While driving my 2019 acura rdx i attempted to pass a slower moving vehicle. during acceleration my engine light started flashing and simultaneously the vehicle lost all power to the engine. this prevented me from passing and forced me to fall back in behind the vehicle i was passing. this was extremely dangerous and could have had catastrophic results if another vehicle was approaching. after falling back in behind the vehicle i pulled off onto the shoulder. i turned off the vehicle and waited about 2 minutes and upon turning it back on; it was back to normal. i paid nearly $50,000. to have a safe and reliable vehicle. this vehicle is so unsafe to drive with this issue it basically sits in the garage. contacting acura dealers / service departments they know about this but are waiting for the company acura to come up with a solution. this vehicle is not safe and my life and family's life were put into jeopardy. acura doesn't have the right to put their customers lives in jeopardy. they need to fix this issue or allow their customers to return this defected vehicle immediately.
I just bought a new 2019 rdx aspec last friday, and it only has about 500 miles on it. i was driving home tonight and went about 60mph to pass a car and my car completely lost power. i tried pressing the accelerator and i had absolutely no response. my check engine light started flashing. fortunately, there was a police officer who was able to guide me to the shoulder. i restarted the car and the engine light was gone and i was able to drive off. however, the car still does not seem to have a full throttle response and the rpm is staying at about 3500 in normal mode. the auto-disable engine feature is also not working anymore. it had rained earlier in the day but it was not raining at this point but the roads were wet. i had been driving for about 30 minutes continuously before this at about 60mph.
Twice now under 5400 miles, while depressing gas peddle to pass on an interstate at around 70 mph, the car totally loses power and engine light comes on leaving us in a very unsafe position in the fast lane of travel. we barely avoided collisions making it to the shoulder. after restarting the car, the engine light is off and car appears to operated normally again. acura could not find any codes in cpu and told us to bring it back if happens again. opened a ticket on acura's web site - no reply for nearly a week now.
Uncontrolled acceleration in the two episodes that i described to the dealer when i brought the car in for service, i was unaware of the acc feature. i had not yet, and have still not, used any cruise control or acc. #1. i was in a parking lot of a costco. i had just started the car, backed out of a spot, and proceeded to the end of the row, where i would now turn left onto the main 2 lane (1 in each direction) feeder into the parking lot, from the public street. there was some traffic coming from the left and some coming from the right, but there was room to merge and turn left onto this feeder, to exit the lot. as i began to turn the wheel and slowly press on the gas pedal, the car began to accelerate ' at a much faster rate that was safe in the parking lot, as there were other rows still feeding into this exit drive. i slammed on the brakes, and the car stopped. #2. i had been driving on the freeway for at least 20 minutes and then exited the freeway to go home. as i neared the left turn to enter our street, i stopped to let oncoming traffic clear, and then i released the foot brake and began to turn and slowly press on the gas pedal. again, the car began to accelerate at a faster rate than was safe onto our narrow street and up a small hill with limited visibility. again, i slammed on the brakes, and the car stopped ' thankfully out of the oncoming traffic that i had just crossed. in both scenarios, i had not been using any cruise control or acc. it appears, but is not certain, that somehow the acc was active, and when i stopped to turn left, and then accelerated, the acc reengaged and accelerated far more than was safe. i would also point out that 1. in both cases, i was turning left when the acceleration occurred, and 2. in the episode at the costco, i had only just started my car, backed it out of a space, and then proceeded to a turn.