NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Acura RL Recalls
The 2012 Acura RL has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Acura RL. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 1
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2012 Acura RL, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2012 Acura RL
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V500000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,558
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2010 RL, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V501000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,657,752
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2011 RL, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V662000
- Reported
- September 27, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 57,095
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011 RL, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V041000
- Reported
- January 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 24,945
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2011 RL, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V029000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 308,884
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2011 RL, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V061000
- Reported
- February 3, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,232,187
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2011 RL, 10 other models
2012 Acura RL complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1 owner complaint about the 2012 Acura RL, the newest on November 25, 2012.
In complaints about the 2012 Acura RL, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (100%).
None of the 2012 Acura RL's 6 recalls concerns the exterior lighting.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting1
Of the 2012 Acura RL complaints, 100% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
The 1 complaints about the 2012 Acura RL are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Acura RL by model year
Other 2012 Acura models
Newest record on this page: June 27, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted