NHTSA Safety Recalls
Acura RDX Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 17 recall campaigns for the Acura RDX, across 19 model years from 2007 to 2025. The 2020 has the most (5); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).
Acura RDX years to avoid by our method: 2019 (4.3× the median year) and 2020 (4.3× the median year).
- Model years
- 19
- Recall campaigns
- 17
- Most recalls
- 2020
- Owner complaints
- 2,176
2007–2025, with a recall
5 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 2,176 complaints with NHTSA about the Acura RDX across 20 model years; the most, 440, concern the 2019.
Owners marked a crash on 57 of the Acura RDX complaints (3%) and a fire on 11.
Across all Acura RDX model years, owners name the exterior lighting most often (at least 598 complaints), then the visibility/wiper (233).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Acura RDX in 2024: 381, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Acura RDX is air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module, in 21 model-year listings.
The newest Acura RDX recall, 26V332000, was reported on May 21, 2026 and concerns the air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger.
Acura RDX years to avoid
The 2020 Acura RDX stands out most: 143 complaints between 2019 and 2023, 24% of them naming the visibility/wiper.
The 2020 also carries 5 recalls, against a median of 3 for the ranked Acura RDX years.
The best-measured Acura RDX years are 2007 (0.2×), 2018 (0.4×) and 2016 (0.5×).
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | — | not ranked |
| 2025 | 1 | 30 | — | not ranked |
| 2024 | 2 | 12 | — | not ranked |
| 2023 | 2 | 24 | — | not ranked |
| 2022 | 2 | 31 | 27 | 0.6× |
| 2021 | 3 | 117 | 64 | 1.7× |
| 2020avoid | 5 | 348 | 143 | 4.3× |
| 2019avoid | 5 | 440 | 176 | 4.3× |
| 2018 | 1 | 77 | 18 | 0.4× |
| 2017 | 1 | 80 | 26 | 0.6× |
| 2016 | 2 | 41 | 22 | 0.5× |
| 2015 | 3 | 415 | 41 | 1.0× |
| 2014 | 3 | 244 | 56 | 1.3× |
| 2013 | 3 | 162 | 48 | 1.1× |
| 2012 | 2 | 15 | 3 | not ranked |
| 2011 | 2 | 16 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2010 | 2 | 22 | 4 | not ranked |
| 2009 | 2 | 15 | 4 | not ranked |
| 2008 | 3 | 33 | 4 | not ranked |
| 2007 | 3 | 53 | 10 | 0.2× |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Acura RDX years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Acura RDX
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE21
- AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER9
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP7
- SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY2
- EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS2
- STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM1
- TRAILER HITCHES1
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1
- POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT1
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE1
Acura RDX model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Acura RDX recall campaign (17)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26V332000May 21, 2026 | air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger | 2019–2024 | crash and injury | 98,892 |
| 25V582000September 5, 2025 | steering: electric power assist system | 2025 | crash and injury | 17,330 |
| 24V114000February 15, 2024 | steering | 2024 | crash | 186 |
| 24V064000February 1, 2024 | air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger | 2020–2022 | crash and injury | 750,114 |
| 23V858000December 18, 2023 | fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump | 2014, 2018–2020 | crash | 2,490,460 |
| 23V430000June 15, 2023 | service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module | 2023 | crash and injury | 386 |
| 23V158000March 9, 2023 | seat belts: front: buckle assembly | 2019–2020 | crash and injury | 448,613 |
| 21V939000December 2, 2021 | power train: driveline: driveshaft | 2021 | crash and injury | 279 |
| 21V215000March 25, 2021 | fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump | 2019–2020 | crash | 624,552 |
| 20V314000May 28, 2020 | fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump | 2019 | crash | 135,995 |
| 19V500000June 27, 2019 | air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module | 2015 | injury and death | 1,558 |
| 19V182000March 6, 2019 | air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module | 2007–2016 | injury and death | 1,101,534 |
| 17V256000April 18, 2017 | equipment: other: labels | 2017 | crash | 1,425 |
| 16V061000February 3, 2016 | air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module | 2007–2016 | crash, injury and death | 2,232,187 |
| 13V143000April 15, 2013 | power train: automatic transmission | 2013 | crash | 204,169 |
| 07V358000August 13, 2007 | equipment: other: labels | 2008 | — | 744 |
| 06E096000 | trailer hitches | 2007 | crash | — |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Acura RDX. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted