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Most car for the money
James Jatczynski, 04/19/2016
2016 Acura RDX Technology Package 4dr SUV AWD (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
The RDX probably isn't the best vehicle in the small luxury SUV category in any particular attribute, but it does score near the top in most attributes, and it's that, combined with a price $10,000 or more lower than similarly equipped competition, that makes it a great buy as well as a very enjoyable vehicle. We've found it very comfortable on a long road trip and around town. We also feel that the understated styling will endure over time without looking odd or dated.
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big ol' baby, 03/18/2017
2016 Acura RDX 4dr SUV (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
Assume the usual: great quality, good dealer, power, good fuel economy, useful interior, only thing I've done is change the oil in 1 year. The downsides: confusing owner's manual, slight blind spot on left front side, I've got wind noise at speed from I assume the outside mirror. After 1 year I still don't know how to do a lot of the controls even after reading the manual several times (and I have the base model). Not an exciting car but then I'm dull myself. It's a great, useful vehicle but not a sporty SUV.
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Worst vehicle over $30K I've ever owned
Mike Wilson, 04/21/2016
2016 Acura RDX Advance Package 4dr SUV AWD (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
29 of 34 people found this review helpful
While there were some high points with my 2016 RDX, all in all, it was the worst $30K+ vehicle I've ever owned. First and foremost, the electronics in my vehicle were so buggy and unreliable, it became positively maddening. About 1/3 of the time, my hands-free calls would fail to connect and leave the phone in "private mode" and utterly useless for 2-3 minutes. Worse yet, the voice recognition was horrific. The car dialed 9-1-1 three different times when I asked it to "call Taco Deli." For all intents and purposes, the bluetooth phone operation was worthless. The entertainment system worked okay, however, the preset labels rarely displayed the ACTUAL saved station. When I pushed preset 1, the tuner would tune to 94.7, exactly as expected, but the label on the display was sometimes 138.9, sometimes all Cyrillic characters, sometimes all 1's and many other random values. As long as I remembered what preset went with which stations, I was good to go. The navigation system works, but the traffic indicators are illegible. It actually took me a couple of weeks to realize I actually had traffic indicators on the Nav because the colors are so muted and the lines so fine. Traction was abysmal in the rain and poor when it was dry. While the RDX handles well (within traction limits), and ride quality was good, the traction was just such a liability. Interior build quality was revealed itself to be sub-par over the second half of my year of ownership. I had squeaking, creaking rear suspension, rattling door panels and a squealing A/C fan. Under the hood, only one complaint. I had a pulley that squealed as it spun down after engine shutdown. On the plus side, Fuel economy was quite good and when I sold it last week, I got $35,000 for trade-in after only paying $39,500. Headlights and general visibility from the vehicle were first rate. That's about it for positives.
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Nice
Frank Runco, 10/08/2015
updated 04/10/2017
2016 Acura RDX Advance Package 4dr SUV AWD (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
11 of 12 people found this review helpful
This is our 3rd RDX and I must say the 2011 was best the best handling and most fun to drive although kinda choppy. I liked that, wife didn't. We got the advanced package and the tech is way much and rather complicated for her. It's her car and she likes it. Got the advanced because of parking sensors front and back and nicer rims. Biggest complaint was the lack of color selection (did away with silver-now slate silver BLUE) ugh. Bought the white. Almost went to BMW because of that. Interior selection also limited, parchment only with white, no black. They still insist on a 16 gallon tank, way too small considering mileage has been about 21. Always stopping to feel up. Took a small 200 mile trip and still about 22.5. We've never had an issue with an Acura product and love our dealer. Have a 12 TSX and 14 TL SHAWD as well. Love them all. In retrospect tech would have been fine at 3000 less. And yes she would buy again. UPDATE Have now had this vehicle 7 months and still not sure of the tech stuff and not liking most of it. Hard to see buttons and writing on them. Find myself searching all the time. Dual screen is foolish, makes no sense and is distracting while driving and hard to see in sun. Stupid that you cant operate phone book while driving. I guess designers think it's safer to pick up a phone and start searching. My 12 TSX and 14 TL both tech so much more user friendly. Find myself looking for those keys when heading out. Wife can have this thing, doesn't bother her because she ignores tech anyway.
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Junk the Navigation
James Delaney, 06/29/2017
2016 Acura RDX Advance Package 4dr SUV AWD (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
10 of 11 people found this review helpful
If you absolutely rely on a navigation system to find your way around, buy another car or get an Iphone with bluetooth to feed reliable guidance. The voice command feature offers choices that often don't relate to what you need and the thing usually doesn't accurately capture what you say. The maps are sloppy and haven't kept up with other gps providers, so you routinely find yourself getting a signal that you are "not on a digitized road" when your iphone or Garmin shows that very road clearly. Lazy engineering here. Also, there are destination commands that the system won't accept (try to enter Indianapolis International Airport on Co. H. Weir Road-mine won't take it). Also, on a "luxury" car, one would think they would allow updates to the maps on a detachable thumb drive that could be plugged into a computer port instead of the clumsy, expensive updates-at-the-dealer system. My urgent suggestion is that Acura (Honda) get in touch with the folks at Garmin who are developing an OEM navigation system for Daimler that doesn't have these faults and which may cost less now that development is about done.
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