1 NHTSA safety recall covers the 2017 Acura RDX. Owners have filed 78 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Acura dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2017 Acura RDX. Check your RDX by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 78 complaints with NHTSA about the 2017 Acura RDX, reporting 7 crashes, 1 fires, 6 injuries, 1 deaths. Acura has issued at least 120 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in one investigation. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 78 complaints with NHTSA about the 2017 Acura RDX. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“The contact owns a 2017 Acura RDX. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH and attempting to avoid a second vehicle the husband lost control of the steering and crashed into a tree.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11590516
“Rear ended other vehicle going about 40 plus miles per hour, then another vehicle rear ended me. Upon impact ( which I have pictures of) my driver side seatbelt released completely unbuckled & dangling , my dash lit up & said airbags deployed. But no airbags deployed.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11588985
“The car accelerated rapidly when I came to a stop. When I brought it to, the dealership they found 3 problems with the transmission. First, the transmission had overheated, there were problems in the clutch assembly, and I don't know the third.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11489112
“The contact called on behalf of her mother who was the owner of a 2017 Acura RDX. The contact was reporting the complaint based on verbal information she received from a police officer.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11486854
“THE CONTACT OWNED A 2017 ACURA RDX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING, THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET TO 25 MPH, WHEN SHE DEPRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AT THE STOPLIGHT, BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND, WHICH RESULTED IN HER VEHICLE REAR-ENDING SIX OTHER VEHICLES.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11413566
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2017 Acura RDX is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Acura dealer.