Tired of being a statistical figure....
When I read that quality-review article yesterday, I had mixed feelings. Although not mentioned by name, MDX was "2nd best" by virtue of being made by Honda/Acura.
I must admit, I probably got spoiled while owning Subaru Legacy from 1996 thru 2000. Maybe it was just a "lucky" car, maybe all Subarus of that generation were really good, I don't know. Except for basic regular maintenance twice a year, I never went to visit a dealer.
While reading similar reviews during those times, I was thinking to myself, "If Subaru is SO good, yet they say Toyota and Honda are better, maybe I will NEVER have to visit a dealer if I buy one of their cars?"
Well, as many of you know from personal experience as well as from reading my previous posts, this predicament did not come true.
There are TSBs out addressing virtually every component of the MDX. That means that my car, having gone through THUD, seat rails, bad alignment of interior components, broken rear wiper tranny/motor, hard starts, leaky mirrors, etc. is not just unlucky. They are all like that....

Plus this survey says that '02 models are actually WORSE in their mechanical components....
Foreseeing some of your possible replies to my comments, I want to say that I know, that BMW's, MB's and EVEN some Lexus have as many if not even more, and maybe even more severe problems than MDX has.
Still, overall I am UPSET and honestly would not RECOMMEND MDX as sincerely and wholeheartedly as I did when people used to ask me about Subaru.
I am sad to admit that I settled for the best of the worst.... (unfortunately, I do not know of anything better)
