Acura MDX 2022

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.05 per 1,000

2.1 times this nameplate’s own median · from 56 complaints filed in the first three years, of 180 ever. 95% lower bound 0.78.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.35	16
2009	0.31	12
2010	0.23	9
2011	0.27	12
2012	0.19	9
2013	0.17	9
2014	1.43	85
2015	0.53	33
2016	1.30	74
2017	0.92	51
2018	0.51	27
2019	0.66	34
2020	0.46	23
2022	1.05	56
2023	0.52	27

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Power Train 89 complaints

transmission transfer	30	34%
splines	26	29%
spline	15	17%
stripped	15	17%
between transmission	14	16%
case transmission	10	12%

When it breaks

Too few complaints record mileage for this model year to show a pattern. NHTSA largely stopped capturing mileage after 2021.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 33 complaints about this component over roughly 14 months before an investigation opened.

All wheel drive allegation

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

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Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.