Acura RL - Problems, Statistics, and Analysis

Acura RL owners have reported a total of 482 problems for their cars built in the 18 model years listed in the chart below. The chart shows the number of problems reported across all service years for each given model year of the Acura RL. The 2005 Acura RL cars have the most problems reported (139 problems).

🔍 Common problems of Acura RL

The following chart shows the 22 most common problems for Acura RL cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's air bags (147 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's electrical system (58 problems).

📉 Compare Reliability Across Model Years Using PPMY Index

It would not be fair to compare the Acura RL of an older model year to newer model years since older vehicles have been in service longer and thus are expected to have more problems. In order to compare the reliability across RL model years, we use the PPMY index which is defined as the problems reported per thousand vehicles per Year. A smaller PPMY index indicates greater reliability of the given model year cars.

    PPMY = P / S / Y * 1000,

where P = total problems reported during the life of a Acura RL model year; S = total units sold of the model year; Y = years since the debut of the model year (the age of the vehicle).

The results are shown in Table 3.

📊 Number of Problems Reported During the First Year

Another way to measure the reliability across the model years of the Acura RL is to use the total number of problems reported during the vehicle's first year in service, as shown in the Table 4.

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