This price is 45.9 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $4475
Fair price: $5481
High price: $6486
MPG: 24 mpg city / 33 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Ebony
Color: Satin Silver Metallic
Mileage: 97,501
Year: 2003
Ownership Cost for 2003 Acura RSX Base
Estimated: $36689 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1907
$915
$801
$725
$648
$4996
Insurance
$1482
$1534
$1588
$1644
$1701
$7949
Fuel
$1368
$1409
$1459
$1517
$1585
$7338
Maintenance
$2763
$2109
$1089
$910
$2291
$9162
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$529
$529
$529
$529
$529
$783
Total Ownership Costs
$9028
$7167
$6312
$6262
$7922
$36689
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
Brake System Type: Hydraulic
Displacement CC: 1999.221808
Displacement CI: 122
Displacement L: 1.999221808
Doors: 2
Engine Configuration: In-Line
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 160
Engine KW: 119.3120
Engine Model: K20A3
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 1B: 3,001 - 4,000 lb (1,360 - 1,814 kg)
Make: ACURA
Manufacturer: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
Manufacturer Id: 987
Model: RSX
Model Year: 2003
Plant City: Suzuka
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Mie
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Automatic
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE MECHANICS AT ACURA FOUND GALLING ON ONE OR MORE CAM SHAFT LOBES IN MY ENGINE. THE SYMPTOMS OF THIS PROBLEM ARE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND A NOTICEABLE, LOUDER THAN NORMAL, CLICKING/TAPPING NOISE FROM THE VALVE COVER AREA. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE THAT HAS CAUSED ME GREAT CONCERN. GALLING IS A CONDITION WHEREBY EXCESSIVE FRICTION BETWEEN HIGH SPOTS RESULTS IN LOCALIZED WELDING WITH SUBSEQUENT SPLITTING AND A FURTHER ROUGHENING OF RUBBING SURFACES OF ONE OR BOTH OF TWO MATING PARTS. WITH RESPECT TO MY CAMSHAFT, IT SHOULD HAVE A MIRROR-LIKE SURFACE TO PREVENT FRICTION DURING NORMAL OPERATION, BUT INSTEAD IT APPEARS PITTED AND IS SUBSEQUENTLY AFFECTING MY CAR'S PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY. ADDITIONALLY, DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THIS PROBLEM AND ITS SUBTLE SYMPTOMS, IT IS DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE/FIND WITHOUT PHYSICALLY REMOVING THE ENGINE'S VALVE COVER AND INSPECTING THE CAMSHAFT LOBES; IT COULD VERY WELL EXIST FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MILES UNDETECTED. IN MY COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH SEVERAL HONDA DEDICATED ENTHUSIAST WEBSITES, I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE WORLDWIDE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE EARLY K-SERIES ENGINES. I HAVE HEARD/READ RUMORS THAT THIS IS A RESULT OF POOR CASTING AND IMPROPER HEAT TREATING IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THE MECHANIC AT ACURA EVEN STATED COULD BE DUE TO IMPROPER HEAT TREATMENT, WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, YET IT GOES UNDETECTED AND UNANNOUNCED AT OUR EXPENSE. OBVIOUSLY, I AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AS WELL AS THE SAFETY OF MY PASSENGERS. I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN MY CAR AS WELL AS THE HONDA/ACURA NAME WRITTEN UPON IT AND I WOULD NOT BE VERY HELPFUL IF I DID NOT BRING THIS ISSUE TO YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. *TR
2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
MY ACURA RSX TYPE S WAS PARKED IN A LOCAL WAL-MART PARKING LOT. IT WAS IN FIRST GEAR. AFTER MY WIFE AND I WENT INSIDE, OUR CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND UP ON A CURB IN ANOTHER LOWER PARKING AREA. FORTUNATELY, THE CAR DID NOT HIT ANY PERSON, CAR, OR CART, BUT THERE WAS SERIOUS EXHAUST DAMAGE THAT COST UPWARDS OF $400 WHICH THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY ARGUED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON, WHICH IT WASN'T. MY WIFE AND I ARGUED THAT IF THE CLUTCH WAS WORKING PROPERLY, AND THE CAR WAS INDEED "IN GEAR", IT SHOULD GO NOWHERE...LET ALONE BACKWARDS. *AK