Fulfilling Acura’s commitment to “safety through innovation,” the 2022 MDX offers the highest level of standard safety and driver-assistive technologies in the model’s history. As a driver’s vehicle that also will be carrying the most precious cargo, including families —safety performance was of paramount importance.
Advanced Safety and Driver Assistive Technologies
The 2022 MDX also features the latest generation of Acura’s Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure, with enhanced occupant and pedestrian frontal collision protection capabilities. Side impact performance, assessed using the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s side impact protocol, is further improved with a 34-per cent reduction in cabin intrusion thanks to a redesigned ultra-high-strength side door ring and center roof pillar.
The enhanced frontal crash energy management of the 2022 MDX can help to more evenly disperse the forces transferred to other vehicles in a crash. In particular, ACE™ helps minimize the potential for under-ride or over-ride situations that can happen during frontal impacts with a larger or smaller vehicle. Compared to the previous generation ACE, the 2022 MDX body structure has increased front overlap area providing 38-per cent greater efficiency and load capacity for improved vehicle-to-vehicle crash compatibility with smaller cars.
The 2022 MDX targets a 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and incorporates anticipated future testing requirements, including oblique frontal collisions, pedestrian safety, and forward warning and automatic emergency braking tests.
The 2022 MDX also features the latest generation AcuraWatch™ suite of driver-assistive technologies is standard on all MDX models. AcuraWatch helps to improve the driver’s situational awareness and, in certain circumstances, intervenes to help avoid a collision or mitigate its severity. New features for AcuraWatch on the 2022 MDX include Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR), Traffic Jam Assist (TJA), Driver Attention Monitor, pedestrian sensing and automatic emergency braking (Pedestrian AEB). Also new for MDX, and available on Technology Package, is a new Low Speed Braking Control system.
Additional driver-assistive features include a standard HD Multi-View Rearview Camera System with Dynamic Guidelines and a new rear-camera washer system, Blind Spot Information (BSI) system, Rear Cross Traffic Monitor and available front and rear parking sensors. The MDX with Advance Package also includes a Head-Up Display and Surround View Camera System.
Based on this comprehensive effort, Acura engineers targeted the highest available safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), including the TOP SAFETY PICK + (TSP+) rating.
What’s New:
Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR)
Traffic Jam Assist (TJA)
Driver Attention Monitor
Pedestrian sensing and Automatic Emergency Braking (Pedestrian AEB)
Enhanced pedestrian collision safety features
Next-generation front passenger airbag
Passenger knee airbag
Available Low Speed Braking Control
Pyrotechnic pre-tensioners and load-limiting retractors (front and outboard second-row seatbelts)
Rearview camera washer
Rear Seat Reminder
Key Safety and Driver-Assistance Features
AcuraWatch
Multi-View Rear View Camera System with Dynamic Guidelines
Blind Spot Information (BSI) with Rear Cross Traffic Monitor
Next-generation Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body structure
Ultra-high-strength steel front door stiffener rings
Driver and front passenger side and knee airbags
Side curtain airbags with rollover sensor
Advanced 4-channel ABS with Electronic Brake Distribution and Brake Assist
Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA®) with Traction Control
Adjustable head restraints
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH)
Auto high-beam headlights
Available Surround View Camera System
Available front and rear parking sensors
Available Head-Up Display (HUD)
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Please Note: The details of this article were accurate at the time it was written. Manufacturers may change the details of any vehicle’s specifications, at any time, without notice.
