Acura Mdx. Published by Transport Canada as 2019159 on 28 March 2019. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says This recall was replaced by Transport Canada recall no. 2025-212.
Issue:
On certain vehicles, water could enter the tail lamps located on the tailgate. This could cause the tail lamps not to work properly. This could also cause a fuse to blow, which could result in a complete loss of rear lighting.
Safety …
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Acura MDX in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Acura MDX is named on 18 American notices and 1 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The European register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2019159
- Recall date
- 28 March 2019
- Make
- Acura
- Models
- MDX
- Model years
- 2014 to 2019
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Superseded
- Vehicles affected
- 32,880
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
This recall was replaced by Transport Canada recall no. 2025-212.
Issue:
On certain vehicles, water could enter the tail lamps located on the tailgate. This could cause the tail lamps not to work properly. This could also cause a fuse to blow, which could result in a complete loss of rear lighting.Safety Risk:
A loss of rear lighting could make the vehicle less visible and increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
The company will notify owners by mail. Owners will be instructed to take their vehicle to a dealer to inspect the tailgate lid lamps. If either lamp is not working, the dealer will replace both lamps and inspect/replace the fuse. If both tailgate lid lamps are working, the dealer will modify the lamps, and install updated gaskets and wiring.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2019159.
Acura elsewhere in this register
Acura is named on 106 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2019117 · 7 March 2019 · Accord, El, Civic · Airbag
- 2019179 · 11 April 2019 · MDX, Ridgeline, TLX · Engine
- 2019034 · 25 January 2019 · Ilx · Fuel System
- 2019272 · 6 June 2019 · Ilx · Powertrain
- 2019323 · 28 June 2019 · El, Accord, Civic · Airbag
- 2018602 · 1 November 2018 · Hr-V, MDX, Odyssey · Brakes
- 2018523 · 27 September 2018 · Pilot, Fit, ZDX · Airbag
- 2018478 · 6 September 2018 · NSX · Electrical
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2019146 · 19 March 2019 · Sprinter 3500, Sprinter 2500 · Lights And Instruments
- 2019137 · 15 March 2019 · Charger, 300, Challenger · Lights And Instruments
- 2019132 · 11 March 2019 · 360 · Lights And Instruments
- 2019105 · 1 March 2019 · A Class · Lights And Instruments
- 2019067 · 13 February 2019 · Beetle · Lights And Instruments
- 2019064 · 12 February 2019 · Mustang, Navigator, MKX · Lights And Instruments
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on an Acura: 106 in the register, and 594 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2019.
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