Acura MDX vs Infiniti QX60: which is more reliable?
The Infiniti QX60 is clearly ahead of the Acura MDX on the federal record: 80/100 against 66/100 across every model year we score.
The record, side by side
Acura MDX
- 14 model years scored
- 1,916 owner complaints on record
- about 28 complaints per year on the road
- 70 recall campaigns, 36 safety-critical
- best year 2011 (95/100) · worst 2025 (39/100)
Infiniti QX60
- 11 model years scored
- 600 owner complaints on record
- about 8 complaints per year on the road
- 26 recall campaigns, 16 safety-critical
- best year 2020 (93/100) · worst 2014 (33/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: MDX against QX60
The comparison that decides the purchase. A nameplate is not one car — a redesign can move the record sixty points inside two years, and the two nameplates rarely move together.
What owners actually complain about
Acura MDX
- Engine — 553 complaints
- Power Train — 388 complaints
- Electrical System — 334 complaints
Infiniti QX60
- Power Train — 190 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 108 complaints
- Engine — 105 complaints
They do not fail the same way: the MDX's complaints concentrate in Engine, the QX60's in Power Train. That difference matters more to a buyer than the score gap, because it says which repair bill you are taking on.
Years to avoid on each
Acura MDX — avoid: 2016, 2020, 2025.
Infiniti QX60 — avoid: 2014.
A year scores below 45 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. Every car’s years to avoid.
What each costs today
A recent used Acura MDX prices at about $55,100 and a Infiniti QX60 at about $55,100 — they price within $1 of each other, which at this level is the same money, and they return 21.0 against 24.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Acura MDX or the Infiniti QX60 more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Infiniti QX60 scores 80/100 against the Acura MDX's 66/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The Infiniti QX60 carries about 8 complaints per year on the road against 28 for the Acura MDX.
Which Acura MDX and Infiniti QX60 years should I avoid?
Acura MDX: 2016, 2020, 2025. Infiniti QX60: 2014. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Acura MDX and the Infiniti QX60?
The largest complaint group on the Acura MDX is Engine (553 complaints); on the Infiniti QX60 it is Power Train (190).
Is the Acura MDX or the Infiniti QX60 cheaper to own?
A recent used Acura MDX prices at about $55,100 and a Infiniti QX60 at about $55,100, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.