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Acura ILX Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 11 recall campaigns for the Acura ILX, across 8 model years from 2013 to 2020. The 2016 has the most (6); the fewest among years with a recall is 2020 (2).

Model years
8

2013–2020, with a recall

Recall campaigns
11
Most recalls
2016

6 recalls

Owner complaints
269

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 269 complaints with NHTSA about the Acura ILX across 10 model years; the most, 66, concern the 2013.

Owners marked a crash on 23 of the Acura ILX complaints (9%) and a fire on 3.

Across all Acura ILX model years, owners name the air bags most often (at least 77 complaints), then the service brakes (31).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Acura ILX in 2016: 57, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Acura ILX is air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module, in 9 model-year listings.

The newest Acura ILX recall, 25V859000, was reported on December 11, 2025 and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder.

Acura ILX years to avoid

Too few Acura ILX model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 4 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Acura ILX, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2022033not ranked
20210118not ranked
20202103not ranked
20195365not ranked
20184236not ranked
20174206not ranked
201665229not ranked
201541911not ranked
201452921not ranked
201366626not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Acura ILX years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Acura ILX

  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE9
  • POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT7
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY6
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP6
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER5
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS2
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH1

Acura ILX model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Acura ILX recall campaign (11)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Acura ILX, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
25V859000December 11, 2025service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder2016–2020crash and injury70,658
23V858000December 18, 2023fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2016–2020crash2,490,460
21V215000March 25, 2021fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2019crash624,552
20V770000December 10, 2020power train: driveline: driveshaft2013–2015crash and injury248,358
19V500000June 27, 2019air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module2013injury and death1,558
19V424000June 6, 2019power train: driveline: driveshaft2016–2019crash and injury49,898
19V182000March 6, 2019air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module2013–2016injury and death1,101,534
19V052000January 24, 2019fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly2014–2019crash4,455
16V061000February 3, 2016air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module2013–2016crash, injury and death2,232,187
14V323000June 13, 2014exterior lighting: headlights2013–2014crash and fire14,078
12V338000July 19, 2012latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch2013crash and injury172,837

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Acura ILX. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: September 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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