How Reliable is the Acura ILX?

Front 3/4 view of a Acura ILX

The ILX ranks 9th in reliability out of 20 Acura models. Its overall PainRank™ of 1.48 is based on relative complaint analysis from 19 owner complaints sent to CarComplaints.com over 8 model years.

The 2 Most Common ILX Problems

We've pulled together a list of the most widespread problems that ILX owners have to deal with.

Takata Airbag Inflator Recall

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A large number of Acura vehicles have been recalled because they contain dangerous airbag inflators made by Takata. The shrapnel-hurling inflators have been recalled in over 37 million vehicles (and counting).

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Dual-Clutch Transmission Slips

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According to owners, all the shifting benefits of Acura's 8-speed dual-clutch transmission are nullified by a defective torque converter. While Acura has issued recalls for 2015 TLX owners, it didn't fix the problem and didn't cover all the…

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What ILX Owners Complain About

Sometimes it helps just to tally up the complaints and see where the biggest stacks are. Use this information to learn about troublespots or to run for the hills.

Worst Issues

Worst Topics

Worst Years

Full Lists on CarComplaints.com

ILX Generations

Generations are groups of model years where few, if any, changes were made to the vehicle which means their model years tend to break in similar ways. The ILX has 1 generation available in North American markets.

By the Numbers

  1. 19 complaints

    Running tally of owner grievances filed to CarComplaints.com.

  2. 131 service bulletins

    Documenting the process of troubleshooting common problems.

  3. 7 recall campaigns

    Time-sensitive, free repairs for widespread safety problems.

Timeline of Recent ILX News

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