sonyfever

[ First impressions ]

Interior
https://acurazine.com/forums/zdx-326.../#post16943671

Charging
https://acurazine.com/forums/zdx-326.../#post16943672

Infotainment
https://acurazine.com/forums/zdx-326.../#post16943673

NVH
https://acurazine.com/forums/zdx-326.../#post16944574

Dynamics - Ride & Handling
https://acurazine.com/forums/zdx-326.../#post16944850

Dynamics - Brakes & Powertrain
https://acurazine.com/forums/zdx-326.../#post16944980

Super Cruise & Thermal Management
https://acurazine.com/forums/zdx-326.../#post16945151

Audio - the switch to B&O
https://acurazine.com/forums/zdx-326.../#post16945523

Efficieny & Range
https://acurazine.com/forums/zdx-326.../#post16946304

Sales
https://acurazine.com/forums/zdx-326.../#post16946305

sonyfever

First OTA - Braking system control module update, improved braking performance and feedback
https://acurazine.com/forums/zdx-326.../#post16950026

sonyfever

[ Infotainment Stability ]

The infotainment seems reasonably solid. At one point, there was a bug from Google map that whited out the navigation bar, but Google has fixed it. The infotainment occasionally get offline unexpectedly, but the occurrence is not frequent enough to be a concern.

The weakest link has to be the camera systems on Type-S. There are several issues. First, the frame rate of the 360 view occasionally drops to the point that anything above 5mph seems laggy. The 360 camera, or more precisely the video processing unit, apparently takes a few seconds to boot up. If switching to reverse quickly after powering up, only the backup camera is shown but without any guidelines.

The bigger issue is that sometimes the 360 view and guidelines become available after the boot-up, but sometimes they never come back until a power cycle. Even worse, there was one occasion that both 360 and rearview cameras died on me. The infotainmemt threw me a black screen when switching to reverse. As if the situation was not bad enough, the reverse mirror tilt-down also failed to engage on that occasion...

The camera issue did not clear itself with a simple power-off, door-lock/unlock sequence. It took a deeper power cycle (something like leaving the car locked and powered down for maybe 10 minutes?) for the camera systems to come back to life. Thankfully, the meltdown only occured once, but once is too many. IMHO, this is one of the red flags for anyone thinking about buying ZDX at the moment. I hope future OTA will make the communication between the infotainment and the camera systems more robust.

Pens Fan

I test drove three different ZDX's yesterday. First up was an ASpec which I was very impressed with, heavy solid ride with great acceleration obviously and excellent handling. The cabin was silent and serene no wind or tire noise at all.

Next was a Type S. It felt awesome as well to drive, however on the highway there was noticeable and annoying wind noise. Thinking it was just this car the salesman and I took out another one and lo and behold the same wind noise (perhaps slightly less noticeable). The salesman conjectured that perhaps the air curtains are different on the Type S but they look the same to me. Is this a known issue? The two cars I drove were built four months apart the second one right off the truck, built in August so I'm not sure Acura is aware of this since it is also very evident on the August built car.

The Type S would not be considered by me if this situation is not addressed.

Please advise if you have experienced this and if so what would be the fix?

sonyfever

Do you recall if it comes from the mirror area or the upper A-pillar area? Does it sound anywhere like a whistle?

When I first got the car, there was a whistling noise from the A-pillar. I quickly found the source - it came from the black plastic trim on the side of windshield not seating correctly. The noise went away after I snapped the trim back in place.

The mirror noise is not loud on my car, just stands out in relative quietness. It does not bother me at all, but I can take a deeper look if there is any correlation with what you heard

sonyfever

Took my first good look at the rear mirror housing, and one thing immediately caught my attention. The side camera sticks out, and the camera housing is definitely not aerodynamically shaped.

The mirror noise on my car comes from the lower part of the mirror on the driver's side, so the noise is very likely caused by turbulence from the protruded housing.

If that is the case, I think a little DIY could dramatically reduce the noise.