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Acura ILX

Every Acura ILX model year on file, 2015 to 2022. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years17417 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years82015 to 2022

Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins537Summed across model years

By model year

The 2016 model year drew the most complaints, 52, 30% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Fuel system leads the Acura ILX complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system

Brakes

Airbags

Electrical system

Powertrain

Driver assistance

Engine and cooling

Structure

Steering

Speed control

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Acura ILX model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Acura ILX by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2022	Sedan	3	0.0	43	0	0	18
2021	Sedan	11	27.3	129	0	0	36
2020	Sedan	10	10.0	111	2	1	75
2019	Sedan	36	8.3	267	5	1	83
2018	Sedan	23	8.7	192	4	0	65
2017	Sedan	20	10.0	118	4	0	90
2016	Sedan	52	7.7	371	6	0	119
2015	Sedan	19	10.5	119	4	1	51

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Acura ILX

25V-859 Dec 11, 2025
Contaminated brake fluid may cause a seal inside the brake master cylinder to deform, which can cause an internal brake fluid leak and reduce…
Brakes · 71k vehicles
23V-858 Dec 18, 2023
Fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail
Fuel system · 2.49M vehicles
21V-215 Mar 25, 2021
Low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail
Fuel system · 625k vehicles
20V-770 Dec 10, 2020
Drive shafts' protective coating may not have been applied properly during manufacturing, making it more susceptible to damage from road salt, or…
Powertrain · 248k vehicles
19V-424 Jun 6, 2019
Excessive grease may prevent the set-ring on the half shaft from fully engaging, allowing the driveshaft to separate from the half shaft
Powertrain · 50k vehicles
19V-182 Mar 6, 2019
Affected vehicles received a replacement driver air bag inflator as part of a previous Takata inflator recall remedy or a replacement driver air…
Airbags · 1.1M vehicles
19V-052 Jan 24, 2019
Vehicles may have a deformed fuel tank, raising the height of the fuel pump and allowing the fuel level float to stick, possibly causing the fuel…
Fuel system · 4,455 vehicles
16V-061 Feb 3, 2016
Affected vehicles are equipped with a dual-stage driver frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion which, over time, could…
Airbags · 2.23M vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.