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Acura Rl

13 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·18V662000·2018-09-27

    Honda Recalls 2010-2014 Vehicles for Air Bag Inflator Explosion Risk

    Honda is recalling 2010-2014 Ridgeline, Element, and Acura RL vehicles because the passenger air bag inflator may explode, posing a risk of serious injury or death.

    Product
    ACURA — ACURA, HONDA RL, RIDGELINE, ELEMENT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·17V029000·2017-01-10

    Honda and Acura Recall Vehicles for Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Defect

    Honda is recalling specific Acura and Honda models because front passenger air bag inflators may rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    HONDA — HONDA, ACURA ELEMENT, RL, RIDGELINE, MDX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V027000·2020-01-17

    Honda Recalls Vehicles for Driver Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Honda is recalling specific 2000-2003 Acura and Honda vehicles because replacement driver air bag inflators may rupture or underinflate in a crash, increasing injury risk.

    Product
    ACURA — ACURA, HONDA MDX, CL, ODYSSEY, RL
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V026000·2020-01-17

    Honda, Acura, and Isuzu Recall Vehicles for Air Bag Inflator Defect

    Honda is recalling specific Acura, Honda, and Isuzu vehicles because driver air bag inflators may rupture or underinflate, posing a risk of injury.

    Product
    ISUZU — ISUZU, HONDA, ACURA OASIS, CIVIC, CR-V, EV PLUS
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V500000·2019-06-27

    Honda and Acura Recall Vehicles for Air Bag Inflator Explosion Risk

    Honda is recalling specific 2005-2015 Acura and Honda vehicles because driver frontal air bag inflators may explode due to propellant degradation, posing a risk of serious injury or death.

    Product
    HONDA — HONDA, ACURA CR-Z, RL, CR-V, RIDGELINE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V501000·2019-06-27

    Honda Recalls Vehicles Due to Passenger Airbag Inflator Explosion Risk

    Honda is recalling specific Acura and Honda models because the passenger frontal airbag inflator may explode, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    ACURA — ACURA, HONDA MDX, ACCORD, CIVIC, CR-V
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·18V041000·2018-01-09

    Honda Recalls Acura RL, Element, and Ridgeline for Air Bag Defect

    Honda is recalling specific 2009-2013 Acura RL, Honda Element, and Ridgeline vehicles because the passenger air bag inflator may explode, posing a risk of serious injury or death.

    Product
    ACURA — ACURA, HONDA RL, RIDGELINE, ELEMENT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V344000·2016-05-23

    Honda Recalls Vehicles for Frontal Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Honda is recalling specific Acura and Honda models from 2002-2011 because the passenger frontal air bag inflators may rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    ACURA — ACURA, HONDA RL, ELEMENT, RIDGELINE, PILOT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V061000·2016-02-03

    Honda and Acura Recall Vehicles Due to Airbag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Honda is recalling specific 2005-2016 Acura and Honda vehicles because the driver's airbag inflator may rupture during a crash, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    ACURA — ACURA, HONDA RL, CR-V, RIDGELINE, RDX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V700000·2014-11-04

    Honda Recalls Multiple Models for Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Honda is recalling specific 2001-2006 models sold in high-humidity areas because the passenger air bag inflator may rupture during deployment.

    Product
    HONDA — HONDA, ACURA CIVIC HYBRID, PILOT, RIDGELINE, RL
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V353000·2014-06-20

    Honda and Acura Vehicles Recalled for Takata Air Bag Inflator Defect

    Honda is recalling specific 2003-2006 vehicles sold or registered in California due to a Takata air bag inflator defect that could rupture during deployment.

    Product
    HONDA — HONDA, ACURA RIDGELINE, PILOT, RL, ODYSSEY
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V092000·2013-03-14

    Honda Recalls 2005-2006 Acura and Honda Vehicles for VSA Defect

    Honda is recalling specific 2005-2006 Acura MDX, RL, and Honda Pilot vehicles because a defective capacitor may cause sudden, inadvertent braking.

    Product
    ACURA — ACURA, HONDA MDX, RL, PILOT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • DP26001 Defect Petition · power train:automatic transmission

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2005 · lighting 40 complaints, median 75,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

209 manufacturer service bulletins across 8 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2012: 3.0/5 · 1 complaints
  • 2011: 2.9/5 · 3 complaints
  • 2010: 2.4/5 · 9 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2009: 2.7/5 · 8 complaints
  • 2008: 2.8/5 · 13 complaints · most complained-of: airbags

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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