Rexorg

Any idea when the '10 MDX manual will be uplinked in the newbie section? I see the '10 TL manual has been available for some time now and only now is the '10 info on www.acura.com.

P.S. Thanks to whomever is making this available to the members!!!

FiftyFive

I'll see if I can dig something up.

Rexorg

Are you having any luck? I would like to avoid the orientation session at the dealership when the time comes. I just like to get the keys and go.

FiftyFive

Yea, nothing so far. Sorry about that. If I do come across it I will post in here. When are you going to pic up?

Rexorg

Thanks for looking. I have not heard a work from my dealer; that's not a good sign, but nothing I can do about it but wait and wait . . . .

Rexorg

Well, I called 1-800-TO-ACURA (1-800-862-2872) yesterday and asked "Steve" to send me a '10 MDX brochure. I was expecting him to say it was not available, but lo and behold he said he would send one right out. I repeated a couple of times I wanted a '10 brochure and not an '09. He assured me it would be a '10, but he was having problems with his computer. How may times have I heard that before when calling customer service at various companies? Time will tell if and when I get the brochure.

Rexorg

This is a follow up on my OP. I got a '09 brochure in the mail three weeks after I called. I called again and this time another "Steve" would get that out to me ASAP and he apologized for the mix up. Yesterday, I got a '09 brochure from my dealer saying I requested one thru AcuraCare. Insane!

CraigMacDTA

Pure quality Customer Service Reps eh? LOL, what a joke!

Rexorg

I finally got the combined RDX/MDX brochure from my dealer today. The only thing I do not like is the big plain plastic panel where the RES goes in the Advanced model. The surround looks like dark gray brushed aluminum.

naphta94

^ combined? blah.. wish they had it out like the 2010 TL brochure. Maybe I should go back to the dealer & check if they have out here as well.

Rexorg

Yes, it is combined and the RDX gets top billing! Go figure. I guess Acura is trying to save some money on brochures. The MDX section is not as detailed as I would like. It's basically the same as the MDX brochures have been since 2007. Acura probably thinks most people research cars online now, so the brochures can be kind of generic, but at least they could have shown what the gauges look like in the brochure. I am still hoping that black carpet will not be installed in all '10 MDXs. I like black leather, but hate black carpet.

Rexorg

Any news about the manual yet? They usually have the info to the publisher months ahead of production. I hope Acura is not making any major changes/delays to the published new features. That would be a deal killer for me if something is left out and/or not changed.

FiftyFive

Unfortunately not. If it were anywhere online it would be here:

http://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/R....ASP?YEAR=2010

Strange how the only one they don't have is the 2010 MDX.

clay7160

i have a new brochure, got it at the dealer on saturday....he said they just came out

Rexorg

Yes, the brochures are in the dealerships now. Did they tell you anything about when the MDX would be in?

naphta94

the wait is a killer. i keep checking if they updated the main acura site but no luck there...

clay7160

I was told the beginning of December, the local dealer has the order list, of what he has coming in....Fyi is Acura/Infinity of Baton Rouge, Louisiana...

Rexorg

A killer is right. I've had my '10 ordered since late July. Now I can't get an answer one way or another when, or if, it will be in. What gets me is that the brand new Honda Crosstour comes out of nowhere, or so it seems, and I can access at the info about it on the Honda website and Honda News, including MSRPs. Plus, it will be in showrooms on 20 November. At least I am reading the '09 MDXs are in close out now, so I am keeping my fingers crossed. BTW, Acura of Canada announced yesterday the prices of the '10s there have been cut to less than the '09s. That's nice, but what are the MSRPs to begin with? I can't find one bit of info about MSRPs from Canada, USA, or Timbuktu.

Rexorg

Beginning of December of what year?

clay7160

December of 2009, is when my dealer told me they were arriving...they had a list of their 2010 MDXs that were coming in, whether they were ordered or allocated (i am not sure how acura does it), and I told them the one i wanted...which they happened to have on the list (paladium silver with tech) ..and placed a small refundable deposit.

black label

Acura is jerking the dealers around on this as well. Allocations and orders on 2010 MDX's have been changed on them. They are still building 2009 MDX's up until 11-28-09 (that's the last 09 build date I have) so I wouldn't expect to see the 2010's until January at this point.

In regards to a owners manual, it's not up yet been when it is available you can find it at www.myacura.com MyAcura.com is the "official site for Acura owners" vs Acurazine whic is the "unnofficial Acura enthusiast resource". This may have something to do with why we had to become "unnofficial"

At this point they have the 2010 owners manuals for the TL TSX RDX and RL but the MDX doesn't show up if you select 2010 as the year.

Rexorg

What's going on? There has to be some major flaw in the '10 MDX for this to happen. Is the ZDX delayed too? If the ZDX is delayed too, I would say it's the tranny. If what you are saying is true, then I will tell my dealer to cancel my order and I will write to Acura and tell them they have lost me as a customer.

black label

^^^
I don't think there's any major flaw. They usually take 2-3 weeks to re-tool the factory for a mid model refresh and they have a few weeks left of 09 MDX production to fill the existing orders. They can't build 09s and 10s simultaneously on the same line. I know nothing of a delay on the ZDX, however, I don't have a list people waiting to get ZDX's, I have a pretty large list of people waiting for Advance (old sport) Package MDX's.

I could very well be wrong, maybe we'll see the 2010 MDX's before January but I'm certainly not promising it to anyone. Based on my previous experience with these things it looks like early January for them to start arriving. After the debacle with the glass tranny's on the 2nd gen tl and cl, I'd think Acura would be a bit gun shy of a transmission that wasn't thoroughly tested

black label

Too late to edit myself. I do know of a delay in the ZDX arrival, however it has nothing to do with the car or the equipment. It is an internal debate between Japan and the US as to what the MSRP should be.