The contact owns a 2010 Acura MDX. The contact stated that the vehicle produced a loud rubbing noise and shook violently without warning. The contact had to pull the vehicle over to the road shoulder. The failure caused the front driver's side tire to detach from the vehicle. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to Acura peabody (233 andover St, peabody, MA 01960, (978) 532-9110) to be diagnosed, but the test could not read the codes. The dealer could not duplicate the failures. Consumer was told by the dealer that the tire needed to be torqued they also rotated all the tires. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and did not assist due to the expired warranty. The failure mileage was 108,000.

- Marblehead, MA, USA

The contact owns a 2010 Acura MDX. While attempting to start the vehicle, an abnormal cranking sound was heard coming from the steering wheel. In addition, the contact noticed sparks coming from the steering wheel. On the third attempt to start the vehicle, it failed to operate. The vehicle was towed to an unknown dealer, but was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 99,200. The VIN was not provided.

- Zebulan, NC, USA

The steering has been a problem since I purchased the vehicle in 2013. The steering wheel is really tight. I am not able to perform a "K" turn, without extreme physical exertion.

- Augusta, GA, USA

While making left turn into a road at a signal traveling at 30 mph - 35 mph in motion, engine running - all of a sudden vehicle steering locked and couldn't straighten again. My wife ended up crashing into a road divider luckily it was around 10:30 pm in the night and didn't have vehicles either oncoming or behind. She turned off the vehicle and restarted again, vehicle acted normal. She pulled over to the curb for safety. Dealers reported they couldn't reproduce this issue. But dealer said control arm was visibly bent and need to be replaced without linking reason for the main issue. I spoke to Acura client relations to hear they cannot do much either since dealer cannot reproduce. It seems like there may be a manufacturing defect with this vehicle and no one at home wants to drive this vehicle after this incident.

- Ashburn, VA, USA

Began leaking fluid, the Acura dealership said it is the steering rack and pinion. Repair cost $1800!!! this is after having the power steering pump replaced X3. I am not impressed with Acura at all and will probably trade this money pit in :( I do not know how Acura has such a reputation for being a well made vehicle.

- Strafford, MO, USA

In the middle of my roadtrip from tampa to buffalo, in one of the rest areas close to florence, SC on I-95 my steering wheel was hard to turn, realized that the power steering reservoir was empty due to a leak in my new Acura MDX 2011( ~7000 miles). Filled it up with power steering fluid and drove to an Acura dealer, who could not diagnose/fix the problem since he did not have a technician on Saturday, drove to the Acura dealer falls church, va ( since he was open on Sunday) and they diagnosed that the leak was from the power steering rack and it had to be replaced. The dealer replaced the rack and it has not leaked ever since. This is for an Acura MDX 2011 advanced package ( cannot find Acura 2011 information on vehicle tab).

- Tampa, FL, USA