2018 Acura RDX
This year drew an ordinary 76 complaints for a Acura RDX — the model's median is 33. What they were about is the unusual part: 32.9% of them mention fuel, against 1% across the other years of this generation.
Last year of its generation. This Acura RDX ran from 2013 to 2018, so it had the whole run for its faults to be found and fixed. Last years are usually the most sorted of a generation.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 76 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 33 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 22.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- fuel — 32.9% of this year's complaints, against 1% across the other years of this generation (33.6×).
- gear — 25% of this year's complaints, against 4.3% across the other years of this generation (5.8×). Owners wrote it as: gear, hesitates, accelerator, blind.
- made aware — 23.7% of this year's complaints, against 5.6% across the other years of this generation (4.3×).
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
My car lurches when I put it into gear, drive or reverse. When a red light turns green and I put my foot on the accelerator the car will lurch forward. I was in my garage when I started my car and my foot was firmly on the brake as I shifted into reverse with…
On Thursday 27/7/2024 5:00PM-6:00PM, Acura RDX abruptly started to slow down. When I press the accelerator, the car will not accelerate. Finally, my car came to an complete stop. Then I turned on Hazard sign and changed the gear on P from D. After that I start…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Acura RDX 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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