Acura RL by model year

525 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Acura RL across 16 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 RL

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
1996	26
1997	24
1998	16
1999	26
2000	79
2001	12
2002	54
2003	11
2005	153
2006	39
2007	24
2008	14
2009	14
2010	10
2011	3
2012	1

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2012	1		6	20
2011	3		6	20
2010	10		7	18
2009	14		6	18
2008	14		6	19
2007	24		7	19
2006	39	Air bags (23%)	8	19
2005	153	Lighting (33%)	11	19
2003	11		1
2002	54	Air bags (33%)	2
2001	12		2
2000	79	Air bags (33%)	4
1999	26	Air bags (35%)	2
1998	16		3
1997	24		2
1996	26	Brakes (23%)	2