FaultScore

Worst years for a Acura ILX

Owners have filed 360 complaints about the Acura ILX with NHTSA across model years 2013 to 2022. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2016 Acura ILX

81 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2020 Acura ILX

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Acura ILX year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2022 5 0 0 Other & Unspecified
2021 C 19 4 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020 B 10 1 0 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
2019 C 45 2 0 33,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2018 C 26 2 0 315 Fuel & Propulsion
2017 D 24 3 0 17,000 Brakes
2016 F 81 7 0 26,000 Airbags
2015 C 21 0 1 31,500 Airbags
2014 D 37 3 3 46,000 Airbags
2013 F 92 9 0 48,000 Airbags

What breaks on a Acura ILX

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 78 21.7%

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2018

Brakes 46 12.8%

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2016

Transmission & Drivetrain 24 6.7%

Worst in 2013

Engine & Cooling 18 5.0%

Worst in 2013

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 15 4.2%

Worst in 2021

Suspension 10 2.8%

Worst in 2013

Lights 10 2.8%

Worst in 2013

Steering 9 2.5%

Worst in 2013

Body & Structure 8 2.2%

Worst in 2016

Acceleration & Cruise Control 7 1.9%

Worst in 2016

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 7 1.9%

Worst in 2020

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Acura ILX, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Apr 2013 peak 18 Aug 2026

Compare the Acura ILX

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.