Below are recalls and complaints reported to NHTSA for the 2019 Acura Rdx. This information is consumer-reported and provided for general informational purposes only. Vehicles like this may qualify under California lemon law depending on their individual repair history.
The following recalls were reported to NHTSA. A recall does not by itself establish that any individual vehicle is defective.
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Acura NSX, 2019 Acura RDX, RLX and RLX Sport Hybrid, 2018-2019 Honda Accord, Civic Hatchback, Civic Type R and HR-V, 2019-2020 Insight and 2019 Fit vehicles. The low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail.
Reported consequence: If the fuel pump fails, the engine can stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Honda will notify owners and dealers will replace the fuel pump assembly, free of charge. The recall began July 22, 2020. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138.
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2017-2020 CR-V, 2018-2019 Accord and Accord Hybrid, 2018-2020 Odyssey, 2019 Insight, and 2019-2020 Acura RDX vehicles. A manufacturing issue with the front seat belts may cause the seat belt buckle channel to interfere with the release button, preventing the seat belt buckle from latching.
Reported consequence: An unlatched seat belt cannot properly restrain the seat occupant during a crash, increasing their risk of injury.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the driver and front passenger seat belt buckle release buttons or the buckle assemblies as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 18, 2023. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are NDA, QDB, BDC, MDD, LD9. TDF, FDG, ODH, YDI, ZDE.
The following are consumer-reported complaints filed with NHTSA. These are unverified allegations and are not proof that any defect exists.
We have owned our 2019 Acura RDX for about 4 years. Roughly 2 years ago my wife called me panicked that the car had lost power and the check engine light was on as she was exiting the freeway. It was a rainy day, she had our kids in the car on the wa | On July 12, 2025 my husband, the driver, and myself, owner of the vehicle and passenger this day, were driving on the freeway at approximately 7:00am in the middle lanes of the freeway. Without any codes or warnings beforehand, we heard the car make
The vehicle should be included in the recall for similar makes and models with the same issue. I almost crashed on the freeway because my high fuel pressure pump stopped working. | Vehicle went into limp mode while I was accelerating up to speed onto a highway crossing lanes and driving uphill. All acceleration stopped, and the vehicle quickly decelerated due to being on a steep hill. It was not raining at the time. I had moved
Vehicle was stolen within 15 minutes due to a weak door lock cylinder on the driver's door. Once the robber was inside they used a scanner yo bypass the weak security system and erased all key fobs | The contact owns a 2019 Acura RDX. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact attempted to use the horn however, the horn was inoperable. The contact stated that while attempting to engage the horn, the horn failed to funct | Back up camera system failure
The auto-stop feature on my 2019 Acura RDX has resulted in my car abruptly shutting down twice now -- today it happened when I slowed to a stop at an intersection. Basically, rather than just shutting the engine off while idling, it shuts of the elec | I was driving on the highway and it was raining. I tried to pass another car so I started to accelerate. But during my attempt to accelerate, my 2019 Acura RDX would not respond to throttle response. So I slowly started to loose speed the car. The en | Was driving on the interstate with slight rain and trying to accelerate but then the check engine light started flashing and the car would not accelerate. Speed on the interstate is 70mph, but the car immediately dropped down to 35mph. Traffic behind
Rear windshield shattered while driving, with no impact. That is a dangerous risk that could go terribly wrong with other drivers. | The rear window on the hatch shattered without any trauma to the glass. It was completely unexpected and there was immediately a hole in my rear window. There were no obvious defects in the glass and again, no trauma to the window prior to it shatter | Car was parked in parking lot and was not moved. When I returned to my car after working I got in and looked out my rearview mirror as I was about to put car in reverse to notice that my rear window did not look right. After getting out of the car to
I was driving on a highway going at 65 - 70 MPH when the car completely stalled causing me to try to move across 3 lanes with the engine shut down. I could not start. Almost got rear ended by a semi. this happed a few times. I checked the trouble cod | The car stalls at random times. Other times you press the gas and there is a significant delay in acceleration. Acura and the dealer have failed to provide the part even though I have asked for it since last February. It is ridiculous. Are you peo | There was a recall for the fuel pump modules but the parts are not available at any dealership in my area and this is going on over a year. Acura keeps sending me direct mail that there is an issue but there is no solution.
Component or System Failed: Rear liftgate glass (rear window) shattered unexpectedly. The glass is available for inspection upon request. Description of Incident: Vehicle is a 2019 Acura RDX located in Massachusetts. I started the car from my remote | Windshield spontaneously shattered without impact due to the defrost grid | Rear window spontaneously shattered. The weather was very cold and snowing. I used the rear defroster to melt off the snow. I went inside a retail store for about a hour and when I returned to my suv I found my rear window shattered. There was no dam
Allegedly reported: 1 injury (as reported to NHTSA).
My car is AWD. Occasionally when I am driving my car will feel like its stalling and an error message appears on the dash saying there’s an error with the AWD system and only front wheel driving is working | REAR WINDOW OF 2019 ACURA RDX SHATTERED SPONTANEOUSLY WITHOUT MANIPULATION. | Rear window shattered without cause. First incident occurred on March 26, 2024 for which I replaced the rear window. The second incident occurred on February 18, 2026. The defect occurred in exactly the same pattern and place (near the windshield
The contact owns a 2019 Acura RDX. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that | The contact owns a 2019 Acura RDX. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000 (Fuel System, Gasoline); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reaso | The contact owns a 2019 Acura RDX. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000 (Fuel System, Gasoline); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that
On March 5, 2026 my son and I were sitting parked in my 2019 RDX A-Spec SUV when we heard a loud cracking sound and my rear windshield shattered. We got out of the car and did not see anyone or anything nearby that could have impacted the windshield | Got into my car started it and the back window burst I might add it was not to cold out but the rear window wiper was on due to the rain sensor | BACK WINDSHIELD SHATTERED OUT OF NO WHERE. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS specific MODEL
Allegedly reported: 1 injury (as reported to NHTSA).
Problem with rear back mirror defects after so long my back window shattered with no reason | This morning I awoke to another shattered rear windshield. I had the exact same thing happen in January of this year. This is my second out of cost rear windshield replacement due to the known problem Acura has failed to address. I have spent over 1,
Three weeks ago when New York had the two big snow storm and the road condition was really bad, my Acura RDX unexpectedly pop up warning message that says disabling of AWD (switching to FWD). This happened every time when it snow and will disappear | all maintenance performed at Acura. 6 weeks after the Transmission aged out of warranty dealer found metal shavings in Transmission oil. Car had only 60k miles. $13000 maintenance bill to fix. | Driving 55mph at night on highway . Went to accelerate around slower vehicle to 70mph speed limit when vehicle lost engine power and yellow check engine light began flashing on left side of instrument panel. Vehicle began slowing forcing move to righ
On 9/22/22 travelling on I-290 near Boylston, MA I was passing a large tractor trailer in the far left lane going up a hill. It was and had been raining very hard for at least the previous hour. When I stepped on the accelerator to increase speed, th | I was driving for approx. 3 hours on the interstate and exited to return home. After stopping at the red light my car would not excel. The rpm where moving up to 4 plus but the car wouldn’t go over 20 miles an hour when pressing the excelerator. No w | Three hours into a four hour road trip, we had been driving in the rain when needed to overtake a slow car in the right lane. Went to accelerate when car lost all power and a check engine light came on flash. Pulled over to the emergency lane and tur
Completed 100,000-mile service work at the dealership, 1 month following the work, while driving, all engine codes went off and the car went into "limp mode". I was unable to drive at normal speeds while on a major highway and going through a busy in | I started driving on the freeway for a few miles in the rain and suddenly started to hear a low rumble/rattling sound from the engine area. The car began to cycle through error messages for every one of the electronic safety systems (Brake system, ve | The contact owns a 2019 Acura RDX. While the contact’s wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights illumi
THE BACK TAILGATE GLASS SHATTERED. IT WAS PARKED, I HAD JUST TURNED IT ON. AND AS I WAS STARTING TO SHIFT IT TO REVERSE IT SHATTERED. A POP THE SOUNDOF GLASS FALLING. I SLAMMED ON BREAKS GOT OUT THE WINDOW WAS BROKEN, MISSING. ALL ALONG THE WINDS | My rear windshield shattered during the winter. There was no signs of any damage beforehand. There was broken glass everywhere and I could’ve seriously cut myself or anyone back there could’ve been hurt by the pieces of broken glass. I had to file a | Rear window for 2019 Acura RDX shattered while sitting in driveway. There was no impact and the car was stationary.
My 2019 Acura was involved in a front end collision which resulted in the car being deemed a total loss. Not one of the airbags deployed at any point during the collision, despite hitting head on. The collision resulted in me having severe neck and s | The contact owns a 2019 Acura RDX. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the passenger’s side air bag off light remained illuminated with a passenger seated in the seat. After restarting the vehicle, the failure would be self-correcte | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 ACURA RDX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG OFF WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED WHILE HIS WIFE WAS OCCUPYING THE SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED TWICE AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE W
Allegedly reported: 2 injuries (as reported to NHTSA).
Transmission intermittently gets stuck in a gear while driving and will not shift until car is powered off and on again. Brake system, LKA, power steering, vehicle stability/traction control, hill assist, cruise control, collision mitigation, and roa | on 2/3/22, after only 12 hours of owning the vehicle, I merged onto 287 South and upon speeding up and merging into the center lane, I lost all acceleration and my dash lit up like a Christmas Tree. An 18 wheeler was coming behind me in the middle la | WHILE ACCELERATING THROUGH 50MPH THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPS DEVELOPING POWER AND BEGINS TO COAST DOWN TO A STOP, REGARDLESS OF GAS PEDAL INPUT. THE VEHICLES 'MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP', 'ELECTRIC POWER STEERING (EPS) SYSTEM INDICATOR', 'VEHICLE STABILIT
Near the first of the year 2024 I received a fuel pump recall notice for my 2019 Acura RDX. To date, no parts for addressing this issue have been available and no timeline has been made available as to when parts would be available. I am planning my | My vehicle stopped in the middle of the road as I took exit from the highway. I was almost rear ended as I was entering the parking lot .The vehicle just stalled. I took it the Acura Dealership for fix and they have not taken care of recall issue. I | DRIVING ON A WET DAY, LOOKING TO ACCELERATE OUT OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION MERGE AS TRAFFIC OPENED UP, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO WHAT I NOW UNDERSTAND IS A KNOWN PROBLEM (BUT NO RECALL) CALLED "LIMP MODE." I FELT A BUMP, ALMOST LIKE A GEAR SHIFT. THE CAR
The brake pedal in my car was soft. pressed it and did not stop the car until its almost to the floor. Called acura and they told me there was a tsb as other have had this problem Honda TSB 19-022. the car needed to be reprogramed and fixed th | HAVE HAD A SECOND OCCURRENCE OF A BRAKE PROBLEM WHICH ACURA HAS ACKNOWLEDGE BUT WILL NOT PROVIDE A FIX DATE. ONLY TOLD THAT IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT ENGINEERS AY IT IS NOT A DANGER. BUT WON'T PUT IT IN WRITING SO DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS NOT UNSAFE. | WHEN USING AUTO BRAKE HOLD WHEN STOPPED IN TRAFFIC AND IF ENGINE AUTO START STOP IS ENGAGED, IF THE AUTO START STOP TURNS THE ENGINE BACK ON THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE AUTO BRAKE HOLD RELEASES BY ITSELF AND CAR STARTS MOVING FORWARD. THIS COULD BE A SA
I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 65 MPH. IT WAS RAINING. I NEEDED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY IN ORDER TO AVOID A CAR THAT WAS TRYING TO MERGE INTO MY LANE. WHEN I HIT THE ACCELERATOR, THE CAR CUT OFF. THIS CAUSED ME TO LOOSE SPEED AND ALMOST HAVE | I HAD THE CRUISE AND LKAS ON AND SET TO 75. I MANUALLY CANCELLED CRUISE AND BEGAN TO INCREASE SPEED TO GET INTO ANOTHER LANE. WHILE PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, MY RDX COASTED AND DECELERATED INSTEAD OF GAINING SPEED. I MADE AN EMERGENCY STOP (AS SAFE A | UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION IN THE TWO EPISODES THAT I DESCRIBED TO THE DEALER WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE, I WAS UNAWARE OF THE ACC FEATURE. I HAD NOT YET, AND HAVE STILL NOT, USED ANY CRUISE CONTROL OR ACC. #1. I WAS IN A PARKING LOT
AFTER A HARD STOP AT A STOPLIGHT, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCERLATE EVEN WHEN PUSHING HARD AND PUMPING ON THE GAS PEDAL. COULD HEAR THE ENGINE REVING BUT WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MPH. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND THEY | WHILE DRIVING MY 2019 ACURA RDX I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE. DURING ACCELERATION MY ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND SIMULTANEOUSLY THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER TO THE ENGINE. THIS PREVENTED ME FROM PASSING AND FORCED ME TO FALL BACK I | MY BRAND NEW 2019 ACURA RDX THAT HAD 9200 MILES ON IT SHUT DOWN ON ME ON THE FREEWAY. IT WAS RAINING AND I PULLED OUT TO PASS, GOING ABOUT 75 MPH, AND IT WENT INTO WHAT I NOW KNOW IS LIMP MODE AND THE ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF AND THE ENGINE W
My car has been shaking on acceleration but no engine light or any warning popped up. When I called an Acura dealership, they said they would have trouble diagnosing the problem without a light on. A few days later, while accelerating on the highwa | THIS IS THE SECOND COMPLAINT FOR THIS VEHICLE, THE PREVIOUS COMPLAINT WAS ASSIGNED NHTSA ID NUMBER: 11277657. SIMILAR TO THE INCIDENT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHIC | WE TURNED ONTO THE ON-RAMP OF I40 WEST IN ARKANSAS AT EXIT 58 HEADING WEST. I ACCELERATED TO GET UP TO SPEED TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I REACHED 70MPH THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATION AND VERY RAPIDLY SLOWED TO 20MPH IN FRONT OF MULTIPLE CARS AND S
Vehicle: 2019 Acura RDX (Technology Package) I am reporting a serious safety issue involving sudden loss of engine power while driving. On March 14, 2026, I filled my gas tank before traveling approximately 1.5 hours out of town. The vehicle operat | Once again, 3 weeks after the first time it happened, my 2019 ACURA RDX lost ALL power and I had to drift to the side of the road. This occurred on the Baldwin Beach Express and luckily there is not a lot of traffic this time of year so I could get o | While driving on interstate 65 headed towards Mobile, Al. My 2019 Acura RDX lost ALL power. Every light surrounding the speedometer was lighted. No power, nothing.. was able to coast from the right hand lane to the shoulder of the interstate. . No po
BRAKES HAVE SQUEAKED ESP IN THE MORNINGS WITHIN THE FIRST 5-10 MIN OF DRIVING THE CAR EVER SINCE I PURCHASED IN OCT 2018. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITHOUT ANY FIXES AS PER PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS. NOTICED THAT BRAKES FEEL AS IF SOMETHING IS LOOSE WHEN Y | FROM MARCH 2019 TO PRESENT: WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 55MPH, THE VEHICLE SLAMS ON IT'S BRAKES AUTOMATICALLY AND COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. I THEN HAVE TO PUT THE RDX IN PARK, THEN BACK INTO DRIVE BEFORE I CAN ACCELERATE AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS WHEN NO
The contact owns a 2019 Acura RDX. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the contact exited the vehicle, and the rear glass shattered without impact. The contact stated that a Police Report was filed. The vehicle was taken to an indep | The contact owns a 2019 Acura RDX. The contact stated after starting the vehicle, there was loud sound coming from the rear of the vehicle. After inspecting the rear of the vehicle, the contact became aware that the rear windshield glass had shattere | The contact owns a 2019 Acura RDX. The contact stated that after closing the hatchback of the vehicle, the contact's wife noticed that the rear window glass had shattered. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact related the failure to
Component Failure & Inspection: The rear windshield glass spontaneously imploded/shattered. This is a documented manufacturing defect involving the rear defroster grid, as detailed in Acura Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) 22-014. The vehicle and the | On November 26, 2022 RDX rear glass shattered while parked. This was reported to ACURA to find out if this is a known defect. Acura replied that they don’t have a recall on this problem. Coincidentally, few days after glass was replaced (insurance) t
While we were driving we heard what sounded like a shot, when we pulled over we noticed the rear window was shattered, and noticed nothing had gone through or hit it After inspecting it. My daughter was scared to stay in the car so we had to call som | After my shift at work. I got in my 2019 ACURA RDX and closed the door. Right when the door closed the rear tailgate glass shattered. Leaving a big hole in the glass on my drive home. While it kept breaking into thousands of smaller pieces while driv | When I was approaching my vehicle from the rear, I noticed my back window had chunks of glass missing and it appeared cracked. As I got closer, I noticed the entire back window was shattered. Pieces of glass were on the ground, meaning this occurred
While traveling on the interstate during the earl morning of May 2, 2025 for roughly 40 miles, the center part of the tread came off completely, causing about $6000 in damage to our vehicle. Even after the tread came off, the tire stayed inflated. Th | uneven tire wear, cupping/feathering, diagnosed by dealer in June 2022, tires rotated to reduce noise, did not help, thumping getting worse, tire size p 235 / 55 R 19, uneven wear makes it dangerous to drive affecting both me and my passengers, no wa
THE ABOVE MENTIONED VEHICLE WAS LEASED IN MARCH 2019. I HAVE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED ISSUES WITH THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM THAT COMES STANDARD WITH MY VEHICLE. THE SCREEN IS GOING BLACK AND NOT RESPONDING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ON A BRIDGE. THIS I | WEN I TURN THE RADIO THE RADIO PLAY FOR 1 DAY AFTER ONE DAY I HAVE TO UNPLUG THE CAR BATTERY AND RESET THE RADIO BECAUSE THE RADIO DON'T WORK IT IS SAYING THAT THE RADIO IS NOT ABELOBLE SOW I HAVE TO DISCONET DE BATTERY EVERY OTHER DAY AND RESET THE | WE BOUGHT THIS CAR 3/2019 AND SOON THEREAFTER STARTED HAVING SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGY CONTROLLING NAVIGATION, PHONE, MEDIA, ETC., AND ITS FAILURE TO PERFORM CAN CAUSE DRIVER DISTRACTION, WHICH IS A CLEAR SAFETY ISSUE. ALL THESE THIN
THE BUCKLE STOPPED LATCHING ON THE DRIVER’S SIDE SEATBELT IN SEPTEMBER 2023. IT WOULD NOT ‘CATCH.’ I WAS NOT ABLE TO USE THE SEATBELT AS IT WOULD NOT LATCH. I TOOK IT TO MY ACURA DEALER WHO REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE BUCKLE. I WAS AT RISK AS I WAS DRIV | REAR SEATBELTS ARE NOT SAFE FOR CHILDREN. THERE IS A LARGE GAP BETWEEN THE SEATBELT AND THE CHILD (5 YEAR OLD AND 9 YEAR OLD). FOR THE 9 YEAR OLD THE SEATBELT CROSSES HIS FACE. IT IS ANCHORED TOO HIGH AND TOO FAR FORWARD FROM THE SEAT,. THE SEATBELT
Called Southbay Acura in Torrance Ca on 10/23/24.Told them my 2019 Acura RDX has the EXACT same problem that 2019/2020 RDX's has a recall on...Front passenger seat belt Buckle will not Buckle..THe buckle won't allow the seatbelt to lock..Dealer said | Told by dealer that the passenger seat frame assembly has a defect but they will not repair it unless I pay approx $1500 | THE BACK SEAT OF THE VEHICLE IS LOOSE AND ROCKS UP TO AN INCH OR MORE. WE TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS STANDARD ON THE 2019 ACCURA RDX. SEATS THIS LOOSE DO NOT SEEM SAFE TO ME. WE HAVE AN INFANT I
ACURA HAS A TELEVISION AD WHERE THEY AIM THE ACURA RDX HEADLIGHTS DIRECTLY AT THE VIEWER. IT IS PAINFUL, EVEN ON TV. THESE HEADLIGHTS VIOLATE THE UN TREATY ON TORTURE. ACURA MUST IMMEDIATELY RECALL THESE HEADLIGHTS AND REPLACE WITH SOFT, INCANDESC | AUTO HIGH BEAMS APPEAR TO TURN ON WHEN THERE ARE LIGHT COLORED VEHICLES IN FRONT OF THE CAR. THIS ISSUE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ISOLATED TO OUR VEHICLE: HTTPS://ACURAZINE.COM/FORUMS/3G-RDX-PROBLEMS-FIXES-458/AUTO-HIGH-BEAM-NOT-ADVERTISED-975370/. MY WI
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