2007 Acura MDX
This year drew an ordinary 99 complaints for a Acura MDX — the model's median is 80. What they were about is the unusual part: 25.3% of them mention seems, against 10% across the other years of this generation.
First year of a new generation. The Acura MDX was redesigned for 2007. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 99 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 80 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 17 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- seems — 25.3% of this year's complaints, against 10% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: seems, forums, anyone, short.
- parked — 13.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.9% across the other years of this generation (4.6×). Owners wrote it as: parked, turns, warning vehicle, inflated.
- radio — 17.2% of this year's complaints, against 6.7% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: radio, navigation, lose, off driving.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
MY 07 ACURA MDX HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT RESETS WHILE DRIVING. NAVIGATION AND RADIO TURN OFF AND ON AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE WHEN GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED.
WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR WILL FREQUENTLY LOSE ELECTRICAL POWER. DASH INDICATOR LIGHTS COME ON, THE RADIO SHUTS OFF AND SOMETIME I'LL HAVE TO RESET THE RADIO AND NAVIGATION CODES. WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, SOMETIMES DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL DOES NOTHING AND THEN SUD…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 08E013000 EQUIPMENT
How this was worked out
Every year of the Acura MDX was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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