My wife and I bought a "certified" pre-owned Acura RDX a couple years ago. A month or so ago, I started noticing a rattling noise when she would start it in the morning (FL, 70-85* this time of year). I started checking around and noticed the intake filter was the wrong size and it left about a 1 inch gap inside of the housing for unfiltered air to flow to the intake. I ran out and bought the correct size filter but the rattling noise keeps occurring the next day. I did the last oil change on it with 0w20 Pennzoil Synthetic and a Fram Ultra filter. The one before that was done at Acura per their free oil change when you buy a car.
I am pretty annoyed that a "certified" pre owned vehicle would have the wrong air filter in it. This confirms my belief that it is all marketing and they do not really inspect much on the "certified" vehicles they are selling.
The car drives great except for the noise when she first starts it in the morning. Oil level is right under max and the oil is not even that dirty for running with the wrong size filter. Her maintenance minder still says she has 40% until her oil change.
I did a little reading on the web and some people say their cars were doing this and a fresh oil change and filter fixed the noise issue. I figure I will see if this works. If it doesn't I am going to take it to Acura but I can't really prove they put the wrong filter in it or reproduce the sound when it starts because it only happens when the car sits for like 12 hours.
Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I am pretty annoyed that a "certified" pre owned vehicle would have the wrong air filter in it. This confirms my belief that it is all marketing and they do not really inspect much on the "certified" vehicles they are selling.
The car drives great except for the noise when she first starts it in the morning. Oil level is right under max and the oil is not even that dirty for running with the wrong size filter. Her maintenance minder still says she has 40% until her oil change.
I did a little reading on the web and some people say their cars were doing this and a fresh oil change and filter fixed the noise issue. I figure I will see if this works. If it doesn't I am going to take it to Acura but I can't really prove they put the wrong filter in it or reproduce the sound when it starts because it only happens when the car sits for like 12 hours.
Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.