This video is intended as an Acura NSX buyer's guide. I go pointbypoint through common, but littleknown, issues with the NSX. I gathered this information by researching and purchasing the car and dealing with these concerns firsthand.

Time Markers
0:32 – Bumper
1:50 – Windshield
2:29 – Side mirror
3:10 – NSX websites
3:44 – Antenna
4:07 – Window
4:59 – Air conditioning
5:56 – Radio
6:52 – Owner’s manual
7:53 – ABS
8:45 – Spare tire and took kit
9:15 – Radiator
9:35 – Refrigerant
10:14 – Clutch
11:33 – Timing belt
13:33 – Snap ring


Here is a list from an awesome 20year NSX owner. Thank you Steven Glover!!!

1) Sun Visors. 90% chance they will be split along a seam. You can get new, but that is one of those "way down on my list" things (I do have a new set in case I ever sell or have a gross failure, but I know they will split as well, given time, so I haven't put them in)

2) Defroster panel (plastic piece between the windshield and dash). If it isn't cracked by the sunlight sensor in the middle now, just wait. It will be eventually. You have to pull the entire interior out to change that piece of plastic, and given the expansion/contraction and how it is mounted, the new one will crack in the same spot. It cracks by the sunlight sensor because that it the thinnest/weakest point

3) Driver's seat bolster wear. Expect wear (and maybe even tear) on the driver's seat bolster on any car that is regularly driven and hasn't had new leather or a repair completed

4) Trim piece fitment. With the cars 1530 years old, there is a good chance many of the interior trim pieces have been removed and reinstalled. They either have plastic tabs that slip into a clip to hold them in place, a plastic tab where a screw goes to hold them in place, or have a plastic "push pin" type of attachment. The "push pin" is the cheapest and easiest to "refresh" as you replace just the pin. The tabs are harder. The plastic is 1530 years old if original, and there are only so many cycles to pulling off a piece of trim and putting it back on before the plastic starts to break. On the doors, peel back the weather strip that goes along the edge of the door panel and inspect the plastic tabs where the door panel screws to the door...do it very gently, that weatherstrip is $$$, but you'll probably find a few broken tabs there. The other pieces I look at are the flat rectangle pieces that finish off the door trim (where the gas door mechanism is), the triangle thingees at the front and back of the door just above the door liner/panel, and the apillar covers. Make sure they are all tight.

5) The center console/door switch/vent bezel. Unless you have the European market panels (a flat black), there is a good chance you will see some "bubbling" of the finish. It isn't a paint...it is a foil that is a pain to take off (but can be done) and have the trim pieces painted. Also, there is no Honda paint code (as it is a metallic foil and not paint), so you it is a pain to color match

6) The steering column. Make sure it doesn't wobble sidetoside. Often, people use the steering wheel to help egress (fancy word for get out of) the car. As they grab and push off of the wheel, they force it to the side and eventually damage the locking collars in the column allowing movement. (Grab the "A" pillar on the outside and pull yourself up if need be...all you have to do is wipe off some fingerprints/smudges(

I'll look for the Kaz Ukai discussion on this on the NSXCB blog he runs (a treasure trove of pictures and tips...)

One other "motor" thing that I think Richard Graves mentioned is the VVIS butterfly valve set screws...if you search Prime, you'll see plenty of discussions about these screws...
Finally, NSXPrime website has some great "buyer's resources" including a checklist. You can only imagine the moment, after I had my checklist in hand, that I realized the NSX I was looking at (and bought) was the NSXPrime website owner's and he was pretty darn familiar with "the list" so it made easy going as we were able to get through the list and he didn't think what I was doing was "crazy"...

https://www.nsxprime.com/wiki/Categor...