Acura lighting problems
Across all Acura models in NHTSA's complaint database, 893 complaints involve lighting. The RDX accounts for the largest share (68%). The single worst model year is the 2015 RDX with 343 lighting complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 893 about lighting, all Acura models
- Most affected
- RDX 69% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 75,000 miles 224 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 2
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Acura models
Worst model years for lighting
- 2015 Acura RDX343 complaints
- 2014 Acura RDX163 complaints
- 2013 Acura RDX89 complaints
- 2005 Acura RL50 complaints
- 2014 Acura MDX14 complaints
Lighting complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 2 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1993 | 4 |
| 1994 | 4 |
| 1995 | 6 |
| 1997 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1999 | 7 |
| 2000 | 9 |
| 2002 | 12 |
| 2003 | 18 |
| 2004 | 25 |
| 2005 | 59 |
| 2006 | 18 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 8 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 98 |
| 2014 | 181 |
| 2015 | 353 |
| 2016 | 14 |
| 2017 | 9 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 10 |
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 |
Among the 224 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 75,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.