Acura MDX problems, by model year and system
1,605 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Acura MDX 2016–2026, and the 4 systems the record is deep on — engine (581), transmission and drivetrain (365), electrical (285), fuel system (170). Each system has a page across the years; 10 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.
The systems the record is deep on
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsEngine problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Transmission and drivetrain problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Electrical problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Fuel system problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Acura MDX complaints, year by system
Source: NHTSA complaint database| Model year | engine | transmission and drivetrain | electrical | fuel system |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 7 in all | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 2025 107 in all | 65 | 5 | 50 | 13 |
| 2024 42 in all | 6 | 2 | 13 | — |
| 2023 44 in all | — | 15 | 8 | — |
| 2022 176 in all | 9 | 85 | 21 | — |
| 2021 0 in all | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 226 in all | 101 | 22 | 40 | 27 |
| 2019 196 in all | 77 | 32 | 41 | 46 |
| 2018 169 in all | 54 | 23 | 27 | 51 |
| 2017 264 in all | 97 | 69 | 46 | 2 |
| 2016 374 in all | 171 | 111 | 37 | 31 |
Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseWhich Acura MDX system draws the most complaints?
Engine: 581 complaints across 11 model years, 36% of everything owners filed about the Acura MDX. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.
Which Acura MDX year has the most complaints?
2016 (374), 2017 (264), 2020 (226). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.