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Model years to avoid

Acura TL

What it says about you

Opinion

You bought this in 2006 and you are still driving it, and you mention that fact more often than the conversation strictly requires. In fairness, you have earned it.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

10 model years on record, 1,217 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2006 (crack), 2005 (crack). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • dashboard 2005, 2006 peak 46.5% of that year's complaints
  • crack 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 peak 28.2% of that year's complaints
  • airbag 2005, 2006 peak 38.5% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2014 3 recalls 17 complaints
  2. 2013 3 recalls 62 complaints
  3. 2012 3 recalls 130 complaints
  4. 2011 3 recalls 20 complaints
  5. 2010 3 recalls 64 complaints
  6. 2009 3 recalls 42 complaints
  7. 2008 4 recalls 124 complaints
  8. 2007 4 recalls 124 complaints
  9. 2006 crack 247 complaints
  10. 2005 crack 387 complaints

What does a Acura TL say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.