Ford Transit vs Acura RDX

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	Ford Transit	Acura RDX
Complaints on file	1,072	2,669
Model years covered	2001–2026	2007–2026
Worst model year	2016	2020
Best model year	2019	2012
Crashes reported	43	94
Fires reported	19	23
Injuries reported	32	46
Deaths reported	7	2
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Lights
Share of complaints involving harm	9.4%	6.2%

Ford Transit by year

1 3 273 213 133 78 47 106 32 54 79 41 3 9

01 14 15 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

Transmission & Drivetrain 238 22.2%

Engine & Cooling 123 11.5%

Other & Unspecified 111 10.4%

Electrical System 105 9.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 63 5.9%

Brakes 60 5.6%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 58 5.4%

Body & Structure 53 4.9%

Acura RDX by year

70 39 16 26 21 19 180 262 442 56 109 105 573 438 161 42 26 15 68 1

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 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

Lights 605 22.7%

Other & Unspecified 344 12.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 299 11.2%

Airbags 232 8.7%

Engine & Cooling 222 8.3%

Electrical System 159 6.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 143 5.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 137 5.1%