Acura TL Complaints

3,117 consumer complaints on file.

#10101683November 15, 2004
TIRES:SIDEWALL
FAULTY NO BENT OR SCRATCHED ON RIM. SHOULD BE REIMBURSE FOR TIRE. *BF THE VEHICLE TIRE HAD A RIP IN THE INSIDE WALL. THE CONSUMER WANTED TO BE REIMBURSED. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101421November 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION FAILED. *NM *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098608November 10, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IN FALL OF 2002, MY ACURA TL TYPE S STARTING HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. IT PROGRESSED FROM THERE BY NOT SHIFTING AT ALL WHILE ACCELERATING OR DOWNSHIFTING INTO A LOWER GEAR WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH AND CAUSING THE CAR TO JERK. FINALLY, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT COMPLETELY. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. IT WAS FINE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS BUT I DID NOTICE IT NOT SHIFTING AS SMOOTHLY AS IT HAD PREVIOUSLY. IN AUGUST 2004, THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT A RECALL WAS PLACED ON A PART IN THE TRANSMISSION HAVING TO DO WITH 2ND GEAR. AFTER THIS WAS REPLACED, MY TRANSMISSION WAS NEVER THE SAME. IT BEGAN SHIFTING VERY HARD FROM 2ND TO 3RD AND THEN WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR. IT WOULD MAKE A HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE SOMETIMES AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. THE VSA LIGHTS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON ALSO. THIS ALL STARTING OCCURRING TWO DAYS BEFORE OUR SCHEDULED APPT. WITH THE DEALER TO HAVE THE CAR LOOKED AT. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER (WHICH IS WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW AS I TYPE THIS LETTER) AND IT HAS TO HAVE A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION AGAIN! I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE READ ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS OTHER ACURA TL OWNERS HAVE WRITTEN AND MOST HAVE MISSED HAVING SERIOUS ACCIDENTS ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD. SOMETHING SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098511November 9, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED INTO 1ST AT 40-45 MPH. COULD HAVE CAUSED CRASH IN TRAFFIC.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098433November 8, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILS INTO MODE OF DOWN HIFTING AND UPSHIFTING INAPPROPRIATELY. THIS CAUSES THE AUTOMOBILE TO CHANGE SPEED SUDDENLY AND IRRATICALLY. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR HIGHWAY DRIVING. NOTE: THIS PROBLEM IS NOT RELATED TO THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED 2ND GEAR PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098472November 8, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. GEAR SLIPPAGE, SLUGGISH ON ACCELERATION, NUMEROUS TRANSMISSION REPAIRS THROUGH DEALER, VEHICLE RECALLED - STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098478November 8, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I TOOK MY ACURA TL-S 2003 IN FOR THE 30,000 MILE SERVICE ON OCTOBER 27, 2004. AT THIS TIME I WAS INFORMED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD BE EXAMINED FOR DAMAGE DUE TO INCORRECT LUBRICATION. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE RECALL BEFORE THIS. THE EXAMINATION WAS DONE, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION LOOKED FINE AND THEY HAD INSTALLED AN OIL JET KIT. ON NOVEMBER4, 2004 MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC HOME. THE TRANSMISSION APPEARED TO LOCK CAUSING A SUDDEN DECELERATION THEN ALTERNATED BETWEEN SLIPPING AND LOCKING. LUCKILY I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY WHERE IF THIS HAD HAPPENED, I AM CONVINCED I WOULD HAVE HAD A BAD ACCIDENT. AS IT WAS I NEARLY WAS REAR ENDED BY AN UNSUSPECTING MOTORIST BEHIND ME (IT WAS DARK OUTSIDE AND OF COURSE MY BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT ALERT THAT MOTORIST). THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM VSA OFF LIGHT LIT UP. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO ACURA WHERE THEY "CONDEMNED" THE TRANSMISSION. THEY TOLD ME THEY WILL BE PUTTING A REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING SINCE THEY LOOKED AT MY PREVIOUS ONE, MADE THE CHANGES THAT THEY BELIEVE WILL FIX THE PROBLEM, AND THEN MY TRANSMISSION STILL FAILED. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BY THIS PROBLEM, SOONER OR LATER!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098341November 5, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
1997 ACURA 3.2 TL FAULTY AIRBAG. MY ACURA RECENTLY DISPLAYED A SRS ERROR. I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO RADLEY ACURA IN FALLS CHURCH WHERE THEY TOLD ME THAT A POTENTIALLY FAULTY AIRBAG IS NOT COVERED BY ACURA AND THAT TO HAVE THE AIRBAG REPLACED TO PREVENT IT FROM EITHER DEPLOYING RANDOMLY OR NOT DEPLOYING AT ALL IT WOULD COST ME OVER $1200. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099461November 2, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
RECEIVED RECALL 04V076000 TRANSMISSION FAILURES: WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION EXPLODED NEARLY CRASHED. ALSO BLEW UP CATASTROPHICALLY AGAIN. *BF THE CONSUMERS WIFE NEARLY CRASHED WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IN HER VEHICLE EXPLODED AND SHE TRIED TO AVOID GETTING HIT OR CRASHING INTO SOMETHING. PRIOR TO THE RECALL, THE CONSUMER SPENT OVER 2700 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY INSTALLED AN OIL JET KIT, CONSEQUENTLY 500 MILES LATER THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090277November 2, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
ENGINE MANIFOLD DEVELOPED A CRACK. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE PRODUCED AN EXTREME LOUD NOISE. *AK MANIFOLD REPLACED. TRUNK LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099532November 1, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE. THE CONSUMER HEARD THIS WAS A RESULT OF POORLY DESIGNED AND POORLY MANUFACTURED BEARING SURFACES AND CLUTCH PLATE SURFACES IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *BF THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098054October 31, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ACURA TL-S 2002 *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096491October 27, 2004
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
A PLUG FELL OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL HOLDING THE PLASTIC BODY MATERIAL TO THE FENDER. IT FELL OUT AND CAUSED ME TO FIND A METAL SCREW TO HOLD IT IN PLACE, I WENT TO THE DEALER TO SEE IF THEY WOULD REPAIR/GIVE ME A NEW PLUG, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST ME $254,00 & LABOR AND AN AUTO BDY SHOP TO PUT IT ON. HOW LUDICROUS CAN THAT BE. AM I WRONG IT MY CHALLENGE TO THE DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091501October 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT AND WOULD DOWN SHIFT ON ITS ON. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE DRIVER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB HEAT BUILDUP TRANSMISSION SECOND GEAR. TRANSMISSION LOCKUP. RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V176000 *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097706October 26, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE ACCELERATING GEARS JERKED. DEALER STATED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115299October 25, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
2000 ACURA 3.2TL, A/C BLOWER FAN STOPPED. *BF THE FAN MOTOR RECEPTACLE AND NYLON PLUG SHOWED EVIDENCE OF EXCESS HEAT AND THE CONNECTOR PINS WERE BURNT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097602October 25, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER SERVICED THE VEHICLE. THEN, CONSUMER REAR ENDED A VEHICLE AT 50 MPH. A RECALL LETTER WAS LATER RECEIVED BY THE CONSUMER ON THE AIR BAG MODULE. NHTSA RECALL 02V080000. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096280October 23, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN
TWICE, MY ACURA TL HAS SLOWED DRASTICALLY AS I WAS DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED IN THE FREEWAY FAST LANE. BOTH TIMES I PULLED INTO THE RIGHT LANE, AND BY THEN THE CAR SEEMED TO BE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I CALLED THE CAR DEALER AFTER THE SECOND INCIDENT AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD "NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT." MY INTERNET RESEARCH FOUND THE NHTSA INVESTIGATION OF ACURA TL TRANSMISSIONS. I CALLED THE DEALER AGAIN, AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO INPSECT THE TRANSMISSION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096259October 23, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING CAR TO COME TO A COMPLETE JOLTING STOP AND CAUSING THE AXLE TO BREAK OVER THE FORCE OF THE STOP. DEALER HAS STATED THIS IS COMMON WITH 90% OF ALL 2000-2002 ACURA TL'S.. MANAFACTURE DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095825October 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. MY VEHICLE WILL SOON HAVE ITS FOURTH TRANSMISSION INSTALLED DUE TO A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. THE TRANSMISSIONS HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN THE PAST UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY GIVEN BY THE MANUFACTURER. HOWEVER THEY ARE USING RECONDITIONED TRANSMISSIONS TO REPLACE THE FAILED UNITS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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