Acura RL Reviews

Rear window motor.

ABS + traction control.

CV boot.

EGR prompts service engine light.

One of rear passenger windows is down.

Eating gas. Getting 12 miles in the city, 21 on the highway.

It is one the best cars in the world that I can afford. The car is superb luxury and loaded with factory navigation, Bose sound system and etc.. So far I have only driven it for 5000 miles, but the car already gave me an idea about itself. I used to own luxury German cars including BWM 528, MERCEDES E320, but I can tell you that this vehicle is more reliable car than the other German luxuries.

Engine sounds great, transmission shifts very good. Acceleration is smooth, no shaking, no hassling. The car has everything that I would need from a car. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE IS NO CHRONIC PROBLEM OTHER THAN POWER WINDOWS ON THIS CAR. (NO ENGINE SLUDGE, TRANSMISSION, HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS)

If you find one, you are lucky because there aren't a lot of RLs made. I know some people drive up to 300k without replacing the original engine and tranny.

I know it is eating gas, and gas is not cheap anymore. I get 21 MPG on highway, which is way lower than what it is supposed to be.

If you need a RELIABLE CAR, BUY THIS... only if you can find one...

Replaced both rear window regulators.

We've thoroughly enjoyed this car, from its elegant lines and luxury interior, to its very low maintenance.

Very comfortable seats and spacious interior have made for smooth traveling for us.

It's been unbelievably reliable, except for the back window motors, which gave out a year ago, which is a small price to pay for the benefits this car has provided us!

We'll do our 105M service, which will include a timing belt; then mechanic says it should go to 250,000 miles.

Our RL has been a wonderful car for us!

Worst windshield wipers ever made, they simply do not work.

Electronics have all sorts of issues and personality disorders. Sometimes, you have to shut the car off and turn it back on to clear errors. The navigation system hangs, as does the XM radio.

The all wheel drive does NOT work in foul weather. I have been towed several times, in small amounts of snow. The ABS doesn't work either. The dealer says "they all do that"

The key fobs lose their minds occasionally, and the car won't start.

Gets 16 MPG on a good day.

It's pretty fast, and the chassis is very responsive, as long as the weather is nice, and the roads are dry.

The seats are comfortable, and the dash is nice.

This car was a total let down for me. It's pretty expensive, but it did not perform over time. Things broke, the dealer was annoying, parts were hideously expensive, and it had reliability problems that left me stranded on more than one occasion. It runs the AC compressor ALL the time. You have to dig through layers of menus to turn it off.

Acura is a decent brand, and surely Honda a decent company. However, this particular model is just goofy. I should have known better...

All the "features" they tout simply do not work as advertised. The AWD system is terrible. It does the OPPOSITE of what it's supposed to do, especially when you run the ABS at the same time. The wipers are so bad, I couldn't drive the car several times in bad winter weather... I've never had a modern car with wipers so bad.

At the end of the day, I would NEVER buy this car again. It was a total disappointment. I had a 4 year lease, and it goes back next month.