2013 Acura Tl

The 2013 Acura TL has 3 recalls, all covering the same critical defect: the driver's frontal airbag inflator can explode and send sharp metal fragments into the cabin, with the potential to seriously injure or kill the driver or other occupants.

These three filings all describe the same underlying Takata airbag inflator problem. When the airbag deploys in a crash, the inflator can rupture rather than inflate normally, turning the module itself into a source of metal shrapnel directed at the people inside the vehicle. The risk is not limited to the driver; front seat passengers and rear occupants can also be struck by fragments. Prior repair attempts under earlier campaigns did not fully resolve the issue for all affected vehicles, which is why multiple filings exist for what is essentially one defect. Any 2013 TL with an unrepaired driver's airbag inflator carries this risk every time the vehicle is in a collision severe enough to trigger deployment.