2008 Acura MDX

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Safety - What the Auto Press Says

The 2008 Acura MDX does extremely well in federal government crash tests, earning five stars for driver safety and passenger safety in frontal crash tests and five stars for both the front and rear seats in side crash tests. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gives it a score of "Good"(the highest possible) in both frontal offset and side impact tests and names it a "Top Safety Pick."

• "The Acura MDX includes standard front, front-side, and side-curtain airbags with a rollover sensor that automatically inflates the curtain airbags as a precautionary measure if the vehicle is about to roll over." -- Forbes
• "Safety equipment on the new MDX is as complete a package as there is in the industry." -- New Car Test Drive
• "While such items as stability control, traction control, antilock brakes and side curtain air bags that protect all three rows are standard on MDX, you can't get side air bags that protect the torsos of second- and third-row passengers." -- Detroit News
• "Safety is covered by a bevy of airbags, including one for the driver's knees and impending rollover deployment of the side curtains." -- Edmunds
• "Active safety features, designed to help the driver avoid accidents in the first place, include all-wheel-drive, electronic stability control, and anti-lock brakes (ABS) with electronic brake force distribution and brake assist for panic stops." -- Auto Mall USA
• "On the safety front, this new MDX boasts Acura's Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body structure designed to evenly distribute crash forces and has a special frame member below its front bumper to engage the front bumper of a smaller vehicle and better protect its occupants in a frontal crash." -- The Car Connection