Acura CL by model year

731 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Acura CL across 6 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Acura CL

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1997	106
1998	69
1999	66
2001	317
2002	71
2003	89

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls
2003	89	Transmission (25%)	5
2002	71	Transmission (44%)	2
2001	317	Transmission (57%)	3
1999	66	Transmission (18%)	3
1998	69	Electrical system (26%)	5
1997	106	Electrical system (16%)	2