2017 Acura RDX: multiple warning lights

6 of the 80 complaints about the 2017 Acura RDX describe multiple warning lights.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 8%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 9 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Multiple warning lights by model year

2025
2
2021
2
2020
1
2019
6
2018
1
2017
6
2015
1

What owners say

Filed Aug 14, 2025 · LA

Locked Acura RDX alarm goes off randomly for no reason. When the alarm is turned off all the lights on the dash are flashing on and off and ticking. The most recent is 8/14/25. But has happened on several occasions especially if locked with the key fob or the lock on exterior of door. On 8/14/2025 it was lock by the inside door lock.

Filed Jul 2, 2025 · Electrical · NV

My car alarm starting going off at random throughout the night, last night and day today. The car also started flickering all the dashboard lights while the car was turned off completely. This seems like it’s the keyless access unit. I don’t know how the battery is not dead yet but seems like it will be tomorrow. The car has not been diagnosed by a dealership or independent service center but I’m seeing many people say they’ve had this same issue happen to them with the same year, make and model. There was no warning lights or symptoms instead I was woke up in the middle of the night to my car alarm going off. After turning the alarm off it happened again after about 5 minutes. My neighbor was outside and told me that it had actually been going off all night. I am now the villain of the neighborhood. This will definitely kill my battery as I’m watching and hearing electrical components turning on when I haven’t touched the key fob or door.

Filed Jun 12, 2022 · Electrical · MD

On Friday May 10, 2022, as I was merging from a local road to the highway, I tried to accelerate to complete a safe merge however, the car stated loosing power and jerking, I had to floor the accelerator to get the power needed to avoid a collision with the vehicle behind me. About 1 mile later, the care started loosing power again and cut out. I restarted and continued driving, a few yards later, the car jerked and all the warning lights came on. Given the serious safety issue and the fact that I happened to be near the an Acura dealership, I slowly drove to that dealership. Since it was close to the end of the business day on a Friday, I knew that I'd have to wait until the next day or week to get a report on the problem. I previously filed two complaints on June 19, 2019 and July 28, 2019, on this same issue. I spoke with a representative of Honda several times and they assured my that the problem was fixed after the dealer kept this car for several weeks to work on it. At this juncture, given that this is an issue that could cause serious harm, I am ready to sell this car. Honda needs to fix this.

Filed Sep 24, 2019 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · IN

During morning commute on highway multiple warning lights came on, including electronic stability control, emissions, lane departure, and power steering. On rapid acceleration vehicle had pronounced power loss, which obviously could be dangerous. This is the second time this very thing has happened to the vehicle. It's at least the 4th time multiple warning lights have come on, and the second for the loss of power on acceleration. The dealership consulted acura technical support the last time and said they had identified and fixed the problem.

Filed Jul 28, 2019 · Electrical · 43,400 miles · MD

This vechicle starts to loose power, jerky acceleration then cuts out completely. All the lights come on including check engine and remains on until I tak it to the dealer. Purchased in march 2018, this is a continual problem and getting worse. Three times in the past month. The dealer kept the vehicle for three weeks from june 20, 2019, after three (3) weeks he told me there was nothing wrong. Problem occured again today, july 28, 2019.

Filed Jun 20, 2017 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 9,249 miles · PA

9,249 miles on a 2017 acura rdx. Check engine light came on while in motion on a highway at approximately 65 MPH with notable loss of power (once stopped it took a full 30 seconds to get to 15 MPH). Let car sit for 2 hours as manual stated. Once restarted and driven for approximately 20 feet all lights on dashboard where flashing and again virtually no power. Vehicle was towed to the dealership. Tech performed hds scan and retrieved error codes: p0304, p0 05, and p0306...4/5/6. Dealership claims was all due to needing a software update. Of which I never would have been aware of unless I experienced this scary loss of power on the highway. They had no sort of alert out that the new models are in need of a software update. Dangerous and do not feel safe driving this car any longer.