Acura Rlx Hybrid 2015

• Recall 115234 [USA]: If the cmbs unexpectedly applies emergency braking force while driving, there is an increased risk of a crash.
  Honda (american honda motor co.) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 acura mdx 2wd and awd, rlx and 2014 acura rlx hybrid vehicles. In certain driving conditions, the collision mitigation braking system (cmbs) may incorrectly interpret certain roadside objects such as metal fences or metal guardrails as obstacles and unexpectedly apply the brakes.
  honda will notify owners, and dealers will update the cmbs software, free of charge. The recall began on july 6, 2015. Owners may contact acura customer service at 1-800-382-2238. Honda's numbers for this recall is jq4, jq5 and jq6.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 108283 [USA]: Delamination of the aluminum film may diminish output of the headlight, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
  American honda motor co. (honda) is recalling certain model year 2014 acura rlx vehicles manufactured november 22, 2012, to january 30, 2014, 2015 acura rlx vehicles manufactured june 4, 2014, to november 18, 2014, and 2014 acura rlx hybrid vehicles manufactured november 5, 2013, to july 25, 2014. An aluminum film applied to the inner reflector of the headlight may experience adhesion issues causing the film to delaminate. Thus, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment."
  honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace both of the headlights, free of charge. The recall began february 2, 2015. Owners may contact honda customer service at 1-310-783-2000. Honda's number for this recall is jn2.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 2015201 [Canada]: Brakes
  On certain vehicles, the collision mitigation braking system (cmbs) could unexpectedly activate while operating the vehicle. In rare cases, the system may interpret certain roadside objects, such as metal fences or metal guardrails, as obstacles and apply emergency braking through the cmbs. If the cmbs applies unexpected emergency braking force during normal operation, it could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: dealers will update the vehicle sofware for the system.

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• Recall 2014565 [Canada]: Lights and instruments
  Certain vehicles may not comply with the requirements of canada motor vehicle safety standard 108 - lighting system and retroreflective devices. The aluminum film applied to the inner reflector of the headlight may delaminate, potentially diminishing the output of the headlight. This could cause the vehicle to fail to comply with the requirements of cmvss 108, and decrease driver visibility, increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: dealers will replace the headlights.

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• Recall 2015427 [Canada]: Lights and instruments
  Certain vehicles may not comply with the requirements of canada motor vehicle safety standard 108 - lighting system and retro reflective devices. An incorrect lighting sub-harness was installed for the right side headlight. When the lighting master switch is in the parking light position, there is insufficient lighting output from the right side daytime running light, which fails to meet the requirements of the standard. This could reduce vehicle conspicuity, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: dealers will install an updated right side headlight sub-harness.

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Bulletins are notices put out by manufacturers in conjunction with the NHTSA to notify the public of manufacturing issues or changes.

• Pedestrian alert sounds investigation # DP22005

  Nhtsa received a petition on or about july 18, 2022, requesting that federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the united states. The petition can be reviewed at nhtsa.Gov under odi number 11486072. Fmvss 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kg or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after march 1, 2021.On january 27, 2023, nhtsa opened defect petition (dp) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matter described in the petition. On june 24, 2023 and as supplemented on june 25, 2023, the petitioner notified nhtsa he was withdrawing his petition. The petitioner indicated that, based on his review of data, there is no justification for asserting potential benefits that could be derived from actions sought by my petition. Based on the petitioners withdrawal, dp22-005 is closed. Closure of this dp does not represent a determination by nhtsa regarding the subject matter of the petition.
  

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• Desiccated air bag inflator rupture investigation # EA21002

  From 2000 through 2017, takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate ("psan") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004l. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to burn too quickly when ignited. The rapid burning can cause the inflator to rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious or even fatal injury to vehicle occupants. See 2016 blomquist report at www.Nhtsa.Gov/sites/nhtsa.Gov/files/documents/expert_report-hrblomquist.Pdf.Consequently, all frontal inflators using propellant 2004 that do not contain a "desiccant" (a substance that traps and holds moisture) in us vehicles are under recall. These "non-desiccated" inflators either have been or are required to be replaced.In some cases, the remedy part for these recalled inflators was, or will be, an inflator using either propellant 2004 or 2004l that does contain a desiccant. None of these "desiccated" remedy parts (which were installed in older model year vehicles) are currently under recall for a degradation concern. Certain subsets of desiccated psan inflators using propellant 2004 for use as original equipment, however, have been recalled for a degradation concern. All takata inflators produced with propellant 2004l contain desiccant, and none of these desiccated inflators using propellant 2004l are under recall for a degradation concern. There have been no reported field ruptures in any non-recalled desiccated psan inflators.It is understood that desiccants fully saturate at some threshold, at which point any additional moisture will not be captured. This means the degradation process observed in non-desiccated inflators using propellant 2004 may also occur in non-recalled desiccated inflators using propellant 2004, assuming additional moisture enters the inflator and high temperature cycling occurs. Based on available information, desiccant saturation can occur within the first five years in the worst environments, and the time required for full saturation is affected by multiple factors. While no present safety risk has been identified, further work is needed to evaluate the future risk of non-recalled desiccated inflators using propellant 2004.Three entities -- takata (now known as tk global), the independent testing coalition, and exponent -- have been studying the long-term behavior of takata desiccated psan inflators using propellant 2004l (as well as 2004) in the presence of moisture and temperature cycling. The research efforts, which include development of predictive modeling techniques and field sample analysis, are ongoing. To date, none of the researchers have identified field evidence showing that propellant 2004l is undergoing a degradation process that leads to aggressive deployment and potential rupture. However, the time in service of such inflators remains short compared to that of the inflators using propellant 2004. Further study is needed to assess the long-term safety of desiccated inflators using propellant 2004l.The office of defects investigation is opening this investigation to examine whether a safety defect related to propellant degradation exists in non-recalled desiccated psan frontal inflators manufactured by takata. This investigation will require extensive information on takata production processes and surveys of inflators in the field. Lists of recall actions that may have used desiccated psan inflators as remedy parts, as well as the makes and models originally manufactured with them, is available with the downloadable version of this document (see nhtsa.Gov/recalls?Nhtsaid=ea21002 -- note this information is subject to change/revision as the investigation proceeds). This investigation does not supersede ea15-001, which remains open.
  

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• Air bag acu electrical overstress investigation # EA19001

  The office of defects investigation (odi) is expanding the investigation to include the equipment supplier and vehicle manufacturers (oems) using this unit.The investigation focuses on acus manufactured by trw, now zf-trw (zf) , the tier-one supplier to hyundai and kia and the other affected oems.The acu senses a vehicle crash to determine whether air bag deployment is required, and if so, deploys the appropriate air bags and other supplemental restraints.Zf supplied subject acus to six oems: fca, honda, hyundai, kia, mitsubishi and toyota.Internal to the acu is an electronic component (an application specific integrated circuit, or asic) that monitors signals from crash sensors.A failure of the asic may prevent deployment of the required air bags and devices, or may otherwise affect the proper operation of the acu.The acu is located in the passenger compartment, and electrical wiring connects the asic to sensors located at the front of the vehicle.Odi’s current understanding is that a crash event may, in and of itself, produce harmful signals on the sensor wiring capable of damaging the asic, although the probability of this occurring appears to be low.While the acu incorporates electrical circuitry intended to protect the asic from harmful signals, the level and effectiveness of the protective circuitry varies by oem customer.During pe18-003, hyundai and kia filed recalls (18v-137 and 18v-363 respectively) to address a defect that could result in acu disablement and non-deployments.According to the filings, the disablement occurs in certain types of frontal crash events.Both filings discussed a condition known as electrical overstress (eos) that affected the subject asic and was likely caused by electrical signals that entered the acu via sensor wiring.The recalled vehicles used acus that had the lowest levels of asic protection while non-recalled hyundai and kia products using subject acus had higher levels of protection.Odi has not identified any eos failures in the non-recalled kia and hyundai populations.In september 2016, fca filed recall 16v-668 for certain model year (my) 2010 to 2014 chrysler, dodge and jeep products also manufactured with the subject acu.In that filing, fca also discussed an eos condition that resulted in a failure of the subject asic, which caused air bag non-deployment. Fca noted that the defect condition had only been observed in vehicles equipped with sensor harnessing routed across the front of the vehicle.Other fca vehicles that also used the subject acu, but not the cross-car harnessing, had not experienced eos failures, despite similar time in service. The recalled fca vehicles used a mid-level form of asic protection.Other fca vehicles that did not use cross car wiring, or used higher levels of asic protection, have not been recalled.Odi has not identified any eos failures in the non-recalled fca population.Recently, odi has identified two substantial frontal crash events (one fatal) involving toyota products where eos is suspected as the likely cause of the non-deployments.The crashes involved a my 2018 and a my 2019 corolla equipped with the subject acu that incorporated higher levels of asic protection.Additionally, both acus were found to be non-communicative (meaning the acu could not be read with an event data recorder) after the crash, a condition found in other cases where eos occurred with other oems.No other eos events have been identified for other toyota products (including corolla models that used the subject acu since my 2011), or for the honda and mitsubishi vehicles that use the subject acu.Odi plans to evaluate the susceptibility of the subject acu designs to electrical signals, as well as other vehicle factors that can either lead to, or reduce the likelihood of, an eos event.Additionally, odi will evaluate whether an unreasonable risk exists that requires further field action.
  

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I have had the exact same experience as #11246196. On several occasions when making a left turn, my car steering loses control, fish tails, then all dashboard errors light up. This has happened when changing lanes on a highway and on city streets also. The car goes into limp mode, with all errors flashing. Steering wheel is in a turned position when moving forward, brought it to a friend who had a code reader, two codes were found, 27-21 steering angle sensor internal failure and 86-23 f-can communication with acc (adaptive cruise control) malfunction. This can only be cleared if battery is disconnected for a few minutes, then the car returns to normal as if nothing happened. I have researched the internet on this subject and have found many others with this same issue including #11246196. See attached error codes. This has occurred on 7 or 8 occasions. The fishtailing that occurs can be scary on the highway!

I have had the exact same experience as #11246196. On several occasions when making a left turn, my car steering loses control, fish tails, then all dashboard errors light up. This has happened when changing lanes on a highway and on city streets also. The car goes into limp mode, with all errors flashing. Steering wheel is in a turned position when moving forward, brought it to a friend who had a code reader, two codes were found, 27-21 steering angle sensor internal failure and 86-23 f-can communication with acc (adaptive cruise control) malfunction. This can only be cleared if battery is disconnected for a few minutes, then the car returns to normal as if nothing happened. I have researched the internet on this subject and have found many others with this same issue including #11246196. See attached error codes. This has occurred on 7 or 8 occasions. The fishtailing that occurs can be scary on the highway!

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 acura rlx. The contact stated that while driving, there was a knocking sound coming from the engine compartment prior to the vehicle stalling. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to duval acura located at 11225 atlantic blvd, jacksonville, fl 32225; who diagnosed that the timing tensioner failed, causing the engine to seize. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was not yet notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 129,600.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 acura rlx. The contact stated that while driving, there was a knocking sound coming from the engine compartment prior to the vehicle stalling. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to duval acura located at 11225 atlantic blvd, jacksonville, fl 32225; who diagnosed that the timing tensioner failed, causing the engine to seize. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was not yet notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 129,600.

When i make a left turn, my wheels and steering wheel get out of sync and this causes the car to temporarily become hard to steer. At this point, the car doesn't respond to normal steering gestures. It feels as if the car is going to veer out of the lane and it doesn't respond for me to correct it from veering off unless i turn the steering wheel completely towards the left hand traffic which is very unusual and very scary. When to correct itself, the car jerks itself as the steering wheel and tires re-allign themselves. This makes the car swerve towards the other lane and i then have to violently turn the steering wheel with the opposite way to regain control of the car. Just seem to only happen when i make left turns. The deeper the left turn the more noticeable it is. I have not seem to notice it when i make right turns. This seems to be wearing out the tread on the left rear tire. I am not sure if this is a problem with the steering, the all-wheel steering or computer calculations. I'm going to take it to you looked at this week. This just became more noticeable this past week. Priority is i assumed that there were some imperfections on the street that causes this like a small sinkhole or an uneven section of the road. I've owned two tls, and i own a rl and this rlx, and i have never experienced this issue or anything like this.

A moaning or rubbing noise is heard from the rear when driving straight and makin small side-to-side turning movements and when you make a small turn it fish tail so u have to slow down and let the wheels catch up. With the rear p-aws actuators. I fell this should be a recall for 2015 acura rlx. I took it to the dealership in jackson ms and they say the actuators is bad. They told me that everyone is having the same problems. How can i get the dealership to fix my car. How can i send you my copy.

I have 2014 built, 2015 registered acura rlx. Problem is when i make left turn all warning yellow lights on, like x-mas trees and shows all faults like traction control, brake, steering ...Etc. Around 45 degrees angle to my right hand side on steering wheel if i control my car to go straight. (cars tail swings to right hand side line) max speed is around 50mph. This problem disappears after turns off engine and wait for while. It have happened for several times since 2019. I believe this is related with rear steering or actuator. Bad paws (rear steering) system. ):

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• C1600 [2] C1600
• P0430 [2] Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold (Bank 2)
• P0154 [16] 02 Sensor Circuit No Activity Detected (Bank 2 Sensor 1)
• P154A [1] P154A
• P0134 [8] 02 Sensor Circuit No Activity Detected (Bank I Sensor 1)
• B1403 [1] Driver Power Window Up Switch Circuit Failure
• P26C3 [2] P26C3