Acura MDX vs Chrysler Pacifica

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	Chrysler Pacifica
Complaints on file	4,633	10,659
Model years covered	2001–2026	2003–2026
Worst model year	2017	2018
Best model year	2007	2024
Crashes reported	223	336
Fires reported	87	141
Injuries reported	154	179
Deaths reported	0	6
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	10%	6.2%

Acura MDX by year

266 242 259 243 244 121 126 62 76 63 87 101 46 248 98 522 391 284 307 355 209 58 65 151 9

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 976 21.1%

Engine & Cooling 818 17.7%

Electrical System 500 10.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 345 7.4%

Other & Unspecified 319 6.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 239 5.2%

Airbags 230 5.0%

Brakes 206 4.4%

Chrysler Pacifica by year

1 1,332 1,802 1,056 481 155 6 2,354 1,353 471 259 672 350 244 68 39 16

03 04 05 06 07 08 16 17 18 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

Engine & Cooling 2,402 22.5%

Electrical System 1,426 13.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,423 13.4%

Body & Structure 1,092 10.2%

Steering 725 6.8%

Other & Unspecified 723 6.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 640 6.0%

Suspension 493 4.6%