Acura ILXYears to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 270 NHTSA owner complaints across 10 model years, no Acura ILX year stands out as one to avoid, and the strongest years are 2014, 2016 and 2019. The ILX has 11 safety recalls on record.

Acura ILX

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: MercurySable99, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Best & worst years

Acura ILX years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the ILX median. Tap a year for its full report.

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Complaints by system

Most common Acura ILX problems

All model years combined: 270 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Air bags7811
Service brakes345
Electrical system332
Fuel/propulsion system270
Power train241
Fuel system, gasoline242
Engine183
Service brakes, hydraulic131
Exterior lighting101
16 other systems7010
2 investigations

NHTSA investigations of the ILX

  1. Loss of braking forcePE25015 · 2019–2020 · closed May 21, 2026
    Led to recall 25V-859
  2. Desiccated Air Bag Inflator RuptureEA21002 · 2013–2015 · still open
    Open