2022 Acura MDX: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 134 complaints about the 2022 Acura MDX and NHTSA has issued 2 recall campaigns. The most-reported system is power train, named in 50 of them.

134
Complaints
2
Recalls
6
Crash reports
2
Fire reports
4
Injuries
50.7
Severity index

Severity index 50.7 - Medium. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 50.7p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2022 Acura MDX sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 96 2022 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2022 Acura MDX ranks 48 of 96 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 50% of its model-year peers. See the full 2022 ranking.

What actually fails

Power TrainPower Train: 50 complaints (37.3%)50 37%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 20 complaints (14.9%)20 15%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 19 complaints (14.2%)19 14%SteeringSteering: 18 complaints (13.4%)18 13%Service BrakesService Brakes: 18 complaints (13.4%)18 13%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 17 complaints (12.7%)17 13%EngineEngine: 9 complaints (6.7%)9 7%SuspensionSuspension: 9 complaints (6.7%)9 7%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
POWER TRAIN5037.3%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER2014.9%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1914.2%
STEERING1813.4%
SERVICE BRAKES1813.4%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE1712.7%
ENGINE96.7%
SUSPENSION96.7%

Complaints filed per year

029582021: 62022: 132023: 172024: 142025: 262026: 58 (partial year)21222324252658
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20216
202213
202317
202414
202526
2026 (year to date)58
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 3.0x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
24V06400001/02/2024AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGERHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Pilot, Accord, Civic sedan, HR-V, Odyssey, 2020 Civic coupe, Fit, 2021-2022 Civic hatchback, 2021 Civic Type R, Insight, 2020-2021 CR-V, CR-V Hybrid, Passport, Ridgeline, Accord Hybrid, 2020 Acura MDX, 2022 Acura MDX
26V33200021/05/2026AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGERHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2021, 2023 Acura TLX, 2019-2024 RDX, 2017-2020, 2022-2026 MDX, 2017-2021, 2023, 2025 Honda Ridgeline, 2017-2022 Pilot, 2019-2021 Passport, 2018-2026 Odyssey, 2019-2022 Insight, 2019-2021 HR-V, 2018-2020 Fit, 2020-2022 CR-
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.