2000 Acura Rl: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 79 complaints
79
Total Complaints
77,000mi
Median Mileage
AIR BAGS
Top Issue
6
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

60,000 25th Percentile
77,000 Median Mileage
159,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

AIR BAGS
19
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
6
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
5
POWER TRAIN
4
SEAT BELTS
3
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
3
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
3
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
3
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
2
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
2

Severity Assessment

6
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"WHILE COMING TO A STOP OR DECELERATING VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER SAID THEY NEED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. COMMON PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION WAS ON BACK ORDER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK"
"WHILE DRIVING AT SLOWER SPEEDS VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT. HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. TOOK TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC REPLACED TRANSMISSION. STALLING PROBLEM REAPPEARED. TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP, BUT MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE STALLING PROBLEM.*AK POSSIBLY AN ENGINE PROBLEM. *SLC"
"WHILE DRIVING AT SLOWER SPEEDS VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT. HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. TOOK TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC REPLACED TRANSMISSION. STALLING PROBLEM REAPPEARED. TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP, BUT MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE STALLING PROBLEM.*AK POSSIBLY AN ENGINE PROBLEM. *SLC"

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28