Acura Luxury SUVs Decelerate, Stall on Highway, Lawsuit Says (1)

Honda Motor Co. and its American affiliate began to hear of hesitation and engine stalling problems in Acura SUVs soon after a new model entered the market in 2015 but continued to sell them, a California consumer alleges on behalf of a proposed nationwide class.

Model year 2016–2020 Acura MDX and 2019–2020 RDX vehicles suffer from miscommunication among the computer components that control the engine, throttle, and transmission, Roby Partovich says in a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

The issues “cause sudden, rapid deceleration, engine stalls, hesitation upon depressing the gas pedal, abrupt ...