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	1,064	2,655
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	9.5%	6.2%

Ford Transit by year

1 3 270 211 133 77 47 106 32 54 77 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 237 22.3%

Engine & Cooling 123 11.6%

Other & Unspecified 110 10.3%

Electrical System 105 9.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 63 5.9%

Brakes 59 5.5%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 57 5.4%

Body & Structure 53 5.0%

Acura RDX by year

70 39 16 26 21 19 180 261 441 56 108 105 568 433 161 42 26 15 67 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 602 22.7%

Other & Unspecified 341 12.8%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 299 11.3%

Airbags 232 8.7%

Engine & Cooling 222 8.4%

Electrical System 156 5.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 141 5.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 137 5.2%