Seriously thinking of trading in my 2016 RDX for 2019 RDX. Local dealer does not have any for me to check out but I’m concerned that based on what I’ve read, some of the navigation features I have in my 2016 might not be available with the 2019. Does anyone know if any of these 2016 features are available on the 2019?
1. When entering route, my 2016 gives me 3 routes to choose from.
2. While driving, I can easily change the scale depending if I want to see details or long range.
3. I can store friends/family addresses in the address book.

If not, as much as I like everything I’ve read about 2019 RDX, I’m wondering if I should just keep what I have or shop for a different make. Not sure if this would be a deal-breaker or not. Thanks

Whats your opinion on how Maps works via CarPlay?

No. CarPlay will display song titles but, no directions in the HUD.

Surprisingly, I actually like it. Displays entire route when I start, then as I travel the map zooms in automatically so both the car and the destination are displayed. Closer to the destination, it zooms itself in to display any upcoming turns—just what I want & need for a nav system to be useful. It gives a continuous display of the ETA, the travel time remaining, and the distance remaining. It also displays speed limit info, not always but most of the time. It is much easier to enter a destination and set a route than Acura’s system; maybe Acura’s would get easier with training and use, but I’ve given up on its unintuitive user interface. Come September, Apple is supposed to unlock iOS so Car Play can use navigation apps other than Apple Maps. I’ve been looking forward to using Google’s “Waze” app again, mainly for the crowd-sourced info that gives it an advantage. However, its automatic zoom tends to stay closer to the vehicle—maybe a mile or two, not sure. You can pinch out to zoom out, but it requires a lot of pinches to display an overview of the route, and it will quickly zoom itself back in. I’d also like to see how Google Map in Car Play acts, and whether it will adopt any features from Waze.

I have used the Acura nav on 3 occasions so far, and I note the lack of route selection and the zoom, but I must say despite these issues, I’m really impressed with how it functions. The voice recognition works very well, and between the excellent voice prompts and the HUD info, I really didn’t even have to look at the main nav screen. And a press of the touch pad brings up the next several turns if you want to look ahead. I really like the send to car feature on the AcuraLink app, which appears to use Apple maps on my iPhone. I have not really played with Apple carplay nav yet, but the lack of HUD support is a real negative with carplay.

Thanks, Jim. My local dealer finally got an RDX for me to test drive. I did that yesterday and loved it. So, if we can agree on price and trade-in value I will go for it. But it will have to be ordered to get the trim/color I want. If we can’t agree, there is no other vehicle that I would want at this time so would keep my 2016 RDX since I still love it and there is nothing wrong with it.

People either adapt to the known limitations and accept the car, or choose not to accept the car because of the known limitations. Both decisions are thoroughly understandable.

What I would have a problem with is someone for whom this is a make or break issue, and buys the car without having identified this situation, and comes whining here about it.