Acura MDX
Owners filed 3,329 complaints across 25 model years of the Acura MDX. The 2016 drew the most (377).
Which Acura MDX years should you avoid?
Going by 3,329 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Acura MDX years to avoid are 2016.
- 2016377 complaints, 2.4× a typical MDX year, most often about the engine.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Acura MDX model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 9 | 1 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 115 | 3 | — | 2 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2024 | 41 | 2 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2023 | 44 | 2 | — | 2 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2022 | 159 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2020 | 226 | 8 | — | 4 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2019 | 192 | 9 | 3 | 4 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2018 | 169 | 10 | 4 | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2017 | 260 | 8 | 4 | 8 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2016Avoid | 377 | 7 | 5 | 10 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2015 | 71 | 8 | 2 | 5 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2014 | 172 | 9 | 3 | 10 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2013 | 30 | 1 | 3 | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2012 | 76 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2011 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2010 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 6 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2009 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2008 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2007 | 99 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2006 | 87 | 11 | — | 10 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2005 | 180 | 13 | 1 | 15 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 2004 | 171 | 10 | 4 | 13 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2003 | 206 | 13 | 5 | 11 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Above average | |
| 2002 | 205 | 4 | 2 | 11 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Above average | |
| 2001 | 224 | 4 | 1 | 9 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Above average |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.