Other electrical problem on the 2016 Acura RDX
1 fire 1 of the 5 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
Only 3 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When other electrical problem gets reported
There are 5 reports of other electrical problem on the 2016 Acura RDX, 3 with a mileage attached. That is too few to place the failure on the odometer with any confidence.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 85,000 miles. It is the 3rd most-reported problem on this model year.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 5,018 miles | — | — |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a fire is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $250–$2,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 10 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2013, at a median of 1,200 miles, and latest on the 2007 at 70,000 miles.
By volume the 2019 carries the most reports, with 19; the 2016 has 5. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
The 2016 acura rdx newly purchased on 4/25/2016 from fresno acura had a spontaneous fire and subsequent immediate electrical system failure during a trip from fresno (california) to monterey (california). The vehicle had an estimated 250 miles on the odometer at the time of the engine and electrical failure. The vehicle was nonoperational and was towed to los gatos acura and with unclear cause as to the electrical and engine failure and initial inspection suggested a "residue" around the engine compartment and a subsequent factory service representative inspected the vehicle and reported, "no factory defect." however, this is without the benefit of removing and inspecting any components other than the opening of the hood of the vehicle and removal of the engine compartment under panel that protects objects from being drawn into the engine compartment. Vehicle has been towed to the original dealership of purchase, fresno acura, for repair. Acura has failed to provide an inspection report for the basis of the denial for warranty repair on a new vehicle with low miles, an inadequate inspection, and a high safety hazard if a…
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 acura rdx. While driving 55 MPH, the odometer gauges failed. Within a five mile drive, the odometer reading jumped from 9,995 miles to 10,231 miles. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed by the mechanic that the reading on the odometer and reading on the internal memory were the same. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 9,995.
My navigation system starts alarming 3-4 blocks from home stating I home when I am not on my street. Also systems says I am at an exit in seattle but it is incorrect. I spoke with acura and they stated the maps are 5 years old when I bought the car I would think maps were up to date. Also my radio would erase stations that were preset and show zzzzz on stations. They needed to update software and replace computer boards and radio. Also when on a call it would drop the sound when on phone. I also have static while on phone. Acura stated that the software would correct this but it continues the error. Also the car would brake when on its own when I am a 100 ft away from the other car. They upated software on 9/27/2016
Also reported on the 2016 Acura RDX
Other powertrain problem
Other engine problem
Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure
Other brake problem
Wiper or washer failure
Other body or interior problem
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 5 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
Complaints are voluntary, so 5 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other electrical problem happen on the 2016 Acura RDX?
Across 3 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 5,000 miles. A quarter were filed before — and a quarter after —. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other electrical problem on the 2016 Acura RDX?
5 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.1 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed