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Acura MDX Type SYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 30 owner complaints and 1 safety recall on record for the Acura MDX Type S.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints30Top: Power trainSafety recalls12022–2025 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Acura MDX Type S years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the MDX Type S median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2025Too new–/1000 complaints · 1 recall2024Not rated–/1002 complaints · 1 recall2023Not rated–/1005 complaints · 1 recall2022Not rated–/10023 complaints · 1 recall
Complaints by system

Most common Acura MDX Type S problems

All model years combined: 30 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Power train270
Electrical system21
Service brakes21
Forward collision avoidance10
Suspension10
1 recall

Acura MDX Type S recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

95%Electrical system: software25V-031 · 2022–2025 · Jan 23, 2025 · 294,612 vehicles
1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the MDX Type S

  1. All wheel drive allegationDP26001 · 2022–2023 · closed Aug 4, 2026
    No recall