Acura RL: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 20 recall campaigns for the Acura RL, model years 1996 to 2015. NHTSA has 423 complaints on file for this model line. 15 of the 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Acura RL NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 9% | |
| 2012 Acura RL | 6 | 1 | 4% | 4,282,421 |
| 2011 Acura RL | 6 | 3 | 13% | 6,071,757 |
| 2010 Acura RL | 7 | 9 | 38% | 6,073,315 |
| 2009 Acura RL | 6 | 8 | 34% | 6,016,220 |
| 2008 Acura RL | 6 | 13 | 55% | 6,034,475 |
| 2007 Acura RL | 7 | 20 | 85% | 6,506,295 |
| 2006 Acura RL | 8 | 32 | 136% | 7,696,295 |
| 2005 Acura RL | 11 | 125 | 532% | 6,989,639 |
| 2004 Acura RL NHTSA page | 0 | 11 | 47% | |
| 2003 Acura RL NHTSA page | 1 | 9 | 38% | 875,966 |
| 2002 Acura RL | 2 | 43 | 183% | 901,731 |
| 2001 Acura RL | 2 | 12 | 51% | 901,731 |
| 2000 Acura RL | 4 | 59 | 251% | 2,342,386 |
| 1999 Acura RL | 2 | 24 | 102% | 1,536,359 |
| 1998 Acura RL | 3 | 11 | 47% | 1,661,234 |
| 1997 Acura RL | 2 | 19 | 81% | 221,393 |
| 1996 Acura RL | 2 | 22 | 94% | 221,393 |
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
525 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 268.6 | 141 |
| Exterior Lighting | 118.1 | 62 |
| Electrical System | 114.3 | 60 |
| Power Train | 80 | 42 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 47.6 | 25 |
| Visibility | 34.3 | 18 |
| Unknown or Other | 32.4 | 17 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 30.5 | 16 |
| Steering | 30.5 | 16 |
| Structure | 28.6 | 15 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- MDX42 campaigns
- TL25 campaigns
- RDX16 campaigns
- TLX13 campaigns
- TSX12 campaigns
- Integra9 campaigns
- CL11 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 RL: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/acura/rl/. 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 RL model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2005 with 11, 2006 with 8, 2010 with 7. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Acura RL model year has the most complaints?
- The 2005 model year, with 125 of the 423 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Acura RL name?
- Air Bags: 268.6 per 1,000 component mentions. Exterior Lighting: 118.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 114.3 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Acura RL?
- 3 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.