Acura TL - Problems, Statistics, and Analysis

Acura TL owners have reported a total of 3,774 problems for their cars built in the 19 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 TL. The 2004 Acura TL cars have the most problems reported (684 problems).

🔍 Common problems of Acura TL

The following chart shows the 30 most common problems for Acura TL cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (891 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's air bags (842 problems).

📉 Compare Reliability Across Model Years Using PPMY Index

It would not be fair to compare the Acura TL 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 TL 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 TL 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 TL 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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