Powertrain complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2018 Acura MDX has 20 NHTSA powertrain complaints and 0 powertrain-related recalls.
20
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated May 16, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | I want to say that the engine or transmission is faulty. Sometimes while at a complete stop, the car... |
| Jul 11, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | My vehicle started a couple of months ago making a noise like the transmission was having trouble sh... |
| Mar 1, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | Vehicle stalls when accelerating from A stop. Has done this since first purchased. Acura charged me... |
| Dec 1, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | While accelerating, the vehicle to decelerated rapidly, the gas pedal became unresponsive when push... |
| Sep 30, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | From a stop, the vehicle will lurch forward after 1 second of acceleration without a change in the a... |
| Sep 14, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2018 Acura MDX. While the contact's wife was driving and stopped at a stop light,... |
| May 1, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | While driving car turned cel/epb/emission, car lost power while engine still running suddenly so I p... |
| Feb 1, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | The transmission of my 2018 has a slip or hesitation where it stalls when going in gear. This has pu... |
| Jan 1, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | First it was start knocking under the hood and the car suddenly stop on the freeway at 80 miles an h... |
| Mar 30, 2023 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | It seems that, from the day we purchased the vehicle, there have been issues with the transmission r... |
| Jan 13, 2023 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | Car has 1-2 second hesitation when the accelerator is pressed before the vehicle will accelerate. Ca... |
| Aug 1, 2022 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | The contact owns a 2018 Acura MDX. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the veh... |
| Mar 13, 2022 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | When trying to accelerate after braking the vehicle has a MASSIVE hesitation where it just sits ther... |
| Dec 20, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | Car miss shifts especially in the 25 to 40 mph range. Sometimes hesitates when taking off. Also st... |
| Jun 1, 2021 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Gas petal is very touchy. It accelerates to fast even when you try to barely push the petal. And cau... |
| Apr 1, 2021 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | On a regular basis, if accelerating to cross an intersection, car stops or hesitates for several sec... |
| Aug 30, 2020 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | TICKING NOISES COMING FROM ENGINE. CONFIRMED WITH DEALER ACURA IS LOOKING INTO THIS. I'M ALSO EXPERI... |
| Sep 23, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES | 6 MONTHS AFTER DELIVERY OF MY VEHICLE I STATED NOTICING A JERKING WHEN MY TRANSMISSION SHIFTS. I HAV... |
| Dec 12, 2018 | POWER TRAIN | This is the exact problem I am experiencing: https://carbuzz.com/news/some-acura-rdx-and-mdx-owners... |
| Jan 1, 1965 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS | [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' ... |