YearsTell

all vehicles · every TLX year · method

Acura TLX 2019

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.67 per 1,000

1.2 times this nameplate’s own median · from 19 complaints filed in the first three years, of 93 ever. 95% lower bound 0.37.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20152.89136
20160.5523
20170.4215
20180.4314
20190.6719
20200.4110
20210.7518
20220.377

What owners describe

No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.

When it breaks

70% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 9,288 miles, from 23 complaints that recorded one).

Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.

What NHTSA did

3 investigations covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 61 complaints about this component over roughly 50 months before an investigation opened.

No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

11203296 · 11222008 · 11234786 · 11251816 · 11255528 · 11281864

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.