Acura TL vs Toyota Tundra

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 TL	Toyota Tundra
Complaints on file	4,055	9,494
Model years covered	1995–2014	1999–2026
Worst model year	2003	2007
Best model year	2014	2026
Crashes reported	223	502
Fires reported	62	70
Injuries reported	136	261
Deaths reported	8	14
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Body & Structure
Share of complaints involving harm	10.6%	8.9%

Acura TL by year

3 33 29 22 197 325 163 403 466 766 553 345 167 181 51 75 23 162 74 17

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 921 22.7%

Airbags 834 20.6%

Body & Structure 549 13.5%

Electrical System 263 6.5%

Other & Unspecified 244 6.0%

Steering 213 5.3%

Engine & Cooling 174 4.3%

Brakes 125 3.1%

Toyota Tundra by year

1 1,334 543 648 524 653 491 677 535 461 53 218 184 216 105 116 59 156 112 153 104 55 31 646 632 522 223 42

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Body & Structure 1,781 18.8%

Brakes 1,070 11.3%

Engine & Cooling 1,068 11.2%

Suspension 856 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 808 8.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 578 6.1%

Other & Unspecified 571 6.0%

Airbags 496 5.2%