2004 Acura Mdx: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 242 complaints
242
Total Complaints
96,000mi
Median Mileage
POWER TRAIN
Top Issue
22
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

75,000 25th Percentile
96,000 Median Mileage
137,500 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

POWER TRAIN
47
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
29
AIR BAGS
25
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
19
ENGINE
13
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
11
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
11
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
9
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
8
SERVICE BRAKES
8

Severity Assessment

22
Crashes
9
Fires
22
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"A LOUD RUMBLING NOISE WAS HEARD AT 2000 RPMS. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIME, HOWEVER THEY PROVIDED NO SOLUTION. *NM"
"A LOUD "DRONING" SOUND COMES OUT AT 2,000-2,200 MPH, ESPECIALLY LOUD AT APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH. DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER SAY THAT THIS IS A "NATURAL SOUND" OF THE 2004 MDX. I DO NOT BUY THIS EXPLANATION IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT AN EXPENSIVE SUV SUCH AS THIS WOULD HAVE A "NATURAL SOUND" LIKE TH..."
"THE ACURAMDX THAT I BOUGHT IS FOR MODEL YEAR 2004, THERE IS KIND OF A LOUD DRONING NOISE FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE READING HONDA DEALER AND FURTHUR CONFIRMED BY THE MFG'S REP, BUT THE PROBLEM DID NOT GET FIXED SINCE THE MFG. HAS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM AND THE MFG. IS NOT WI..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28