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2020 Acura RDX Vehicle speed control Problems

Complaints
19about this part
Share
5%of 351 total for the year
Median mileage
5,520miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 19 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2020 Acura RDX, 5% of the 351 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 5,520 miles. 3 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers.

Example complaints

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

“It was mildly raining and I went to accellerate onto the highway and all a sudden without warning the car started to violently shake and stutter and the car lost all power and I was almost hit by another car because I lacked power. The vehicle then refused to accelerate and I had to dangerously glide off the highway without power and the vehicle had to be towed. Every check engine light came on. I then had the vehicle fixed and they said it was a problem with an engine coil. Three weeks later in the same situation in the mild rain the exact same problem happened again. …”

NHTSA complaint #11414777, filed 2021-05, 13,000 miles

“November 22, 2020 10:15 pm route 287 (in route to edison rte 1 exit). 2020 Acura RDX a-spec - a few minutes after accelerating safely onto a merging lane (with trucks) the engine performance light starts blinking and car started to slow down almost to a roll. As the truck's headlights got closer, it managed along with several other cars to switch lanes as I turned hazard lights on and steered the car into the shoulder. I turned the car off (hazard lights still on) waited a few minutes and when I turned it back on the engine performance light was off and I was able to drive home. …”

NHTSA complaint #11376106, filed 2020-11, 6,630 miles

“From the day I took delivery of my 2020 RDX advance in august, I've been completely crazy about it. Now, however, I'm feeling sad and disillusioned, but more importantly, I don't feel 100% safe driving it. Recently, after spending a few weeks in georgia, we were driving back home to northern virginia on I-85n in north carolina. It was and had been raining steadily the entire trip. There was moderate/heavy traffic moving at speeds between 60-75/80 MPH. Somewhere just south of charlotte, the car suddenly started slowing down, even though I was pressing the accelerator! …”

NHTSA complaint #11282791, filed 2019-11, 6,500 miles

“- 2020 Acura RDX aspec purchased apr2020 new - ~2,800 miles when incident occurred on sat, 4jul2020 - was traveling on I-10 west at ~70 to 75 MPH - attempted to pass a vehicle (on the left) when car lost all ability to accelerate and orange engine light began to blink in lower left corner of dashboard - I was pushing accelerator to the floor but no acceleration, no engine revving - vehicle slowed down to ~20 MPH by the time I was able was able to get over to shoulder safely - turned car off waited ~30 seconds turned car back on and car appeared to function properly - I reported issue to…”

NHTSA complaint #11339164, filed 2020-07, 2,800 miles

“Car lost all acceleration and went into limp mode attempting to overtake someone on the freeway, accelerating from 60 to 70 MPH (in a 70). I had to navigate from left lane to right shoulder across 3 lanes of traffic. Terrifying. Car was remedied after turning off for a few minutes. Of note, this was a long (3+ hour) trip in the rain. A quick search revealed a ton of other Acura owners with a similar issue' noting specifically that it doesn't generate an error code thats stored that honda/Acura can use to troubleshoot. My car was cpo, under a week since purchase, 6,000 miles on the odometer. …”

NHTSA complaint #11363869, filed 2020-10, 6,000 miles

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Vehicle speed control: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202513%
202418%
202213%
202176%
2020195%
2019174%
201879%
2017810%
201520%
201431%
201321%
201217%
201116%
200917%
200813%
2007713%

Other parts of the 2020 Acura RDX

Other or unknown
104 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
102 complaints
Engine
55 complaints
Fuel system
37 complaints
Electrical system
27 complaints
Body and structure
26 complaints
Brakes
23 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
22 complaints
Air bags
6 complaints
Suspension
6 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
5 complaints
Steering
3 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2020 Acura RDX

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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