1996 Acura Integra Problems and Recalls (35 Complaints)

The most-reported problem on the 1996 Acura Integra is Airbags (20% of 35 owner reports). There are 5 safety recalls. Check the VIN and inspect Airbags — this is the NHTSA file, not a score.

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation Snapshot 2026-09-07 35 complaints · 5 recalls

What problems show up on the 1996 Acura Integra?

7 of 35 filings named Airbags (20% of the file). That is what owners wrote, not a shop diagnosis of the vehicle in the driveway.

Second is Brakes (5 reports).

There are 5 official safety recalls on this year. They were filed about Lights. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov — a campaign on this page can still be open on a specific truck.

The 1995 has 51 reports on file; this year has 35. A smaller lifetime total is not a clean bill of health. If you need a fairer comparison, use the equal-time view.

What to check before you buy a 1996 Acura Integra

A useful visit to this page takes five minutes. YearTell does not score years and cannot see the vehicle in front of you.

  1. Look up the VIN for open recalls at nhtsa.gov. This year has 5 campaigns on file below.
  2. Airbags. Confirm the airbag light behaves normally and that open airbag recalls are closed.
  3. Brakes. Have a shop check pads, rotors, fluid and whether the pedal feels firm.
  4. Electrical. Have a shop scan for stored codes and check battery, charging and any warning lights that stay on.
  5. Skim a few owner reports below for Airbags. Look for the same symptom repeating.
  6. Take that list to a mechanic. Do not turn the complaint total into a score.

What owners reported

System named most often: Airbags 7 complaints · 20.0% of the file
Crashes, fires, injuries and deaths in those filings:
  • Crashes 6
  • Fires 1
  • Injuries 6
  • Deaths 0
Compare with 1995 →
NHTSA Consumer Complaints Snapshot 2026-09-07 Open source record Read our complete data methodology →

Complaint counts reflect self-selected reports and are not normalised for production sales volume. We publish no reliability scores, superlatives, or vehicle rankings.

Which systems owners named

Share of owner complaints filed against each vehicle system. These shares are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold.

Which systems owners named Airbags (AIR BAGS) appears in 7 of 35 owner complaints (20.0%) in this vehicle snapshot. Airbags (AIR BAGS): 7 complaints, 20.0% of reports Airbags (AIR BAGS) 3 crash reports 7 · 20.0% Brakes (SERVICE BRAKES): 5 complaints, 14.3% of reports Brakes (SERVICE BRAKES) 1 crash reports 5 · 14.3% Electrical (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM): 4 complaints, 11.4% of reports Electrical (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) 1 fire reports 4 · 11.4% Cruise / speed control (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL): 3 complaints, 8.6% of reports Cruise / speed control (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) 3 · 8.6% Glass / wipers / cameras (VISIBILITY): 3 complaints, 8.6% of reports Glass / wipers / cameras (VISIBILITY) 3 · 8.6% Engine (ENGINE): 2 complaints, 5.7% of reports Engine (ENGINE) 2 · 5.7% Transmission / driveline (POWER TRAIN): 2 complaints, 5.7% of reports Transmission / driveline (POWER TRAIN) 2 · 5.7% Tires (TIRES): 2 complaints, 5.7% of reports Tires (TIRES) 2 · 5.7% Fuel system (FUEL SYSTEM): 1 complaints, 2.9% of reports Fuel system (FUEL SYSTEM) 1 · 2.9% Unclassified NHTSA leftover: 26 complaints, 74.3% of reports Unclassified NHTSA leftover 6 crash reports 1 fire reports 26 · 74.3% 0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

“Unclassified NHTSA leftover” is not a car part. It is a filing bucket and always sits last.

View component data as a table
System / Component Complaints Share of Reports Safety Reports (Crashes / Fires)
Airbags (AIR BAGS) 7 20.0% 3 crashes · 0 fires
Brakes (SERVICE BRAKES) 5 14.3% 1 crashes · 0 fires
Electrical (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) 4 11.4% 0 crashes · 1 fires
Cruise / speed control (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) 3 8.6% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Glass / wipers / cameras (VISIBILITY) 3 8.6% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Engine (ENGINE) 2 5.7% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Transmission / driveline (POWER TRAIN) 2 5.7% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Tires (TIRES) 2 5.7% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Fuel system (FUEL SYSTEM) 1 2.9% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Unclassified NHTSA leftover 26 74.3% 6 crashes · 1 fires
NHTSA Consumer Complaints, NHTSA Safety Recalls, and NHTSA Defect Investigations Snapshot 2026-09-07 Open source record

Complaint counts reflect self-selected reports and are not normalised for production sales volume. We publish no reliability scores, superlatives, or vehicle rankings.

When reports and recalls showed up

When owners filed reports, and when recall campaigns showed up.

When reports and recalls showed up Owner reports in this snapshot begin in Jan 1996; the first recall shown was reported in Mar 2006. 1996-Q1: 1 owner reports 1 1996-Q3: 1 owner reports 1 1996-Q4: 1 owner reports 1 1997-Q1: 2 owner reports 2 1997-Q2: 1 owner reports 1 1997-Q3: 2 owner reports 2 1997-Q4: 4 owner reports 4 1998-Q3: 1 owner reports 1 1998-Q4: 2 owner reports 2 1999-Q3: 1 owner reports 1 1999-Q4: 1 owner reports 1 2000-Q3: 1 owner reports 1 2000-Q4: 1 owner reports 1 2001-Q1: 1 owner reports 1 2001-Q2: 1 owner reports 1 2001-Q4: 1 owner reports 1 2002-Q1: 1 owner reports 1 2002-Q2: 1 owner reports 1 2002-Q3: 1 owner reports 1 2002-Q4: 1 owner reports 1 2003-Q2: 1 owner reports 1 2003-Q3: 1 owner reports 1 2006-Q1: 1 owner reports 1 2007-Q3: 1 owner reports 1 2011-Q2: 1 owner reports 1 2014-Q3: 1 owner reports 1 2015-Q4: 1 owner reports 1 2016-Q1: 1 owner reports 1 2017-Q4: 1 owner reports 1 Owner reports Jan 1996 Oct 2017 Recall campaign 06E026000 ◆ Recall campaign 06E026000 Recall campaign 06E032000 ◆ Recall campaign 06E032000 Recall campaign 06E049000 ◆ Recall campaign 06E049000 Recall campaign 06E060000 ◆ Recall campaign 06E060000 Recall campaign 09E025000 ◆ Recall campaign 09E025000
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Date Record type Count Record identifier
1996-Q1 Owner reports 1
1996-Q3 Owner reports 1
1996-Q4 Owner reports 1
1997-Q1 Owner reports 2
1997-Q2 Owner reports 1
1997-Q3 Owner reports 2
1997-Q4 Owner reports 4
1998-Q3 Owner reports 1
1998-Q4 Owner reports 2
1999-Q3 Owner reports 1
1999-Q4 Owner reports 1
2000-Q3 Owner reports 1
2000-Q4 Owner reports 1
2001-Q1 Owner reports 1
2001-Q2 Owner reports 1
2001-Q4 Owner reports 1
2002-Q1 Owner reports 1
2002-Q2 Owner reports 1
2002-Q3 Owner reports 1
2002-Q4 Owner reports 1
2003-Q2 Owner reports 1
2003-Q3 Owner reports 1
2006-Q1 Owner reports 1
2007-Q3 Owner reports 1
2011-Q2 Owner reports 1
2014-Q3 Owner reports 1
2015-Q4 Owner reports 1
2016-Q1 Owner reports 1
2017-Q4 Owner reports 1
Recall campaign 1 06E026000
Recall campaign 1 06E032000
Recall campaign 1 06E049000
Recall campaign 1 06E060000
Recall campaign 1 09E025000
NHTSA Safety Recalls Snapshot 2026-09-06 Open source record

Safety Recalls (5)

Official campaigns. Each one says what could go wrong and what the dealer was told to fix.

In short, these campaigns were filed about Lights.

  1. Recall campaign 06E026000

    Safety recall 06E026000

    Report date
    Component:
    Not available in the source record
    Consequence:
    WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
    Remedy:
    PRO-A MOTORS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER TO REPURCHASE THE LAMPS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 3, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PRO-A MOTORS AT 323-838-2988.
    View authoritative NHTSA record →

  2. Recall campaign 06E032000

    Safety recall 06E032000

    Report date
    Component:
    Not available in the source record
    Consequence:
    WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
    Remedy:
    TOM MOTORSPORT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF NONCOMPLIANT LIGHTS. THE RECALL BEGAN APRIL 17, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOM MOTORSPORT AT 626-968-4007.
    View authoritative NHTSA record →

  3. Recall campaign 06E049000

    Safety recall 06E049000

    Report date
    Component:
    Not available in the source record
    Consequence:
    WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
    Remedy:
    CK MOTORSPORT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE NONCOMPLIANT LAMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 1, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CK MOTORSPORT AT 1-909-610-7211.
    View authoritative NHTSA record →

  4. Recall campaign 06E060000

    Safety recall 06E060000

    Report date
    Component:
    Not available in the source record
    Consequence:
    LACK OF AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS IN THE LAMPS WILL DECREASE LIGHTING VISIBILITY TO OTHER DRIVERS AND MAY POSSIBLY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH
    Remedy:
    AAI MOTORSPORTS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE LAMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 1, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT AAI MOTORSPORTS AT 909-923-9188.
    View authoritative NHTSA record →

  5. Recall campaign 09E025000

    Lights

    Report date
    Component:
    Lights (EXTERIOR LIGHTING)
    Consequence:
    DECREASED LIGHTING VISIBILITY MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
    Remedy:
    DOPE, INC. WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER A FULL REFUND FOR THE NONCOMPLIANT COMBINATION LAMPS. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 28, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DOPE, INC. AT 1-626-272-1798.
    View authoritative NHTSA record →
NHTSA Consumer Complaints Snapshot 2026-09-07 Open source record

Complaint counts reflect self-selected reports and are not normalised for production sales volume. We publish no reliability scores, superlatives, or vehicle rankings.

What owners actually wrote

Short excerpts from the public NHTSA file. Look for the same symptom repeating.

Data: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation · snapshot 2026-09-07
Safety incident filters
Showing 10 of 35 complaints · page 1 of 2
2017-12-08STRUCTUREUnclassified NHTSA leftover
NHTSA ODI 11053585
CrashFireInjuryDeath
I GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT WHERE A CAR DROVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND HIT THE FRONT OF MY CAR. THE AIRBAGS ON BOTH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGERS SEAT WERE RELEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
2016-03-18WHEELS
NHTSA ODI 10850485
CrashFireInjuryDeath
TODAY, FRIDAY, MARCH 18TH 2016 AT 3:40 PM I HIT A POTHOLE THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN PATCHED WHILE DRIVING THAT CAME LOOSE AND DESTROYED MY RIM OFF OF ROCKY POINT RD NW ROUGHLY 1/2 A MILE FROM CROWN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BREMERTON WA.
2015-10-24Electrical (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM)
NHTSA ODI 10785792
CrashFireInjuryDeath
I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD SUDDENLY THE CAR JUST QUIT WHILE I WAS IN MY FOURTH GEAR. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO MY HOUSE AND A TECHNICIAN LOOKING AT MY SITUATION I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH AND FROM HONDA ACURA DEALER SHIP.
2014-08-12Brakes (SERVICE BRAKES)Unclassified NHTSA leftover
NHTSA ODI 10621743
CrashFireInjuryDeath
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 ACURA INTEGRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,000.
2011-05-24Airbags (AIR BAGS)Unclassified NHTSA leftover
NHTSA ODI 10402617
CrashFireInjuryDeath
I WAS INVOLVED IN A VIOLENT COLLISION IN MY 1996 ACURA INTEGRA. I WAS GOING AROUND 25 MILES PER HOUR AND A PICKUP TRUCK GOING FROM MY RIGHT TO LEFT AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR COLLIDED WITH MY CAR. THE PICKUP'S LEFT FRONT IMPACTED WITH MY RIGHT FRONT (I STEERED LEFT AND HE STEERED RIGHT AS EVASIVE MANEUVERS). MY CAR WAS TOTALED AND YET MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR
2007-08-27Airbags (AIR BAGS)
NHTSA ODI 10200928
CrashFireInjuryDeath
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 ACURA INTEGRA. THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THERE WAS NOT A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,652. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,000. UPDATED 12/12/07
2006-03-18Brakes (SERVICE BRAKES)Unclassified NHTSA leftover
NHTSA ODI 10153098
CrashFireInjuryDeath
IT MY SECOND ACURA INTEGRA ONE 1994 THE OTHER ONE 1996 AND THE ABS SYSTEM HAS FAILED ON MY INTEGRA ABS WORKS HALF OF TIME AND PUMPING NOISE COME OUT EVERY TIME I PRES THE BRAKES AND IN HIGH SPEED WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES STEERING WHEEL SHAKES DRASTICALLY PLUS ABS LIGHT IS ON AND OFF, ON THE OLD CAR AND THE NEWER INTEGRA SAME PROBLEM PLUS I HAD READ IN THE NET THE OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE INTEGRA BREAKS AND IS UNSAFE TO NOT KNOW WHEN THE BRAKES ARE GOING TO WORK REAL GOOD OR NOT TO GOOD. *NM
2003-09-04Cruise / speed control (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL)Unclassified NHTSA leftover
NHTSA ODI 10031274
CrashFireInjuryDeath
WHILE DRIVING, THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK. *AK *PH *JB
2003-04-02Electrical (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM)Unclassified NHTSA leftover
NHTSA ODI 10014996
CrashFireInjuryDeath
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH AS STATED IN THE RECALL, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB
2002-11-29Airbags (AIR BAGS)Unclassified NHTSA leftover
NHTSA ODI 8023450
CrashFireInjuryDeath
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES' ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED DRIVER FORCING VEHICLE DOWN A HILL INTO A MEDAL POLE. CONSUMER STATES NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

Frequently asked questions

What are the most common problems on the 1996 Acura Integra?

Owners named Airbags most often — 7 of 35 reports (20%). That is the NHTSA file, not a diagnosis of every vehicle.

Are there recalls for the 1996 Acura Integra?

NHTSA lists 5 safety recall campaigns. They were filed about Lights. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov; a campaign on this page can still be open on a specific vehicle.

What should I inspect before buying a 1996 Acura Integra?

Look up the VIN for open recalls. Confirm the airbag light behaves normally and that open airbag recalls are closed. Then skim owner filings for the same symptom and take that list to a mechanic.

Does a high complaint count mean I should skip this year?

No. Counts are reports people chose to file and they are not adjusted for sales volume. YearTell does not publish scores or a list of years to skip. Inspect the vehicle.

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NHTSA Consumer Complaints Snapshot 2026-09-07 Open source record

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