Acura CL Complaints (2001)

271 consumer complaints on file.

#8017493August 28, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP AND FAIL TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016901August 21, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON AND VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN ONE GEAR.TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN WITHIN 4000 MILES. THEY REPLACED WIRING TRANSIMISSION, AND IT WENT AGAIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016522August 16, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH 3.2 LITRE ENGINE. WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL AFTER CHANGING INTO 3RD GEAR. DRIVER HAD TO COAST TO SIDE OF THE ROAD DUE TO LOSS OF POWER. *AKJLG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016179August 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AT 50 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED ACCELERATOR, VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. DEALER DETERMINED THATTRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765559August 12, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
REPLACED FIRST TRANSMISSION AT 13596 MILES, SECOND TRANSMISSION AT 25223 MILES, THIRD TRANSMISSION AT 27648 MILES, WHILE THE FIRST TWO TRANSMISSIONS FAILED ON LOCAL STREETS, THE THIRD DID NOT. WHEN THE THIRD TRANSMISSION FAILED I WAS TRAVELING ON A MAJOR HWY AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A LARGE SUV. I WAS TRYING TO MOTOR UP TO THE NEXT EXIT WHEN I WAS LOSING SPEED FAST. THATS WHEN A LARGE SUV WAS SKIDDING BEHIND ME AND TRYING TO SWITCH LANES TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THIS SUV ALMOST SIDESWIPED THE VEHICLE ALONG SIDE AS WELL. THIS ALL HAPPENED IN MODERATE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015964August 9, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL DECREASE IN SPEED WHILE APPLYING GAS. CONTACTED DEALER. TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING, HAD PART REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK 8JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764633July 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ACURA CUSTOMER CARE (800-382-2238) HAS BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND ACKNOWLEDGE ON THE PHONE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM/FLAW WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON SOME ACURA BUT WILL NOT EXPLAIN WHAT THE FLAW IS AND HOW THEY ARE RESOLVING IT. MY CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY TILL IT REACHES 50K MILES OR 4 YEARS AND HAVING NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM IN COUPLE OF MONTH, NOT KNOWING IF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE WILL STOP THE PROBLEM FROM RE-OCCURING AGAIN. IT SEEMS THERE IS NO TECHNICAL BULLETIN NOR RECALL PUBLISHED ON THIS ISSUE AS OF TODAY. I FOUND DOCUMENTATION ON OTHER OWNER STILL HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION AFTER IT GOT REPLACED 2 OR 3 TIMES AT A LOW MILEAGE (CHECK WWW.ACURA-CL.COM). I WOULD LIKE AN INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED ON THIS ISSUE ABOUT THE HAZARD IT CREATES AND FORCE ACURA TO ISSUE A PUBLIC STATEMENT ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION FLAW. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION (OAKLAND ACURA IN OAKLAND, CA) TOLD ME THEY HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE ON OTHER ACURA AND WERE NOT SURPRISED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THEY TOLD ME ACURA HAS A "FIX" BUT WILL NOT GIVE ME DETAILS ON WHAT THE FIX IS AND THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID ACURA WILL JUST CHANGE THE DEFECTIVE PART WITH THE SAME NEW PART WHICH WILL GO BAD AGAIN IN COUPLE OF WEEKS OR MONTHS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014441July 22, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHILE DRIVING BRAKES VIBRATE/PULSATE VERY HEAVILY, AND VEHICLE PULLS VERY HARD TO THE LEFT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. VEHICLE STILL HAS THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012223June 20, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 25-30 MPH TRANSMISSION WILL GO OUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED FIVE TIMES. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010158May 20, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE IN TRAFFIC VEHICLE CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP WITHOUT WARNING. FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP . HAD TRANSMISSION REPAIRED. SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. HAVING TRANSMISSION REPLACED AGAIN. DEALER CAN'T IDENTIFY WHY TRANSMISSION KEEP BECOMING INOPERATIVE WITHOUT WARNING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009573May 10, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING 30-40 MPH TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTO THIRD GEAR. ALSO, TRANSMISSION SHIFTS EXTREMELY HARD, AND WILL AT TIMES LOCK UP, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761317April 29, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760427April 8, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760262April 4, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY DISENGAGES AT ABOUT 2500 TO 3000 RPMS AND THE ENGINE SHOOTS UP TO REDLINE. ACURA IS WELL AWARE THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS, AND NEEDS TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION ON FIXING ALL OF THEM OUT THERE. THIS POSES AN EXTREME SAFETY CONCERN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006306March 25, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ENGAGING. RPMS WENT HIGH AND LOW WITHOUT PUSHING BRAKES. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS ON AND VSA LIGHT WAS ON CONSTANTLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. FELT IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759703March 23, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TOTAL LOSS OF POWER ON ACCELLERATION, CAR UNRESPONSIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005954March 19, 2002
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
WHILE DRIVING AND LOOKING THROUGH SIDE VIEW MIRROR ON PASSENGERS SIDE IT GIVES A BLIND SIDE, DRIVER CANNOT SEE. SPOKE WITH ACURA, WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS DESIGN OF VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758673February 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION STARTED "JERKING" FORWARD AS MY VEHICLE WAS DECELERATING AND CONTINUED TO "HOLD" GEARS WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE DOWNSHIFTED. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT REPEATED YET. I AM, HOWEVER, AWARE OF AN INHERRENT WEAKNESS WITH THE TRANSMISSION FOR THE ACURA 3.2 CL/TL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757236January 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS FAILURE IS APPARENTLY WIDESPREAD IN THIS AND SIMILAR MODELS OF HONDA. THIS SUDDEN FAILURE CAN CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. PLEASE EVALUATE FOR RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756659January 10, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE TRANSMISSIONS AND BRAKE ISSUES NEED TO BE ADDRESS, I FEEL THAT I PURCHASE A LEMON CAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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