This TLX has separate evidence
IIHS dates redesign to MY2021; CEN2008 used a MY2021 TLX, ratings MY2021–2025. Earlier-generation documents do not become repair requirements through the name alone.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: IIHS: 2021 Acura TLX
Separate pedal, wheel brakes and accessible pipes after impact. A damaged front fender establishes neither pedal health nor the cause of unusual pedal feel.
25V391: securing the pivot pin
Honda’s June 12, 2025 report describes an omitted production step staking the pedal pivot pin. Sideways movement could cause unintended application or reduced ability to slow/stop. Possible signs include movement, unusual feel, a brake warning and brake lights staying on without pressure.
Honda / NHTSA repository: Part 573 Safety Recall Report 25V391 / Honda FLX, XLY
Record the actual signs with date/conditions. They need inspection to identify a defect. Bad brakes alone cannot distinguish the pedal from other untested components.
Model years do not replace production records
Supplier/production data define TLX MY2021–2025 scope, built October 23, 2020–February 28, 2025. The dated remedy inspects and replaces the pedal assembly as needed, not automatically on every TLX.
Honda / NHTSA repository: Part 573 Safety Recall Report 25V391 / Honda FLX, XLY
After earlier replacement identify the assembly fitted. Old campaign entry, new-part invoice and current inspection answer different questions; one cannot fill missing tests.
What to preserve before intervention
Record pedal position, accessible fasteners and messages before disassembly. Note if the original position has changed. A later new-assembly photo cannot describe the old behaviour.
Separate confirmed body deformation and pedal findings. Recall presence does not prove crash causation; impact does not exclude manufacturing. Attribution needs physical and temporal evidence.
Which repair outcome is established
Keep campaign applicability, mounting defect, performed work and control separate. No full pedal procedure, current VIN status or hydraulic-system health is supplied. Untested assemblies remain unknown.
Applicability to the individual vehicle
- Specific supplier/production cohort, not all MY2021–2025 TLX; current VIN status unknown.
- Unstaked pivot pin/side movement is not master-cylinder separation or proof of crash cause.
- No invented pedal procedure/torques; test family does not expand component scope.
Primary sources
Sources checked on . Model or recall information does not establish the condition of an individual VIN.
Honda / NHTSA repository: Part 573 Safety Recall Report 25V391 / Honda FLX, XLY
Applicability and source location
Certain US TLX MY2021–2025, October 23, 2020–February 28, 2025; supplier records. MDX/Pilot separate.
Page 1: TLX; page 2: unstaked pin, movement, warnings; pages 4–5: inspection/conditional replacement.
Document date: 2025-06-12. Checked: .
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: IIHS: 2021 Acura TLX
Applicability and source location
US MY2021 redesign; CEN2008 MY2021–2025, not older TLX or part/VIN fitment.
Driver CEN2008; passenger/moderate/side tests separately identified as Honda-conducted.
Document date: not specified in the source. Checked: .