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Every model year 2016–2026: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

11 Model years 2016–2026

24 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

1,201 Complaints owner reports, all years

A Newest grade 2026 Safety Signal

2017 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2026 RDX →Which years to avoid Compare it

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Every Acura RDX model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2026	Gas	A	0	1	★★★★★	23 mpg
2025	Gas	A	1	30	★★★★★	23 mpg
2024	Gas	B	2	12	★★★★★	23 mpg
2023	Gas	B	2	24	★★★★★	24 mpg
2022	Gas	B	2	31	★★★★★	24 mpg
2021	Gas	C	3	117	★★★★★	24 mpg
2020	Gas	C	5	348	★★★★★	24 mpg
2019	Gas	C	5	440	★★★★★	24 mpg
2018	Gas	A	1	77	★★★★★	23 mpg
2017	Gas	A	1	80	★★★★★	23 mpg
2016	Gas	C	2	41	★★★★★	23 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road

Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2017

On the filed record so far, the 2017 is the cleanest RDX year we hold, and the 2016 the one to check hardest.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

Year	Safety Signal	Recalls /yr	Complaints /yr
2017	A	0.1	9
2018	A	0.1	10
2022	B	0.5	8
2021	C	0.6	23
2023	B	0.7	8
2019	C	0.7	63
2020	C	0.8	58
2016	C	0.2	4	2 critical

Which Acura RDX years reported which system early

Source: NHTSA complaints, odometer at report

Earliest on the record: 2020 engine complaints at 0.12× the mileage of same-age vehicles (median 6,000 miles). Latest: 2020 visibility/wiper at 7.86× (55,000 miles).

Year	Engine	Visibility/Wiper	Service Brakes	Power Train	Vehicle Speed Control
2020	0.12×	7.86×	0.24×	0.12×	1.0×
2019	0.2×	5.99×	1.65×	0.26×	1.31×

Each cell is that model year’s median odometer when owners reported the system, divided by the median for the same system across every make’s complaints on the same model year. under 0.67× reported early; 1.5× or more late; a dash means too few readings. When problems get reported, not how often — complaint counts are in the table above. Across the whole fleet: which systems go first.

What owners filed about the Acura RDX, by system

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsEvery system, every year →

The systems the federal record is deep on for this nameplate: the complaints per model year, the mileage owners reported them at, and every recall, investigation and manufacturer bulletin filed under the heading — each one linked, none a failure rate.

visibility and wiper problems 248 complaints, every model year engine problems 205 complaints, every model year

What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2024: best combined mpg 24 → 23; 4 → 2 EPA configurations
2019: best combined mpg 23 → 24; 2 → 4 EPA configurations

In the studies

Source: computed from the same record, method on each page

Odometer at first complaint · rank 17 of 79 0.56× the mileage of same-age vehicles Acura RDX owners reported problems to NHTSA at a median 9,200 miles across 2019–2020 (fleet 23,512), earlier than vehicles of the same model year. 209 readings.

Common questions about the Acura RDX

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Acura RDX year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2017 RDX comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade A (97/100), 1 recall and 80 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Acura RDX years should I avoid?

No RDX model year carries a D or F Safety Signal or a standing advisory. The ranking page orders every year on recalls and complaints per year on the road, and says why.

How many recalls does the Acura RDX have?

Across model years 2016–2026, NHTSA has posted 24 recall campaigns for the Acura RDX. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.