Acura Maintenance Schedule & Costs
By CarWhere Research · Updated
Acura doesn't publish service prices, so we don't put a dollar figure on Acura maintenance. Acura Maintenance Program covers 1 year / 12,000 miles. Acura's published oil-change interval: condition-based: Maintenance Minder calculates remaining oil life (shown as %); 'due soon' at 15%, 'due now' at 5%, negative distance once past due.
Est. per year
Not priced
no OEM prices
Brand rank
#17 of 25
cost, then complaints
Free maintenance
Yes
1 year / 12,000 miles
Models covered
2
0 priced
Acura maintenance schedule
Intervals and items from Acura's own maintenance guides and owner's manuals, linked row by row. Your engine and driving conditions can change them; the manual for your car wins.
| Interval | Service items | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Maintenance Minder main code A |
| 2025 Acura MDX Owner's Manual — Maintenance Minder section |
| Maintenance Minder main code B |
| 2025 Acura MDX Owner's Manual — Maintenance Minder section |
| Sub-code 1 |
| 2025 Acura MDX Owner's Manual — Maintenance Minder section |
| Sub-code 2 |
| 2025 Acura MDX Owner's Manual — Maintenance Minder section |
| Sub-code 3 |
| 2025 Acura MDX Owner's Manual — Maintenance Minder section |
| Sub-code 4 |
| 2025 Acura MDX Owner's Manual — Maintenance Minder section |
| Sub-code 5 |
| 2025 Acura MDX Owner's Manual — Maintenance Minder section |
| Sub-code 6 |
| 2025 Acura MDX Owner's Manual — Maintenance Minder section |
| Sub-code 7 |
| 2025 Acura MDX Owner's Manual — Maintenance Minder section |
| Tune-ups |
| 2026 Acura MDX Specifications & Features (Acura News) |
Oil-change interval
Normal service: Condition-based: Maintenance Minder calculates remaining oil life (shown as %); 'due soon' at 15%, 'due now' at 5%, negative distance once past due. If no message appears within 12 months of the last reset, change oil yearly.
Severe or special conditions: No separate fixed severe interval — Maintenance Minder adjusts to operating conditions; specific severe-use footnotes listed under schedule.
Source: 2025 Acura MDX Owner's Manual — Maintenance Minder section
Free / included maintenance
Acura Maintenance Program
Term: 1 year / 12,000 miles (listed as standard on every 2026 MDX and RDX trim).
Source: 2026 Acura MDX Specifications & Features (Acura News)
Acura maintenance cost by model
Acura doesn't publish service prices, so models aren't priced; the complaint rate is the comparable number.
Which Acura has the least problems?
NHTSA owner complaints per 1,000 vehicles sold (2015–2022 U.S. sales), graded against every model in the same segment. Lower is better.
Acura vs other brands
Acura ranks #17 of 25. Priced brands are ordered by the average of their models' estimates; brands that don't publish service prices follow, ordered by complaint rate.
| # | Brand | Est. per year | Median complaints / 1,000 | Included maintenance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tesla | $1,511 | — | None confirmed |
| 2 | Toyota | $1,463–$1,769 | 0.182 (5 models) | ToyotaCare: 2 years or 25,000 miles, whichever comes first, for model years 2026 and earlier |
| 3 | Mazda | $1,535–$1,746 | 0.317 (4 models) | None confirmed |
| 4 | Volkswagen | $1,535–$1,769 | 0.337 (2 models) | Carefree Maintenance (part of Carefree Coverage): 2 years — covers the 10,000- and 20,000-mile scheduled services, or scheduled services for two years, whichever occurs first |
| 5 | GMC | $1,704 | 0.867 (2 models) | GMC First Service Visit: First scheduled service visit for new GMC owners |
| 6 | Ram | $1,704 | 0.968 (1 model) | None confirmed |
| 7 | Hyundai | $1,535–$1,769 | 0.759 (4 models) | Hyundai Complimentary Maintenance (HCM): 3 years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first |
| 8 | Subaru | $1,619–$1,769 | 0.405 (2 models) | None confirmed |
| 9 | Honda | $1,535–$1,787 | 0.497 (5 models) | Honda Maintenance Program: 1 year / 12,000 miles on 2026 models |
| 10 | Chevrolet | $1,704–$1,769 | 0.517 (3 models) | Chevrolet Complete Care — covered first maintenance visit: One visit within the first 12 months of ownership |
| 11 | Ford | $1,704–$1,769 | 0.672 (2 models) | None confirmed |
| 12 | Kia | $1,746–$1,769 | 0.756 (4 models) | None confirmed |
| 13 | Jeep | $1,746–$1,769 | 1.19 (4 models) | None confirmed |
| 14 | Nissan | $1,746–$1,787 | 0.355 (6 models) | Nissan Maintenance Care: Up to 3 oil changes within 2 years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first |
| 15 | Porsche | $1,824–$2,168 | — | Included First Service: First scheduled service at 1 year/10,000 miles on new internal-combustion Porsches |
| 16 | Lexus | Not priced | 0.202 (1 model) | LexusCare complimentary maintenance: First two scheduled services: 6 months/5,000 miles and 12 months/10,000 miles, whichever comes first |
| 17 | Acura | Not priced | 0.874 (2 models) | Acura Maintenance Program: 1 year / 12,000 miles |
| 18 | Audi | Not priced | — | Audi Signature Care Scheduled Maintenance: Included with every new model-year 2026 Audi: scheduled services in the first 3 years/30,000 miles, whichever occurs first |
| 19 | BMW | Not priced | — | BMW Ultimate Care Scheduled Maintenance: 36 months or 36,000 miles, whichever first, from original in-service date |
| 20 | Cadillac | Not priced | — | Cadillac First Maintenance Visit: First service visit at a participating dealer within the first year of vehicle delivery |
| 21 | Genesis | Not priced | — | Genesis Complimentary Scheduled Maintenance (with Service Valet): 3 years / 36,000 miles, whichever comes first |
| 22 | Land Rover | Not priced | — | None confirmed |
| 23 | Lincoln | Not priced | — | Lincoln complimentary scheduled maintenance: 4 years / 50,000 miles |
| 24 | Mercedes-Benz | Not priced | — | None confirmed |
| 25 | Volvo | Not priced | — | Volvo Complimentary Factory Scheduled Maintenance: MY2026 gas mild-hybrid/plug-in hybrid: first two scheduled services |
Frequently asked questions
Is Acura expensive to maintain?
Acura doesn't publish service prices, so we don't put a dollar figure on Acura maintenance. Acura Maintenance Program covers 1 year / 12,000 miles. Acura's published oil-change interval: condition-based: Maintenance Minder calculates remaining oil life (shown as %); 'due soon' at 15%, 'due now' at 5%, negative distance once past due.
What is the cheapest Acura to maintain?
Acura doesn't publish service prices, so we don't rank its models by dollars. On owner complaints, the RDX has the lowest rate of the Acura models in our NHTSA study: 0.541 complaints per 1,000 sold.
Which Acura has the least problems?
The Acura RDX has the fewest problems of the 2 Acura models in our NHTSA study: 0.541 owner complaints per 1,000 sold (2015–2022 sales), against MDX 1.21. Lower is better.
Is Acura a reliable brand?
On owner complaints, Acura is weaker than most: of the 2 Acura models in our sales-adjusted NHTSA study, 0 grade above average for its segment and 1 below. Fewest complaints: the RDX (0.541 per 1,000 sold).
How often does a Acura need an oil change?
Acura's published oil-change interval: condition-based: Maintenance Minder calculates remaining oil life (shown as %); 'due soon' at 15%, 'due now' at 5%, negative distance once past due.
Does Acura include free maintenance?
Yes: Acura Maintenance Program, 1 year / 12,000 miles.
Related
Sources and method
Schedules, oil intervals and included maintenance come from Acura's own documents. Dollar estimates are AAA category benchmarks (or, for Porsche, Porsche's plan prices), never invented per-model prices. Complaint rates: NHTSA complaints ÷ published U.S. sales (CarWhere analysis).
- Your Driving Costs 2025 (brochure: cost per mile by vehicle category) — AAA (maintenance cents per mile by category)
- Your Driving Costs 2025 fact sheet (methodology) — AAA (what the maintenance line includes)
- NHTSA vehicle owner complaints database — National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (complaints per 1,000 sold is a CarWhere calculation)
- 2025 Acura MDX Owner's Manual — Maintenance Minder section — Acura (opened 2026-11-06)
- 2025 Acura RDX Owner's Manual — Maintenance Minder section — Acura (opened 2026-11-06)
- 2026 Acura MDX Specifications & Features (Acura News) — Acura (opened 2026-11-06)
- 2026 Acura RDX Specifications & Features (Acura News) — Acura (opened 2026-11-06)