2014 Acura RLX
Complaints about this year name safety far more often than the model's other years — 30% of them, about 74× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 84 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 7 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 26.5 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- control — 30% of complaints, 74× usual
- lane — 24% of complaints, 60× usual
- actuators — 24% of complaints, 60× usual
What owners wrote
CAR MAKES LOUD NOISES WHEN STEERING, CAR RANDOMLY SWERVES (FISHTAILS) WHILE DRIVING.A MOANING CAN BE HEARD FROM THE CAR'S REAR WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT AND MAKING SIDE-TO-SIDE TURNING MOVEMENTS WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS! THIS IS R…
I HAD BOTH ACTUATORS REPLACED A FEW YEARS AGO. RECENTLY AND SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL WENT 90 DEGREES RIGHT AS I WAS DRIVING OVER 60 MPH, WHILE TRACKING STRAIGHT, AND ALL THE COMPUTER SENSOR WARNING LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING--BRAKES, POWER STEERING, PAWS, LANE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 15V301000 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE Fixed free of charge.
- 14V639000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V792000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 13V622000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Acura RLX was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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