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Damodar Patel, 01/31/2016
updated 02/07/2019
2016 Acura MDX 4dr SUV (3.5L 6cyl 9A)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
We love the vehicle, getting use to all features. Salesman was very professional, courteous and made feel like coming back for next vehicle. Lots of things too early to rate since we have driven only 300+ miles, time will tell. Overall we are happy. Too early to fuel economy rating. Draw back is no spare tire with the pricey and luxurious vehicle. Road free road side assistance in case of flat tire how long it will take in town and when I am on roads 100 or more miles away from nearest facility ? It would not have cost Honda more than $ 50 dollar more per car which consumer pays. In my judgment it is poor decision on Honda's part.
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VA MDX SUV for momma
KGL, 03/12/2017
updated 09/14/2018
2016 Acura MDX SH-AWD 4dr SUV AWD w/Technology, Entertainment and AcuraWatch Plus Packages (3.5L 6cyl 9A)
4 of 6 people found this review helpful
Don't like the 9 speed transmission; it shifts hard & unexpected in lower speeds. Acura unable to resolve hard shifts at 20 & 30 mph....
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Love your family? Consider other choices!!!
Romario, 04/12/2019
updated 08/23/2019
2016 Acura MDX SH-AWD 4dr SUV AWD (3.5L 6cyl 9A)
3 of 5 people found this review helpful
First of all, this review is 100% personal opinion and experience. I don't want to hurt anyone feelings and passions for this car. I would not review Acura as a brand and its corporate customer relations, dealership or service as I never had worse. This is separate review on different site. At the beginning as I was buying used car and wanted to be on the safe side, so paid few thousands more and purchased "certified" car with couple hundreds of points of inspection. Picked up car from dealership clean and shiny but unfortunately at night time. Next day found broken door handle, water on the passenger seat floor like after flood and as a bonus transmission which feels like doesn't know what to do with the engine and stupid driver actions. Next day everything was complained to the dealer and the fun started. Door handle was fixed after first visit to the service, water on the floor only after 2d visit (they thought I will not check it?!), transmission was “software” updated during both visits, which made it act worse. 3d and 4th visit for transmission issues left without any attention only with comments "it is Acura's design". At the end of January when we had a week of temperatures lower than -20F I had 2 situations which didn't turn into fatal accidents only by miracle. While starting from stop position transmission just fully refused to provide traction/torque to the wheels for few seconds. So, imagine that you want to speed up in front of the truck, push the accelerator to the floor and everything you get is just 6-7 thousand RPM without any movement. Then a kick to 2d gear and slow movement. Thanks God other drivers were experienced and had time to brake in and not smash me to the ground. This was the last straw. I filed a complaint with State General Attorney and NHTSA, 7 weeks passed and there is no solution or any proposal from dealership or Acura, next step is arbitration and BBB complaint procedure. My car is 100% not safe to drive (at least for me and my family)! So, why do you need all these myriad of airbags and line assistants if one day truck will just make you flat? I regret I didn’t read reviews on this car before purchase to find out that every second complaint is about the transmission. I would never think that luxury brand can have such a huge technical problem called “Manufacturer’s design”. The overall feelings about the car are about average - panel plastic is cheap, and you have no feeling you sit in luxury car. I would say just good quality of a regular brand. I had Chinese and Soviet Union cars in my life, so I know how really cheap plastic feels. Back up camera is a joke as it feels I put glasses with blur lenses. Audio quality is decent but quite poor for “luxury” brand. Cargo area is small for this size of SUV. 2d row doesn’t fold completely. No fog lights (only as an option in 21st century!). Driver seat and wheel memory settings are not always return to its memorized position. You cannot drive with open door. One more not safe feature - car is locking with the key fob inside! I had my 4 years locked in the car with key inside. Thanks God it was not hot or extremely cold and we were able to unlock the door within few minutes with alarm went off. But if there were nobody inside I would just have to break in or go home for 2d key fob. There are some positive moments. Dynamic in sport mode is quite impressing (even with the kicks). Actually, it is only one positive moment I can recall. But who needs it in family SUV? I would be more worried about MPG which never was better than 20. Will try to update review within the further process. Part 2. 6 months later. Transmission was replaced to the new one. Acura "design" with jerks and slips confirmed. Car returned to dealership for trade in. Thanks to the outstanding new general manager trade in value was more than reasonable - 98%. Traded in for Lexus, no complaints, only praises and admiration. Goodbye and Good luck Acura, thanks for such useful experience!
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The Acura MDX Mistake
Grace, 04/29/2018
updated 10/31/2018
2016 Acura MDX 4dr SUV (3.5L 6cyl 9A)
3 of 5 people found this review helpful
After owning Honda for decades I decided to upgrade to the Acura brand. What a big mistake that turned out to be. The shifting quality is poor to say the least and the bang shifting it does every so often just to make sure your a wake is a nice touch. But the worst part of all is the Acura is not owning up to these problems and say that is the way these vehicles operate. So I say to them put that in your advertising.
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Not what I had expected.
Jerry M, 07/10/2016
2016 Acura MDX SH-AWD 4dr SUV AWD w/Advance Package (3.5L 6cyl 9A)
3 of 5 people found this review helpful
After owning Hondas for over 30 years and a 2004 Honda Pilot for the past 13; I decided I was going to get myself a luxury SUV. Given my happiness with Honda vehicles, I always assumed it would be an Acura MDX. After taking it for a test drive I have nothing really bad to say about the vehicle, only that it looked and drove like a very, very nice Honda, but not what anyone would consider a luxury vehicle. It lacked the plusher interior as well as the driving enjoyment that one would expect from a luxury car (at what what still a luxury price). As a matter of fact, I also test drove a completely decked out 2016 Honda Pilot Elite and found that other than being even bigger tan the Acura offered similar features at a lower price.
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