Acura TL by model year

4,056 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Acura TL across 19 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 TL

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	33
1997	29
1998	22
1999	197
2000	325
2001	163
2002	404
2003	466
2004	766
2005	553
2006	345
2007	167
2008	181
2009	51
2010	75
2011	23
2012	162
2013	74
2014	17

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG	Safety
2014	17		3	20 to 23
2013	74	Steering (38%)	3	20 to 23	4 stars
2012	162	Air bags (27%)	3	20 to 23	3 to 4 stars
2011	23		3	20 to 21
2010	75	Air bags (45%)	3	20 to 21
2009	51	Air bags (37%)	3	20 to 21
2008	181	Air bags (19%)	2	20 to 21
2007	167	Air bags (25%)	2	20 to 21
2006	345	Air bags (25%)	4	21
2005	553	Body & structure (28%)	5	21
2004	766	Body & structure (30%)	4	21
2003	466	Transmission (39%)	5
2002	404	Transmission (47%)	7
2001	163	Transmission (55%)	3
2000	325	Transmission (26%)	6
1999	197	Electrical system (31%)	4
1998	22		2
1997	29	Electrical system (28%)	2
1996	33	Brakes (15%)	2