NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Acura RDX Recalls
The 2013 Acura RDX has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 6, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Acura RDX. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 162
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2013 Acura RDX, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2013 Acura RDX
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V182000
- Reported
- March 6, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,101,534
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2012, 2014–2016 RDX, 16 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V061000
- Reported
- February 3, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,232,187
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2012, 2014–2016 RDX, 10 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 13V143000
- Reported
- April 15, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 204,169
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2013 Acura RDX complaints by year
NHTSA has received 162 owner complaints about the 2013 Acura RDX, the newest on July 21, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Acura RDX, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (55%), followed by the air bags (22%) and the visibility/wiper (5%).
2 of the 2013 Acura RDX's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2013 Acura RDX owners gave the mileage (39 complaints), the median was 47,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting89
- Air Bags36
- Visibility/Wiper8
- Electrical System7
- Power Train7
- Suspension6
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 32 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 21 | |
| 2023 | 25 | |
| 2024 | 23 | |
| 2025 | 10 | |
| 2026 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2013 Acura RDX peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 32. 30% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Acura RDX drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Acura RDX year in the same window: 5th highest of the 11 ranked years.
The 162 complaints about the 2013 Acura RDX are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Acura RDX by model year
Other 2013 Acura models
Newest record on this page: July 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted