2003 Acura MDX Touring review from North America
"Money-pit"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
This car has been sitting in our driveway for years. When we still owed $9000 on the car, the transmission blew. Nobody in our area would touch it for less than $5000. Considering we paid well over $34,000 for the car, with the payment, we couldn't justify putting $5000 + into fixing it, especially since we had just put $2500 into the axles, and the head gasket. We bought a beater car for $1000 while we paid off the Acura (our new lawn ornament), oddly -- the beater still runs!
General comments?
This went from being my dream car to a nightmare after 100,000 miles. Buying this car was easily the stupidest decision I ever made.
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| I enjoy the Acura MDX, but next time I think I will scale down the options in order to save money |
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| Nice car. Fix the transmission problems! |
| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | No |
| Model year | 2003 |
| Year of manufacture | 2002 |
| First year of ownership | 2009 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2009 |
| Engine and transmission | Semi-Automatic |
| Performance marks | 4 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 9 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 4 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 6 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 8 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 20000 miles |
| Most recent distance | 120000 miles |
| Previous car | Volkswagen Jetta |
| Date of Entry | 16th September, 2009 |