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last Sat, after cold nite, started up my RSX'03 base auto, 66K miles, and drove slowly for ~ 1mile. Hit the highway, and when speed reached 60 mph, car began vibrate, with steering wheel shaking badly. First thought was, bent rim. Slowed down to 50 mph, drove for ~10 miles, all shaking gone.
Could that have been frozen brake caliper? All theories welcome - thanks, Victor
Another cause can be tires that flat-spot when they sit in the cold, and they take a while to "round up" again.
PERFORMANCE: It's a relative thing. I can do 0-60 in between 7 and 8 seconds in my Base model. Downshifting to pass someone on the highway is not required. That VTEC is real happy when the revs cross the 3500 mark. In 5th gear, that puts me somewhere between 65 and 70 MPH. And she wants more pedal, too! The twisties are pretty entertaining with this car.
WET BLANKET TIME: Most guys your age (can't help it, kid!) haven't had a license for too long. This is an easy car to drive sanely or insanely. Take your time in exploring what this car or any one like it can do. A 200 horsepower pocket-rocket can get a teenager in a lot of trouble in about 10 seconds. Have fun, but be careful with it if you get one. An RSX is one hell of a good car!
Well, I got sick of that and fill half the tank w/93 and I/2 with plus, 89 octane Exxon .
I tried out for a week a Mada 3, 2.3 Liter and my Type S gets better milage and and it averages out the same money on gas. Also, the Mazda doesn't have the zip.
Accura's are bullet proof and I have had 5 of them'
The host of this forum says my leather seats crack because of the price I paid . I spent $25000.00 for fogs,spoiler,xpel clear mask. and I got rid of the woofer on the doughnut.
My daughter, has leather and heated seats in her Subaru and it's soft and supple.( she,well I paid $23,600 for her wheels)Accura = cheap leather still to me.
Myself and alot of other drivers have the same problem with the RSX. Do a search of the forums on this site and type in "popping" to see the other posts. I am getting use to the noise but it's ashame to buy a brand new car and have a problem like this!!
1. Auto up driver side window pauses halfway up, comes down a couple inches and then stops. It's intermittent and was fixed 3 times - a "loose connection" - it wasn't grounded.
2. A rattle coming from the driver side somewhere. Sounds like 2 little metal pieces rattling - happens at 4300 rpm. No fix.
3. A plastic rattle sound on bumpy roads - doesn't have to be that bad of a road either. It's coming from the dash somewhere.
4. Passenger-side headlight has gone out twice - a "loose connection".
I'm irritated that I paid $25,000 for a Type S and got a car with loose connections. When the warranty runs out in 6,000 miles, it will cost too much to have these annoyances fixed. Any one else have these issues? Do you have permanent fixes for the problems?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Really? My base model started doing that, that was when I sold it. Tired of little trips to the service department. They never did straighten the steering wheel. Suspension that they would tighten at every service visit, which would begin to clunk again over speed bumps and the like within a few hundred miles.
This is a great car, but why couldn't Honda put them together flawlessly like Integras I have had in the past? Never had any problems with the lights, however, and it never broke down or anything.
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
here I am again, ranting about my RSX base'03 sunroof. With 69K miles driven, sunroof now would tilt a bit and stop, without tilting further and sliding back. Emergency roof actuator doesn't help, either. Good news is, it still goes into CLOSED position. Did anyone here experience something similar?
thanks, Victor
:-)
It probably just needs some lube. Mine just turned 68,888 this morning on my way to work. I'll be checking the lube situation this spring. Thanks for the heads up
I bought a 2002 rsx with 20k miles on it last august 16, 05
A minor collision sept 16, 05 has me drop off the car to my local acura dealership.
I just got my car back Monday - Jan 9, 06
4 MONTHS LATER!!!!!!!!!!!
HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN...
The short of it is -
I was told by the main service manager that I could put duct tape over a worn through peice on the vacum plate.
SHOULD I HAVE ASKED TO SEE THE GM...OR SHOULD IT STILL?
The insurance is going to replace it...it's a $20 part..why didn't acura fix it when they had the wheel off to replace the lower control arm, knuckle and bearing.
AND HOW COULD THAT TAKE 4 MONTHS?????
I could go on about the lack of service, workmanship and lack of hospitality but I really wanna find out what I should do.
The only things (so far) is they need to replace the vacum plate, replace the missing overhead dome light cover ??????
and tell me
WHY IS MY RIGHT TURN SHARPER THAN MY LEFT?
I'm missing about a quarter turn on the left compared to right turns which are sharper.
in the collision the knuckle was munched and the wheel came off.
Also, the day I dropped the car off they told me there was definately frame damage. Then they tell me there is no frame..then the body shop they referred me to that has the frame straightener tells me that Acura couldn't do the wheel alignment if the frame was bent.
I've got such a run around from these people.
I don't know what to do.
Should I bring the car back to them or bring it somewhere else to get second opinion - first, before I have them make repairs?
I'd really like to know why my left turn's are as sharp as my right anymore...????
I'm open to your suggestions as I'm concerned this may be a safety issue.
Thanks - you're input in greatly appreciated.
Signed,
Beat Up ;( :mad:
I had over $8,000 in repairs and car rental which luckily was covered by the insurance company.
But I had so much pointing out to do and sending the car back to fix everything from the scratches in my leather seat, the chipped paint on the driver door, crook
and man, I feel ya..I'm having a samiliar misfortune with my local acura. I'm very unhappy - I was even told I could put duct tape on a part they should have replaced. I've gone as far as contacting consumer affairs and the beaureue of automotive repair...and I still feel pretty beat up and taken.
There's gotta be some source to help out people who are getting ripped of in the automotive world.
:mad:
and yeah, liability on a cheapy...otherwise..if you do get an RSX...get full coverage cause you'll be pissed if you don't when you bang it up...
I first heard the clunking/ popping sound when a Acura driver was parking my car in preparation for the teflon coating this past week.
Many people post messages on this board regarding the same problem over and over again, but no one posts the dealership's name or last 6 digits of their VIN. No one should have to buy a car with an imperfection as the one in the struts.
I have a 2006 Acura RSX.
Rolled off the assembly line just before 006900.
Rosenthal Acura, Gaithersburg, MD.
Mileage: 1055
What car did you end up buying after you sold your RSX?
My experience with Toyotas has been that while they are not quite the precision driving instruments that Hondas usually are, they ARE put together with less of the little electronic annoyances that I ALWAYS seem to experience with Hondas, and will need less repairs (especially electrical) late in their life.
My old Integra was running strong at 250K miles, still a pleasurable drive. But the HVAC had needed repairing a couple of times, the rear wiper had quit long before, water was coming in through the taillights and the hatch, it was a bit of a mess in terms of body integrity and electricals. Yes, 250K is a lot of miles for a car. But I have had better luck in old Toyotas that had a similar mileage.
I just know that in my RSX, the window bouncing down on auto-up would have begun to annoy me before too long, would have become more frequent, and would have been "unable to duplicate" at the dealer service drive. That is just my luck with Hondas.
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
i purchased my rsx 2006 last aug.... I have had the same problem with the struts 3 weeks after i drove it off the lot...
AS of right now my car as gone back to the dealership 2 a month since i bought it...
The dealership says they fix the noise and it never fails within 2 weeks it starts up again every time i reverse or turn left or right... it is really bad.. the dealership states they will fix the problem but they really dont know what it is.... right after i bought my car i went in for a week to let them know that i could hear the noise from the struts but they did not believe me... crazy huh???
As of right now my car is at the dealership and I am very unhappy!!!!!!
I want to trade my car in for something else even more so because i am leasing it!!!!
sucks for me....
do you have any advice or is there anything ur dealership as told u ?
I have been taking my car to Cush Acura in Escondido. Ca
You wish they would just recall the 2006 rsx, with so many other people having the same problem. I would just like to purchase another car, but hate losing money when it not my fault.
I live and deal with the Asheville, NC dealership.
I talk to the manufacturer of the regional area, and she just tells me to give them time, that all they are obligated to do is fix my car, and she says they will as soon as the can. I told her that was really unacceptable to me. But really what can I do? All I can and have been doing is waiting for them to do something which is nothing so far.
Thanks!
I had that same problem with struts. Took my car in twice and they kept replacing the strut but noise kept coming. My dealership was able to fix, i can provide you their phone # and you contact them. After i complained so much, one of the Managers/Techs got on the phone with Acura's Tech department and Acura ended up sending my dealership some type of part (very expensive) ...and this fixed it and now for the last 6 months no more noise.
last year when I was under warranty my "side airbag off" indicator light would come on at times, then back off over a period of 8 months or so. I haven't been in an accident and my warranty expired 5 months ago and for the past 4 months my "side airbag off" light is on the entire time I drive UNLESS someone is sitting in the Passenger seat.
I found a TSB on this issue and the Acura dealer I go to even confirmed the number;
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: NHTSA Bulletin Number: 02021
MFG Bulletin Date: 20020909
Component: AIR BAGS
Details: ON SOME VEHICLES THE SIDE AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. *TT
Date added to datbase: 20021031
HOWEVER as I was told; UNLESS ACURA has a recall on this, ANYTHING outside of the warranty period isn't covered UNLESS Acura has a recall. Suprisingly enough, Acura has NO recalls for the 2002 RSX.. Which doesn't surprise me!
I've had my seat covers replaced because the leather wore, even my steering wheel for the same reason and I only have 50+ thousand miles on my car.
I've had rotors replaced, brakes replaced (which is a typical item), all of my rear lights fail and I had to have some type of master pump replaced and the list goes on and on; drivers seat belt catch, light switch stuck, OEM fog lights 3 weeks after they were installed and too much more.....
Amazing, Acuras I thought were reliable, dependable, really great cars? The solution to my problem since my car will be paid off in a few months; save up some money, get rid of my Acura and never buy another one.. First and last Acura, heck I even had a Mitsubishi Eclipse brand new convertible that had problems a few years back, so I would say Acura and Mitsui are neck and neck.. What a comparision....
ONLY 57K miles? Do you ever get out of your car?
:-)
HOWEVER as I was told; UNLESS ACURA has a recall on this, ANYTHING outside of the warranty period isn't covered UNLESS Acura has a recall. Suprisingly enough, Acura has NO recalls for the 2002 RSX.. Which doesn't surprise me!
Why should they have a recall for something that doesn't effect all of the cars? A TSB is issued for any fix that is done to the car...it doesn't have to be a widespread problem for a TSB to be written.
I've had my seat covers replaced because the leather wore, even my steering wheel for the same reason and I only have 50+ thousand miles on my car.
Well, you have been rubbing them constantly for the past year with no reprieve. :-)
Have you tried leather conditioner on them? The new ones that is...it should help the longevity.
I've had rotors replaced, brakes replaced (which is a typical item), all of my rear lights fail and I had to have some type of master pump replaced and the list goes on and on; drivers seat belt catch, light switch stuck, OEM fog lights 3 weeks after they were installed and too much more.....
That is a long list. I'm surprised you're still even able to GET OEM fog lights. They've had issues with them from the bginning.
Mine were replaced three times since October of 2001...all done for free by my dealer.
Amazing, Acuras I thought were reliable, dependable, really great cars?
Mine is...sounds like you got a lemon.
First and last Acura, heck I even had a Mitsubishi Eclipse brand new convertible that had problems a few years back, so I would say Acura and Mitsui are neck and neck.. What a comparision....
Well, if your previous car had problems also, maybe it's you and not the car. Are you an agressive driver? Larger than 6 feet?
Driving a car aggressively will lower it's lifespan, and being extra large may add stress to the seats when you're getting in and out all of the time.
Also, It handles great on dry roads but tends to ge a little loose on wet roads. Anyone else find this?
Does anyone think that the paint seems thin and really easy to chip on the RSX? Even the slightest ding or scratch and the paint is removed.
As for wet traction, oh boy. The stock tires suck in the wet, it's like driving on ice. These are long-wear tires - they last forever, the trade-off being traction. So yes, I certainly noticed it, and you should replace the tires if you want to improve it. There are much better tires on the market than these.
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)