YearsTell

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Acura RDX 2014

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.16 per 1,000

2.5 times this nameplate’s own median · from 52 complaints filed in the first three years, of 244 ever. 95% lower bound 0.84.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.193
20130.4316
20141.1652
20150.7737
20160.3518
20170.4423
20180.2615
20192.28144
20201.90110
20210.7742
20220.4719

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Exterior Lighting 163 complaints

dim10262%
reflective2113%
extremely dim1912%
reflector1811%
coating1610%
replacing bulbs1610%

When it breaks

27% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 60,000 miles, from 56 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10537816 · 10563493 · 10567073 · 10568587 · 10575365 · 10586603

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.