SHOULD NOT OCCUR DURING NORMAL USE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS RATED FOR TOWING UP TO 5,000 POUNDS.

ALMOST ONE MONTH AGO I BOUGHT 2014 ACURA MDX, MY FIRST LUXURY VEHICLE, COMING OUT OF NISSAN VEHICLE, THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE A ENJOY THE RIDE, IT ONLY LAST FOR ONE MONTH ONLY WITH AROUND 1065 MILES ON THE ODO-METER. ALL OF SUDDEN WHILE DRIVING, BRAKES STOP RESPONDING, AND ALL SORT OF MESSAGES (LOW BRAKE FLUID, ENGINE STABILITY, LDW) ON MY DASHBOARD. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION, WHERE ALL OF SUDDEN VEHICLE STOP RESPONDING TO BRAKE. I HAD TO USE AUX BRAKE TO STOP IT. I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THIS AN ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 ACURA MDX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE BRAKES INDEPENDENTLY ENGAGED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON A SEPARATE OCCASION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,030.

NORTHBOUND I-95, VERO BEACH, FL EXIT 147. PREPARED TO ENTER DECELERATION LANE AT APPROX. 70 MPH, NO PRESSURE ON GAS PEDAL, VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW. IN DECELERATION LANE, ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES TO FURTHER SLOW VEHICLE, BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS. AFTER STOMPING ON BRAKE PEDAL 4-5 TIMES IT FINALLY RELEASED AND ALLOWED THE BRAKES TO FUNCTION. THIS WAS THE SECOND EVENT OF THIS TYPE. FIRST OCCURRING 24 DEC. 2013. *TR

THIS IS ABOUT BRAKE WARNING SYSTEM AND NOT ABOUT ACTUAL BRAKES.HAVE EXPERIENCED BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COMING ON IN INSTRUMENT PANEL AT LEAST 15 TIMES SINCE FEB 2014. ACTIVATES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IT COMES ON WHEN THERE IS NO TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME IN MY LANE AND NO TRAFFIC IN OTHER LANE COMING TOWARDS ME. HAS COME ON WHEN AT STOP LIGHT AND START TO ACCELERATE. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE WHEN CAR THERE OVERNIGHT. HAVE TALKED WITH ACURA CUST SVC AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED SAME IN THE VEHICLES THEY DRIVE FROM TIME TO TIME, AND HAVE DOCUMENTED SOME CASES FROM OTHER CUSTOMERS.THEY SEEM TO INDICATE SENSOR IS OVER SENSITIVE AND WILL NOT REPLACE IT. THERE IS A SWITCH TO LEFT OF STEERING COLUMN WHERE YOU CAN TURN BRAKE WARNING SYSTEM OFF. ALTHOUGH THEY STATE THIS IS NOT ACURA'S POLICY AND ARE NOT TELLING ME TO TURN IT OFF, IT IS IN REALITY WHAT THEY ARE TELLING PEOPLE. IF THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A SAFETY WARNING SYSTEM IN THE CAR, THEN IT SHOULD WORK. TURNING IT OFF DUE TO SENSOR ISSUES SEEMS LIKE AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I HAVE TURNED THE SYSTEM OFF AND JUST HOPE SOME DAY I WILL NOT REGRET DOING SO. THANK YOU *TR

9 DEC. 2014 BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS TO ALLOW STARTING OF VEHICLE. AFTER JAMMING FOOT AGAINST THE "FROZEN" BRAKE PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES PEDAL DEPRESSED ENOUGH TO ALLOW VEHICLE START. NO FURTHER ISSUES THAT DAY. 10 DEC. 2014 SECOND OCCURRENCE OF EXACT ISSUE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. 24 DEC. 2014 WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 20 MPH ON AN ICE COVERED ROAD, ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES IN ORDER TO RETARD VEHICLE SPEED WHILE DESCENDING SLIGHT HILL, BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS. AFTER MULTIPLE JAMMING OF FOOT AGAINST BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL FINALLY DEPRESSED ALLOWING ABS AND BRAKE SYSTEM TO FUNCTION SLOWING VEHICLE. *TR

WHEN COMING TO A SUDDEN STOP THE BRAKE LIGHT WILL FLASH ON THE DASHBOARD ACCOMPANIED BY A BEEPING SOUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 SECONDS. I HAVE BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALERS SHIP IN METAIRIE LOUISIANA AND AM TOLD THAT THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 4 TIMES INTERMITTENTLY OVER THE LAST 3 MONTHS. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE THE OWNERS MANUAL STATES THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS FAILING OR THE BRAKE FLUID IS LOW. *TR