Acura RL

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Coverage held for this vehicle

  • OFFICIAL ACTION 97 US Recalls
  • MANUFACTURER COMMUNICATION 1,578 Manufacturer Bulletins
  • INVESTIGATION 6 Investigations
  • CONSUMER REPORT 841 Consumer Complaints
  • CANADIAN RECALL 55 Canada Recalls

These are counts of distinct official records held locally. They are not combined into any score, and a record count is not a failure rate. A zero means no record is held here, not that none exists.

US Recalls

NHTSA Recall US

  • 20V027000 2020-01-17

    Recall 20V027000

    Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2001-2002 Acura 3.2CL, 2000-2003 Acura 3.5RL, 2000-2001 Acura 3.2TL, Honda CR-V and Honda Odyssey, 2001-2002 Acura MDX and 2000 Accord Coupe, Accord Sedan, Civic Coupe, and Civic Sedan vehicles. These vehicles may have received a replacement driver frontal air bag module as part of a vehicle repair. Due to a manufacturing issue,…

    Recorded model years: 2003

  • 20V027000 2020-01-17

    Recall 20V027000

    Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2001-2002 Acura 3.2CL, 2000-2003 Acura 3.5RL, 2000-2001 Acura 3.2TL, Honda CR-V and Honda Odyssey, 2001-2002 Acura MDX and 2000 Accord Coupe, Accord Sedan, Civic Coupe, and Civic Sedan vehicles. These vehicles may have received a replacement driver frontal air bag module as part of a vehicle repair. Due to a manufacturing issue,…

    Recorded model years: 2002

  • 20V026000 2020-01-17

    Recall 20V026000

    Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 1998 Acura 2.2CL, 1998-1999 Acura 2.3CL, 1998-1999 Acura 3.0CL, 2001 Acura 3.2CL and Acura MDX, 1998-2000 Honda Accord Coupe, Accord Sedan, Civic Sedan, Odyssey and Acura 3.5RL, 1999-2000 Acura 3.2TL, 1996-2000 Civic Coupe, 1997-2000 CR-V, 1997-1998 EV Plus, and 1998-1999 Isuzu Oasis vehicles. These vehicles were equipped with Non-Azide Driver air bag…

    Recorded model years: 1999

Showing 3 of 97 records held. The full set is available from the official source named above.

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Manufacturer Bulletins

NHTSA Manufacturer Communication US

  • 11034208 2026-06-30

    B18-023

    Service Bulletin - Warranty Extension: Customer Support Program For Front Passenger's Airbag Inflator.

    Recorded model years: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

  • 11034208 2026-06-30

    B18-023

    Service Bulletin - Warranty Extension: Customer Support Program For Front Passenger's Airbag Inflator.

    Recorded model years: 2008

  • 11034208 2026-06-30

    B18-023

    Service Bulletin - Warranty Extension: Customer Support Program For Front Passenger's Airbag Inflator.

    Recorded model years: 2005

Showing 3 of 1,578 records held. The full set is available from the official source named above.

A manufacturer communication is service guidance issued to dealers. It is not a safety recall, and its existence does not mean this vehicle has the described condition.

Investigations

NHTSA Investigation US

  • EA15001 2015-02-24

    Air Bag Inflator Rupture

    Multiple source assertions are recorded for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific detail.

    Recorded model years: 2005

  • EA15001 2015-02-24

    Air Bag Inflator Rupture

    Multiple source assertions are recorded for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific detail.

    Recorded model years: 2005

  • PE14016 2014-06-11

    Air Bag Inflator Rupture

    Multiple source assertions are recorded for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific detail.

    Recorded model years: 2005

Showing 3 of 6 records held. The full set is available from the official source named above.

An investigation records that a regulator reviewed a suspected defect. It is not itself a finding of defect and not a recall.

Canada Recalls

Transport Canada Recall CA

  • 2020015 2020-01-17

    Transport Canada recall 2020015

    Multiple source assertions are recorded for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific detail.

    Recorded model years: 2003

  • 2020014 2020-01-17

    Transport Canada recall 2020014

    Multiple source assertions are recorded for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific detail.

    Recorded model years: 1998

  • 2020015 2020-01-17

    Transport Canada recall 2020015

    Multiple source assertions are recorded for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific detail.

    Recorded model years: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Showing 3 of 55 records held. The full set is available from the official source named above.

Canadian campaigns are recorded separately from US campaigns and do not imply one another.

Consumer Complaints

NHTSA Complaint US

841 complaint records in the dataset for this vehicle and year.

These are owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects. Counts are record counts in the dataset. No exposure denominator exists, so no failure rate or reliability score can be derived from them.

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