FaultScore

Worst years for a Acura TSX

Owners have filed 855 complaints about the Acura TSX with NHTSA across model years 2004 to 2014. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

2004 Acura TSX

195 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2007 Acura TSX

29 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Acura TSX 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
2014 8 0 0 Brakes
2013 B 40 2 0 65,000 Steering
2012 D 158 9 0 73,000 Steering
2011 B 52 3 1 80,000 Steering
2010 D 86 9 0 29,000 Airbags
2009 D 113 8 0 21,050 Airbags
2008 C 42 4 1 60,000 Steering
2007 B 29 2 0 112,650 Steering
2006 C 68 6 0 80,000 Steering
2005 C 64 5 1 99,000 Airbags
2004 D 195 13 3 70,000 Electrical System

What breaks on a Acura TSX

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

Steering 223 26.1%

Worst in 2012

Airbags 122 14.3%

Worst in 2004

Brakes 87 10.2%

Worst in 2009

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2004

Seats 30 3.5%

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2009

Worst in 2005

Lights 20 2.3%

Worst in 2004

Seat Belts 19 2.2%

Worst in 2004

Fuel & Propulsion 17 2.0%

Worst in 2004

Tires 17 2.0%

Worst in 2004

Suspension 14 1.6%

Worst in 2004

Exactly what failed on a Acura TSX

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 17 21.8%
Cooling System 10 12.8%
Power Adjust 10 12.8%
Side/Window 8 10.3%
Engine 8 10.3%
Automatic Transmission 7 9.0%
Recliner 5 6.4%
Manual Transmission 5 6.4%
Hose, Piping, AND Connections 4 5.1%
Rear 4 5.1%

Complaints filed over time

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

Oct 2003 peak 17 Aug 2026

Acura TSX problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Acura TSX

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