The ignition park-shift interlock has failed, allowing the ignition key to be removed from the ignition switch without the automatic transmission being shifted to park.
2003 Acura MDX electrical complaints
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Ignition can be turned off in any gear and key removed. This should only be possible while in park for safety considerations. Vehicle will coast if on a grade.
Check engine light continuously goes off indicating loose gas valve. Manufacturer's error code: p0457 dealer tells owner gas cap is loose and replaces. After 100 miles and careful attention to making sure cap is tight after each refill, same error code occurs. After smoke checks verify no other leaks, gas cap is replaced. Check engine light is off (ostensibly because the dealer somehow clears the code or disconnects battery). After 100 miles the light goes back on. This has happened continuously over the course of 3 years. Cannot know if something else is wrong with car without paying for a diagnostic because light is continuously on. Cannot pass ca smog check with a malfunctioning check engine light (as this seems pretty clear to me that is what it is). Acura refuses to admit there is a problem. (although the dealer I go to has been great.) have wasted much money to each time be told "loose gas cap" when I know that is not the case.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 acura mdx. The contact stated that she parked the vehicle and left it in drive; yet, when she removed the key out of the ignition, the vehicle rolled down the driveway. Honda was contacted and they stated that there was nothing they could do. The vehicle was not repaired. This failure has been present for approximately one month. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000. The current mileage was 95,200. Updated 12/22/10
I have a 2003 acura mdx which has a defective ignition switch interlock mechanism . When in drive I can turn the engine off and remove the key. I have had the car roll away momentarily. The problem is exactly the same as described in the honda recall issued 8/9/10 for 2003 accord, civic and element vehicles.
This is related to the recent honda recall for ignition key issue. The same problem has been noticed on my acura 2003 mdx. There has not been any incident arising out of it because of my checks after switching off my car but some other people might not be lucky. The key sometimes comes out after switching the car off without moving the gear to park. This happens if done quickly. The date below is a approximate date since I know it happened 2-3 weeks back.
Electrical system:ignition:switch I can remove the key from my acura mdx when the car is turned off and still in gear. There was a recall on this problem for earlier models http://www-odi.the federal safety agency.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/results.cfm?searchtype=quicksearch&rcl_id=05v025000&summary=true but it does not cover my vehicle.
The key can be removed from the ignition while the vehicle is still in gear even though the vehicle is stopped allowing the vehicle to still roll if on an incline or bumped.
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