2025 Acura TLX Safety Rating
Midsize luxury cars Β· Historical model-year record Β· IIHS data updated 2026-09-04
This is the 2025 record, kept for reference. IIHS no longer lists a newer model year for this nameplate. The 2025 results below are the exact ratings IIHS published for this model year.
IIHS crash-test results
Detailed results by test (29 entries)
IIHS publishes these under the test they belong to, so the same label can appear more than once. Rear restraints and kinematics, rear head protection, structure and safety cage, and front restraints are the four that count toward the score (25%).
Small overlap front
Headlights
Front crash prevention: pedestrian
Seat belt reminders
Child seat anchors
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How the score is built
Full formula, weights, and missing-data rules β
NHTSA 5-star rating
2025 Acura TLX 4 DR FWD
NHTSA stars are shown for reference and carry no weight in the score. NHTSA source. Why the two programs disagree β
Real-world context
| Measure | Result | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Class driver death rate | 23 per million registered vehicle-years | Midsize luxury cars as a class, adjusted for driver age and sex (Farmer, 2023); all vehicles average 38. Class context only. |
| Acura TLX 2WD (2018-20) driver death rate | 31 (95% CI 0β64) | Earlier model years of this nameplate; class average for that study 24.8. Reflects who bought and drove those cars as well as the car. |
| Theft claim frequency (Acura TLX 4dr 4WD) | 2138 (100 = average) | HLDI whole-vehicle theft, 2022β24 model years: 21.38Γ average. See the theft ranking. |
| Theft claim frequency (Acura TLX 4dr) | 805 (100 = average) | HLDI whole-vehicle theft, 2022β24 model years: 8.05Γ average. See the theft ranking. |
Our analysis
The 2025 Acura TLX belongs to the Midsize luxury cars class. This class has a below-average driver death rate compared with the national average of 38 deaths per million registered vehicle-years. The class figure is adjusted for driver age and sex, which removes a large part of the selection effect in raw death rates. It is still a class average, not a measurement of this model.
The Acura TLX has no IIHS Top Safety Pick award for 2025. That can mean a result below the award threshold in one test, or tests IIHS has not completed. Absence of an award is not evidence that the vehicle is unsafe.
Across the 4 IIHS rating categories reported, the Acura TLX earned 4 Good ratings. Check the occupant-protection details above as well; a Good headline result can hide a weaker rear-seat subscore.
This analysis is produced independently; we have no affiliation with Acura or any manufacturer. Read the full methodology or learn more about us.
Safety recalls for the 2025 Acura TLX
NHTSA does not yet list this model year in its recall database. That usually means the vehicle is too new to appear, not that it has been cleared.
Questions about the 2025 Acura TLX
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