2015 Acura TLX problems
The 2015 Acura TLX has 540 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (30%) concerns drivetrain & axles. After that come engine (18%) and electrical system (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 540 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Drivetrain & axles 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 18 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 15 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 20,000 miles 349 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 171 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 60 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 48 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 38 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 20 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 349 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 20,000 miles. For drivetrain & axles specifically, the median reported mileage is about 8,000 miles (127 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 18 complaints mention a crash; 15 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 85% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2015 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Acura TLX with enough data (346 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 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.
My wife was involved in a car accident in which our car got t-boned on the driver side. My wife was completely blindsided and all the airbags on the driver side deployed and when she saw the smoke she thought there was a fire so she told my mother in law to quickly get my 2 yr. Old child out of her car seat. As my wife and her sister who was also sitting in the front started walking towards the back of the car to get me daughter out of the car our car started rolling back even though it was smashed to the right…
Tl* the contact owned a 2015 acura tlx. While driving 50 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed and the vehicle became difficult to stop. The contact's vehicle crashed into the rear of another vehicle, flipped over, and rolled until it stopped. The air bags deployed. A police report was filed. The driver sustained injuries and was transported to the emergency room. The contact sustained injuries to the back, face, and both knees. The vehicle was towed and destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure.
In an impact with a parked car that totaled the tlx , the airbags never deployed which LED to injury to the drivers chest and the hip of the passenger in the front of the car. The attached picture show that the front in is crushed while the inside pictures show that the airbags never deployed. After the impact the car could not be controlled. Per driver, she tried to break, but car did not stop. She tried to turn power off at ignition but that did not stop.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 acura tlx. While driving at various speeds, the chrome finish on the air vent on the front driver and passenger sides produced a glare on the side mirrors. The glare impacted the contact's ability to see out of the side mirrors. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or diagnosed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 125.
Yes, you guys are on point! I had my 2015 tlx v4 advanced pack. And every single complaint I read on here I have! This is very nerve wrecking! I took in my acura two weeks ago to sherman oaks center acura, where I originally purchased the vahicle and explained everything that I was experiencing; e.I. Jerks, sudden revs, delayed upshift/downshift. The repair center personnel advised me that the vehicle just needed a "simple software update" and that not to be alarmed because acura will have future updates.