2019 Acura MDX
This year drew an ordinary 191 complaints for a Acura MDX — the model's median is 80. What they were about is the unusual part: 20.9% of them mention made aware, against 6.5% 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 | 191 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 80 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 9 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 22.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- made aware — 20.9% of this year's complaints, against 6.5% across the other years of this generation (3.2×).
- fuel — 18.3% of this year's complaints, against 4.6% across the other years of this generation (4×).
- manufacturer made — 19.9% of this year's complaints, against 6.1% across the other years of this generation (3.3×).
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
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer…
notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 23V858000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) and 23V751000 (Engine and Engine Cooling) however, the parts to do the recall repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V215000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 19V256000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 19V298000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 18V777000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 23V751000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 25V259000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 26V332000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 9. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
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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