Acura RDX vs Infiniti QX60: which is more reliable?
The Infiniti QX60 is clearly ahead of the Acura RDX on the federal record: 80/100 against 65/100 across every model year we score.
The record, side by side
Acura RDX
- 15 model years scored
- 2,016 owner complaints on record
- about 22 complaints per year on the road
- 37 recall campaigns, 34 safety-critical
- best year 2012 (92/100) · worst 2020 (32/100)
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: RDX 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 RDX
- Exterior Lighting — 592 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 331 complaints
- Visibility/Wiper — 231 complaints
Infiniti QX60
- Power Train — 190 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 108 complaints
- Engine — 105 complaints
They do not fail the same way: the RDX's complaints concentrate in Exterior Lighting, 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 RDX — avoid: 2015, 2019, 2020.
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 RDX 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 23.0 against 24.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Acura RDX or the Infiniti QX60 more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Infiniti QX60 scores 80/100 against the Acura RDX's 65/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The Infiniti QX60 carries about 8 complaints per year on the road against 22 for the Acura RDX.
Which Acura RDX and Infiniti QX60 years should I avoid?
Acura RDX: 2015, 2019, 2020. 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 RDX and the Infiniti QX60?
The largest complaint group on the Acura RDX is Exterior Lighting (592 complaints); on the Infiniti QX60 it is Power Train (190).
Is the Acura RDX or the Infiniti QX60 cheaper to own?
A recent used Acura RDX 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.