2013 Acura ILX

Name: 2013 Acura ILX owner-filed safety complaints per 1,000 sold
Creator: YearsTell

Too few owners filed complaints about the 2013 ILX in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others.

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.55 per 1,000

too few complaints to rank against its other years

Counted from 9 complaints filed in the first three years, of 67 ever. 95% lower bound 0.19.

Every ILX model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years

This yearOther yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 0.57

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2013	0.55	9
2014	0.57	11
2016	1.03	17
2019	0.23	3

Issues owners of the 2013 ILX report

No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.

When it breaks

38% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 46,000 miles, from 29 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 51 complaints about this component over roughly 66 months before an investigation opened.

Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture

Questions buyers ask about the 2013 Acura ILX

Is 2013 a good year or a bad year for the ILX?

Too few owners filed complaints about the 2013 ILX in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others. The typical year is the median across its model years.

What problems does the 2013 ILX have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Air Bags (25), Electrical System (15), Power Train (9).

Is the 2013 ILX reliable?

Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other ILX years: too few owners filed complaints about the 2013 ILX in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others.

What the used-car guides say

The one guide that rates the 2013 ILX lists it as a year for caution. The complaint records here hold too few complaints about it to rank it.

Guide	Its verdict on 2013	Based on
CarWhereNHTSA complaints, weighted by severity	Caution	NHTSA complaints, weighted by severity

Read on 2026-11-14. Each verdict is the guide’s own: we record only the years it names, and link to it. A guide that counts complaints without dividing by sales can flag a year simply because more of it were sold.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site:

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.