2025 Acura RDX: owner complaints and recalls

79% of everything owners report about the 2025 Acura RDX points at a single system: steering. That is 23 of 29 complaints on file.

29
Complaints
1
Recalls
1
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
0
Injuries
13.8
Severity index

Severity index 13.8 - 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: 13.8p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2025 Acura RDX sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

What actually fails

SteeringSteering: 23 complaints (79.3%)23 79%Lane DepartureLane Departure: 15 complaints (51.7%)15 52%Service BrakesService Brakes: 14 complaints (48.3%)14 48%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 5 complaints (17.2%)5 17%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 3 complaints (10.3%)3 10%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 1 complaints (3.4%)1 3%WheelsWheels: 1 complaints (3.4%)1 3%TiresTires: 1 complaints (3.4%)1 3%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
STEERING2379.3%
LANE DEPARTURE1551.7%
SERVICE BRAKES1448.3%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM517.2%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE310.3%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER13.4%
WHEELS13.4%
TIRES13.4%

Complaints filed per year

012242025: 242026: 5 (partial year)252426
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
202524
2026 (year to date)5

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
25V58200005/09/2025STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEMHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2025 Acura RDX vehicles. The software for the electric power steering (EPS) assist may not be calibrated properly, which can cause the EPS system to enter a failsafe mode, resulting in a loss of power steering assist.
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.