2016 Acura MDX: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Aug 24, 2026 · Engine · NC · fire

The engine in the car caught fire and subsequently destroyed the vehicle. The car was parking in a shopping center parking lot at the time.

Filed Jul 14, 2026 · Electrical · OH · fire

I just got back home from Walmart, went in my house to get a few things and head to my camper. I had to get one last thing ,so I started to drive over town I noticed a plastic burning smell ,I thought someone was burning trash, so I keep going ,the smell got worse,so I stopped and was going to check what it was and smoke started coming out of the vents,so I turned around drove car home,as I was pulling into my drive ,I noticed the wiring harness fell from behind glove box ,on fire on the floor. We got car in driveway and got out,tried to extinguish the fire but couldn't, so grab everything out of the car,and the car became totally engulfed in flames,the car was totally gone from this electrical short.

Filed Jun 21, 2022 · Fuel system · AK

My mechanic replaced the battery on May 9th and could smell gas but I had just fueled the vehicle. Two days later is when it got worse while driving back home I pulled over and could smell gasoline inside the vehicle as if an open gas can was sitting in the passenger seat. I stopped using the vehicle and took it to my mechanic and he discovered a crack in the weld on the front fuel rail. This could have harmed my family, pets or myself if it had caught on fire. In 1 hour I used a quarter tank of gas because of the high pressure pushing the gas on to the engine. Vehicle taken to Anchorage Acura and the Acura mechanic confirmed what my mechanic found. There were no warning lights or indications of anything wrong until I could smell the gas.

Filed May 11, 2020 · 34,000 miles · ME · fire

Car caught on fire while driving with my family inside the vehicle! Lucky us police was around to help everyone out of the vehicle.

Filed Mar 5, 2019 · Engine · 89,000 miles · NY · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2016 acura mdx. While driving 40 MPH on the highway, the contact smelled smoke when the heater was activated. The contact exited the highway, parked, and exited the vehicle. Smoke and flames engulfed the vehicle from underneath the front passenger side. The police arrived shortly and called the fire department. The vehicle was destroyed by the time the fire department arrived. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was towed. The contact's insurance company contacted the manufacturer to schedule an appointment to determine the cause of the fire. The dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 89,000.