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Acura brakes problems

Across all Acura models in NHTSA's complaint database, 888 complaints involve brakes. The MDX accounts for the largest share (24%). The single worst model year is the 2014 MDX with 26 brakes complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
888 about brakes, all Acura models
Most affected
MDX 24% of these complaints
Typical mileage
25,000 miles 451 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
122 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Acura models

ModelComplaintsShare
MDX20924%
TL12514%
RDX12214%
TSX8710%
TLX728%
Integra526%
Legend496%
ILX465%
RL344%
CL303%

Worst model years for brakes

  1. 2014 Acura MDX26 complaints
  2. 2020 Acura RDX24 complaints
  3. 2015 Acura TLX24 complaints
  4. 2009 Acura TSX24 complaints
  5. 2017 Acura MDX23 complaints

Brakes complaints by model year

Acura brakes complaints by model year 0 28 55 1990: 20 '90 1991: 23 1992: 22 1993: 7 '93 1994: 11 1995: 11 1996: 19 '96 1997: 13 1998: 4 1999: 10 '99 2000: 24 2001: 20 2002: 40 '02 2003: 29 2004: 35 2005: 35 '05 2006: 34 2007: 15 2008: 21 '08 2009: 30 2010: 22 2011: 12 '11 2012: 15 2013: 12 2014: 38 '14 2015: 31 2016: 41 2017: 51 '17 2018: 22 2019: 52 2020: 44 '20 2021: 27 2022: 27 2023: 14 '23 2024: 36 2025: 20 2026: 1 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199020
199123
199222
19937
199411
199511
199619
199713
19984
199910
200024
200120
200240
200329
200435
200535
200634
200715
200821
200930
201022
201112
201215
201312
201438
201531
201641
201751
201822
201952
202044
202127
202227
202314
202436
202520
20261

Among the 451 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 25,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.