1992 Acura Legend problems
Owners have filed 111 complaints with NHTSA about the 1992 Acura Legend. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 14% of complaints. After that come brakes (14%) and cooling system (4%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 111 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 14% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 7 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1992 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Acura Legend with enough data (34 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Vehicle was being car jacked, accelerated at 15MPH, hit a telephone pole at frontal impact, neither air bag deployed. Driver was injured in incident. Dealer contacted, and stated air bags should have deployed.vehicle was totalled. Provide further information.
Brakes failed resulting in vehicle collision, no deployment of both driver and passenger air bags during collision, injury to driver's foot from trying to press brake pedal for force. Mjs
1992 acura legend. Factory installed stereo amplifier caught fire. Back seat and rear of the car partially destroyed. Fire department had to put out the flames. Acura still refusing to make it right, due to liability issues.
While driving on the highway rear tire came off the rim. When this occurred consumer was able to gain control of the vehicle, and pulled off the highway. Vehicle was towed to the dealership. The cause of the tire blowout was undetermined.