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Acura RL

Every Acura RL model year on file, 1996 to 2017. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years42336 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years221996 to 2017

Recall campaigns21Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins1,284Summed across model years

By model year

The 2005 model year drew the most complaints, 125, 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

Airbags leads the Acura RL complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags

141

Lighting

Electrical system

Powertrain

Brakes

Engine and cooling

Visibility and wipers

Speed control

Structure

Steering

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Acura RL 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 RL by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2017	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	5
2016	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	5
2015	Sedan	2	0.0	13	0	0	6
2014	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	5
2013	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	3
2012	Sedan	1	0.0	3	6	0	89
2011	Sedan	3	0.0	15	6	0	91
2010	Sedan	9	11.1	43	7	0	62
2009	Sedan	8	37.5	29	6	0	63
2008	Sedan	13	7.7	36	6	0	72
2007	Sedan	20	15.0	48	7	0	71
2006	Sedan	32	12.5	67	8	0	79
2005	Sedan	125	4.8	260	11	3	132
2004	Sedan	11	9.1	28	0	0	34
2003	Sedan	9	0.0	27	1	0	46
2002	Sedan	43	2.3	165	2	0	72
2001	Sedan	12	8.3	55	2	0	74
2000	Sedan	59	8.5	187	4	0	85
1999	Sedan	24	12.5	109	2	0	78
1998	Sedan	11	0.0	46	3	0	73
1997	Sedan	19	15.8	100	2	0	70
1996	Sedan	22	18.2	110	3	0	69

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Acura RL

20V-027 Jan 17, 2020
These vehicles may have received a replacement driver frontal air bag module as part of a vehicle repair
Airbags · 876k vehicles
20V-026 Jan 17, 2020
These vehicles were equipped with Non-Azide Driver air bag Inflators (NADI) and do not contain phase stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN) propellant
Airbags · 1.44M vehicles
19V-501 Jun 27, 2019
Vehicles are equipped with passenger frontal air bag inflators assembled as a recall remedy part or replacement service part, that may explode due…
Airbags · 1.66M vehicles
19V-500 Jun 27, 2019
These vehicles are equipped with driver frontal air bag inflators assembled as a recall remedy part or replacement service part, that may explode…
Airbags · 1,558 vehicles
18V-662 Sep 27, 2018
Honda is also recalling certain 2011-2012 Acura RL, 2011 Honda Element and 2011-2013 Ridgeline vehicles in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the…
Airbags · 57k vehicles
18V-041 Jan 9, 2018
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2010-2012 Acura RL, 2010 Honda Element, and 2010-2013 Honda Ridgeline vehicles ever…
Airbags · 25k vehicles
17V-029 Jan 10, 2017
These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment…
Airbags · 309k vehicles
16V-344 May 23, 2016
These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original…
Airbags · 1.79M 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
14V-700 Nov 4, 2014
Specifically, vehicles sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico,…
Airbags · Vehicles not reported

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.