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Model years to avoid

Acura TSX

What it says about you

Opinion

The European Accord, sold here to people who read about it first. You did the research, found the answer, and have been quietly recommending it ever since.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

10 model years on record, 676 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2012 (eps). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • steering 2006, 2011, 2012 peak 75.5% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2014 3 recalls 7 complaints
  2. 2013 4 recalls 33 complaints
  3. 2012 eps 278 complaints
  4. 2011 7 recalls 47 complaints
  5. 2010 7 recalls 63 complaints
  6. 2009 6 recalls 91 complaints
  7. 2008 3 recalls 34 complaints
  8. 2007 3 recalls 22 complaints
  9. 2006 4 recalls 50 complaints
  10. 2005 4 recalls 51 complaints

What does a Acura TSX say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.