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2017 Acura MDX Other or unknown Problems

Complaints
30about this part
Share
12%of 260 total for the year
Median mileage
12,000miles
Trend
RisingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% higher than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 30 complaints about the other or unknown of the 2017 Acura MDX, 12% of the 260 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 12,000 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved and 2 a fire, according to the filers.

Example complaints

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

“Acura MDX 2017 bought brand new. Has shut off completely 5 times in the last 60days. 3 times in the last 2 days. Come to a stop, entire car shuts off along with electronics. Occured the last three times at an intersection waiting to turn left or at a red light. . Can't move. Have to restart the car. Dangerous. I've taken it to Acura and they say nothing is wrong. Service tech told me another MDX owner is having same issue.”

NHTSA complaint #11098373, filed 2018-05, 48,000 miles

“2017 Acura Mdx. Earlier this year I suspected something was wrong with the car so we took it to Acura in weir canyon to get it checked out. They figured it was the throttle body so they replaced it and then about 2 weeks later the engine had a catastrophic failure. I was driving the car coming out of the freeway and right before I turned right the engine made a huge noise. We tried asking Acura for goodwill assistance but they did not offer anything at all because I bought the car used. I always took the car for its maintenance while the time I've had it. …”

NHTSA complaint #11696229, filed 2025-10, 67,996 miles

“I was driving 70mph on az state route 51. I heard a loud bang, like a gun shot, and a sudden noise like turbulent air and highway noise. As I slowed the vehicle I looked around to see if there were any broken windows which there weren't. Pulling over and inspecting the vehicle I noticed 2/3 of the moonroof was missing and a few pebbles of plate glass on top of the inside cover. The remaining glass was angled up like it had been sucked up not deflected down from an impact. …”

NHTSA complaint #10971976, filed 2017-04, 2,700 miles

“While driving, I received the message advanced driver support system: u3000-49 . This is the second time this error has appeared on the console. First time this had occurred was on 9/28/18 and again on 8/13/19. The dealer says I dont drive the car enough and in turn the battery for the camera does not have sufficient charge. Every time I bring this car in for an issue they reset the error message and inform me to let them know to come back if the issue appears. This happened with my trunk and my jerky transmission. On another note, I have had issues with a choppy transmission. …”

NHTSA complaint #11256353, filed 2019-09, 10,000 miles

“Car caught on fire in the middle of the road. I was inside of the car with my three kids, my husband was driving, the car started smoking, we stopped in the middle of the road and everybody ran out of the car and the car caught up in flames, we heard an explosion, the police officers and firefighters arrived and they stopped the fire. They filed a report with city of issaquah #18-09696. We called the dealership and Acura customer relation and they didn't want to go see the car and check what caused the fire. Firefighter mentioned it could have started in the engine. …”

NHTSA complaint #11120680, filed 2018-08, 16,000 miles

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Other or unknown: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026333%
20252723%
2024922%
2023512%
20222214%
20203917%
20192513%
20182112%
20173012%
20164011%
20151420%
2014138%
2013517%
20121114%
2011710%
2010511%
200936%
200836%
200777%
200689%
2005106%
2004127%
2003115%
200252%
200142%

Other parts of the 2017 Acura MDX

Engine
79 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
64 complaints
Electrical system
46 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
38 complaints
Brakes
23 complaints
Lane departure
21 complaints
Vehicle speed control
21 complaints
Fuel system
19 complaints
Engine cooling
18 complaints
Body and structure
10 complaints
Exterior lighting
7 complaints
Wheels
4 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2017 Acura MDX

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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