Traded new 19' RDX ASpec
 

After having my 19' RDX Aspec SHAWD for 3 months, I had enough of it. I traded it off and it can be someone else's problem now.
From the horrible paint quality, to the infotainment nightmare. To the cylinder misfire to the front suspension squeaking. I hated that vehicle. There is no way Acura should be selling a $48k vehicle with such poor build quality.
Peace out Acura. Never again.

Sorry to hear it, but glad that you may now have peace of mind. What did you replace it with?

My next car will be a horse. Gotta put up with lots of crap either way.

wow, another one bites the dust....

What did you trade in for?

I was thinking of trading my A Spec for an F Pace. 5 year warranty and free maintanence, 0% financing, and they are selling around 10k off sticker. Would almost be an even swap depending on my trade value. I don't think it could have more problems than I've dealt with .

That's four of us so far that have jumped ship after about three months.

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-rdx-...my-rdx-977508/
https://acurazine.com/forums/third-g...sh-awd-976122/
https://acurazine.com/forums/third-g...-value-975982/

I am waiting for the usual suspect to post something like the following:

"That's 4 out of what? 60k RDX sold? A lot of problem free RDX out there, they don't post about it. although I really own one...blah blah blah"


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That F-Pace is sooooooooooooo sexy. Absolutely makes me turn my head everytime it drives by and that 3.0T is something else! If you do go for it, please give us pics!!!

I know EXACTLY who you're talking about lmao.

@Damion Goodrich Sad to hear what you went through. Did you contact Acura customer service? If so, what was their response? I think you got a lemon.

how much did you get for the trade-in?

Based on the OP's often stated dislike for his RDX and his dealer, I suspect we will not hear from him again. I could be wrong.

The infotainment system is definitely very glitchy. I had it freeze last week. It was inoperable but wouldn't turn off despite the car being shut off. I had to disconnect the negative cable from the battery to restart. This happened even after the new software update. Other than that I am relatively happy with the car so far (2109 A-Spec). Time will tell if there will be more problems.

Man I hope he comes back. He wouldn't be the 1st to sell a vehicle and stay for the banter.
We are all car peeps and wanna hear about what he's driving now etc...

Plus, he participates in the F1 thread and we can always use more amigos in there to talk smack about :drag:

What paint problems did you have? I'm about to fall off the Acura wagon as well. My 09 TSX had NO problems at all, mind you, it was made in Japan. Seems that the Japan made vehicles have been the better made Acura's.

The '08 TL I had was issue free, the '12 TL I had was virtually issue free, the '15 TLX I had had transmission issues, this RDX has had some minor bugs that have mostly been addressed.. nothing mechanical or exterior. .. my 2 cents

I never even knew what orange peel was until my insurance company pointed it out during a hail damage claim inspection on a 1999 model car I had about 15 years ago.

It's one of those things that once you become aware of, you can't unsee it.

Of the 16 various makes and models of vehicles I've owned since then (mostly Hondas), they've all had some degree of orange peel. Surprisingly, one of the smoothest factory paint jobs I've seen was on a two year-old Ford Fiesta that I inherited last year. Most of its paint was smooth as a mirror - I was quite surprised.

I had a door repainted on a Civic Si last year. The work was obvious in reflections because the body shop's paint job was much smoother than the factory finish. :(

Once upon a time long, long ago (but not in a galaxy far, far away) I had a '70 Chevelle Malibu partially repainted. Shop asked me if I wanted them to match the factory orange peel because they normally do a better job and didn't want the car to look strange because of it.

Lol the first time I seen orange peel (on a 2005 Chevy Equinox) I thought it was so cool until I realized what it actually was hahah.

In terms of the RDX, I seen a couple reviews where there was horrendous orange peel on the rear hatch near the license plate. It was really really bad.

no orange peel (on metallic paint)
 

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/acurazi...f1e71ef93f.jpg
no orange peel here.... love GunMetal in the full sun but it's kind of dark any other time.