Acura CL: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 11 recall campaigns for the Acura CL, model years 1997 to 2004. NHTSA has 586 complaints on file for this model line. 6 of the 8 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Acura CL NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 1% | |
| 2003 Acura CL | 5 | 73 | 100% | 8,503,871 |
| 2002 Acura CL | 2 | 44 | 60% | 1,975,762 |
| 2001 Acura CL | 3 | 271 | 370% | 3,415,603 |
| 2000 Acura CL NHTSA page | 0 | 11 | 15% | |
| 1999 Acura CL | 3 | 49 | 67% | 3,003,702 |
| 1998 Acura CL | 5 | 55 | 75% | 3,162,543 |
| 1997 Acura CL | 2 | 82 | 112% | 1,124,875 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
731 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 455.5 | 333 |
| Air Bags | 105.3 | 77 |
| Electrical System | 86.2 | 63 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 38.3 | 28 |
| Suspension | 36.9 | 27 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 34.2 | 25 |
| Visibility | 34.2 | 25 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 30.1 | 22 |
| Steering | 23.3 | 17 |
| Tires | 20.5 | 15 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- MDX42 campaigns
- TL25 campaigns
- RDX16 campaigns
- TLX13 campaigns
- TSX12 campaigns
- Integra9 campaigns
- RL20 campaigns
- Legend5 campaigns
- ILX11 campaigns
- RSX2 campaigns
- RLX7 campaigns
- ZDX15 campaigns
- TLX Type S1 campaign
- MDX Sport Hybrid4 campaigns
- NSX5 campaigns
- TSX Sport Wagon5 campaigns
- SLX4 campaigns
- RLX Hybrid4 campaigns
- ILX Hybrid2 campaigns
- Integra Type S2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Acura CL: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/acura/cl/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Acura CL model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2003 with 5, 1998 with 5, 2001 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Acura CL model year has the most complaints?
- The 2001 model year, with 271 of the 586 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Acura CL name?
- Power Train: 455.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 105.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 86.2 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Acura CL?
- 4 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.