Acura MDX vs Chevrolet Silverado

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 Silverado
Complaints on file	4,699	10,928
Model years covered	2001–2026	1980–2017
Worst model year	2016	2001
Best model year	2026	1993
Crashes reported	223	869
Fires reported	88	165
Injuries reported	154	498
Deaths reported	0	28
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	9.9%	14.3%

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 Silverado by year

2 2 5 3 2 18 24 37 18 51 77 235 331 230 365 335 2,104 1,614 1,048 853 852 723 361 223 253 221 103 91 99 91 87 195 111 8 156

80 82 84 85 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

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

What breaks

Brakes 3,696 33.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 818 7.5%

Electrical System 763 7.0%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 686 6.3%

Engine & Cooling 661 6.0%

Steering 561 5.1%

Body & Structure 508 4.6%

Airbags 485 4.4%