Consumer Safety Complaints

Search 2,215,138 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 138,663 crashes, 56,255 fires, and 8,561 deaths.

2,215,138 Total Complaints
138,663 Reported Crashes
56,255 Reported Fires
8,561 Reported Deaths

What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?

A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim — NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.

The database below contains over 2,215,138 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports — when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.

How to interpret what you read

A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:

  • One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report — that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
  • Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
  • Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
  • Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.

If you've experienced a defect

File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints — specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened — feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.

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ACURA TSX (2004) — AIR BAGS Jan 30, 2018
Incident date: Mar 15, 2015
PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 35 MPH
ACURA TL (2006) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER Jan 29, 2018
Incident date: Jun 1, 2016
MY ACURA TL 2006 DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS AGO (JUNE 2016). I HAD USED ARMOR ALL CONSISTENTLY YET THE DASHBOARD CONTINUED TO CRACK AND TODAY, I SEE THE CRACK BEHIND THE CENTRAL DASHBOARD SPEAKER CONTINUE T GROW. THE SECOND PHOTO I HAVE ATTACHED SHOWS THE SIGNIFICANT CRACKING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD, AND COINCIDENTALLY, AROUND THE AREA WHERE THE AIRBAG IS. I... Read more
ACURA TL (2000) — AIR BAGS Jan 29, 2018
Incident date: Jan 26, 2018
THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON (SRS) ONE MORNING AND HAS BEEN ON SINCE.
ACURA MDX (2017) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER Jan 28, 2018
Incident date: Jan 5, 2018
OCCASSIONALLY, THE YELLOW BRAKE ALERT GOES OFF WHEN DRIVING AROUND A RIGHT HAND BEND WITH A CAR COMING THE OTHER WAY. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE OF A COLLISION WHERE BRAKING WAS NECESSARY. ALSO, I HAVE HAD ONCE INSTANCE WHERE THE CAR APPLIED THE BRAKES AND BROUGHT THE CAR TO A COMPLETE STOP WHEN IT WAS UNNECESSARY.
ACURA MDX (2003) — AIR BAGS Jan 26, 2018
Incident date: Jan 26, 2018
NEEDED TO CHANGE THE AIRBAGS FOR RECAL
ACURA TSX (2012) — ENGINE Jan 25, 2018
Incident date: Dec 10, 2017
WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED FOR THE FIRST TIME OF THE DAY--ESPECIALLY IN COLD WEATHER: SYMPTOM: NOISE DURING START FOR A SECOND OR TWO. INFO: SOUND COMES FROM THE (TIMING CHAIN?) COVER ON THE LEFT TOP SIDE OF THE ENGINE--LOOKING FROM THE BUMPER. CALLED ACURA DEALER AND MENTIONED ITEMS I HAD READ ABOUT---STRETCHED/LOOSE TENSIONER (PRESSURIZED WITH OIL?), STRETCHED TIMING CHAIN, VTC ACTUATOR-... Read more
ACURA TSX (2014) — SERVICE BRAKES Jan 24, 2018
Incident date: Jan 13, 2018
WHEN CAR IS STARTED IN COLD WEATHER, BRAKES DO NOT WORK FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO ISSUE, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS REFERRED ME TO DEALER.
ACURA TL (2005) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER Jan 24, 2018
Incident date: Aug 3, 2016
THE DASHBOARD CRACK AND WITH NO REASON AND STILL CRACKING
ACURA MDX (2016) — ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) Jan 23, 2018
Incident date: Dec 28, 2017
WHILE DRIVING ALL WARNING AND HAZARD LIGHTS COM ON HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW IN DEALER SHOP FOR OVER A MONTH I DO NOT FELL SAFE IN CAR THE DEALER CAN NOT TELL ME WEATHER SAFE OR NOT AND DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO FIX PROBLEM
ACURA MDX (2016) — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Jan 23, 2018
Incident date: Dec 28, 2017
WHILE DRIVING ALL WARNING AND HAZARD LIGHTS COM ON HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW IN DEALER SHOP FOR OVER A MONTH I DO NOT FELL SAFE IN CAR THE DEALER CAN NOT TELL ME WEATHER SAFE OR NOT AND DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO FIX PROBLEM
ACURA MDX (2016) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER Jan 23, 2018
Incident date: Dec 28, 2017
WHILE DRIVING ALL WARNING AND HAZARD LIGHTS COM ON HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW IN DEALER SHOP FOR OVER A MONTH I DO NOT FELL SAFE IN CAR THE DEALER CAN NOT TELL ME WEATHER SAFE OR NOT AND DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO FIX PROBLEM
ACURA TL (2004) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER Jan 23, 2018
Incident date: Mar 1, 2014
DASH IS CRACKED IN MY 2004 ACURA TL AND IT SEEMS THIS IS A BIG MANUFACTURING PROBLEM WITH THIS PART ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE THE MAJORITY OF CARS I'VE SEEN AS WELL AS MINE ARE SHOWING THIS PROBLEM THAT AFFECT NOT ONLY THE INTERIOR COSMETIC LOOK OF THE CARS BUT ALSO THE SAFETY SINCE IT INVOLVES THE AIR BAGS SECTION THAT ARE PROTECTED ON THE DASH. AT LEAST ACURA SHOULD GIVE TL'S OWNERS A DISCOUNT IF A ... Read more
ACURA TSX SPORT WAGON (2012) — STEERING Jan 22, 2018
Incident date: Jan 2, 2018
VEHICLES ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING CONTROL UNIT FAILED. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN THIS HAPPENED, BUT BECAME INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO STEER. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE ON THESE CARS WITH SIMILAR MILEAGE (73,000). ACURA WILL NOT HONOR THE PART AND OWNERS HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR A COMMON SAFETY ISSUE.
ACURA TL (2002) — AIR BAGS Jan 20, 2018
Incident date: Jun 2, 2015
CAR WILL NO LONGER FUNCTION PROPERLY/ POOR DRIVING.
ACURA TL (2002) — SERVICE BRAKES Jan 20, 2018
Incident date: Jun 2, 2015
CAR WILL NO LONGER FUNCTION PROPERLY/ POOR DRIVING.
ACURA TL (2002) — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Jan 20, 2018
Incident date: Jun 2, 2015
CAR WILL NO LONGER FUNCTION PROPERLY/ POOR DRIVING.
ACURA ZDX (2010) — AIR BAGS Jan 19, 2018
Incident date: Jan 19, 2018
TAKATA RECALL. NO OPEN RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE. PRIOR RECALL WORK ON AIR BAGS WAS COMPLETED IN DEC 2016. CURRENTLY WITH NO ONE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT FOR PASSENGER AIR BAG ACTIVATION IS OFF, MEANING THE AIR BAG IS ACTIVE. I'VE SEEN IT LIGHT UP AS OFF WITH A PASSENGER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT.
ACURA MDX (2010) — ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) Jan 19, 2018
Incident date: Oct 25, 2014
EXCESSIVE OIL USE. 2 QUARTS EVERY 1500 MILES. VSA CHECK TRAILER ASSIST CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON OFTEN.
ACURA MDX (2010) — ENGINE Jan 19, 2018
Incident date: Oct 25, 2014
EXCESSIVE OIL USE. 2 QUARTS EVERY 1500 MILES. VSA CHECK TRAILER ASSIST CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON OFTEN.
ACURA MDX (2010) — SEATS Jan 19, 2018
Incident date: Oct 25, 2014
EXCESSIVE OIL USE. 2 QUARTS EVERY 1500 MILES. VSA CHECK TRAILER ASSIST CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON OFTEN.
ACURA ILX (2014) — ENGINE Jan 18, 2018
Incident date: Jan 3, 2018
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 ACURA ILX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE FRONT PASSENGER ALERTED THE CONTACT OF A SMOKE ODOR. THE PASSENGER IMMEDIATELY NOTICED SPARKS FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, THE HOOD BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME TO THE SCENE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS... Read more
Fire
ACURA MDX (2014) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER Jan 18, 2018
Incident date: Oct 13, 2017
SUNROFF SHATTERED
ACURA RDX (2018) — SERVICE BRAKES Jan 18, 2018
Incident date: Jan 16, 2018
ANOTHER DRIVE ADVISED US THE BRAKES LIGHTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. DEALERS TOLD US THAT THE UNIT CAME WITHOUT A RELAY POWER FOR THE BREAK LIGHTS AND PICK ONE FROM ANOTHER CAR TO MAKE THE REPLACEMENT.
ACURA TL (2012) — STEERING Jan 17, 2018
Incident date: Jan 14, 2018
WAS DRIVING AT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY WHEN ELECTRONIC POWER SYSTEM FAILED ON CAR MAKING IT INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO STEER.
ACURA TL (2002) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER Jan 16, 2018
Incident date: Dec 29, 2017
VIOLENT SHIFTING - PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM ENGLES AUTO IN SUMNER - SAME DAY DROVE THIS VEHICLE ON THE FREEWAY AND AN HOUR INTO THE ROAD TRIP THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SUDDENLY APPLY THE BRAKES. FOLLOWING THIS IT BEGAN SHIFTING VIOLENTLY UP OR DOWN. FOUND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION AND AFTER TALKING WITH ACURA WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS ALREADY ADDRESSED. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A TRANS... Read more
ACURA TL (2010) — AIR BAGS Jan 16, 2018
Incident date: Apr 7, 2017
TAKATA RECALL. CAR WAS T-BONED BY A VEHICLE PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY IN PASSENGER SIDE HARD ENOUGH TO DAMAGE BOTH DOORS NEEDED REPLACEMENT AND CAUSED ENOUGH FRAME DAMAGE THAT CAUSED THE FRAME TO BE PULLED AND RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL TO BE REPLACED FROM THE ROCKER PANEL UNDER THE RIGHT REAR DOOR TO HALFWAY DOWN THE ROOF HOWEVER THE TAKATA PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE... Read more
Crash
ACURA TL (2010) — POWER TRAIN Jan 16, 2018
Incident date: Apr 7, 2017
TAKATA RECALL. CAR WAS T-BONED BY A VEHICLE PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY IN PASSENGER SIDE HARD ENOUGH TO DAMAGE BOTH DOORS NEEDED REPLACEMENT AND CAUSED ENOUGH FRAME DAMAGE THAT CAUSED THE FRAME TO BE PULLED AND RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL TO BE REPLACED FROM THE ROCKER PANEL UNDER THE RIGHT REAR DOOR TO HALFWAY DOWN THE ROOF HOWEVER THE TAKATA PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE... Read more
Crash
ACURA TL (2002) — AIR BAGS Jan 15, 2018
Incident date: Aug 8, 2017
MY VEHICLE HAS A DEFECTED AIRBAG. IT HAS YET TO DEPLOY, HOWEVER I WAS INFORMED BY THE TK HOLDINGS INC. THAT THE AIRBAG ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL IS DEFECTED.
ACURA TSX (2013) — AIR BAGS Jan 15, 2018
Incident date: Jan 15, 2018
TAKATA RECALL, I RECEIVED A LETTER BY MAIL THAT MY CAR HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THE TAKATA RECALL
ACURA MDX (2014) — VISIBILITY/WIPER Jan 14, 2018
Incident date: Jan 13, 2018
SUNROOF EXPLOSION - SATURDAY 1/13/18 EVENING 7:30 PM DRIVING ON OPEN HIGHWAY (HARDY TOLL ROAD IN NORTH OF HOUSTON) TO AIRPORT TO PICK UP MY FAMILY. CLEAR SKIES, ~50F. WHILE DRIVING AT 68MPH HEARD A LOUD/DEAFENING 'POP'. NO OTHER CARS NEARBY, NO OVERPASSES NEARBY. THE GLASS EXPLOSION OF THE SUNROOF WAS SPONTANEOUS AND BLEW UP AND THEN FELL. TAKE A LOOK AT PHOTO TO SHOW CREST NEAR CENTER OF GL... Read more
ACURA RDX (2009) — SERVICE BRAKES Jan 14, 2018
Incident date: Dec 28, 2017
AN ERROR MESSAGE ALWAYS COMES ON FOR "THE BRAKE SYSTEM" & "TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS". THEY BECOME PROBLEMATIC WHEN THE TEMP OUTSIDE DROPS TO 20 AND BELOW. LIVING IN CONNECTICUT DURING THE WINTER TIME A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS RECOGNIZED THIS ISSUE WITH THEIR ACURA RDX'S AND MDX'S. AS SOON AS YOU TURN THE VEHICLE ON THE ERROR MESSAGES ENGAGE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FEELS DIFFERENT FROM THE N... Read more
ACURA RDX (2009) — WHEELS Jan 14, 2018
Incident date: Dec 28, 2017
AN ERROR MESSAGE ALWAYS COMES ON FOR "THE BRAKE SYSTEM" & "TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS". THEY BECOME PROBLEMATIC WHEN THE TEMP OUTSIDE DROPS TO 20 AND BELOW. LIVING IN CONNECTICUT DURING THE WINTER TIME A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS RECOGNIZED THIS ISSUE WITH THEIR ACURA RDX'S AND MDX'S. AS SOON AS YOU TURN THE VEHICLE ON THE ERROR MESSAGES ENGAGE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FEELS DIFFERENT FROM THE N... Read more
ACURA MDX (2015) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER Jan 12, 2018
Incident date: Jan 10, 2018
I DRIVE A 2015 ACURA MDX, WHICH I BOUGHT BRAND NEW. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH LIMITED MILEAGE. TWO DAYS AGO WHILE I WAS DRIVING RIGHT BEFORE I REACHED MY HOUSE, SUDDENLY THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION FROM MY LEFT SIDE. I STOPPED THE CAR AND FOUND THE LEFT SIDE MIRROR CASE COMPLETELY CRACKED WITH HOLES AND PIECES, HANGING BY THE WIRES THAT CONNECT IT TO THE REST OF THE UNIT. THIS IS A SMALL N... Read more
1 injured
ACURA MDX (2005) — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Jan 12, 2018
Incident date: Jan 11, 2018
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 ACURA MDX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND COMING TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ISLAND ACURA (3350 SUNRISE HWY, WANTAGH, NY 11793, (855) 435-5850) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATE TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT WAS INFOR... Read more
ACURA TSX (2010) — AIR BAGS Jan 12, 2018
Incident date: Dec 11, 2017
ON DECEMBER 11 , 2017, I TURNED MY CAR ON START AND IT STARTED SHOWING ME THREE WARNING LIGHTS. I TURNED IT OFF AND TURNED IT ON AGAIN AND THE LIGHTS DISAPPEAR. I TURNED ON MY CAR THE NEXT DAY AND THE LIGHTS ARE STILL SHOWING. ITS ASKING TO FIX THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. MY CAR IS DETECTING OR HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. PLEASE HELP ME FIX THIS PROBLEM.
ACURA MDX (2016) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER Jan 11, 2018
Incident date: Jan 6, 2018
PROBLEM: ON JANUARY 06 2018 MILEAGE (49,930) WHILE DRIVING 60-68 MPH FOR APPROXIMATELY 20MINUTES BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS AND MARTINSVILLE IN, I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, MOVE TO THE LEFT LAND AND PASS. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND THAT WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED: 1)THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE, 2)THE 'D' LIGHT BEGIN FLASHING 3)WOULD NOT SHIFT, EVEN USING PADDLES 4)TRANSMISSION 'MALFUNCTION' LIGH... Read more
ACURA TL (2011) — AIR BAGS Jan 10, 2018
Incident date: Jun 1, 2016
TAKATA RECALL
ACURA CROSSTOUR (2011) — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Jan 10, 2018
Incident date: Jan 10, 2018
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE, IT SOMETIMES SHUTS OFF IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS, IT ALSO GAVE ME A CODE P1682. HAS ALSO SHUT OFF TWICE WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 40 MPH. I DID FIND A RECALL THAT FITS THIS BUT WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE DID NOT QUALIFY.
ACURA MDX (2012) — POWER TRAIN Jan 9, 2018
Incident date: Nov 1, 2017
RPM'S FLUCTUATE ON THE TACHOMETER WHILE ACCELERATING. THEY JUMP UP AND DOWN AND YOU CAN FEEL THE VEHICLE HESITATE. BASED ON WHAT I AM READING, THIS APPEARS TO BE A WELL KNOWN ISSUE WITH PROGRAMMING AND WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER THAT CAN RESULT IN TRANSMISSION DAMAGE. EVEN IF THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS REPLACED, WHICH IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR, THIS APPEARS TO BE A RE-OCCURRING ISSUE. OUR 2012 MDX HAS 79... Read more
ACURA TL (2010) — AIR BAGS Jan 8, 2018
Incident date: Dec 22, 2015
AIR BAGS DEPLOYED DURING WRECK GOING 35 MPH IN RAIN.. HIT BREAKS AND CAR SLID. DAMAGE WAS TO LEFT FRONT BUMPER ON DRIVERS SIDE.... INSURANCE COMPANY DIDN'T TOTAL CAR IN FIRST CLAIM AND CAME BACK ADDING ANOTHER 1000 TO CLAIM WHICH WOULD HAVE TOTALED CAR ALL TOGETHER.. NOW I CAN'T TRADE AND VEHICLE ISN'T WORTH BUT HALF OF WHAT WAS PAID BC OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT.
Crash
ACURA TL (2010) — STRUCTURE:BODY Jan 8, 2018
Incident date: Dec 22, 2015
AIR BAGS DEPLOYED DURING WRECK GOING 35 MPH IN RAIN.. HIT BREAKS AND CAR SLID. DAMAGE WAS TO LEFT FRONT BUMPER ON DRIVERS SIDE.... INSURANCE COMPANY DIDN'T TOTAL CAR IN FIRST CLAIM AND CAME BACK ADDING ANOTHER 1000 TO CLAIM WHICH WOULD HAVE TOTALED CAR ALL TOGETHER.. NOW I CAN'T TRADE AND VEHICLE ISN'T WORTH BUT HALF OF WHAT WAS PAID BC OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT.
Crash
ACURA TL (2010) — WHEELS Jan 8, 2018
Incident date: Dec 22, 2015
AIR BAGS DEPLOYED DURING WRECK GOING 35 MPH IN RAIN.. HIT BREAKS AND CAR SLID. DAMAGE WAS TO LEFT FRONT BUMPER ON DRIVERS SIDE.... INSURANCE COMPANY DIDN'T TOTAL CAR IN FIRST CLAIM AND CAME BACK ADDING ANOTHER 1000 TO CLAIM WHICH WOULD HAVE TOTALED CAR ALL TOGETHER.. NOW I CAN'T TRADE AND VEHICLE ISN'T WORTH BUT HALF OF WHAT WAS PAID BC OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT.
Crash
ACURA TSX (2010) — STRUCTURE:BODY Jan 8, 2018
Incident date: Nov 15, 2017
TO SEE IF THE CAR HAS A RECALL
ACURA TL (2006) — AIR BAGS Jan 8, 2018
Incident date: Jul 1, 2017
SQUARE CRACK WITH LINES RUNNING TO WINDOW WHERE AIRBAG IS. LOOKS AWFUL AND I HOPE THE BAG DOESN'T POP OUT. THIS IS NO LUXURY CAR AND ACURA DOESN'T CARE. HAS LESS THAN 100K MILES ON IT.
ACURA RDX (2016) — AIR BAGS Jan 8, 2018
Incident date: Dec 4, 2017
I WAS T-BONED ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR BY A FORD TAURUS SEDAN THAT RAN A RED LIGHT AT A RELATIVELY HIGH RATE OF SPEED (I WAS TAKING A LEFT HAND TURN BUT THE CAR WAS STOPPED AND I WAS YIELDING TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC THAT WAS GOING STRAIGHT). THE TAURUS HIT THE BACK-END OF A HONDA CRV AND THEN HIT ME. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR COLLAPSED ONTO ME AND THE METAL FROM THE DOOR GOUGED MY BACK. THE DRIVER SIDE W... Read more
Crash 2 injured
ACURA RDX (2014) — EXTERIOR LIGHTING Jan 6, 2018
Incident date: Dec 25, 2017
HEADLIGHT FLICKERING - WAS TOLD IT WAS BULB BUT HAVE FOUND COMPLAINTS ON THE BALLAST AND OTHER ACURA MODELS WITH PROBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHTS. ACURA IS MAKING OVER $300-500 PLUS PER SERVICE CALL AND CLAIMS THIS IS A NON EXTENDED WARRANTY PROBLEM. LIGHT FLICKERS WHILE PARKED, IN MOTION AT RANDOM TIMES.
ACURA TLX (2015) — POWER TRAIN Jan 5, 2018
Incident date: Oct 12, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. WHEN HER FOOT RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE GEAR AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND IT RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DAVIS ACURA (2051 E LINCOLN HWY, LANGHORNE, PA 19047),... Read more
ACURA MDX (2016) — SERVICE BRAKES Jan 5, 2018
Incident date: Jan 5, 2018
WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE CAR PICKS UP A GUARDRAIL AND THINKS IT IS AN OBJECT. THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM TURNS ON AND THERE IS A GRINDING BRAKE THAT GETS APPLIED WHILE YOU ARE DOING 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. IT'S REALLY UNSAFE.
ACURA MDX (2011) — ENGINE Jan 4, 2018
Incident date: Dec 4, 2017
THE ENGINE IS CONSUMING MORE OIL THEN IT SHOULD BE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND ACURA STILL HAS YET TO RECALL THEIR ENGINES. THIS PROBLEM IS UNSAFE DUE TO HAVING TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOT KNOWING THERE ISN'T MUCH OIL IN THE ENGINE TO GIVE IT POWER THE CAR IMMEDIATELY LOOSES POWER AND DROPS SPEED RESULTING IN A ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN DUE TO NO POWER IN... Read more
ACURA TL (2004) — POWER TRAIN Jan 4, 2018
Incident date: Jan 1, 2018
BOUGHT USED ON 1/1 /2018,DROVE FINE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THEN IT FELT LIKE CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. WE WERE ABOUT AN HOUR FROM MY HOUSE FROM WHERE WE BOUGHT CAR. WE THEN HAD TO PULL OVER ,SHUT THE CAR OFF , WAIT 5 MINUTES AND START CAR FOR IT NOT EVEN GO A MILE AND WE WOULD HAVE TO REPEAT. WE WERE TRAVELING ON BUSY PARKWAY AND THIS BECAME A TRAFFIC HAZARD DUE TO THE AMOUNT ... Read more
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