Acura TSX vs Lincoln MKZ

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 TSX	Lincoln MKZ
Complaints on file	855	2,025
Model years covered	2004–2014	2007–2020
Worst model year	2004	2017
Best model year	2007	2018
Crashes reported	61	165
Fires reported	6	30
Injuries reported	30	71
Deaths reported	2	1
Most complained-about part	Steering	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	11.6%	13.2%

Acura TSX by year

195 64 68 29 42 113 86 52 158 40 8

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

Steering 223 26.1%

Airbags 122 14.3%

Brakes 87 10.2%

Electrical System 84 9.8%

Engine & Cooling 80 9.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 39 4.6%

Seats 30 3.5%

Body & Structure 26 3.0%

Lincoln MKZ by year

305 328 129 197 181 176 146 130 107 78 184 40 22 2

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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

What breaks

Airbags 674 33.3%

Brakes 292 14.4%

Engine & Cooling 178 8.8%

Electrical System 122 6.0%

Steering 114 5.6%

Other & Unspecified 101 5.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 94 4.6%

Wheels 84 4.1%