Acura RDX 2020

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

1.90 per 1,000

4.1 times this nameplate’s own median · from 110 complaints filed in the first three years, of 348 ever. 95% lower bound 1.55.

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	0.19	3
2013	0.43	16
2014	1.16	52
2015	0.77	37
2016	0.35	18
2017	0.44	23
2018	0.26	15
2019	2.28	144
2020	1.90	110
2021	0.77	42
2022	0.47	19

What owners describe

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

Unknown Or Other 102 complaints

shattered	70	68%
window shattered	25	25%
rear windshield	22	22%
windshield shattered	14	14%
rear glass	10	10%

Visibility/Wiper 83 complaints

rear	69	83%
shattered	63	76%
rear windshield	31	38%
windshield shattered	20	24%
shattered parked	10	12%

Engine 55 complaints

limp	20	37%
mode	19	35%
limp mode	18	33%
flashing	16	29%
rain	10	19%

When it breaks

81% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 6,500 miles, from 84 complaints that recorded one).

Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.

What NHTSA did

No NHTSA investigation covers this model year.

That is not a clean bill of health, and not a criticism of the agency: investigations open for many reasons and complaint volume is only one of them.

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:

11268890 · 11277312 · 11282791 · 11290869 · 11296882 · 11297708

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.