2006 Acura TSX
This year drew an ordinary 50 complaints for a Acura TSX — the model's median is 47. What they were about is the unusual part: 48% of them mention steering, against 13.7% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 50 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 47 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 22.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- steering — 48% of this year's complaints, against 13.7% across the model's other years (3.5×).
- independent — 12% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (60×). Owners wrote it as: independent, hoses.
- leaking — 26% of this year's complaints, against 8.6% across the model's other years (3×). Owners wrote it as: leaking, mechanics, notice, say.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
The power steering is leaking constantly as soon as u pour it in the car drive it 2 miles all leaks out and have to refill in order for the power steering to work correctly and there is a recall for it on this vehicle.
THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LEAKING. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V174000 (STEERING) HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THREE SEPARATE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19E068000 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Fixed free of charge.
- 06V270000 EQUIPMENT
- 13V093000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 10V174000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Acura TSX 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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