2017 Acura RDX: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2017 Acura RDX. The campaign is 17V256000. NHTSA received the report on 18 Apr 2017. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Other / Labels. NHTSA has 77 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 17V256000, in the NHTSA record
Honda and Acura will notify owners, and dealers will replace the Certification Label, free of charge. The recall began June 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are KF3 (CR-V)and KF4 (RDX).
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 1,425 units in total.
17V256000Received . 1,425 units.
Equipment / Other / Labels
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2017 CR-V and Acura RDX vehicles. The Certification Labels on the affected vehicles were printed with ink that may be inadvertently wiped away with an alcohol solvent. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 567, "Certification."
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If the label information can be wiped away, the operator may not be able to refer to the information, possibly resulting in the vehicle being overloaded, which can increase the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Honda and Acura will notify owners, and dealers will replace the Certification Label, free of charge. The recall began June 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are KF3 (CR-V)and KF4 (RDX).
Report filed by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.). Manufacturer campaign number KF3, KF4. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
77 complaints, 111 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
- 2017 Acura RDX
- All 2017 vehicles
| Component | 2017 RDX | All 2017 vehicles | RDX, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 207.2 | 118.2 | 53.7 | 23 |
| Electrical System | 162.2 | 118 | 60.4 | 18 |
| Service Brakes | 99.1 | 54.7 | 39.9 | 11 |
| Engine | 99.1 | 194.5 | 80.1 | 11 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 72.1 | 29 | 29.1 | 8 |
| Unknown or Other | 72.1 | 103.9 | 128.5 | 8 |
| Forward Collision Avoidance | 54.1 | 19.1 | 14.2 | 6 |
| Lane Departure | 36 | 5 | 10.8 | 4 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 27 | 47.6 | 32.8 | 3 |
| Air Bags | 27 | 37.5 | 86.4 | 3 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 20.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 7
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 6
- Deaths in the complaints
- 1
- Date of the newest complaint
- 26 Sep 2026
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EA21002 | Engineering analysis | Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture | Air Bags / Frontal / Driver Side / Inflator Module | 17 Sep 2021 | Open |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2017 Acura RDXThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2017 Acura RDX: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/acura/rdx/2017/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2017 Acura RDX?
- 1,425 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Acura RDX have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 16 recall campaigns for the Acura RDX, model years 2007 to 2026. 1 of them names the 2017 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2017 Acura RDX name most often?
- Power Train: 23 of 111 component mentions, or 207.2 per 1,000. For all 2017 vehicles the figure is 118.2 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2017 Acura RDX open?
- 1 investigation has no closing date in the NHTSA file, of 1 that name this model year.