2015 Acura MDX
This year drew an ordinary 70 complaints for a Acura MDX — the model's median is 87. What they were about is the unusual part: 25.7% of them mention inside, against 9.8% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the Acura MDX, which began in 2014 and ran to 2020. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 70 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 87 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 8 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 22 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- inside — 25.7% of this year's complaints, against 9.8% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: inside, glass, owner, doors.
- police — 15.7% of this year's complaints, against 6.2% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: police, injuries, medical, attention.
- wrong — 14.3% of this year's complaints, against 5.3% across the other years of this generation (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: wrong, old, quality.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
AUTOMATIC SAFETY DOOR RELOCK FAULTY. THE REMOTE WAS USED TO UNLOCK THE DOORS. THE REAR DOOR WAS OPENED AND THE BABY WAS PLACED IN THE CAR SEAT. THE DIAPER BAG WAS THEN PLACED ON THE FLOOR OF THE BACK SEAT. DOORS AUTOMATICALLY RE-LOCKED AFTER 30 SECONDS WITH BA…
THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 ACURA MDX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE HEADREST DETACHED FROM THE SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD WHERE IT WAS DEEMED DESTROYED. A POLICE R…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V256000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 15V417000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 16V417000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 15V301000 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE Fixed free of charge.
- 14V639000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 25V259000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 26V365000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Acura MDX was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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