2012 Acura RDX: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 15 complaints about the 2012 Acura RDX and NHTSA has issued 2 recall campaigns. The most-reported system is air bags, named in 6 of them.

15
Complaints
2
Recalls
0
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
0
Injuries
0.0
Severity index

Severity index 0.0 - Low. 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: 0.0p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2012 Acura RDX sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

What actually fails

Air BagsAir Bags: 6 complaints (40.0%)6 40%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 2 complaints (13.3%)2 13%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 2 complaints (13.3%)2 13%Power TrainPower Train: 2 complaints (13.3%)2 13%SteeringSteering: 2 complaints (13.3%)2 13%Exterior LightingExterior Lighting: 1 complaints (6.7%)1 7%Engine And Engine Cooli…Engine And Engine Cooling: 1 complaints (6.7%)1 7%Vehicle Speed ControlVehicle Speed Control: 1 complaints (6.7%)1 7%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
AIR BAGS640.0%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM213.3%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER213.3%
POWER TRAIN213.3%
STEERING213.3%
EXTERIOR LIGHTING16.7%
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING16.7%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL16.7%

Complaints filed per year

0472012: 12014: 12015: 12016: 72017: 12018: 32025: 1121415167171825
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20121
20141
20151
20167
20171
20183
20251
Complaint volume is declining, consistent with a defect that was addressed by recall or that affected early builds.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
19V18200006/03/2019AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULEHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling specific 2003 Acura 3.2CL, 2013-2016 ILX, 2013-2014 ILX Hybrid, 2003-2006 MDX, 2007-2016 RDX, 2002-2003 3.2TL, 2004-2006, and 2009-2014 TL, 2010-2013 ZDX and 2001-2007 and 2009 Honda Accord, 2001-2005 Civic, 2003-2005 Civic Hybrid, 20
16V06100003/02/2016AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULEHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2007-2011 Honda CR-V, 2011-2015 CR-Z, 2010-2014 FCX, and Insight, 2009-2013 Fit, 2013-2014 Fit EV, 2007-2014 Ridgeline, 2013-2016 Acura ILX, 2013-2014 Acura ILX Hybrid, 2007-2016 RDX, 2005-2012 Acura RL, 2009-2014 A
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.