Fuel System issues make up roughly 2% of all Acura owner complaints. The majority of the issues have been reported by MDX owners.
The complaint we hear about most often is engine light on in the 2012 MDX.
The impellers inside of Denso branded fuel pumps may have been excessively exposed to a drying agent during manufacturing. This leads to them cracking, absorbing fuel, and deforming so badly that they stop sending fuel to the engine. Honda …
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The pumps have a defect that'll cause them to stop pumping fuel to the engine. You don't need to be a mechanic to see why that's a problem.…
keep reading article "Acura Recalls More DENSO Fuel Pumps That Are Really Bad at Pumping Fuel"Once deformed, the impellers can disable the pumps and cause a sudden shut down of the engine. The recall is expected to begin at the end of July 2020.
keep reading article "Recall Announced for Acura Vehicles with Denso Fuel Pumps"And proving it to a mechanic is nearly impossible as the power almost always comes back on and the vehicle acts like nothing ever happened.
The plaintiffs believe Acura should expand the scope of previous fuel injection engine control unit software updates.
keep reading article "MDX and RDX Lawsuit Says SUVs Can Suddenly Lose Power"Sodium particulates, often found in cheap gas, can cling to the inside of the pump and increase resistance as they heat up.
keep reading article "Cheap Gas and Cheaper Fuel Pumps, An Acura Recall Story"