Mitsubishi Outlander 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	Mitsubishi Outlander	Acura MDX
Complaints on file	1,886	4,699
Model years covered	2003–2026	2001–2026
Worst model year	2022	2016
Best model year	2006	2026
Crashes reported	195	223
Fires reported	20	88
Injuries reported	106	154
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	17%	9.9%

Mitsubishi Outlander by year

149 73 26 25 175 80 61 76 88 34 34 58 79 208 81 81 46 46 317 77 45 20 7

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

Engine & Cooling 182 9.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 181 9.6%

Suspension 173 9.2%

Electrical System 165 8.7%

Body & Structure 157 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 144 7.6%

Brakes 124 6.6%

Airbags 109 5.8%

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%