Acura RDX
Registered from 2007 to 2027.
About this model
The Acura RDX is a compact luxury crossover SUV produced by Honda for their Acura brand since 2006 for the 2007 model year as the second crossover SUV offering from the brand after the mid-size MDX. Since it was introduced, it has shared its platform with the Honda Civic and CR-V.
From the Wikipedia article Acura RDX, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it stands out against its peers
- Unknown or other: more complaints than 98% of 2019 cars — 32% of its 433 complaints, where an ordinary 2019 car has 16%.
- Visibility/wiper: more complaints than 96% of 2019 cars — 22% of its 433 complaints, where an ordinary 2019 car has 3%.
- Visibility: more complaints than 92% of 2019 cars — 4% of its 433 complaints, where an ordinary 2019 car has 1%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- VISIBILITY/WIPER — 74 owners reported this
- ENGINE — 42 owners reported this
- VISIBILITY — 17 owners reported this
- STRUCTURE — 15 owners reported this
- POWER TRAIN — 12 owners reported this
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE — 11 owners reported this
- FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM — 11 owners reported this
- AIR BAGS — 9 owners reported this, 1 involving a crash
- SERVICE BRAKES — 9 owners reported this
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM — 8 owners reported this
- POWER TRAIN,ENGINE — 8 owners reported this
- ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM — 6 owners reported this
Crash test
| Overall | ★★★★★ |
| Frontal crash | ★★★★☆ |
| Side crash | ★★★★★ |
| Rollover | ★★★★☆ |
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | Standard |
| Lane departure warning | Standard |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 272 hp · 1855 kg · 2750 mm wheelbase · 10.2 L/100km (EPA) · 11.2 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2025 | 272 hp · 1855 kg · 2750 mm wheelbase · 10.2 L/100km (EPA) · 11.2 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2024 | 272 hp · 1855 kg · 2750 mm wheelbase · 10.2 L/100km (EPA) · 11.2 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2023 | 272 hp · 1855 kg · 2750 mm wheelbase · 10.2 L/100km (EPA) · 11.2 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2022 | 272 hp · 1855 kg · 2750 mm wheelbase · 10.2 L/100km (EPA) · 11.2 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2021 | 272 hp · 1830 kg · 2750 mm wheelbase · 10.2 L/100km (EPA) · 11.2 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2020 | 272 hp · 1830 kg · 2750 mm wheelbase · 10.2 L/100km (EPA) · 11.2 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2019 | 272 hp · 1830 kg · 2750 mm wheelbase · 10.2 L/100km (EPA) · 11.2 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2018 | 279 hp · 1749 kg · 2680 mm wheelbase · 10.7 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2017 | 279 hp · 1749 kg · 2680 mm wheelbase · 10.7 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2016 | 279 hp · 1749 kg · 2680 mm wheelbase · 10.7 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2015 | 273 hp · 1749 kg · 2680 mm wheelbase · 10.7 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
Recalls
Filed by the manufacturer with a regulator. A recall is repaired free of charge, whoever owns the car now.
62% of 2022 cars have more recall campaigns than this one, and an ordinary one has 3. More of them means more to check the service record for, not a worse car.
13V143000
If the gear selector is moved from the park position without pressing the brake pedal it can allow the vehicle to roll away, increasing the risk of a crash.
Honda will notify owners and instruct them to take their vehicle to a Honda or Acura dealer. The dealer will install an updated brake shift interlock blocking mechanism free of charge. The recall began on May 13, 2013. Owners may contact Honda at 1-800-999-1009. Honda's campaign recall numbers are S96, S97, and S98.
16V061000
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the inflator, free of charge. The recall began March 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are JY0, JY1, and JY2.
17V256000
If the label information can be wiped away, the operator may not be able to refer to the information, possibly resulting in the vehicle being overloaded, which can increase the risk of a crash.
Honda and Acura will notify owners, and dealers will replace the Certification Label, free of charge. The recall began June 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are KF3 (CR-V)and KF4 (RDX).
19V182000
An explosion of an inflator within the driver frontal air bag module may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver, front seat passenger or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began April 10, 2019. Honda owners may contact customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is O41. Acura owners may contact customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Acura's number for this recall is U40.
19V500000
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began August 12, 2019. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are S5B and W59.
20V314000
If the fuel pump fails, the engine can stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
Honda will notify owners and dealers will replace the fuel pump assembly, free of charge. The recall began July 22, 2020. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138.
21V215000
Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump assembly, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed May 18, 2021. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Note: This recall is an expansion of recall 20V-314.
21V939000
Driveshaft failure can cause a sudden loss of drive power, or cause the vehicle to roll away when parked if the parking brake is not applied. Either condition can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
Dealers will replace the right or left front driveshaft as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 24, 2022. Owners may contact Honda customer service 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are BBY, NBW, and OBX.
4 more campaigns have been filed against this model. A dealer can check by VIN which apply to one car.
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture
Engineering analysis, opened September 2021, still open.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Acura filed one bulletin about the 2026 RDX.
- Engine: 1
- Service Bulletin - Oil leak at the cam chain tensioner inspection cover due to and insufficient sealant adhesion on the inspection cover. · September 2025
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.