2013 Acura ILX
Complaints about this year name takata recall far more often than the model's other years — 20% of them, about 49× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 66 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 20 |
| Involving a crash | 7 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 26 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- air bags — 15% of complaints, 38× usual
- airbags — 12% of complaints, 30× usual
- stop — 12% of complaints, 30× usual
What owners wrote
TAKATA RECALL ...I HAVE NOT RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT ACURA REPLACING THE AIR BAGS.
I WENT IN FOR A AIRBAG RECALL BACK IN 2016 I GOT IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON 7/30/19 WHICH TOTALED MY CAR BUT MY AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED WHICH CAUSED A INJURY TO THE LEFT SIDE OF MY HEAD FROM ME HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL . POLICE SAID THE AIRBAGS SHOULD OF DEPLOYED…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V182000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 19V500000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V323000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 16V061000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 12V338000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES Fixed free of charge.
- 20V770000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Acura ILX was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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