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Acura problems by model

Owners have filed 13,221 complaints with NHTSA about the 11 Acura models with enough data to profile here, covering 52 model years from 1991 through 2025. The MDX draws the most at 4,202, 31.8% of the make's total.

Models11

Model years52

Complaints13,221

Crashes617

Deaths15

Read this first

Complaint volume tracks how many cars a make sold as much as how they held up, and NHTSA complaints are unverified owner reports rather than confirmed defects. Nothing on this page compares Acura against another manufacturer. Use it to find the model, then the model year, then read what owners of that year actually filed.

Every Acura model

Model	Model years	Complaints	Most-reported year	Top system that year
MDX	16 2001–2025	4,202	2016 538	Engine (30.1%)
TL	11 1999–2012	3,729	2004 766	Structure (30.3%)
RDX	8 2013–2021	2,296	2019 578	Visibility/wiper (16.8%)
TLX	6 2015–2021	1,205	2015 540	Power train (29.8%)
TSX	3 2004–2012	466	2004 195	Air bags (14.9%)
CL	2 1997–2001	423	2001 317	Power train (67.2%)
Legend	2 1991–1992	269	1991 158	Service brakes, hydraulic (9.5%)
Integra	1 2023–2023	235	2023 235	Steering (80.4%)
RL	1 2005–2005	153	2005 153	Exterior lighting (32.7%)
RLX	1 2014–2014	138	2014 138	Steering (35.5%)
ZDX	1 2024–2024	105	2024 105	Forward collision avoidance (28.6%)

Model years shown are those with at least 100 complaints on file, the gate every page on this site has to clear.

Reading the numbers

Across every Acura model year on the site, power train is the system named most often: 2,478 complaints, 24.7% of those filed under a named system. Individual model years diverge from that sharply, which is the reason to read the year rather than the badge.

The three most-reported Acura models (MDX, TL and RDX) account for 77.4% of the make's complaint volume. That is a concentrated picture: most of what gets reported about Acura here comes from three nameplates. Bear in mind that a nameplate selling in the millions will out-file a niche one whatever its record.

Of the 13,221 complaints, 617 describe a crash, 161 describe a fire and 15 report a death.

Most-reported Acura model years

2016 Acura MDX 538 complaints · 30.1% engine 2004 Acura TL 766 complaints · 30.3% structure 2019 Acura RDX 578 complaints · 16.8% visibility/wiper 2015 Acura TLX 540 complaints · 29.8% power train 2004 Acura TSX 195 complaints · 14.9% air bags 2001 Acura CL 317 complaints · 67.2% power train 1991 Acura Legend 158 complaints · 9.5% service brakes, hydraulic 2023 Acura Integra 235 complaints · 80.4% steering 2005 Acura RL 153 complaints · 32.7% exterior lighting

The single heaviest model year of each Acura nameplate, 1991–2025. Heaviest is not worst. Read it alongside the model page.