NHTSA lists 32 complaints for the 2021 Acura TLX Type S, 0 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.
Data build 2026-10-10.
NHTSA lists this vehicle as ACURA TLX TYPE S.
At a glance
Complaints
32
With crash
0
With fire
0
With injury (complaints)
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
Recalls
1
Do not drive recalls
0
Park outside recalls
0
Recall potential units (maximum)
294,612
Investigations
1
Open investigations
0
Manufacturer communications
31
Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.
Where the complaints are
Top systems
System
Complaints
Share of this vehicle's complaints
POWER TRAIN
29
90.6%
ENGINE
4
12.5%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2
6.3%
SUSPENSION
1
3.1%
Top subsystems
System
Subsystem
Complaints
POWER TRAIN
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1
One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.
Confidence is the model's own probability for the label it chose (0 to 1), not accuracy.
Model-generated labels on tagged complaints only. Model years 2013 and newer are tagged in full; 2012 in part (see tagged_share); earlier model years have no tags. NHTSA's own flags remain separate in the complaints block.
Defect: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2022-2025 Acura MDX Type-S, 2023-2025 Honda Pilot, and 2021-2025 Acura TLX Type-S vehicles. A software error in the fuel injection electronic control unit (FI-ECU) may cause an engine stall or a loss of power.
Consequence: An engine stall or loss of power can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
Remedy: Dealers will reprogram the FI-ECU software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 17, 2025. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are EL1 and AL0.
Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.
Investigations
1 investigations; 0 open.
DP26001
Opened: 2026-03-06. Closed: 2026-08-04.
All wheel drive allegation
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has completed its review of a Petition dated January 9, 2026, requesting an investigation into the loss of the optional all-wheel drive capability in model year (MY) 2021-2023 Acura TLX and MY 2022-2023 Acura MDX vehicles. The Petition alleges failures in the interfacing splines between the front wheel drive transaxle and the rear wheel drive power take of
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2021-2023 TLX ADVa s and 2021-2025 TLX Type Sa s with a client complaint of the a Adaptive Damper System Problema (ADS) error message on the MID (Multi Information Display). To better understand the cause of this con
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2021-2023 TLX ADVa s and 2021-2025 TLX Type Sa s with a client complaint of the a Adaptive Damper System Problema (ADS) error message on the MID (Multi Information Display). To better understand the cause of this con
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2021-2023 TLX ADVa s and 2021-2025 TLX Type Sa s with a client complaint of the a Adaptive Damper System Problema (ADS) error message on the MID (Multi Information Display). To better understand the cause of this con
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2021-2023 TLX ADVa s and 2021-2025 TLX Type Sa s with a client complaint of the a Adaptive Damper System Problema (ADS) error message on the MID (Multi Information Display). To better understand the cause of this con
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2021-2023 TLX ADVa s and 2021-2025 TLX Type Sa s with a client complaint of the a Adaptive Damper System Problema (ADS) error message on the MID (Multi Information Display). To better understand the cause of this con
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2021-2023 TLX ADVa s and 2021-2025 TLX Type Sa s with a client complaint of the a Adaptive Damper System Problema (ADS) error message on the MID (Multi Information Display). To better understand the cause of this con
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2021-2023 TLX ADVa s and 2021-2025 TLX Type Sa s with a client complaint of the a Adaptive Damper System Problema (ADS) error message on the MID (Multi Information Display). To better understand the cause of this con
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2021-2023 TLX ADVa s and 2021-2025 TLX Type Sa s with a client complaint of the a Adaptive Damper System Problema (ADS) error message on the MID (Multi Information Display). To better understand the cause of this con
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2022-2025 MDX Type S's & 2021-2025 TLX ADV's or Type S's with a client complaint of the a Adaptive Damper System Problema (ADS) error message on the MID (Multi Information Display). To better understand the cause of th
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2022-2025 MDX Type S's & 2021-2025 TLX ADV's or Type S's with a client complaint of the a Adaptive Damper System Problema (ADS) error message on the MID (Multi Information Display). To better understand the cause of th
Notes on this record
Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.