NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Acura TSX Recalls
The 2012 Acura TSX 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 TSX. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 133
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2012 Acura TSX, 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 TSX
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V502000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,555
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2011, 2013–2014 TSX, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V378000
- Reported
- May 16, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,138
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2011, 2013–2014 TSX, 12 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V661000
- Reported
- September 27, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,355,406
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013–2014 TSX, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V042000
- Reported
- January 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 691,726
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2011, 2013 TSX, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V545000
- Reported
- August 31, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,257
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2011 TSX, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V030000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 977,708
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2011 TSX, 10 other models
2012 Acura TSX complaints by year
NHTSA has received 133 owner complaints about the 2012 Acura TSX, the newest on August 1, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (3%); owners reported 1 injury and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2012 Acura TSX, the component group named most often is the steering (75%), followed by the electrical system (12%) and the service brakes (7%).
None of the 2012 Acura TSX's 6 recalls concerns the steering.
Where 2012 Acura TSX owners gave the mileage (106 complaints), the median was 72,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering100
- Electrical System16
- Service Brakes9
- Air Bags6
- Engine6
- Power Train5
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 17 | |
| 2018 | 47 | |
| 2019 | 20 | |
| 2020 | 14 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2012 Acura TSX peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 47. 8% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Acura TSX drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Acura TSX year in the same window: 7th highest of the 7 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the three best-measured Acura TSX years.
The 133 complaints about the 2012 Acura TSX are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Acura TSX by model year
Other 2012 Acura models
Newest record on this page: August 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted