Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2004 Acura CL

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Air Bags1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Air Bags
Filed Nov 20, 2013165,000 milesTX

MY DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING ON AROUND JUNE 14-16 2013. THE CAR STAYS IN THE GARAGE AND NOT OUT IN THE ELEMENTS. IT STARTED OUT WITH ONE CRACK AND LATER A SECOND CRACK APPEARED AND GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. WE THINK IT IS THE OUTLINE OF THE AIRBAGS OR IN THAT AREA. ALSO, THERE IS ANOTHER CRACK LOCATED ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I CALLED VANDERGRIFF ACURA AND FILED A COMPLAINT ONLINE, BUT NOT SURE WHERE TO GO. AS OF YET, THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR DASHBOARD 2004 TL ACURA, BUT I DID NOTICE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON LINE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. I AM AFRAID THE AIRBAGS WILL DEPLOY AND SOMEONE MAY BE HURT. THIS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED ASAP. *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2004 — this page1000Routine
200373501Fatalities reported
200244201Fatalities reported
2001271321Fatalities reported
200011000Routine
199949300Routine
199855510Routine
199782200Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.