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2019 Acura MDX electrical system problems

The 2019 Acura MDX has 38 electrical system complaints filed with NHTSA — 13% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

38

Electrical System complaints

13%

Share of year

1

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Electrical System complaints by year

MDX electrical system complaints by model year52 complaints2001: 11 complaints2002: 14 complaints2003: 20 complaints2004: 31 complaints2005: 34 complaints2006: 16 complaints2007: 52 complaints2008: 9 complaints2009: 18 complaints2010: 10 complaints2011: 8 complaints2012: 14 complaints2013: 10 complaints2014: 32 complaints2015: 15 complaints2016: 44 complaints2017: 42 complaints2018: 29 complaints2019: 38 complaints2020: 37 complaints2022: 19 complaints2023: 9 complaints2024: 10 complaints2025: 28 complaints2026: 1 complaints
MDX electrical system complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“Starting having an issue over the last few weeks where the car will shut off as it should with the idle start/stop enhanced but when I release the brake, the car goes into neutral and doesn’t start… have had this happen 4 times already and was finally rear ended today due to this fault. ”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Electrical System · July 16, 2023 · crash

Common questions

How many electrical system complaints does the 2019 Acura MDX have?

NHTSA has 38 complaints about the 2019 Acura MDX electrical system — 13% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.