Acura MDX 2017

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

0.92 per 1,000

1.8 times this nameplate’s own median · from 51 complaints filed in the first three years, of 266 ever. 95% lower bound 0.67.

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.

Engine 80 complaints

rod	26	33%
bearing	22	28%
knocking	18	23%
connecting	17	22%
rod bearing	17	22%
connecting rod	14	18%

When it breaks

50% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 35,000 miles, from 103 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

4 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages

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.