NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Acura TL Recalls
The 2000 Acura TL has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 17, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Acura TL. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 249
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2000 Acura TL, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2000 Acura TL
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V026000
- Reported
- January 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,439,841
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V027000
- Reported
- January 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 875,966
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2001 TL, 7 other models
Electrical system: ignition: switch
- Campaign
- 05V025000
- Reported
- January 28, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 486,659
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 04V176000
- Reported
- April 15, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,099,796
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 TL, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V080000
- Reported
- March 14, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,900
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 01V166002
- Reported
- August 14, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,168
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 TL
2000 Acura TL complaints by year
NHTSA has received 249 owner complaints about the 2000 Acura TL, the newest on May 16, 2026. Of these, 18 describe a crash (7%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Acura TL, the component group named most often is the power train (45%), followed by the air bags (25%) and the visibility (12%).
1 of the 2000 Acura TL's 6 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2000 Acura TL owners gave the mileage (147 complaints), the median was 110,400 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train111
- Air Bags62
- Visibility30
- Electrical System25
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic12
- Vehicle Speed Control11
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14 | |
| 2001 | 9 | |
| 2002 | 16 | |
| 2003 | 13 | |
| 2004 | 30 | |
| 2005 | 15 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 23 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 18 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 20 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Acura TL peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 30. 21% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Acura TL drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Acura TL year in the same window: 6th highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 249 complaints about the 2000 Acura TL are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Acura TL by model year
Other 2000 Acura models
Newest record on this page: May 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted