Total Complaints
20 filings
ACURA LEGEND · model year
1995 ACURA LEGEND
20 NHTSA complaints, 1 crash report for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1995ACURALEGEND carries 20 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 1 crash, 0 fires, 1 injury, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1995 LEGEND is vehicle speed control with 2 filings, followed by power train:automatic transmission (2) and engine and engine cooling:cooling system (2). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 3 investigation files overlapping the 1995 LEGEND, and 2 remain open. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
20
Complaints
1
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries
0
Deaths
Crashes Reported
1 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
Complaints vs. fleet median (215)
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
Complaints by Component
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | 2 |
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | 2 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | 2 |
| AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR | 1 |
| SUSPENSION | 1 |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 1 |
| STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | 1 |
| STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE | 1 |
| TIRES:TREAD/BELT | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | 1 |
| TIRES | 1 |
| WHEELS:RIM | 1 |
| SEAT BELTS:FRONT | 1 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 1 |
Recent Complaints
20131123STEERING
VSS FAULTY ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON IDEL RISES TO 1500 RPMS FRONT WHEEL DRIVE OVER ENGAGES AND PULLS CAR FORWARD WHEN BREAKING VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE IWINTER YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL TO STOP. ALSO CAUSES VERY HARD AND UNSAFE SHIFTING. STEERING RACK BUSHINGS ALSO ERODING INTO POWERSTEERING FLUID AND BEING PUMPED INTO VSS. FAULTY DESIGN. CAN XAUSE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN SOME CASES. STEERING SHAKES WHEN ACCELERATING DRIVING ON SIDE ROADS AND EVEN WORSE ON FREEWAYS. MY MECHANIC SAID HE BELIEVES ITS A BENT AND FRAIL PRODUCED DRIVE AXEL. CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR ALSO FAULTY ON MANY OTHER OWNERS CARS AND MINE CAUSING MISFIRE AND UNSAFE STARTING CONDITIONS THE TRANSMISSION MOUNT,CAUSING VIBRATION IN ENTIRE CAR,STEERING PULL,AND LOUD NOISES.I WOULD LIKE TO GET A RECALL ON THIS ITEM AND HAVE DEALER REPLACEMENTS,AND OR REINBURSEMENTS CAR IS OVER 18 YEARS OLD AND PARTS ARE STILL OVER PRICED AND UNDERDESIGNED ITS HARD TO FIX A CAR THEY DIDNT TAKE TIME TO TEST FOR STRUCTURUALLY SOUND DRIVE TRA
Mileage: 190,000
20131123POWER TRAIN
VSS FAULTY ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON IDEL RISES TO 1500 RPMS FRONT WHEEL DRIVE OVER ENGAGES AND PULLS CAR FORWARD WHEN BREAKING VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE IWINTER YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL TO STOP. ALSO CAUSES VERY HARD AND UNSAFE SHIFTING. STEERING RACK BUSHINGS ALSO ERODING INTO POWERSTEERING FLUID AND BEING PUMPED INTO VSS. FAULTY DESIGN. CAN XAUSE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN SOME CASES. STEERING SHAKES WHEN ACCELERATING DRIVING ON SIDE ROADS AND EVEN WORSE ON FREEWAYS. MY MECHANIC SAID HE BELIEVES ITS A BENT AND FRAIL PRODUCED DRIVE AXEL. CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR ALSO FAULTY ON MANY OTHER OWNERS CARS AND MINE CAUSING MISFIRE AND UNSAFE STARTING CONDITIONS THE TRANSMISSION MOUNT,CAUSING VIBRATION IN ENTIRE CAR,STEERING PULL,AND LOUD NOISES.I WOULD LIKE TO GET A RECALL ON THIS ITEM AND HAVE DEALER REPLACEMENTS,AND OR REINBURSEMENTS CAR IS OVER 18 YEARS OLD AND PARTS ARE STILL OVER PRICED AND UNDERDESIGNED ITS HARD TO FIX A CAR THEY DIDNT TAKE TIME TO TEST FOR STRUCTURUALLY SOUND DRIVE TRA
Mileage: 190,000
20131123VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VSS FAULTY ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON IDEL RISES TO 1500 RPMS FRONT WHEEL DRIVE OVER ENGAGES AND PULLS CAR FORWARD WHEN BREAKING VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE IWINTER YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL TO STOP. ALSO CAUSES VERY HARD AND UNSAFE SHIFTING. STEERING RACK BUSHINGS ALSO ERODING INTO POWERSTEERING FLUID AND BEING PUMPED INTO VSS. FAULTY DESIGN. CAN XAUSE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN SOME CASES. STEERING SHAKES WHEN ACCELERATING DRIVING ON SIDE ROADS AND EVEN WORSE ON FREEWAYS. MY MECHANIC SAID HE BELIEVES ITS A BENT AND FRAIL PRODUCED DRIVE AXEL. CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR ALSO FAULTY ON MANY OTHER OWNERS CARS AND MINE CAUSING MISFIRE AND UNSAFE STARTING CONDITIONS THE TRANSMISSION MOUNT,CAUSING VIBRATION IN ENTIRE CAR,STEERING PULL,AND LOUD NOISES.I WOULD LIKE TO GET A RECALL ON THIS ITEM AND HAVE DEALER REPLACEMENTS,AND OR REINBURSEMENTS CAR IS OVER 18 YEARS OLD AND PARTS ARE STILL OVER PRICED AND UNDERDESIGNED ITS HARD TO FIX A CAR THEY DIDNT TAKE TIME TO TEST FOR STRUCTURUALLY SOUND DRIVE TRA
Mileage: 190,000
20091230ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE IGNITION PART IS FAILING, IT OVERHEATS, MELTS SOLDER AND DRIPS ON RIGHT DRIVERS FOOT POSITIONED ON GAS PEDAL. ACURA LEGEND, 1995. *TR
Mileage: 60,000
20040206POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
REAR TRANSMISSION MOUNT,CAUSING VIBRATION IN ENTIRE CAR,STEERING PULL,AND LOUD NOISES.I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY LIST OF NAMES TO GET A RECALL ON THIS ITEM AND HAVE DEALER REPLACEMENTS,AND OR REINBURSEMENTS.*AK
Mileage: 38,450
20040206SEAT BELTS:FRONT
REAR TRANSMISSION MOUNT,CAUSING VIBRATION IN ENTIRE CAR,STEERING PULL,AND LOUD NOISES.I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY LIST OF NAMES TO GET A RECALL ON THIS ITEM AND HAVE DEALER REPLACEMENTS,AND OR REINBURSEMENTS.*AK
Mileage: 38,450
20021113TIRES
THE LEFT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT, WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO SEND IN THE DAMAGED TIRE, ONCE THE MANUFACTURER RECEIVED THE TIRE, THEY STATED THE TIRE WAS NOT AT FAULT, BUT THE RIM WAS DUE TO IT LEAKING, AND THERE WAS NO FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON THEIR PART, AND THEREFORE THE CLAIM WAS DENIED.MR *JB
20021113WHEELS:RIM
THE LEFT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT, WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO SEND IN THE DAMAGED TIRE, ONCE THE MANUFACTURER RECEIVED THE TIRE, THEY STATED THE TIRE WAS NOT AT FAULT, BUT THE RIM WAS DUE TO IT LEAKING, AND THERE WAS NO FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON THEIR PART, AND THEREFORE THE CLAIM WAS DENIED.MR *JB
20021016ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
RADIATOR HAS A HISTORY OF PROBLEMS--A NTSB BULLETIN ABOUT IT--RADATOR WAS FIXED ONCE BY ACURA--SAME PROBLEM AGAIN--RADIATOR LEAKS
20020701ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I HAVE OWNED 2 ACURA LEGENDS 1992 & 1995. FAILURE OF RADIATOR TOP TANK $600 REPAIR ON BOTH AT APPRX 75,000 MILES. SCALDING OR STRANDING CAN OCCUR. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A COMMON FAILURE IN HONDA RADIATORS. *AK
20020122ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
20020109POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TOTAL PREMATURE FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. TWO ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN (AGES 3 AND 7) WERE LEFT STRANDED OVER 300 MILES FROM OUR HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THE TEMPATURE THAT NIGHT WAS ABOUT 15 DEGREES FARENHEIGHT.*AK
20011126TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE HAD A CRACK IN TREAD. CONTACTED DEALER,AND DEALER CALLED MICHELIN AND STATED CONSUMER NEEDED TO GO TO ANOTHER DEALER TO INSPECT TIRE. *AK MICHELIN MXV4 TIRES, P205/60R15, DOT NUMBER EDP2EC5X199. *SLC
20010314STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
POWER DOOR LOCKS WILL UNLOCK REPEATEDLY WITHOUT ANY ACTION FROM THE PASSENGERS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING AND WHEN IT IS UNOCCUPIED. THIS CONDITION HAS CAUSED ALARM TO SOUND FALSELY. PREVIOUSLY, THE DRIVERS SIDE LOCK WOULD NOT UNLOCK ANY OF THE DOORS WHEN TRYING TO EXIT THE CAR. FROM NHTSA'S DATA AND OTHER AUTO WEBSITES IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A CONSISTENT SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS.*AK
20010314STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
POWER DOOR LOCKS WILL UNLOCK REPEATEDLY WITHOUT ANY ACTION FROM THE PASSENGERS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING AND WHEN IT IS UNOCCUPIED. THIS CONDITION HAS CAUSED ALARM TO SOUND FALSELY. PREVIOUSLY, THE DRIVERS SIDE LOCK WOULD NOT UNLOCK ANY OF THE DOORS WHEN TRYING TO EXIT THE CAR. FROM NHTSA'S DATA AND OTHER AUTO WEBSITES IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A CONSISTENT SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS.*AK
20000918UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CONSUMER UNLOCKED CAR USING KEYLESS ENTRY REMOTE. PLACED CHILD IN VEHICLE BACK SEAT. CONSUMER ACCIDENTALLY LEFT KEY ON THE SEAT, AND CHILD WAS LOCKED IN VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS ONLY A 10 MINUTES ALLOWANCE BEFORE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY LOCKS. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TIME, IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY HOT DAY, CHILD COULD HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE.*AK
19990927SUSPENSION
TAIL ARMS FROZE CAUSING NEW SET OF TIRES TO WARE ON INSIDE DOWN TO STEEL BELT IN LESS THAN A YEAR.
19990823SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR
SPEED SENSOR FAILED. YH
19970919AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MPH WHEN SHE RAN ACROSS A MANHOLE AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD. THE SMELL FROM THE AIR BAGS WAS VERY STRONG/ OBNOXIOUS AND THICK WHITE SMOKE APPEARED. *AK
19961119CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE VEHICLE HAD SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, TURNED ON THE CAR AND JUST THAN THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN A CRASH. *AK
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many complaints does the 1995 ACURA LEGEND have?▼
The 1995 ACURA LEGEND has 20 NHTSA complaints, 1 crashes, 0 fires, 1 injuries, and 0 deaths reported.
What are the most common problems with the 1995 ACURA LEGEND?▼
The most-complained component for the 1995 ACURA LEGEND is VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL with 2 complaints. Other frequently reported areas include POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION and ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM.
Is the 1995 ACURA LEGEND safe to buy?▼
Review the complaint history, crash and fire reports, safety ratings, and recall status on this page to make an informed decision. No NHTSA crash test rating is available for this model year. Compare with other model years using the links above.
Where does this data come from?▼
All complaint, recall, and safety rating data is sourced from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Complaints are filed by vehicle owners through NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation.
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Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
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