GMC Canyon 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	GMC Canyon	Acura MDX
Complaints on file	1,957	4,699
Model years covered	2004–2026	2001–2026
Worst model year	2015	2016
Best model year	2025	2026
Crashes reported	62	223
Fires reported	35	88
Injuries reported	37	154
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Steering	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	6.8%	9.9%

GMC Canyon by year

103 146 81 61 68 35 9 20 30 401 355 91 72 22 20 14 43 106 258 13 9

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 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

Steering 441 22.5%

Electrical System 268 13.7%

Lights 216 11.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 180 9.2%

Engine & Cooling 156 8.0%

Brakes 116 5.9%

Other & Unspecified 99 5.1%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 64 3.3%

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%