NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Acura MDX Recalls
The 2001 Acura MDX has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 17, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Acura MDX. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 224
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2001 Acura MDX, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2001 Acura MDX
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V026000
- Reported
- January 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,439,841
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V027000
- Reported
- January 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 875,966
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2002 MDX, 7 other models
Suspension: front: springs: coil springs
- Campaign
- 05V385000
- Reported
- September 1, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 22,861
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 MDX
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 04V176000
- Reported
- April 15, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,099,796
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 MDX, 5 other models
2001 Acura MDX complaints by year
NHTSA has received 224 owner complaints about the 2001 Acura MDX, the newest on April 11, 2024. Of these, 9 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Acura MDX, the component group named most often is the power train (58%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (8%) and the suspension (8%).
1 of the 2001 Acura MDX's 4 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2001 Acura MDX owners gave the mileage (169 complaints), the median was 100,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train131
- Engine And Engine Cooling19
- Suspension19
- Air Bags18
- Vehicle Speed Control12
- Structure10
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 10 | |
| 2003 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 23 | |
| 2005 | 15 | |
| 2006 | 16 | |
| 2007 | 16 | |
| 2008 | 15 | |
| 2009 | 16 | |
| 2010 | 28 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Acura MDX peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 28. 20% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Acura MDX drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Acura MDX year in the same window: 8th highest of the 21 ranked years.
The 224 complaints about the 2001 Acura MDX are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Acura MDX by model year
Other 2001 Acura models
Newest record on this page: April 11, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted