Acura RSX

Owners filed 178 complaints across 8 model years of the Acura RSX. The 2002 drew the most (76).

Model years8
Complaints178
Recalls16
Fires1
Deaths0

Which Acura RSX years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Acura RSX model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Acura RSX model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20081
0——Unknown or OtherRoutine
20071
0——Structure › BodyRoutine
200624
2—4Power Train › Manual TransmissionRoutine
200532
2—3Suspension › FrontRoutine
200417
4—6Power Train › Manual TransmissionRoutine
200325
4—3Power Train › Manual TransmissionRoutine
200276
4110Power Train › Manual TransmissionRoutine
20012
0——Power Train › Manual TransmissionRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.