2020 Acura TLX
This year drew an ordinary 62 complaints for a Acura TLX — the model's median is 65. What they were about is the unusual part: 8.1% of them mention performed, against 2.6% across the other years of this generation.
Last year of its generation. This Acura TLX ran from 2015 to 2020, so it had the whole run for its faults to be found and fixed. Last years are usually the most sorted of a generation.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 62 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 65 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 23.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- performed — 8.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.6% across the other years of this generation (3×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
Recall performed on 2020 Acura TLX 3.5 for rod bearing recall. Crankshaft and bearings were replaced. 24000 miles later, the engine spun a bearing again with all the new internals. All maintenance records were supplied when the car was brought in. Acura is wan…
notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 23V858000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) and 23V751000 (Engine and Engine Cooling); however, the parts to do the recall repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of tim…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V215000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V751000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 24V064000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 26V332000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Acura TLX 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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