There ware two things that I'd hoped would never cause a problem. The turbo and the SH-AWD. I am 0-1. While I was travelling to NC the check SH-AWD light came on. I could tell that there was something different about the way it drove. It would just labor up hills. So I had my wife break out the manual and it says that if that warning light displays then the car will automatically switch to front wheel drive. We pull over, shut it off, restart and the light goes away. I was like, maybe it was just random but about two miles down the road it happened again. So the next thing that I think is something is overheating but there is another warning display for that. So I wash, rinse and repeat but this time I let it sit a little longer. After we got back on the road a second time after about 50 miles "bong". Here we go again. Now I am pissed. I barely have 8000 miles on the odo and haven't been off-roading or anything crazy. It was just me, my wife, the dog and two suitcases, so we were not carrying too much weight. Well it was 10pm on friday and we were too far from home to turn around. I decided to keep driving and take it in during the week.

Forward to the following Monday I take it to the dealership and sit for and hour. The service call me over and says they checked the computer and saw the warning code. Then he says that it will take them another 2 hours to actually diagnose the problem. He pulls me aside and whispers that it could be anything from a fuse to a bad rear diff and I am not the first one with this problem. They had to print out a diagnostic manual to even begin the work. So I set up an appointment for this Wednesday and they have had it since.

I am not all that worried but you never know. They are not able to look at my car until Saturday but I have a TSX in the meanwhile. One thing I did notce that the gas milage was better in front wheel drive. Only by a couple mpgs though. Driving the TSX again makes me wish that the RDX had a stiff chasis and handled more like it.

I should have my ride back sometime next. I'll keep you all posted.

Batman