FaultScore

Acura RL vs Land Rover Range Rover

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure Acura RL Land Rover Range Rover
Complaints on file 525 1,307
Model years covered 1996–2015 1987–2025
Worst model year 2000 2015
Best model year 1998 1994
Crashes reported 26 81
Fires reported 8 50
Injuries reported 13 55
Deaths reported 0 4
Most complained-about part Airbags Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm 9% 14.5%

Acura RL by year

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 141 26.9%
Lights 63 12.0%
Brakes 34 6.5%
Engine & Cooling 24 4.6%
Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 19 3.6%
Other & Unspecified 17 3.2%

Land Rover Range Rover by year

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 158 12.1%
Steering 151 11.6%
Suspension 125 9.6%
Brakes 76 5.8%
Airbags 71 5.4%