CarFaultAcura TLX — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 3,774 evidence records for the Acura TLX (2015–2025), drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 2,686 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Engine578 (21.5%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2015–2020.
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)522 (19.4%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2015.
- Electrical system310 (11.5%)
- Fuel system218 (8.1%)Official recall records for this system: 17, covering model years 2015–2025.
- Driver-assistance systems188 (7.0%)
- Brakes142 (5.3%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2021–2025.
Other / uncategorized: 230 classifications (8.6%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (1,756 records, model years 2015–2025) are most frequently classified under: engine, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and electrical system.
- Transport Canada recalls (45 records, model years 2015–2025) are most frequently classified under: fuel system, engine and seat belts.
- Manufacturer communications (1,893 records, model years 2015–2025) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and equipment & accessories.
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Mileage reported when the issue occurred
- 802reports included a mileage
- 57,763average of those mileages
This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 2015 780 records for 2015
- 2016 364 records for 2016
- 2017 219 records for 2017
- 2018 195 records for 2018
- 2019 172 records for 2019
- 2020 124 records for 2020
- 2021 190 records for 2021
- 2022 110 records for 2022
- 2023 55 records for 2023
- 2024 21 records for 2024
- 2025 14 records for 2025
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 72mention a crash
- 8mention a fire
- 50mention an injury
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Safety recalls NHTSA 52
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 1,893
- Investigations NHTSA 28
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 45
- Owner complaints NHTSA 1,756
Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle
These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.
A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.
Where to go next
- Acura TLX coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.