AutoUtility currently tracks 37 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2024 Acura MDX. Driver Assistance & Safety Tech issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 11 complaints (29.7% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 filing cites a crash, 3 report one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 37 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (11 reports • 29.7% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Electrical System (10), Brakes & Traction Control (10)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 3 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
37
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
1
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
3
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2024 Acura MDX

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 29.7% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

11 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
🩹 1 injury report entry
#2 Problem Area 27% of complaints

Electrical System

10 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 27% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

10 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 1 crash report 🩹 1 injury report entry
#4 Problem Area 16.2% of complaints

Visibility, Wipers & Glass

6 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
🩹 1 injury report entry
#5 Problem Area 10.8% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2024 Acura MDX

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Visibility, Wipers & Glass NHTSA ODI ID: #11756025
Filed: 08/10/2026

"I am reporting a potential safety defect involving the rear windshield glass on my Acura MDX. The rear windshield unexpectedly shattered while the vehicle was stationary, with no known impact or contact with an outside object. I was present when the glass shattered and immediately took multiple..."

Incident Date: 07/06/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER
Visibility, Wipers & Glass NHTSA ODI ID: #11754436
Filed: 08/03/2026

"Went to get into my 2024 Acura MDX parked car this morning temperature around 68 degrees and noticed the back window of my 2024 MDX had shattered out. There was a large section of glass missing and the glass looks as if it was pushed from the inside out. The vehicle had not been driven or started..."

Incident Date: 08/03/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: VISIBILITY/WIPER
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11738118
Filed: 05/15/2026

"The contact owns a 2024 Acura MDX. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, a loud banging sound was heard coming from the vehicle. The contact discovered that the sunroof had unexpectedly shattered. Additionally, while driving at an undisclosed speed, a supplemental restraint..."

Incident Date: 05/15/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: VISIBILITY,AIR BAGS
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11734918
Filed: 04/30/2026

"Our infotainment system stopped working and when we took it one of Acura’s authorized dealers they told us that back half of the car is flooded and that has shot down all the electronics including the infotainment system. They also gave me a bill of $10K USD to fix the leak and replaced damaged..."

Incident Date: 04/13/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11729385
Filed: 04/06/2026

"Air suspension/vehicle height Brake systems were taken away (adaptive cruise, anti collision and lane mitigation) Yes confirmed by dealer Yes Yes warning lights"

Incident Date: 02/26/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Acura MDX

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Acura MDX 70 5 8 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Acura MDX 366 10 7 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Acura MDX 260 7 9 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Acura MDX 164 3 10 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Acura MDX 193 4 9 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Acura MDX 220 3 8 View 2020 Problems →
2022 Acura MDX 143 6 2 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Acura MDX 38 2 2 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Acura MDX Current Page 37 1 2 Current
2025 Acura MDX 87 2 3 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Acura MDX 0 0 1 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2024 Acura MDX

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 24 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 6 0 0 2 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 4 1 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 0 0 1 0
Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 2 0 0 0 0
Visibility / Glass NHTSA category: VISIBILITY 2 0 0 1 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,WHEELS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
VISIBILITY,AIR BAGS 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (37). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.

Official NHTSA Defect Investigations (1)

1 OPEN

Formal safety defect inquiries and engineering analyses opened by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)

Official Federal Inquiries: NHTSA opens a defect investigation when safety screening or consumer defect trends indicate a potential unreasonable safety risk. An open investigation is a formal inquiry and does not by itself confirm a defect or result in a mandatory recall.
OPEN Engineering Analysis (EA) ODI Action #EA25004
Opened: 2025-03-26 • Currently Active

No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages

Affected Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:CRANK/CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR

On June 3, 2022, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE22005 after the agency received VOQs and several field reports concerning the Auto Idle Stop (AIS) feature on 2016-2019MY Honda Pilot vehicles. The complaints allege that the engine fails to restart on its own from a complete stop at a traffic light or road intersection with the AIS function engaged. The subject vehicles are equipped with a 3.5L engine wit...

Active federal investigation. Official NHTSA File →
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.