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Old 09-29-2011, 10:13 PM
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I've seen it mentioned that our owner's manual can be downloaded from the Acura owners site http://owners.acura.com, and that now you can only view and not download it (you can still view and save as).

People may find this site useful: http://www.automanualonline.com/

From there, you can download owner's manuals (and Nav manuals) for almost any car. I count 29 manufacturers from Acura to Volvo. I downloaded the manuals for my 08 TL before I bought it to learn as much as I could about it before hand (yes I know, very anal!).

These manual's are searchable and appear identical to the printed ones. Plus, it's very handy to be able to look something up on the computer without having to go to the car.

(I searched and didn't find this, so hopefully its new info!)
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Old 10-01-2011, 04:19 PM
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Great find!

I was able to down load the owners manual as well as the navigation manual for my 08 TL-S, but only got the first pages for both manuals for my wife's 07 MDX
Old 10-01-2011, 10:57 PM
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I see what you mean about the 07 MDX - weird. Looks like it will download one to 7 pages at a time by clicking on the index links or page right-left arrows, but that appears to just download indivdual files for the page or small groups of pages - not very helpful.

I got my wife's 09 Odyssey manuals, one for my old F-150, and one for a friend's BMW.

Probably you can get the 07 MDX manual by registering it on http://owners.acura.com - view manual and use your save command to save to local PC.
Old 10-02-2011, 09:12 AM
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Only a page or small section at a time for a 2005 TL. A complete PDF for a 2010 Civic. Too bad it's not all the same!
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Interesting....

I checked it out, for the heck of it. I wanted to see a Lamborghini Owner's Manual, which they don't have.

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Good Find, Just that I was able to D/L only the Navi Manual but only the links for the Owner's Manual for 2007 TL
Old 10-03-2011, 06:39 AM
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Apparently this is not a good as I thought - looks like I was just lucky to get the manuals I needed.
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Good thought though. Thanks
Old 10-04-2011, 04:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Davcs
Apparently this is not a good as I thought - looks like I was just lucky to get the manuals I needed.
I thought these manuals were no different than what's available from the manufacturer (Acura and Honda). But that isn't correct, there are some differences.

The Navigation manual for a 2005 TL from automanualonline.com is a complete PDF but from Acura's owners site, owners.acura.com, it's only the first page with links to each section or sub-section.

The Owners manual for a 2005 TL seemed to be the same both places. Just the first page even though the Acura site says "View or Download" (both manuals).

Thanks for your efforts as this will still help many people and it's one stop shopping if manuals from more than one manufacturer are needed.
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it doesnt let you download it as a whole pdf so i'll have to print page after page . Better than paying 120 to 170$.
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