Hi Scotty, hope you are having a great 2023! I purchased a 2015 Acura TLX about 2 years ago, well that 8 speed DCT tranny is a pile of junk so I traded it for an older larger 2013 Acura RDX with 133K, the engine is spotless and runs great. Are there any known issues with this model? the gen 2. I love Acura but the newer ones on the reliable side seem to be going south thats why I went with a 10 year old model. I am impressed with the power of the 3.5l V6 wow did honda do a good job on that engine! Thanks in advance!
Is that a Generation 1 or Generation 2 RDX?
4 cylinder or 6 cylinder?
He answered both your questions in his original question..
Oh man. I totally missed it.
Also, why was the DCT bad? Performance? Reliability?
Gen 2, 3.5l 6cylinder and the 8speed DCT is apparently notorious for failures in the TLX. It was drivable, but in normal mode it would shift to a gear and while driving at about 55mph 1500rpm if I pushed it to accelerate it would drop the gear and limp with a flashing CEL, and loss about 90 percent of power with no acceleration at all. When I would pull over to the side of the road, I would shut it off, then turn it back on and it was back to normal. I read Acura forums many complaints of the same exact issue, and the transmission would need to be repaied or replaced. On a 2015, thats just horrible engineering and Iam not spending 5k on a car I just got 2 years ago. Another thing was the downshift, it would feel like someone rear ended me. I don't drive hard at all either. I just hope the RDX is more reliable. It runs smooth and has alot of power.
The only issue I know of with the RDX’s engine is possibly cylinder deactivation. I say possibly, because I know it is an issue for other vehicles that use a similar engine, but I am not so sure about the RDX specifically.
Ok thank you! It runs pretty smooth and I am not one to push the engine hard, I am a daily driver in a flat valley. I have read of no complaints of the transmissions in these RDX's so that eases my mind and I am trying to stick with Honda, minus the newer models as those seem to be over engineered.