Drive Mode Unavailable Message
03-29-2022, 02:29 PM
#121
Instructor
This RDX is about to blow my piston really a said day for Acura.
To me it can't compete with the Acura 90's cars.
bad city gas millage, Brake pedal is like an old ford.You have to mash it hard t to make it stop.
And the dealerships they remind me of bill's garage. I told them to call Acura hot line yet they insist on doing it again.
I don't know where Acura calls it Precision Crafted Performance. I call it Poorly Crafted Poop.
03-29-2022, 02:36 PM
#122
Three Wheelin'
Yes they did TSB says most buss but the dealership called it that FARKA.
This RDX is about to blow my piston really a said day for Acura.
To me it can't compete with the Acura 90's cars.
bad city gas millage, Brake pedal is like an old ford.You have to mash it hard t to make it stop.
And the dealerships they remind me of bill's garage. I told them to call Acura hot line yet they insist on doing it again.
I don't know where Acura calls it Precision Crafted Performance. I call it Poorly Crafted Poop.
This RDX is about to blow my piston really a said day for Acura.
To me it can't compete with the Acura 90's cars.
bad city gas millage, Brake pedal is like an old ford.You have to mash it hard t to make it stop.
And the dealerships they remind me of bill's garage. I told them to call Acura hot line yet they insist on doing it again.
I don't know where Acura calls it Precision Crafted Performance. I call it Poorly Crafted Poop.
Reliability is a different matter and seems to have taken a back seat at Acura. Although, given the minimal changes with the RDX refresh, perhaps they have focused on reliability for that.
03-29-2022, 02:48 PM
#123
Instructor
I think the Acura strategy is affordable entry-luxury performance. What they got right is the steering and suspension and to some extent the engine, what they got wrong is the transmission and brake feel. Most car makers don't get everything right. BMW, e.g. does poorly in steering and suspension but does well with engine, transmission, and brakes.
Reliability is a different matter and seems to have taken a back seat at Acura. Although, given the minimal changes with the RDX refresh, perhaps they have focused on reliability for that.
Reliability is a different matter and seems to have taken a back seat at Acura. Although, given the minimal changes with the RDX refresh, perhaps they have focused on reliability for that.
They steering and suspension on the RDX is a plus.. But I would not say it's leaps and bounds over the 90's Acura's. They don't advertise Entry Luxury brand., They advertise Precision Crafted Performance.
Reliability I am getting the feeling this RDX will not stand up like the older ones did. I am really sorry I bought this car I should have gotten a Lexus at least they go for quality and reliability.
Honda / Acura has lost it. Really a sad day. Read the other day that they are teaming up with GM for there EV's to add insult to injury. Acura already is showing the issues with there electronics so now go with GM who is notorious for electronics and other issues .. How dumb is dumb.
Mazda made a smart decision to team up with Toyota.
04-25-2022, 08:31 AM
#125
Instructor
04-25-2022, 08:59 AM
#126
04-25-2022, 09:09 AM
#127
Instructor
My happened with no phone attached. There is a TB for the most buss connector to fix this issue. Mine was fixed and it did it again after that. They did it one more time.
04-25-2022, 10:01 AM
#128
Instructor
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04-25-2022, 06:13 PM
#129
Expanse me
https://www.carcomplaints.com/Acura/...NEL-FUEL-GAUGE
its got them all. I looked and found a couple of things I could look at for issues, like looking at logs, etc.
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05-26-2022, 11:43 AM
#130
Drive Mode Unavilable
I had the most buss connectors fixed yesterday. Hope it really fixed the problem.
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05-26-2022, 02:52 PM
#132
Instructor
06-03-2022, 08:48 AM
#133
I am about 3 months after the TSB and have not seen the issue yet. However, I did experience a couple of times where I was not able to use the thumb wheel on steering wheel to change preset radio stations with the navigation on main screen. To fix that, I would put the radio on the main screen and select the station manually. After that, the thumb wheel worked again.
08-03-2022, 11:56 AM
#134
After owning my 2019 RDX Advance for 4 years, I had my first occurence of "Drive Mode Not Available" with switching between day and night mode last week. The next day the problem went away. I do have evidence on an iPhone video taken off the screen. Since I have a routine, scheduled maintenance for next week, I will have them go through the Inspection Procedure section in Service Bulletin 21-009 and have the technician see if there are errors logged in the "Shutdown Reason" screen and go from there. I will probably have them order parts and have the connectors and clips replaced at a followup appointment. The flat rate repair time in the bulletin is only 1.4 hours so it should not be a big imposition. Might as well have it done since the warranty extension for this particular issue will expire for me in a couple of years. Based on a customer letter sent out advising of this issue and announcing a warranty extension for it, I would surmise that this is a common issue eventually for many owners.
08-03-2022, 12:45 PM
#135
After owning my 2019 RDX Advance for 4 years, I had my first occurence of "Drive Mode Not Available" with switching between day and night mode last week. The next day the problem went away. I do have evidence on an iPhone video taken off the screen. Since I have a routine, scheduled maintenance for next week, I will have them go through the Inspection Procedure section in Service Bulletin 21-009 and have the technician see if there are errors logged in the "Shutdown Reason" screen and go from there. I will probably have them order parts and have the connectors and clips replaced at a followup appointment. The flat rate repair time in the bulletin is only 1.4 hours so it should not be a big imposition. Might as well have it done since the warranty extension for this particular issue will expire for me in a couple of years. Based on a customer letter sent out advising of this issue and announcing a warranty extension for it, I would surmise that this is a common issue eventually for many owners.
08-03-2022, 01:23 PM
#136
Instructor
After owning my 2019 RDX Advance for 4 years, I had my first occurence of "Drive Mode Not Available" with switching between day and night mode last week. The next day the problem went away. I do have evidence on an iPhone video taken off the screen. Since I have a routine, scheduled maintenance for next week, I will have them go through the Inspection Procedure section in Service Bulletin 21-009 and have the technician see if there are errors logged in the "Shutdown Reason" screen and go from there. I will probably have them order parts and have the connectors and clips replaced at a followup appointment. The flat rate repair time in the bulletin is only 1.4 hours so it should not be a big imposition. Might as well have it done since the warranty extension for this particular issue will expire for me in a couple of years. Based on a customer letter sent out advising of this issue and announcing a warranty extension for it, I would surmise that this is a common issue eventually for many owners.
I have dumped my car since I hate Acura and I will never ever buy another one. They are not even in the same league as there old Legends were.The fit and finish is like an American car. It's Lexus for me from here on out, unless Lexus changes and goes to poop.
04-19-2024, 05:41 PM
#137
I just wanted to pass this along in case you see this so you know that you probably are not about to get stranded.
Yesterday when I started off to work, the infotainment display started going Bright/Dim/Bright/Dim like it was flipping between day and night mode. The display behind the steering wheel stayed in day mode and the headlights seemed to be staying on. A message then started popping up on the infotainment display that read "Drive Mode Change Unavailable" or something to that affect. It kept doing this during the 20 minute drive to work and again on my way to the shop. I went into the diagnostic screens and found one with a block diagram of the systems. There was one on the right that was labelled gateway and it was changing from green to red and back again about once every five seconds. In addition, two of the subsystems connected to the gateway, chassis and HVAC, were doing the same. I took it to the shop since I couldn't tell if it was an intermittent failure that could go hard at any moment or just a glitch.
The service rep called over the service supervisor, they looked at it and then he looked at me and said "well, that's a first."
Got the car back at the end of the day, they said it was just a software issue that would be fixed next pushed out update and that they had made "some adjustments to the settings" to fix it for now.
Of course the service ticket reads like it was only me saying there was a problem that they couldn't reproduce... I so love my dealership repair department. not
Yesterday when I started off to work, the infotainment display started going Bright/Dim/Bright/Dim like it was flipping between day and night mode. The display behind the steering wheel stayed in day mode and the headlights seemed to be staying on. A message then started popping up on the infotainment display that read "Drive Mode Change Unavailable" or something to that affect. It kept doing this during the 20 minute drive to work and again on my way to the shop. I went into the diagnostic screens and found one with a block diagram of the systems. There was one on the right that was labelled gateway and it was changing from green to red and back again about once every five seconds. In addition, two of the subsystems connected to the gateway, chassis and HVAC, were doing the same. I took it to the shop since I couldn't tell if it was an intermittent failure that could go hard at any moment or just a glitch.
The service rep called over the service supervisor, they looked at it and then he looked at me and said "well, that's a first."
Got the car back at the end of the day, they said it was just a software issue that would be fixed next pushed out update and that they had made "some adjustments to the settings" to fix it for now.
Of course the service ticket reads like it was only me saying there was a problem that they couldn't reproduce... I so love my dealership repair department. not
My car started to do the same this evening. Any suggestions?
Thanks’
04-20-2024, 08:04 AM
#138
Expanse me
this is a known issue. It is documented on this site.
The meter needs to be replaced.
The software in it is buggy but it cannot be updated.
This I know from experience.
get a video of the issue and send it to the dealer.
The meter needs to be replaced.
The software in it is buggy but it cannot be updated.
This I know from experience.
get a video of the issue and send it to the dealer.
04-20-2024, 09:25 AM
#139
Instructor
Well I dumped the car during the pandemic since I didn't lost much.Glad I did. Acura is not Acura of the 90's they are a bunch of hype. That is my opinion
After hearing and going through this and the dealer say this I will not buy another Honda / Acura product again.
THey lost a good customer by stupidness.
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