Overview & Reviews

User Reviews:

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  Bang for my Buck - 2016 Acura RDX
  By Jim Buehring - October 21 - 10:12 am

  really nice car. All the options for less than competing vehicles and a 4 year warranty. I love it

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  Excellent car with lots of wind noise - 2016 Acura RDX
  By wayne21 - September 3 - 6:21 pm

  Have had our 2016 RDX with Value package for about 500 miles. We dont use the Bluetooth (dont talk on the phone while driving), but all the electronics seem great. Phenomenal stereo system - easily the best weve ever had in a car. The only real shortcoming is wind noise. We test drove the vehicle twice and both times it was raining. Now that weve driven the car for 500 miles I can truly say the wind noise is nothing short of ridiculous. Yes, I know there is a three layer seal in the doors, but that doesnt stop the wind noise. I dont know that weve never owned a car with wind noise this bad. Its totally unacceptable for most cars, but for a car with a sticker price of roughly $43k it is shameful. Cranking up the stereo is the only way to avoid hearing it all.

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  Way better than expected! - 2016 Acura RDX
  By Terry - May 15 - 4:13 am

  We expected the RDX to be a great car but it has exceeded all our expectations. The tech packages work fantastic. The only issue is it offers so much tech that we keep learning new ways to operate the vehicle. The car is very quiet, the ride is smooth and the mileage is very good for a new vehicle. I would recommend the RDX to anyone looking for a smaller vehicle but needs lots of room for riders (Im 6"2" and my son is 65" and sits comfortably in the front seats.)

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  Not a cushy Buick - 2016 Acura RDX
  By Margaret Neal - March 28 - 1:53 pm

  Great car to drive. Adaptive Cruise, lane change warning and other safety features are just awesome. Brakes are terrific. Compared to our Lucerne, road noise is much worse, but tolerable; interior is not par w/price. Ride is pretty good for suv. Acura cheaps out on some features that will annoy you every time you drive it. For the RDX, only one of the two key remotes w/the applicable pkg will start the car. With the MDX, both remotes will do it. Guess Acura saved a couple bucks to hack off customers. Bad design is driver seat position. Our Buick had it right..seat went all the way back when ignition turned off, making getting out really easy, after getting in, push driver 1 or 2 and seat, outside mirror, and interior mirror repositioned. With the RDX, using the driver 1 or 2 setting, the seat positioned PRIOR to getting in. For us short people, that made getting in difficult. The inside mirror also was not among the setting. We had to disable the seat positioning setting. A really bad design. Door panels are sorta cheap also. Overall, a nice car, fun to drive but some cheap outs. Not worth the price..but close.

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  I really wanted to give it 5 stars, but... - 2016 Acura RDX
  By Richard Lee - October 23 - 4:13 pm

  I love this car very much, and I really want to give it a 5 stars review. However, the breaking system seems not responsive enough, I have to press harder in order to make it stop. Within a month, I heard noise while I hit break this morning, within a month! The noise was gone when I drive it during my lunch break, maybe its the temperature, but still, it shouldnt do that because its a new car. Also, the engine is so called "smart V6", it switches from 3 cylinders to 6 cylinders depends on the situation, I can actually feel it. The car vibrate a lot while its on 3 cylinders mode, solid and smooth while its on 6 cylinders. Not very good. While the exterior is superb, its way better than the previous RDX models, but the interior looked outdated compare with its competitors. The Bluetooth is convenient, but it kept disconnected and connected, cant stay connected. Also, only the contact thats input to the speed dial (in car system, not phone speed dial) can display the caller ID when there is an incoming call. There are only 15 space speed dial for RDX. I missed many phone calls because I do not pick up number that I cant recognize, then I found those were actually people that I know but the car didnt display the caller ID because they are not in the car speed dial system. Its pretty dumb and outdated design. Finally, there is a backup camera, but no backup sensor... Doesnt make any sense. The sensor should be standard if the camera is standard. Therefore, I like this car, but I cant give it a 5 stars because of the flaws mentioned above.

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  Very pleased with this vehicle - 2016 Acura RDX
  By Pete Pop - September 26 - 9:43 am

  This vehicle is fantastic! I test drove a Ford Explorer, Nissan Murano, Hyundai Santa Fe and I bought the RDX with the tech package. The reliability reviews over the others was one of the main points but after owning it I really have come to appreciate its high points. The ride is smooth, powerful and really quiet. The sound canceling system (like Bose headphones) does a great job. Being a musician, I was impressed with the stereo and during my test drive we adjusted the base and subwoofer to full potential and I was blown away. The sound quality with the ten speakers in neural mode (surround sound) is amazing. Some reviewers complained about having two screens. I prefer it and it’s much more pleasing to be able to still see your audio screen while navigation is showing on a different screen. Brilliant! They recommend 91 octane which basically doesn’t exist anywhere so I need to use 93. I’m not thrilled about that but at least gas is cheap now. I drive both highway and city to get to work so it seems I’m averaging around 19 mpg. No long trips yet to really see highway mileage. I live in South Florida and I can say that the air really cranks. Most of the time I only have the fan halfway even though the leather seats in summer can be hot. The advanced package has ventilated seats but will cost you at least $3500 more on your out the door price. I passed. The shortcuts menu, speed dial options, voice prompts and other technology is a big plus. I went from a stupid car (Honda Accord 2007) to this so it’s like walking onto the Enterprise! I can’t imagine anyone buying this car and not liking it. I paid $40,000 even out the door which seems to be a pretty decent price for a 2017 with the tech package. Updated11/3/2016. I can now confirm highway mileage on a long trip at 29 mpg which is as Acura estimated. I like this car even more now as Ive been using more of the bells and whistles. I REALLY appreciate the back up cross traffic alert.

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  Great anA - 2016 Acura RDX
  By Kim Bloch - March 1 - 8:50 pm

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  Comfotable, fun to drive and very smart! - 2016 Acura RDX
  By Laurie - February 16 - 4:56 am

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  Love it. - 2016 Acura RDX
  By Nancy Perry - February 13 - 4:10 pm

  We traded in a 2004 Acura TL for our new 2016 Acura RDX. My husband and I are Senior citizens and found that the RDX was easier to get in and out. It has the Acurawatch feature which helps us drive our curvy back roads where we live. All and all, its beautiful!

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  Love our first Acura - 2016 Acura RDX
  By Bob Federwitz - November 24 - 4:03 am