# 2017 ACURA MDX — SEATS
> NHTSA complaint `2064139` · 2025-02-10 · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** ACURA
- **Model:** MDX
- **Year:** 2017
- **Manufacturer:** Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- **Component:** SEATS
## Narrative
on January 9, 2024 I was driving this car and was hit on the driver's side of my vehicle , other driver at fault. The driver's side door side curtain airbags appropriately deployed.  The door itself was crushed, and I had to be cut out of the car.  The malfunction was my seat, the driver's seat of the vehicle. It moved as far forward as possible and I was tightly wedged between the steering wheel and the seat.  Even if my door had been possible to open, I would not have been able to escape. I was also not able to drive in that position, so the car remained in active traffic for some time.  I believe this is a design/manufacturing defect with regard to that seat and potentially other seats in the vehicle. I write at this time, over a year later, with the concern that this design flaw may be present in other Acura / Honda vehicles.  I wrote to Acura at the time but they did not seem very interested.
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