{"id":"2018_acura_rlx","make":"Acura","make_slug":"acura","model":"RLX","model_slug":"rlx","year":2018,"url":"/acura/rlx/2018/","pts":["hev","gas"],"configs":[{"id":39714,"model":"RLX Hybrid","pt":"hev","drive":"All-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (AM-S7)","cyl":6,"displ":3.5,"eng":"SIDI; Stop-Start","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":28,"hwy":29,"comb":28,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"259V Li-Ion","fuel":"Premium","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":316,"fe_score":6,"ghg_score":6,"fuel_cost":2750,"save_spend":-2500,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"HNX","modified":"Tue Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 2017"},{"id":39713,"model":"RLX","pt":"gas","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (S10)","cyl":6,"displ":3.5,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":20,"hwy":29,"comb":23,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Premium","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":383,"fe_score":5,"ghg_score":5,"fuel_cost":3350,"save_spend":-5500,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"HNX","modified":"Mon Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2018"}],"vclass":"Midsize Cars","segment":"Midsize car","epa_certified":true,"recalls":[{"campaign":"23V858000","component":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP","mfr":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)","reported":"2023-12-18","owner_notified":"2024-03-29","units":2490460,"summary":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2013-2023 Honda Accord, Civic Coupe, Civic Sedan, Civic Hatchback, Civic Type R, CR-V, HR-V, Ridgeline, Odyssey, Acura ILX, MDX, MDX Hybrid, RDX, RLX, TLX, 2019-2022 Honda Insight, Passport, 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid, 2018-2019 Honda Clarity PHEV, Fit, and 2015-2020 Honda Accord Hybrid, Pilot, Acura NSX vehicles.  The fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail.","consequence":"Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will replace the fuel pump module, free of charge.  Owner letters were mailed September 6, 2024.  Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138.  Honda's numbers for this recall are KGC and KGD.  This recall is an expansion of NHTSA recall numbers 21V-215 and 20V-314.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"KGC, KGD","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":1,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":92,"grade":"A","complaints":{"count":9,"crash":0,"fire":0,"injured":0,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Engine",3],["Engine And Engine Cooling",2],["Electrical System",2],["Power Train",1],["Fuel/Propulsion System",1],["Fuel System, Gasoline",1]],"by_year":{"2018":1,"2024":3,"2025":2,"2026":3},"excerpts":[["2026-06-02","Engine","The first time I heard the engine noise was on [XXX]. I brought the vehicle to the Schaumburg Muller Acura dealership and dropped it off on May 20. On May 21, the dealership performed an initial inspection and informed me that they needed authorization to further disassemble the engine in order to determine the cause o\u2026"],["2026-05-18","Engine And Engine Cooling","The contact owns a 2018 Acura RLX. The contact stated while driving her vehicle at an undisclosed speed, stated that the vehicle would not start up, and noticed every single waring light illuminated up on her dash. The vehicle was taken to a dealer twice, first time it was diagnosed to have a crank sensor failure, it w\u2026"],["2026-03-06","Electrical System","The contact owns a 2018 Acura RLX. The contact stated that while attempting to start the vehicle, the headlight failure message was displayed. A dealer was contacted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the A/C compressor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stat\u2026"]]},"investigations":[{"action":"DP22005","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM","opened":"2023-01-27","closed":"2023-08-07","campaign":"22V063000","subject":"Pedestrian alert sounds","summary":"NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 KG or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after March 1, 2021.On January 27, 2023, NHTSA opened Defect Petition (DP) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matt"},{"action":"EA19001","component":"AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE","opened":"2019-04-19","closed":"2024-09-19","campaign":"20V024","subject":"Electrical overstress","summary":"The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation to determine if the failure of airbags to deploy during severe crashes, in certain vehicles, was the result of a safety related defect.\u00c2\u00a0 During the investigation a complex failure was studied that can result in non-deployment of subject vehicle air bags and other restraint system devices in severe crash events. The subject vehicles may be equipped with an airbag control unit (ACU) for the supplemental restraint system (SRS) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) manufactured by ZF-TRW. \u00c2\u00a0The ECU receives signals from crash sensors mounted in the vehicle and deploys the vehicle air bags and seat belt pretensioners in accordance with "}],"ncap":[{"desc":"4 DR FWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":5,"rollover":5,"rollover_risk":0.097,"seats":5,"fcw":"Standard","ldw":"Standard","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":999,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":28,"ncap":5,"complaints":9},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 06:27 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}