Acura RDX fire or smoke problems

Filed Sep 13, 2025 · Seats · NY · fire

This incident happened on July 5th 2025. My 2024 leased Acura RDX front passenger seat caught on fire. The car was parked and not driven for two days before this happened. My educated untrained guess and the police officer on the scene guess was that this was an electrical fire. My Acura dealer refuses to repair this and deny that is the issue. Acura told me this never happened before to a 2024 RDX but I told them this problem happened to years past Acura RDX. There was no issues with this car. I had this car serviced at Acura in April 2025 for regular maintenance service. As of today Acura refuses to repair or replace the car or admit fault with the electrical issue. I was told by Acura this was a thermal event and nothing else. I have pictures of this and the car is at Acura service department for any inspection since it is untouched by them. Also as of today’s date Acura has not sent me any correspondence of anything to do with my leased Acura RDX. This is affecting my life and it is very stressing on my family.

Filed May 15, 2024 · Airbags, Seat belts · TX · crash · 1 injury

Rear ended other vehicle going about 40 plus miles per hour, then another vehicle rear ended me. Upon impact ( which I have pictures of) my driver side seatbelt released completely unbuckled & dangling , my dash lit up & said airbags deployed. But no airbags deployed. In turn upon impact my sternum hit my steering wheel. It busted the radiator so now my car will not even turn on. It is at a Collision Center awaiting adjuster inspection. Since the radiator busted the other vehicle & myself couldn’t tell if it was steam or smoke coming from the engine. So I turned the car off, it has never turned back on since.

Filed Sep 28, 2022 · ME · crash · fire

The contact called on behalf of her mother who was the owner of a 2017 Acura RDX. The contact was reporting the complaint based on verbal information she received from a police officer. The contact stated her mother was driving out of her driveway when she drove into an embankment and the vehicle was stuck. The contact stated the police officers informed her, that the cause of the fire was due to the driver attempting to drive out of the embankment and reverse out of the embankment several times. The vehicle had caught on fire and the driver passed away in the vehicle as she was unable to exit the vehicle. The fire department was called and extinguished the fire. The contact stated she was awaiting the police department and fire department report. The vehicle was towed to the police towing lot. The failure caused was not determined by the insurance company, independent mechanic, or dealer. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Oct 21, 2021 · CT

I'm writing this complaint form concerning to a 2019 car I finance at Acura Of Milford. In 9/29/2021 I was driving my 2019 car I smell something burning coming from the car, with no insistence I drove straight to the Acura company. when I got there a lot of smoke is coming Out from the car and its Overheating about to explode. The service advisor gave me a courtesy car to drive .and he told me he was gonna called me. A week goes by he never called me to let know anything about the car. so I went Back to the company. I saw the salesman he told me the mechanic said they couldn't fixed it , My salesman told me if I take the car its gonna do the same thing again, After a few days the company called me they said your car its ready to I said I'm not comfortable to drive this car anymore My life coming first please can you guys change it for me or give me my money back. they said they not gonna change it in they not gonna give my money please can you guys help me with the situation please my is [XXX] or [XXX] thank you. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Filed Mar 24, 2021 · Acceleration, Electrical · TX · fire

My SUV has been in service over 15 times stemming from electrical issues with the dash harness, multi times for loss of power while driving, loss of infotainment systems, and piping noise coming from the speakers. The loss of power and 'limp mode' has happens 3 times. Once at highway speed after an out of state trip, and twice on my way to work during humid conditions. The electric issues have happened multi times during all driving conditions. I was on my way home from work today, and I started to smell something burning. I worked my way out of the main highway when smoke started pouring out of the AC vents. A few moments later I could see flames coming out of the dash behind the infotainment screen.

Filed Nov 7, 2019 · Electrical · 9,900 miles · NY

The above mentioned vehicle was leased in march 2019. I have recently experienced issues with the infotainment system that comes standard with my vehicle. The screen is going black and not responding while the vehicle is in motion on a bridge. This is causing my bluetooth, blindspot assist, navigation, and entire computer system to malfunction. I am also having issues with the vehicle starting. It was at one point I was told to place my key near the start button in order for the vehicle to start. I was informed by daniel flores of acura of wappinger falls that they are aware of the issue but they have no idea when the issue will be resolved. I am afraid that I will be placed in a situation where my vehicle will not start or cause a safety issue for myself or a pedestrian. My vehicle is less than a year old and I have I invested more than $10000 in it. The only way for me to get out of it is to spend an additional $133.00 a month (which I do not have) and change the vehicle out today!!!. I am looking for help. My husband recently had a 2013 nissan rogue catch on fire in my driveway just under my bedroom window. I am afraid that something like this may occur again.

Filed Oct 17, 2019 · Engine · 31,000 miles · CA · fire

2016 acura rdx with approx 31,000 miles. After approx 1.5 mile trip parked it at a shopping center, turned off the engine and locked the car. Within 3 min the engine spontaneously caught fire and burned the entire engine compartment before the fire dept put it out. Contacted honda and told them they should look at it to see if it was an inherant safety problem. Honda said they were not interested in looking at the car and to let my insurance handle it. Took it to the dealership where it was purchased after being told by them that they would look into it as it still had a power train warranty. Dealership failed to provide an inspection of the vehicle and was told by honda not to honor the warranty and let insurance handle it. Vehicle is totaled and if the insurance co sells it at an auction there will be no evidence left of what caused the spontaneous fire to erupt on such a low mile engine.

Filed Oct 6, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 67,000 miles · WA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 acura rdx. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle began to lose power and emitted a loud grinding/humming noise from underneath the passenger side of the hood. The contact pulled the vehicle over and placed the vehicle into park in order to restart the vehicle. The contact noticed smoke underneath the hood. The contact exited the vehicle as it caught fire. The fire department was contacted and extinguished the fire. The vehicle was towed to the tow yard and then towed to the insurance company. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer was not notified. The manufacturer stated that there was no recall regarding the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 67,000.

Filed Nov 13, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 24,000 miles · OH · fire

We have two 2014 rdx's. Wife hit a deer with damage to the right front light and right front quarter panel. Suppose to be a 3700.00 repair but when body shop drove rdx into their building it caught fire and now we have a totaled 40,000 rdx. Everybody has said they can't ever remember a acura ever catching on fire. In talking with a acura mechanic he mentioned something about they had some electrical issues on these vehicles but nothing was proven. We are waiting on the results from the electrical engineers that the insurance people have hired to try to determine if there is a problem with it's manufacturing or something else they are asking if any thing was leaking from the vehicle and as far as we know it wasn't leaking since we kept driving it until we took it to the body shop. My problem is I don't want to park the other rdx in my garage not knowing if the vehicle has a manufacturing electrical problem. The mechanic told me to disconnect my battery cable if I was worried. I don't fine that as a solution to the problem. The other problem we have is the car was being driven and they pull it into their shop where they have worked on honda's and acura's for a lot of years and this model catches on fire. Something isn't right. My wife took some pictures on her phone of her rdx.

Filed Oct 2, 2014 · Electrical · 127,000 miles · OH · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2007 acura rdx. While driving approximately 70 MPH, the vehicle revved and caught fire. There were no injuries. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police or fire report was not filed. The fire department determined that the fire was related to an electrical failure. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 127,000.