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2005 Acura RL air bags problems

36 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2005 Acura RL, which is 24% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
36 24% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owned a 2005 acura rl. The contact stated that her son was driving and approached a crash that had already taken place. The victim of the crash was ejected from the vehicle and was lying in the road. The contact applied the brakes and attempted to avoid a vehicle that was stopped in the road. The contact's son swerved into the other lane and crashed into the vehicle that was involved in the crash as well as the vehicle that was stopped in the middle of the road.

Reported at 130,000 miles, November 2018 CrashInjury

I am question why NHTSA campaign number: 14v700000 is only in high temperature or humidity areas where there are now incidents recorded all over with the takata air bags.

Reported at 272,000 miles, November 2014

Other problems reported for the 2005 Acura RL

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Air bags problems across all Acura models