Acura and Hondas Can Take a BEATING, BUT Not This Bad
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- Опубликовано: 9 апр 2024
- Hey Good People,
I had a couple Acuras in the shop this week. Now, I know they are known for their durability, but I think this Acura MDX was pushed to its limit. The Reality of it is, no matter how durable or resilient a car is, you can not neglect the maintenance. It can be dangerous.
In this video, I go through my diagnostic process and get overwhelmed with where to start lol
Leave you comments below! I love hearing from you guys! 
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I get that times are tough for some people, but these are the types of death traps we're sharing the road with. This is driving 70mph down the interstate next to your family. It's nice living in a state that doesn't require safety inspections, but I see where it might help get a rolling heap like this off the road. This is the type of customer that will decline all the safety related repairs, but be back next week to drop a grand in it to fix the AC. Not having any money doesn't give someone the right to drive this rolling death trap down the road and kill someone else.
exactly that why every state every country need to have required inspections. cause a high percentage of population are children when it comes to maintenance. if you catch it early it doesn’t cost a lot.
Ol fat Dutchman says should not be driving that on the road. It's one of the most unsafe vehicles I have ever seen! Wow, lucky no one has been injured. You rock, sir! A lot of money 💰 needs to be spent to get that vehicle to be road worthy. If it can be.😢
4:55 Everybody is not trying to rip you off GET THAT OIL CHANGE
Once he spun that wheel on the Acura I would have been scared to go up under that car. I watch a ton of car videos but this is one of the reasons why I’m not a mechanic lol.
that is a tough one Alex, so many safety related problems and a customer with not a lot of money, hard to just do to minimum, that is still going to be a big bill, I am with you, I see no way to solve the customers problems and have the car be safe when it leaves for a low price, it has me stumped too, let me know how it turned out, best of luck to you!!!
16:00 you not overwhelmed.... This vehicle is just over ever maintenance threshold it is SHEESH
From what I’ve seen a little past halfway MDX needs 2 struts motor mounts 2 axles oil pan tuneup transmission flush at someone’s discretion cause being that black a flush might make it not move again.
I want to learn car mechanics and become like you one day. How do I start and where do I go? Do you recommend an institute or college?
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Every-time I hear money pit I feel like watching Scotty Kilmer. And man from the looks of it those Honda/Acura V6s are solid if it withheld that much abuse at 248k miles
Maintenance is very important
That’s 21 year old transmission fluid right there, buddy. Sheesh
People think they save money by skipping service but penny wise Pound foolish,it cheaper to buy a new car lol😂
Alex splashin on us with the waves 🌊 🌊🌊
Dude, that passenger side axle. That is crazy!! How the heck does someone do that!?
Sir I Lenny thank you very much because, I've learned a lot my 2011 cadillac escalade was setting for a whole winter, until you told me, about my whole truck wouldn't start it was the MAIN FUSE LIKE YOU SAID.
Thanks doctor and Mrs for another good story. My 4Runner is only half dogged out bc it has had good maintenance including brake pads calibers new drums new master still mushy brakes like moms old 56 Plymouth used to be. The brakes still work. Built 8/99
I'm told by a mechanic that it's better/common practice to swap out the whole Hemi than to do lifters and cam once the engine starts limping, and the engine is over 100k?
Yeah- mixed thoughts from mechanics. I personally do them. Some guys don’t like too. Matters on how long its ran with a collapsed lifter/how much metal has circulated around the engine.
Alex said a dogged out Acura lol
Thank you Alex. My daughter has an older Camry that I help her maintain. I teach her to always address an issue as it comes up; be proactive when the car is on the lift every 5000 miles for oil changes. Look for problems at each 5000 interval to catch small issues before they become major safety issues. Don't wait on repairs and don't let them snowball like this Acura. Thanks again Alex!
Struts gone 💪💪💪💪💪💪
19:27 ok that's SHAN.... ITS THATS HOW YOU SPELL IT..... HIIIII SHAN..... BEAUTIFUL
Big fan, love the videos, and i especially love your calm demeanor. Very knowledgeable man. Big ups Alex. Hope you see this !
I see it! Thanks for your comment. I appreciate it!
🤣🤣 basketball game on point 💯👌🏽😂 that thing is crazy...! 😲 Everything was wrong lol 🤦🏾♂️ God bless her 💯
So honest man,I love it !!
4 seconds in and im laughing😂 great start
The Money Pit movie featuring this Acura!
Total neglect by the owner.
Any vehicle can make it past 200,000 miles with maintenance and attacking the known weaknesses early
I just did an oil change on my Honda CRV today. LiquiMoly engine flush and additive was done as well.
I was about to bring my Acura to you today, needs power steering hose replace and valve cover gaskets
5:29 im very familiar with the phares putting the car out to " pasture" my uncle lived in the country and when a vehicle died it was pushed aside in the yard usualy near a tree ( because I guess they think the tree will protect it) and it just sits
A money pit means it's a loss but on the other hand for me I have a 1995 Lexus ES300 so far I put $3,000 into it I got the car for free it passed smog and it's an old car it has 108,000 mi on it but it's worth it to me because it only has one catalytic converter for me I say it depends on what kind of car it is
You can get self tapping oil drain plugs for repair plugs
For what they sell as new nowadays I’d just keep fixing the old cars less computers and are built much more Solid.
Aside from the transmission, If you’re good with your hands it’s not hard to work on most of the things this Acura needs. It’ll probably cost the owner about $4000 to get it up to snuff.
Would you do a video or do you have a video up, where if you were looking at a used car to purchase. What and how you would inspect it? Not from a perspective of having it in your shop on a lift, but as if you walked onto a car lot or you were at someone's house. What would you look at/inspect with limited ability to poke around.
This may help : ruclips.net/video/TNilosT-HAI/видео.htmlsi=10z6XDG5XnpIg-6U
So what all did you replace for her? My guess is the axle would have to be first..
That shit bouncing like the new Maybach truck
Alex got a low rider
How much is that scanner and does it program parts that need to be programmed and relearned? Looking for a new one but reasonable maybe I have a free my other ones messing up and I got to update it and it cost money
Bi directional scanner are the keywords
😮 how did that inner CV joint get damaged like that???
Bruh! Who needs bloopers.....
Money Pit to me means you're literally throwing your money into a burning pit so you might as well give that money to me 🤑🤑
with a suspension that bad, just curious, what would happen if she hit a pothole on the highway at 65-70+mph? here in CA after it rains, huge potholes start appearing everywhere even on the highways.
It bounces like a lowrider 😅 just like what Alex showed at the beginning of the video
I know from personal experience when my son's Mazda 3 was introduced to multiple pot holes...
Blew out the front struts and cracked the rear shock mounts (known cheap casted aluminum mounts on the back)
I have never seen an axle like that , that should have been addressed a long time ago, that did not happen today
6:47 AWWW..... RIP TO THE SCANNER
Does Alex the car doctor and his wife show the customer's the video's of there cars being diagnosed and repaired if applicable? I'm assuming the answer is yes and definitely seems to be a good idea for all parties involved*
(Subject to change without notice)
I love these cars but if it's got this many things wrong with it then it's not worth fixing unless you can do the work yourself, and even then it may be questionable!
At some point it's just not worth it to keep throwing money into the "pit." I had a 1999 Dodge Ram that had a transmission fail on me last year. I was quoted $3800 for a new one + labor. The wasn't even worth $2000 when it was running, so to the J-yard it had to go. 😭
$3800 was the total for trans. and labor.
I had a good shop do the sensors and solenoid on my 97 for $600 ( pre-pando, I think ), then a year or two later ( or maybe a little sooner ) they freshened up the shifting linkages. I have a feeling people talk bs about and abandon those transes, when all they need is some sprucing up by someone who knows what they're doing.
@@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power That could have been part of the problem with mine. I know that the forward band was burned out so the clutch pack was probably gone too. There were several things that would have to be replaced, so getting a rebuilt one was the most likely option, even so, I might have made a mistake by junking it. I considered getting one and replacing it myself, but to get a rebuilt one was going to be like $2400. Someone probably could have done the work for less $ and got more miles out of it. Too late now.
You got burned with that price 😂😂 also it’s rams out here that year that existing over 10k 😂😂
Wonder how bad the timing belt is
money pit - you run
The dukes of Alex lol and in Georgia no less lol
Whenever I provide parts for my mechanic to change, I provide OEM parts only.
I know they tell the customers that start writing up basic ballpark with their looking at and ask them how much money they want to stick into this vehicle. Because what's goingna cost to fix this just to get it safe and all the problems they you go by another car?
This makes me so mad when people Neglect their Honda's or Acura But if it was a Chevy or Chrysler products i can understand.
Man them cars need to go to a cash for clunkers sale… 😮WoW 🤦♂️
1:07 We don't judge over here..... Just looks like hard work to me....
8:33 at this point in the video..... I'm kinda with Alex on this..... I don't think he can save this patient..... Looks like a lot of neglected MAINTENANCE....
Most second or third owners of those accuras tend to dog them out. Those our well known to be dogged out.
Money Pit = Get rid of it!
dang Alex, Shon is a slavedriver LOL, JUST DO WHAT YOU ARE TOLD!!, I love it
23:03 C U NXT VIDEO ✌️
I’ve seen an Acura worse then this here in the south 😂dude got everything fixed and that was 5 years ago and it has over 590k miles, the issues is she just don’t have the money to do it🤷🏽♂️if she did I would fix it and it’ll outlast most New cars out here Today, she probably don’t have enough to buy a another used car tho
18:04 Hiiii.... Who is that.... So I could place a name on it
Ya know, sometimes when I get sick of my beautiful Chryslers I think about Honda and wonder why Honda don't make nice looking cars and suvs. Seriously I don't like the way they look, just me and my tastes.
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0:12 #AlexTheCarDoctorHere #LEGGO
18:51 if it's a money pit.... LET IT GO
This is years of neglect. I hope she saved all that money on missed maintenance and invested it in Bitcoin. LoL
Money pit..... Never ending fixing... until all is fixed property all at once. Mainly any part of the suspension that gives the vehicle the handling and storing power. Not maintaining the suspension or any part of it, is just asking for some serious damage personally or directly or indirectly.....
At least that can be mentioned since they asked for an inspection.
When you hear the words "money pit", send it to scrapyard and start over from scratch! Yikes 😬
Guess that’s why she wasn’t moving forward the way she was supposed to hole in the axle in all my years in school and working on people’s vehicles have never seen that
A money pit is any car but one made by Toyota, according to a one Scotty Kilmer 😂
That axle is atrocious MY GOD!
That entire car is the bare minimum.
3:05 S/O Ms Car Doctor
wow I don't knw how it was still moving with tht axleshaft busted and it will be very very expensive I would say get rid of it
Probably the turbo is probably going out due to poor oil maintenance. Sure way to destroy a turbo is dirt and poor oil changes.. that alone would exceed the value of the car.
some cars are just not worth the liability that comes with them. this customer would be better off selling this car as a "mechanics special sold as is" with a list from alex so the potential buyer would know what theyre in for. that way the customer would make a little more money towards something else.
if the interior was nice, id buy this car for $1k....maybe. :)
Everything gone, even the oil
how bout some uplifting video next time?
Money pit is a endless bill
It’s funny most RUclipsrs “we fixed this million dollar car for $3” this lady needs a million dollars worth of work for a $3 car
The repairs are probably going to cost more than the value of the car. I wouldn't even work on that car. That's a liability waiting to happen especially with that axle the way it is.
When I hear money pit, I think of just pouring money into something that ain't worth it
lol her tire dot 5104 an who ever installed it put it on the inside so nobody would know 😂😂
Money pit means its done get rid of it but she already know that she know the damage she done she F***** that car up.
Time to upgrade, money and time wise not worth it.
That car is over 200k miles it served its purpose and paid for itself I’m sure .. junk it…
I'm not that sympathetic to these kind of things. The car owner messed up not maintaining it, they dug themselves a hole
So many people squeezed for money-- that's why their riding those rolling piles of junk.
Money pit.. aw hay naw bye bye car.
Not worth it
I wouldn't fix anything unless she fixes all safety issues at minimum. Because the dangers on the road... why waste money on a car with 250k miles with all those issues with poor maintenance. Just get another used one would be cheaper. That car is at the end of its life unfortunately.
That’s what I told her! It’s time for a new car.
train wreck
That's just a horrible car owner. I bet they tailgate others on the road and floor it to a stop light
I want to learn car mechanics and become like you one day. How do I start and where do I go? Do you recommend an institute or college?
Please Help
Vocational technical school.
But it only shows you the basics and theory
You'll need hands-on apprentice jobs to actually learn; so that school usually has network of area shops/dealerships to help anyone spring board into the field.
PS, don't get sucked into a snap on affiliate that visit the schools and try to get you on a payment plan for their overpriced tools😊