The Lemon Index$2,700 middle bill · most between $2,400 and $3,000
About the same as the $2,500 middle bill owners of all 49 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 108,000 miles (8 reports).
Acura MDX owners reported paying a median of $2,700 for a torque converter replacement, with the middle half of bills between $2,400 and $3,000. That's from 8 owner reports (8 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,50038%
- $2,500–$5,00062%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 8 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2001 Acura MDX4$2,400 middle bill
- 2004 Acura MDX1too few for a middle
- 2005 Acura MDX3$3,000 middle bill
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2005 Acura MDX40 complaints name it22% of that year's complaints
- 2004 Acura MDX34 complaints name it20% of that year's complaints
- 2003 Acura MDX21 complaints name it10% of that year's complaints
- 2001 Acura MDX20 complaints name it9% of that year's complaints
- 2006 Acura MDX16 complaints name it18% of that year's complaints
- 2002 Acura MDX15 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a torque converter. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0741 P0740. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Acura MDX reliability by year
- Torque converter replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Acura MDX owners reported
Transmission replacement (26) · Engine replacement (6) · Strut and shock replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 10480923, 10408879, 10345947, 10343219, 10323394, 10295729, 10292930, 10290084.
Quick answers
How much does torque converter replacement cost on a Acura MDX?
Acura MDX owners reported a median of $2,700, and the middle half paid $2,400 to $3,000, from 8 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Acura MDX torque converter replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Acura MDX middle bill of $2,700 is about the same as the $2,500 owners of all 49 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Acura MDX repair costs come from?
From 8 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Acura MDX years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2005 (40), 2004 (34), 2003 (21) Acura MDX named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.