What's Wrong with the 1st Generation TSX?

Front 3/4 view of a Acura TSX

The 1st generation TSX spans the 2004 to 2008 model years.

It has accumulated 57 owner complaints over those year and ranks 22nd in reliability out of 30 eligible Acura generations.

Our reliability rank is based on our PainRank™ system. A higher number means you can expect more significant problems. The average Acura score is 2.36 while this generation comes in at 4.49.

Compare With Other TSX Generations

What 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

1st Generation TSX Key Numbers

  1. 5 model years

    Grouping all models by their year can reveal some baddies.

  2. 57 complaints

    Running tally of owner grievances filed to CarComplaints.com.

  3. 22nd in reliability

    Overall reliability rank out of 30 eligible generations.

Recent 1st Generation TSX News

There's a lot of news out there, but not all of it matters. We try to boil down it to the most important bits about things that actually help you with your car problem. Interested in getting these stories in an email? Signup for free email alerts over at CarComplaints.com.

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    carcomplaints.com

    Any hope of a proposed class-action lawsuit for faulty window regulators in certain Acure vehicles has fizzled after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shot down the proposal in a 2-to-1 ruling.

    The plaintiff argued that Honda, parent company of Acura, installed window regulators that are insufficiently strong and insufficiently durable to withstand the forces required to perform [their] intended function. Functions like making sure the dang window doesn't fall into the door, for example.

    The lawsuit originally included the 2000-2011 Acura MDX, Acura TSX, Acura RL and Acura CL but those vehicles were dropped in a last-ditch effort to save the suit.

    It didn't work.