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2014 Acura MDX Equipment Problems

Complaints
5about this part
Share
3%of 172 total for the year
Median mileage
1,700miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 5 complaints about the equipment of the 2014 Acura MDX, 3% of the 172 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 1,700 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“Traveling 65 MPH on a freeway with adaptive cruise control (acc) engaged, vehicle suddenly brakes hard on its own for no apparent reason; dropping 10 MPH in a heartbeat. The vehicle did not produce a collision warning message on the dash. The cars in front on me were well beyond the longest 4 bar range of the acc so it was not detecting and locked onto a car in front of me. There were no cars on either side, no car crossing in front of me and the road was flat with no obstacles. Fortunately, the car behind me was not tailgating as the sudden deceleration could have caused a rear end collision. …”

NHTSA complaint #10588140, filed 2014-05, 1,030 miles

“Our vehicle is an Acura MDX 2014 with the advance package. One feature of the package is adaptive cruise control which aims to keep the vehicle moving at a steady rate and at a set distance from any vehicle in front of it. On several occasions, when vehicles in front of ours slows down or a vehicle merges from another lane in front of us (even transiently), instead of gradually braking and speeding up, the Acura performs sudden deceleration with hard braking even if the vehicle in front is doing the same speed or going only slightly slower. …”

NHTSA complaint #10573315, filed 2014-03, 1,700 miles

“Defect shows as immediate loss of toe alignment in both front tires, lane keep assist computerized feature in unable to turn steering wheel right, and steering wheel position sensor is unable to remain fixed at zero. Steering wheel position sensor: forces the vehicle into oncoming traffic by automatically during front wheels two and five degrees with maximum turning force applied when the road presents any combination of curved, tilted, and bumpy condition. Steering wheel hand sensor ? Computer applied over-steer forces the car left or right several degrees depending on hand position. …”

NHTSA complaint #10671950, filed 2015-01, 4,800 miles

“The contact owns a 2014 Acura MDX. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v417000 (equipment) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.”

NHTSA complaint #10775421, filed 2015-09

Related recalls

Related service bulletins

Equipment: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202511%
202325%
201621%
201523%
201453%
201313%
201223%
201111%
200912%
200812%
200711%
200611%
200553%
200442%
200342%
200231%
200152%

Other parts of the 2014 Acura MDX

Steering
38 complaintsElectrical system
27 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
27 complaintsBrakes
26 complaintsEngine
26 complaintsVehicle speed control
19 complaintsBody and structure
14 complaintsExterior lighting
13 complaintsOther or unknown
13 complaintsFuel system
11 complaintsSuspension
6 complaintsElectronic stability control
5 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2014 Acura MDX

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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