Acura MDX vs Chevrolet Blazer

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Acura MDX	Chevrolet Blazer
Complaints on file	4,699	11,268
Model years covered	2001–2026	1973–2026
Worst model year	2016	1996
Best model year	2026	2005
Crashes reported	223	1,106
Fires reported	88	258
Injuries reported	154	571
Deaths reported	0	36
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	9.9%	17.5%

Acura MDX by year

266 242 259 243 244 121 126 62 76 63 87 101 46 249 98 530 398 289 308 365 216 60 68 172 10

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 986 21.0%

Engine & Cooling 833 17.7%

Electrical System 512 10.9%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 356 7.6%

Other & Unspecified 324 6.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 243 5.2%

Airbags 230 4.9%

Brakes 207 4.4%

Chevrolet Blazer by year

1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 8 10 35 21 38 45 47 42 267 337 616 774 1,707 1,579 1,098 1,025 612 885 464 301 103 67 18 20 11 5 296 357 202 81 66 71 48 1

73 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 2,982 26.5%

Engine & Cooling 1,169 10.4%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 995 8.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 858 7.6%

Electrical System 837 7.4%

Suspension 717 6.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 639 5.7%

Lights 425 3.8%