2008 Acura MDX Recalls
No NHTSA recalls on record for the 2008 Acura MDX. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 62 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the electrical system. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Complaints by component
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.
“My car exterior paint has poor quality. It has been for years. It clear coat peeling and bubbling due to poor factory adhesion between paint layers, fading & chalking. This happens for so many years ago but I don’t know this happened because the manufacturers problem until recently a friend told…”
“About maybe 2 months ago my tailgate open light comes on. When the exterior light is left on when I get in the car. .. It will go out but the tailgate light open will come on while driving and you will a ding then the light comes on while drive ng. As a result the car alarm.goes.off several times.…”
“I was at stoplight waiting to make a right turn and the check air bag system turned on. No accident, just the error came on for no reason. This is safety issue and it should have lifetime warranty! I called the dealer and they told me that its will cost me $295 just to diagnose the error. I feel…”
“Had front collision with another vehicle and hit their passenger side of the vehicle and their airbags deployed on that side but my airbags didn’t deploy in the front. I suffered injuries because it didn’t work.”
“My vehicle was parked in a parking lot and the engine caught on fire. The engine was not running, it seams to spontaneously caught fire.”
“My vehicle was parked in a parking lot and the engine caught on fire. The engine was not running, it seams to spontaneously caught fire.”
“The clock in the 2008 acura mdx stopped working over 18 months ago. This occurred after an acura day-light-savings time update. In order to check the time now you have to take your eyes off the road. There are thousands of acura vehicles with this problem. Acura refuses to help. They state there…”
“"check airbag system" light came on. No accidents, nothing that should have caused the light to come on. It was stationary when it came on, parked in driveway. *tr”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2008 Acura MDX as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.