2015 Acura TLX problems
Owners have filed 534 complaints about the 2015 Acura TLX with NHTSA. Power train accounts for 30% of them — the clear leader, ahead of engine at 15.4%.
Complaints534
Crashes18
Fires0
Injuries15
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Power train 30.0% · 160
Engine 15.4% · 82
Electrical system 12.0% · 64
Unknown or other 7.5% · 40
Service brakes 4.5% · 24
Vehicle speed control 4.3% · 23
Fuel/propulsion system 3.4% · 18
Steering 2.6% · 14
Severity
Of those complaints, 18 describe a crash and 15 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 5 model years of the Acura TLX in this data, 2015 draws the most complaints of any of them.
Filing volume has held steady, 95 in the last three years against 105 in the three before.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 20,000 miles.
In owners' own words
It is shifting hard when it downshifts , it is slamming into gear when downshifting. When starting from a dead stop it sometimes will just rev up and not move, you have to let off accelerator then push again to get it to move. When cold the transmission jerks during normal shifting. This does not happen all the time, is only does it occasionally , it is at dealership right now and they say nothing is wrong. Power train · reported at 150 miles
The car has a had a hard or delayed shift from reverse to drive when cold from the time I bought the car, but last week the car slipped/shifted out of gear like it was in neutral when I accelerated from a stop to go through an intersection. The car was in economy mode at the time. Acura did an update on the transmission for hesitating and lurching around january 15, 2015. The car is at the dealership now. Power train · reported at 3,365 miles
The contact owns a 2015 Acura TLX. After the contact started and exited the vehicle, it rolled backwards. The contact mentioned that the emergency brake was not engaged. The vehicle came to a stop when it struck another vehicle. There were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 2,000. Power train · reported at 2,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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