MODELYEARINDEX

Acura RDX

1,106 complaints across 10 scored model years and 15 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Acura RDX Full report
F
Grade 2012–2021
2019 vs model median 4.9×
Model median3× median
Engine 71
Drivetrain 26
Electrical 25
Avoid

2019 · 2020

Best

2012 · 2018

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2012
0.18× 14 A
2013
1.20× 61 C
2014
1.06× 67 C
2015
0.87× 49 C
2016
0.55× 29 B
2017
0.94× 48 B
2018
0.79× 33 B
2019
4.86× 274 F
2020
4.64× 252 F
2021
2.15× 124 F
2022 P
0.97× 42 B
2023 P
0.43× 26 B
2024 P
0.35× 15 A
2025 P
1.38× 67 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG23
City / Highway21 / 27
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,300

Recalls

15 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2014–2020 2,490,460
16V061000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2012–2016 2,232,187
19V182000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2012–2016 1,101,534
24V064000 AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER 2020–2022 750,114
21V215000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2019, 2020 624,552
23V158000 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY 2019, 2020 448,613
13V143000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 2013 204,169
20V314000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2019 135,995

+ 7 further campaigns

Others in Compact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Audi Q5
20182021
C
Audi SQ5
none flagged
C
BMW X3
20132019
C
Buick Envision
2017
C
Cadillac SRX
2013
C
Cadillac XT5
2017
C
Chevrolet Blazer
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Equinox
2011
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2019 RDX
Complaints in window
274
Severity-weighted
374.5
Model median (weighted)
77
vs model median
4.86×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
5
Open investigations
0
Score 12.5 F