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2018 Acura MDX electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 28 complaints for the 2018 Acura MDX, 9% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
28 10% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
1 and 2
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 fires.

What owners wrote

In San Diego on 11/15/2021, my daughter side swiped a parked vehicle in residential area driving about 30 miles. No airbags deployed. A minute later the car stopped and would not start and started to have smoke and flames come from under hood and through inside windshield and dash. My daughter was able to get out and take her 3 year old son out of his carseat and run for their lives as the car completely became engulfed in flames.Thank God they made it out alive. Police and Fire department showed up.

November 2021 CrashFire

Nine different electrical failures in twenty seven weeks on a new 2018 acura mdx technology package. That's one failure every three weeks. Six problems have occurred one time, three problems are still intermittent, the most concerning is the heated seat feature. The circuit closes without activation. Occasionally when the vehicle is started, the LED indicator lights are on. Several times it has affected the drivers seat, once the passenger seat, and once both seats.

Reported at 5,600 miles, January 2019

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