Buick Park Avenue vs Acura MDX

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	Buick Park Avenue	Acura MDX
Complaints on file	1,880	4,633
Model years covered	1984–2005	2001–2026
Worst model year	1998	2017
Best model year	2005	2007
Crashes reported	95	223
Fires reported	174	87
Injuries reported	64	154
Deaths reported	4	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	17.9%	10%

Buick Park Avenue by year

2 15 16 14 21 28 12 134 104 102 63 164 68 355 327 174 104 71 41 38 17 10

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 356 18.9%

Brakes 281 14.9%

Electrical System 198 10.5%

Seat Belts 142 7.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 117 6.2%

Steering 114 6.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 102 5.4%

Body & Structure 97 5.2%

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%