We have classified the 2 complaints from 2001 Acura MDX about WHEELS into the following categories.
Travelling on city street tire came off with my 2 year old son and 14 year old brother in-law with me in the car. purchased vehicle from travis @ kts auto sales on 09/23/19 on 09/24/19 the car was considered unsafe and basically not driveable.. prior to my purchase of the vehicle travis told me he had the vehicle 3 weeks and counting and had been commuting his son back and forth to school and told me for sure the vehicle ran good and drove good. well it dont and hasnt since the day after i purchased it. the only thing he will and has offered or tried to do to make it right is to trade it back for an old honda crv in possibly worse condition and way less in value than the vehicle i paid for, i have 3 children ( and travis knows i do) so i took the honda crv on a test drive anyways considering i have kids and really need a running and driving car and stopped bye my mechanic to take a quick look at it and he did and said absolutely not that he wouldn't not trade the original one we bought for the honda crv and said if it were him he wouldn't even pay scrap value for the crv it was rusted all the way around the entire car inderneath and around my mechanic said it was very unsafe that if we were to barely get hit or hit something it would crumble and fall apart and that this vehicle he was trying to give me to replace another unsafe vehicle would be even more dangerous than the 1st vehicle was. also travis from kts lied when he said he had driven the car 3 weeks+ because i got to looking in to see how often vehicle was maintained and this and that found out he only had it 12 days befor selling the vehicle to me (that's not even 2 weeks!!)
I own a 2001 mdx (first year release) and we love it! the reason for my complaint is that when having routine service today at my acura dealer (leith acura in cary, nc), they noticed that one of the alloy wheels has a crack that appears to run across the back of one 'pillar' of the wheel and toward the front facing on both sides of that spoke or pilar. i've never had such a problem with any alloy wheel in 35 years of car ownership and wouldn't expect it particularly with a luxury vehicle such as the acura mdx. the dealer would not offer any assistance other than to sell me a new wheel. i want to know if acura will warranty the wheel, as this appears to be a real anomaly. there is no indication of impact to the wheel which might have caused the damage. please advise.
Front wheels locked while driving at 60 mph. when this occurred vehicle skidded to a complete stop. front tires burnt rubber. vehicle was towed to a dealership. *ak