2016 Acura MDX: transmission slipping

Filed Oct 18, 2024 · Transmission · MD

Transmission slips and make chirp sound, and failed completely during driving at 86000

Filed Jul 24, 2022 · Driver assistance, Transmission · VA

Transmission issues with my 2016 Acura MDX slipping into neutral and staying there while driving at high speeds on interstates. This could've caused injury to myself, my passengers, and other drivers on the road due to the high speeds. Without being to able to accelerate when needed, it could've resulted in harm. Transmission Service Problem and Blind Spot Malfunction lights appeared. I took the vehicle to Acura for service 3 weeks before the last incident and Acura said there was no problem and to bring it back if it happened again. 3 weeks later, it happened again. I had reported slippages in the transmission for several service checks with no issues found by Acura. After the most recent incident, Acura recommended to either keep driving and bring it back or replace the transmission. Diagnostics were run and error codes cleared. The CSR at Acura mentioned he saw this on at least 5 Acura 2016 MDXs this year already. The warning lights did not appear until the last issue. Several other incidents occurred with no warnings. All transmission maintenance activities have been performed.

Filed Jul 12, 2022 · Transmission · FL

I have had the vehicle since beginning of March and I noticed the transmission slipping. I had the transmission flushed which made the problem not as bad but it was still there. A couple weeks later the transmission started slipping hard again and I had the transmission replaced by the dealer. I take it home and its shifting all over the place and not accelerating. Acura did a reprogram and I picked it up and the minute I left the dealer, it started to do a hard shift/slip between 4th and 5th gear that is not going away after a new transmission was put in. I'm not getting any warnings or lights, just the hard shifting that has caused me to return to the dealer on 3 separate occasions and now will be a 4th time. This can be dangerous because I do not know what the car will do at any given moment while I am driving.

Filed Oct 11, 2021 · Transmission · NC

Every since I've owned my 2016 Acura MDX I've had infrequent, and intermittent transmission issues. Several have been safety concerns: - Transmission is slow to engage when first pushing accelerator, leading to unexpected lag pulling into traffic - Transmission did not shift into park as expected, causing car to keep moving as I was opening door and starting to step out - Transmission slips and does not respond when accelerating to merge into fast lane on highway to pass slower traffic. Car speed stalls and you have to let off the gas and wait for a few seconds before the transmission reengages. - Overall horrible/hard shifting all the time... to which we're told... the car learns your driving style. We've reset it multiple times to try to get it to start learning again. No luck. - After coasting on highway, very hard shift with loud noise when you go to hit the accelerator All of these situations have happened numerous times over the past 2 years of owning this car. All of them infrequent, but also unexpected... leaving you to really worry if this is the time the transmission is going to let you down and cause you to wreck. Dealer now says a new transmission is needed, but I waited until 78,000 miles to first report it, so it's out of warranty now. Hoping Acura will step up and address this serious safety issue with the 9 speed transmission.

Filed Sep 15, 2020 · Transmission · 38,000 miles · SC

Zf9 transmission went out at about 10,000 miles with metal particles found in atf fluid. Replaced by acura with a new transmission apparatus. Apparently this is a rampant and dangerous problem with this model year transmission. Now at 38,000 miles (28,000 miles on the new transmission) this one is failing, slipping on shifts and making a squeaking/chirping noise between gears. Can result in failure to engage/accelerate in an emergency situation. Acura people won't take it seriously so the federal safety agency should get involved. A quick survey will demonstrate this is a common problem in this car. Acura has a tsb but this should be a recall item. They're trying to get beyond everyone's 6 year powertrain warranty without having to take action.

Filed Oct 20, 2019 · Engine · 49,000 miles · TX

Transmission slips when accelerating. I was trying to pass a large truck on a two lane highway and the car stopped accelerating as I was trying to pass the truck in the other lane. I had to hit brakes to coast back behind truck while I waited for transmission to reengage. Rpms dropped to 0 during this event. Car was in to dealer 2 weeks ago for this same issue and they updated the car's software.

Filed Apr 11, 2019 · Transmission · 31,000 miles · IL

Transmission has jerks and slips. These problems were addressed to dealership 4 times after purchase. First two visits they changed transmission software. Each time transmission worked worse then before update. On 3 and 4th visit answer was - "this is acura's design". On jan 21 current year while trying to start from intersection turning to the right transmission lost any traction/torgue for 1-2 seconds after start moving. Engine RPM went up to 6-7 RPM without any traction to the wheels. This almost LED to the accident but truck driver moving straight was able to break in and change his trajectory. On jan 23d it happened again on stop sign when car refused to start for few seconds while engine RPM was in almost red zone. Both happened on country road. These were the coldest winter days (less than -20 f) and transmission acted worse. All other time it "jerks" and "slips" intermittently during driving without crucial consequences so far. Attached is service report from 2d visit to the service within first month of ownership.

Filed Feb 5, 2019 · Engine, Transmission · 34,000 miles · NV

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 acura mdx. When the vehicle accelerated after slowing down, the transmission slipped and the vehicle stalled several times when making turns. In addition, the vehicle made an abnormal chirping sound from the engine compartment, which distracted the driver. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The dealer had not been notified; however, the contact planned to take the vehicle to finlady acura (315 auto mall dr, henderson, nv 89014) for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and did not assist. The failure mileage was 34,000.

Filed Jan 28, 2016 · Transmission · 400 miles · CA

Transmission slips from between shift 1-2 and 2-3. Car also at times lunges forward while coming to a stop