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2023 Acura Integra

Gas

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3 EPA-rated configurations
Data refreshed 2026-10-26

Safety Signal

85 / 100 from the NHTSA recall record

RecallsNHTSA campaigns 2

Complaints5 crash · 3 injured reported 208

Crash ratingNHTSA overall 5★

Fuel economybest combined, EPA 33 mpg

2026 2025 2024 2023

The 2023 Acura Integra is sold in the U.S. as a gas large hatchback with 3 EPA-rated configurations. The most efficient version, the Integra, is EPA-rated at 33 mpg combined. NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for this model year, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of B. Owners have filed 208 complaints, most often about the steering. NHTSA crash-tested it at 5 stars overall.

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Trims & pricing

Source: manufacturer press kitCompare a trim →

Trim	Powertrain	Drive	MSRP	HP	Torque	MPG comb	Cargo (2nd row)	Wheels
2023 Integra	Gas	FWD	—	200 hp	192 lb-ft	33 mpg	24.3 cu-ft	17 in
A-Spec Package	Gas	FWD	—	200 hp	192 lb-ft	33 mpg	24.3 cu-ft	18 in
A-Spec with Technology Package (CVT)	Gas	FWD	—	200 hp	192 lb-ft	32 mpg	24.3 cu-ft	18 in
A-Spec with Technology Package (6MT)	Gas	FWD	—	200 hp	192 lb-ft	30 mpg	24.3 cu-ft	18 in

MSRP excludes destination. Open a trim for the complete spec sheet and standard/optional equipment. Have the car in front of you? Decode its VIN to see which of these trims it is and what it was priced at.

Specs & fuel economy

Source: EPA fueleconomy.gov

Configuration	Powertrain	Drive	Engine / motor	City	Hwy	Comb	Annual fuel*
Integra	Gas	FWD	1.5L 4-cyl turbo	30	37	33	$2,500
Integra A-Spec	Gas	FWD	1.5L 4-cyl turbo	29	36	32	$2,550
Integra A-Spec	Gas	FWD	1.5L 4-cyl turbo	26	36	30	$2,750

*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 45337, 45338, 45339.

Emissions & certification

Source: EPA emission certificates

Configuration	Smog rating	Emission standard	Where it can be sold new	SmartWay
Integra	7 / 10	California LEV-III SULEV30 / Federal Tier 3 Bin 30	All 50 states (federal, all altitudes); California and states following California standards	—
Integra A-Spec	7 / 10	Federal Tier 3 Bin 30 / California LEV-III SULEV30	All 50 states (federal, all altitudes); California and states following California standards	—
Integra A-Spec	6 / 10	Federal Tier 3 Bin 50 / California LEV-III ULEV50	All 50 states (federal, all altitudes); California and states following California standards	—

Certified for all fifty states, so it can be registered new anywhere in the U.S.

The smog rating scores tailpipe pollutants other than greenhouse gases, 1 (worst) to 10 (best), and is comparable only within a model year. The standard is the federal bin or California tier the configuration was certified to. Both come from the EPA certificate behind the window sticker.

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Recalls (2)

Source: NHTSA recall database

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Steering

SJS, MJU, QJT, VJV

1,693,199 vehicles 90% reported repaired built Jul 26, 2021 – Sep 6, 2024

Problem Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Acura Integra, Civic Type R, CR-V Hybrid, CR-V, HR-V, 2022-2025 Civic, Civic Hatchback, 2024-2025 Acura Integra Type S, 2025 CR-V Fuel Cell EV, Civic Hybrid, and Civic Hatchback Hybrid vehicles. The steering gearbox assembly may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can cause excessive internal friction and lead to difficulty steering the vehicle. Risk Difficulty steering can increase the risk of a crash. Fix Dealers will replace the worm gear spring and redistribute or add grease as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 18, 2024. Owners may contact Honda Customer Service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are SJS, MJU, QJT and VJV.

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Owner letter PDF Remedy instructions PDF

NHTSA campaign 24V744000 reported Oct 3, 2024 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

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Service Brakes, Hydraulic

OEJ,XEK,AEY,XEX,OEW

386 vehicles 93% reported repaired

Problem Honda (America Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023 Civic, Acura RDX, Acura Integra, and 2022 Honda Accord vehicles. A ball valve in the vehicle stability assist (VSA) modulator may leak brake fluid, which can result in unintended vehicle movement when the brake hold feature is engaged or an unexpected increase in brake pedal travel. Risk Unintended vehicle movement or an unexpected increase in brake pedal travel can increase the risk of a crash or injury. Fix Dealers will replace the VSA modulator, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 24, 2023. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are OEJ, XEK, AEY, XEX and OEW.

Filed with NHTSAOwner letter PDF

NHTSA campaign 23V430000 reported Jun 15, 2023 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

These are vehicle campaigns — the ones the automaker filed against this model. NHTSA also records equipment recalls, filed by a parts maker against a component (a tyre, a child seat, an aftermarket part), and those are not listed here or counted above. nhtsa.gov/recalls shows both for a VIN.

NHTSA defect investigations

Steering — Momentary Increased Steering Effort closed

On November 29, 2023, the Oﬃce of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this Engineering Analysis (EA23003) to assess allegations of momentary increase in steering eﬀort in model years (MY) 2022-2023 Honda Civic, 2023MY Honda CR-V, and 2023MY Acura Integra vehicles (subject vehicles). The complaints received by ODI alleged that the subject vehicles experienced a momentary increase in required steering eﬀort (described as “sticky steering”) occurring mostly at highway speeds after driving for an extended amount of time; these complaints could not be duplicated during dealer service technicians’ quick test drives. The complaints had been received over the previous two years with most occurring w

Opened Nov 29, 2023 · closed Jan 28, 2025 · action EA23003 · the investigation’s page →

Whether any of this applies to one specific Integra

A campaign covers a build range, not a model year, so two identical-looking cars from 2023 can differ. Both of these check a VIN against the manufacturer’s own list, free, in about ten seconds. Acura publishes its own lookup because federal rule 49 CFR 573.15 requires it to, and to keep it current to within seven days.

NHTSA VIN check →Acura’s own VIN lookup →

Hear about a recall before the letter does

The manufacturer’s letter is the last step of a recall: it has up to 60 days after filing to mail owners, at the address on the registration. We email you the day NHTSA posts a recall on the 2023 Acura Integra, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.

Owner complaints

Source: NHTSA complaint database

208complaints filed

5 involved a crash · 0 a fire · 3 injuries · 0 deaths reported

74 per 10,000 built · Acura reported 28,133 Integra built (its Early Warning production report to NHTSA)

Filed per year: 2022: 2 · 2023: 103 · 2024: 91 · 2025: 6 · 2026: 6

Most-cited components

Steering → 189

Lane Departure 12

Unspecified 8

Engine 5

Electrical System 4

Forward Collision Avoidance 4

In depth: steering problems →

In owners' own words

Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, one per problem area. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed.

Steering needs constant correction. Pulls to the left and sticks when correcting. Steering is constantly sticking creating no confidence in vehicle control. The sticking causes one to apply to much steering when turning in to a corner. Impossible to make smooth turns

Steering Oct 1, 2023 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11547570

Was driving at 75 to 80 mph speeds on interstate, and had approximately 4 to 5 seconds (400 feet+ at 75 mph) of clearance ahead of me before the next car. I had cruise control enabled and the adaptive cruise control was on the closest setting. Weather was clear and sunny and there were no visibility issues.

Forward Collision Avoidance Aug 14, 2023 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11538465

The calibration for the blind spot is off, it detects there’s a vehicle in the blind spot and beeps when I try to change lanes although the vehicle is clearly behind my vehicle and is safe to change lanes.

Lane Departure Aug 13, 2023 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11538251

Rear middle seat belt gets stuck wont release. Dealer reported other vehicles doing the same

Seat Belts Mar 18, 2023 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11512577

I have the Integra Aspec CVT model. It's been 8 months since I bought it, it's close to 10k miles and it was a week ago that it suddenly started to turn off completely as if it were like hard reset. It has already happened to me 7 times.

Electrical System Feb 3, 2023 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11505307

While driving, especially at speeds over 40 mph, the steering wheel will become slightly "frozen" where minor corrections or adjustments to the steering wheel cause the wheel to jerk or over-correct. This is especially noticeable at highway speeds.

Steering Sep 29, 2023 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11547384

Complaint counts are raw owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many were sold. Use them to spot patterns, not to rank.

Reported by Acura itself: 26 death-or-injury claims on this model year in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21): 30 injured, as claimed, not verified — about 92 per 100,000 built. Every Integra model year, by year and system → Dated and by system, they are exhibit F of the defect dossier.

Crash ratings

Source: NHTSA NCAP

Configuration	Overall	Frontal	Side	Rollover	Rollover risk
5 HB FWD	★★★★★	★★★★★	★★★★★	★★★★★	10%

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program. Standard driver-assist: forward collision warning, lane departure warning, automatic emergency braking.

Service bulletins & campaigns

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Extended coverage on file 3 filings by the manufacturer with NHTSA naming this model year

Term not in NHTSA’s summary · Acura bulletin B26-003Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, and/or misfire.
Term not in NHTSA’s summary · Acura bulletin B26-002Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, and/or misfire.
Term not in NHTSA’s summary · Acura bulletin BEBM08262026901Dealer Message - Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, misfire, and/or DTCs P0300 through…

The term and the vehicles it covers are the manufacturer’s, as NHTSA’s summary of each filing states them; a dealer checks one particular car by its VIN. Every Honda warranty extension (66) → · Every warranty extension on file, all makes →

Communicationsfiled with NHTSA 44

Most recentmanufacturer date 2026-09-25

Kindsas classified by NHTSA 30 others, 14 service bulletins

Most often about: Visibility/Wiper, Structure, Engine, Steering, Equipment Adaptive/Mobility.

B26-003 Service bulletin
2026-09-25 · Engine
Service Bulletin - Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, and/or misfire. In some cases, DTCs P0300 through P0304 may also be stored (DTCs are not required for repair).
B26-002 Service bulletin
2026-09-25 · Engine
Service Bulletin - Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, and/or misfire. In some cases, DTCs P0300 through P0304 may also be stored (DTCs are not required for repair).
BBJA31120 Service bulletin
2026-09-14 · Engine
Job Aid - This job aid only applies to vehicles involved in the cylinder head gasket warranty extension. While replacing the cylinder head gasket, a flatness check of the mating surfaces of both the cylinder head and engine block must be done. If the mating surface warpage is found to be outside of service manual specifications, replacement of the component is required.
B26-003 Service bulletin
2026-08-26 · Engine
Service Bulletin - Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, misfire and/or DTCs P0300 thru P0304 stored.
B26-002 Service bulletin
2026-08-26 · Engine
Service Bulletin - Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, misfire and/or DTCs P0300 thru P0304 stored.
BEBM08262026901 Other
2026-08-26 · Engine
Dealer Message - Under certain conditions, the cylinder head gasket effectiveness may be reduced which may cause vehicles to experience overheating, coolant loss, misfire, and/or DTCs P0300 through P0304 stored.
BTI&01302026902 Other
2026-01-31 · Visibility/Wiper
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2023-2025 Integras with a client complaint of a detached or loose rearview mirror bracket/slug from the windshield. Failure between the mount spring and bracket will not be accepted. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific parts from the vehicle prior to you attempting a rep
BTI&01162026902 Other
2026-01-16 · Visibility/Wiper
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2023-2025 Integras with a client complaint of a detached or loose rearview mirror bracket/slug from the windshield. Failure between the mount spring and bracket will not be accepted. To better understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific parts from the vehicle prior to you attempting a rep

A service bulletin is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a known condition. It is not a recall, not a finding that the vehicle is defective, and the work is not automatically free — though a bulletin is often what a dealer works from when you describe a symptom, so quoting the document number can save a diagnosis. The count is every communication filed; the list shows the most recent, one entry per campaign, because a single campaign is usually filed as several documents on the same day. The summaries are NHTSA's; the full documents come from the manufacturer.

Diagnostic trouble codes on file

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints

Codes documented against this model year in the federal record. A code appearing here does not mean this vehicle will set it — it means the code is part of this nameplate-year's documented history.

Code	What it means	Most often filed under	Where it appears
P0300 P0300 on Acura →	Misfire detected, but not isolated to one cylinder.	Engine · Ignition coils →	5 bulletins
P0304 P0304 on Acura →	Cylinder 4 is misfiring.	Engine · Ignition coils →	5 bulletins

Generic codes (the second character is 0 or 2) mean the same thing on every vehicle sold in the United States. Manufacturer-specific codes (1 or 3) mean whatever the automaker assigned, and no honest source can define them for you — which is why the ones here carry the evidence instead of a definition. A code is a link when enough separate federal documents name it across the catalogue to be worth a page of its own; the rest are listed here, where the vehicle is the context that makes them mean something.

At the New York inspection station

Source: New York State DMV

New York inspections 1.0%

failed emissions

1,156 initial inspections of 1,134 vehicles.

Measure	The 2023 Integra	Every 2023 vehicle	Behind it
Failed the emissions check	1.0%	1.6%	1,154
Failed the safety inspection	0.78%	1.1%	1,156
Air-bag warning lamp stayed lit	0%	0.16%	1,156
Miles driven a year	10,530	10,038	odometer at inspection
Average odometer	34,595	32,673	odometer at inspection

New York’s emissions test on these model years is an on-board diagnostics check: it fails a car whose check-engine light is on or whose self-tests have not finished. First inspections only, so a car that failed and came back is counted once; private and special plates, not taxis, livery or commercial plates. A rate appears only where at least 200 inspections stand behind it. “Every 2023 vehicle” is every 2023 model-year car, SUV and pickup inspected in the same window, all makes. This is the state’s record of test results, not a reliability score by itself. Source: New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Vehicle Inspections (data.ny.gov, Open NY terms).

Integra by model year

all years, side by side →

Year Safety Recalls Complaints

2026 A 0 2 32 mpg 2025 A 1 11 33 mpg 2024 C 3 64 33 mpg 2023 this page B 2 208 33 mpg

Common questions about the 2023 Integra

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Does the 2023 Acura Integra have any recalls?

NHTSA has posted 2 recall campaigns for the 2023 Acura Integra. The most serious on file is 24V744000, covering Steering. Check your own VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a recall applies to specific build ranges, not every car.

How safe is the 2023 Acura Integra?

NHTSA gave the 2023 Acura Integra 5 stars overall in its New Car Assessment Program tests — 5-star frontal crash, 5-star side crash, 5-star rollover. WhichTrim also grades it B (85/100) on its recall record, which is a different question from crash protection.

What is the fuel economy of the 2023 Acura Integra?

Across the 3 EPA-rated configurations of the 2023 Acura Integra, the best EPA combined figure is 33 mpg. Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.

What do owners complain about on the 2023 Acura Integra?

Owners have filed 208 complaints with NHTSA about the 2023 Acura Integra, most often about steering, lane departure, unspecified. Of those, 5 involved a crash, 3 reported injuries. Complaints are unverified owner reports, so treat the pattern as a signal and the individual report as an anecdote.

How clean is the 2023 Acura Integra?

The EPA smog rating for the 2023 Acura Integra runs 6 to 7 out of 10 across its configurations. That score covers tailpipe pollutants other than greenhouse gases, and it only compares vehicles within the same model year. It is certified for all fifty states, so it can be registered new anywhere in the U.S. Its configurations were certified to different standards — California LEV-III SULEV30, California LEV-III ULEV50, Federal Tier 3 Bin 30, Federal Tier 3 Bin 50 — which the table above lists per configuration.

Are there service bulletins for the 2023 Acura Integra?

The manufacturer has filed 44 service bulletins and related communications with NHTSA for the 2023 Acura Integra, most often covering visibility/wiper, structure, engine. The most recent is dated 2026-09-25. A bulletin is not a recall: it is the repair procedure a manufacturer sends its dealers for a condition it knows about, and the work is not automatically paid for. It is still worth knowing — if the symptom matches, quoting the bulletin number at the service desk can save a diagnosis. The document numbers and summaries are listed above.

How does the 2023 Acura Integra do at state inspection?

In New York’s inspection lanes over the 12 months to Oct 10, 2026, the 2023 Acura Integra failed the emissions check on 1.0% of first inspections — lower than the 1.6% for every 2023 model-year vehicle inspected; and the safety inspection on 0.78% (every 2023 vehicle: 1.1%). The figures are New York State DMV’s own inspection records, first inspections only, and the table above sets each one against every vehicle of the same model year.

What we hold, and what an empty row means

Paid vehicle-history reports will not tell you the difference between “nothing happened to this car” and “we never received that record” — both of the big two say as much in their own help pages. Most of what is on this page comes from complete federal registers, so we can tell you which is which, row by row.

Data	Held	Source	What it covers — or what empty means
Fuel economy & configurations	3 configurations	EPA certification records	Every configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures.
Emission certificates	3 configurations	EPA emission certificates	Smog rating, standard and the sales area that decides where the car can be sold new.
Recalls	2	NHTSA recall campaigns	A complete federal register: every campaign covering this model year, with severity and advisory flags.
Owner complaints	208	NHTSA complaint database	Also complete, but unverified: these are reports owners filed, not findings. Counts scale with how many were sold.
Crash ratings	1 tested	NHTSA NCAP	Only the configurations NHTSA chose to crash-test, which is never all of them.
Service bulletins	44	NHTSA manufacturer communications	Everything the manufacturer told its dealers about a defect or malfunction, short of a recall.
Investigations	1	NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation	Open and closed defect investigations, with the agency's own narrative.
Driver-assist crash reports	none	NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01	No report has been filed. Only entities named in the order report, and only crashes they hear of — so this is also what an unequipped car, or a manufacturer without telematics, looks like.
Specifications filed with NHTSA	none	NHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patterns	We had no VIN pattern to decode for this model year, or the manufacturer filed nothing usable.
Trims, pricing & equipment	4 trims	Manufacturer press kit	Transcribed from the manufacturer's own press material, every value carrying the document it came from.

Rebuilt nightly; this page was generated 2026-10-26. Every figure above is traceable to the source named beside it, and the JSON for this page carries the same values with their identifiers.

Sources & method

Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). The most serious recall counts in full and each further one counts 85% of the one before, because a vehicle sold in millions is recalled more often than a rare one without being more dangerous — and because a flat subtraction bottomed the scale out, scoring a vehicle with 22 recalls within a point of one with six. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Read it as what it counts: recall campaigns on the federal record, weighted by severity. The damping reduces the sales bias by roughly 40% but does not remove it: like our complaint counts, this is not normalized by how many were sold, so a best-seller still scores somewhat worse than an obscure model with the same real risk. NHTSA crash ratings, do-not-drive and park-outside advisories, and the crash, fire, injury and death counts in owner complaints are reported separately on every page and never blended into the letter — a vehicle can hold five stars and a poor letter at once, and where that happens we say so rather than leave you to notice. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.

EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records. Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed nightly. Trim-level specifications and pricing are transcribed from the manufacturer's official press kit; every value carries its source in the data file.

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