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2019 Acura MDX transmission problems

The 2019 Acura MDX has 31 transmission complaints filed with NHTSA — 10% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

31

Transmission complaints

10%

Share of year

1

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Transmission complaints by year

MDX transmission complaints by model year131 complaints2001: 131 complaints2002: 126 complaints2003: 106 complaints2004: 80 complaints2005: 87 complaints2006: 40 complaints2007: 8 complaints2008: 3 complaints2009: 8 complaints2010: 5 complaints2011: 8 complaints2012: 13 complaints2013: 4 complaints2014: 26 complaints2015: 12 complaints2016: 111 complaints2017: 63 complaints2018: 21 complaints2019: 31 complaints2020: 20 complaints2022: 41 complaints2023: 6 complaints2024: 2 complaints2025: 2 complaints
MDX transmission 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 · Transmission · July 16, 2023 · crash

Common questions

How many transmission complaints does the 2019 Acura MDX have?

NHTSA has 31 complaints about the 2019 Acura MDX transmission — 10% 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.