Acura MDX vs Jeep Liberty

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	Jeep Liberty
Complaints on file	4,699	11,717
Model years covered	2001–2026	2000–2012
Worst model year	2016	2002
Best model year	2026	2009
Crashes reported	223	820
Fires reported	88	218
Injuries reported	154	631
Deaths reported	0	19
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Suspension
Share of complaints involving harm	9.9%	14.4%

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%

Jeep Liberty by year

7 12 2,330 1,732 1,440 1,461 1,813 941 766 146 273 244 552

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

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

What breaks

Suspension 2,063 17.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,786 15.2%

Airbags 1,357 11.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1,213 10.4%

Electrical System 901 7.7%

Body & Structure 895 7.6%

Engine & Cooling 606 5.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 516 4.4%