2014 Acura RDX problems
The 2014 Acura RDX has 264 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (62%) concerns lighting. Next are air bags (16%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (4%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 264 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Lighting 62% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 58,000 miles 66 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 15 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 10 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 13 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 66 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 58,000 miles. For lighting specifically, the median reported mileage is about 88,000 miles (23 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 5 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 87% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2014 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 15 model years of the Acura RDX with enough data (98 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
See attached letter for details. Incident date below reflects the VIN I currently own, when testing identified the safety-related defect. Accident details from previous same model. The same headlamps were the subject of the July 14, 2014 NHTSA Acura ILX Electrical & Lights Recall: 14V323000 on the 2013-2014 Acura ILX model. Yet, Acura continued to use these headlamps and failed to rectify the defect across its model lineup.
Acura rdx tech purchased 30 days ago, up-shifted while parking into a parking spot in a parking garage. The vehicle suddenly and violently accelerated when pushing on the brake before a complete stop and ran into the chain linked fence. The driver got a seat belt burn on the left upper chest and soft tissue injury to the neck. The front part of the vehicle got significant body damage. A couple incidences of the car violently upshifted when moving from a stop were also noted before this accident happened.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 acura rdx. The contact heard an abnormal noise in the rear of the vehicle while driving over divots. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the rear shock absorbers were defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 41,253....updated 04/26/16
Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2014 Acura RDX. The contact discovered a mileage discrepancy after the purchase. The vehicle was a private sale. At the time of the purchase, the mileage was 92,551. The Carfax Report sent from the dealer indicated that the mileage was 93,000. After retrieving a Carfax Report, the mileage was 162,551.