Acura ZDX lug nut torque

Acura ZDX owner’s manuals give 140 lb-ft (190 N·m) for 2024 and 94 lb-ft (127 N·m) for 2010–2013. Check which applies to yours. Tighten them in a star pattern with a torque wrench.

Sources checked

Wheel nut torque, 2024

140lb-ft190N·m

040801201600100200ft-lbN·m
As printed
“Wheel Nut Torque 190 N•m 140 lbf·ft”
Source
2024 ZDX Owner's Manual (Acura): Technical Data, PDF page 320

Acura ZDX lug nut torque by model year

Model yearTorqueManual page
2024140 lb-ft (190 N·m)Technical Data, PDF page 320
201394 lb-ft (127 N·m)If a Tire Goes Flat, PDF page 284
201294 lb-ft (127 N·m)If a Tire Goes Flat, PDF page 326
201194 lb-ft (127 N·m)Changing a Flat Tire, PDF page 588
201094 lb-ft (127 N·m)Changing a Flat Tire, PDF page 587

Read on Acura’s own site between October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026. Years not listed haven’t been checked yet, or their manual prints no value; check your own manual.

How to tighten them

  1. Clean any dirt or rust off the studs, the nuts and the wheel’s mounting face. Don’t oil them unless the manual says to.
  2. Thread every nut on by hand until it seats against the wheel.
  3. Lower the vehicle so the tire takes its weight, and set a torque wrench to the value for your model year in the table above.
  4. Tighten the nuts in a star pattern, going around two or three times, until the wrench clicks on every nut.
  5. Check the torque again after a short drive if your manual says to.

What the Acura manual adds

  • Tighten the wheel nuts in the order indicated in the image.
  • Go around, tightening the nuts, two to three times in this order.
  • Do not over tighten the wheel nuts by applying extra torque using your foot or a pipe.
  • Tighten the wheel nuts securely in the same crisscross pattern.
  • Have the wheel nut torque checked at the nearest automotive service facility.

More detail, including how many passes to make: how to torque lug nuts. Setting and using the wrench: how to use a click torque wrench. Nuts or bolts, car by car: lug nuts vs wheel bolts.

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Questions

What is the lug nut torque on a Acura ZDX?

140 lb-ft (190 N·m) for 2024; 94 lb-ft (127 N·m) for 2010–2013, as printed in Acura’s owner’s manuals (2010–2013, 2024).

Can I use an impact wrench?

Not to finish. An impact wrench can’t set a torque and easily overshoots it, which stretches studs. Run the nuts down by hand or lightly, then finish with a torque wrench in a star pattern.

Should I oil the studs?

Not unless the manual says so. Torque values assume clean, dry threads; oil lets the same torque stretch the stud further. Some manuals, Kia’s and Mazda’s among them, say to keep oil and grease off wheel nuts and bolts altogether.