Acura RDX 2019

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

2.28 per 1,000

4.9 times this nameplate’s own median · from 144 complaints filed in the first three years, of 438 ever. 95% lower bound 1.91.

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 142 complaints

shattered	90	63%
window shattered	32	23%
rear window	32	23%
rear windshield	31	22%
glass shattered	22	16%
windshield shattered	17	12%

Visibility/Wiper 97 complaints

shattered	76	78%
rear windshield	34	35%
windshield shattered	17	18%
spontaneously shattered	14	15%
tailgate	11	12%

Engine 90 complaints

limp mode	29	32%
pass	22	25%
rain	15	17%
raining	11	13%
slower	10	12%

When it breaks

75% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 11,161 miles, from 129 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:

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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.