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2021 Acura RDX problems

Owners have filed 157 complaints about the 2021 Acura RDX with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 12.7% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of service brakes at 8.9%. A further 18.5% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints157

Crashes5

Fires0

Injuries2

Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Unknown or other 18.5% · 29

Engine 12.7% · 20

Service brakes 8.9% · 14

Power train 8.3% · 13

Air bags 7.0% · 11

Structure 6.4% · 10

Visibility/wiper 5.7% · 9

Electrical system 5.7% · 9

Severity

Of those complaints, 5 describe a crash and 2 report an injury.

Reading the numbers

Across the 8 model years of the Acura RDX in this data, 2021 draws comparatively few complaints; 2019 is the outlier year.

Filings are rising — 95 in the last three years against 59 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.

The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 22,500 miles.

In owners' own words

While accelerating off the entrance ramp onto the highway, The engine randomly slows down automaticallyâ¦the car reduced speed drastically without applying brakes and without cars around me or in front of me. Engine

during acceleration on highway to pass a vehicle the Acura RDX lost power and decelerated. Check engine light came on....engine lost power to accelerate/maintain highway speed almost causing an accident. Engine

The rear glass shattered by itself wild parked. This is an ongoing issue. I know of a few people with the same vehicle as me, same year and all and they had to replace the rear glass a few times. Acura needs do a recall on the 2021 RDX. Thanks God it happened wild the vehicle was parked. If this would have happened on the highway it would have definitively cause some damages to other vehicles or even an accident. Visibility/wiper

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

Safety recalls

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Other Acura RDX years

2014 261 complaints · 61.7% exterior lighting 2015 441 complaints · 76.4% exterior lighting 2017 108 complaints · 19.4% power train 2018 105 complaints · 16.2% fuel system, gasoline 2019 568 complaints · 16.9% visibility/wiper 2020 427 complaints · 19.4% visibility/wiper

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