Acura TL Complaints

3,117 consumer complaints on file.

#770582December 7, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I CALLED ACURA CUSTOMER SERVICE TO EXPLAIN THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS ACTING UP, AND THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE IT OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM. THE SAME WAS TRUE OF MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, DAVID MCDAVID ACURA OF AUSTIN. ONLY WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR DOWNSHIFTED FROM 3RD TO 2ND GEAR, CAUSING ME TO QUICKLY DECELERATE, AND CAUSING THE PERSON BEHIND ME TO ALMOST HIT ME, DID THEY REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS EVEN AFTER ONE TECH AT KING ACURA OF BIRMINGHAM FELT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770549December 6, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770561December 6, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770502December 5, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WITH NO PRIOR WARNING, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY AND TOTALLY FAILED WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 50 MPH ON PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE AT 11:30 PM IN SNOW ON 11/26/02. ALTHOUGH ON AN INCLINE, I WAS JUST ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE LINE OF TRAFFIC INTO THE BREAK DOWN LANE. TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR TOTAL FAILURE. MANUFACTURER REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770417December 4, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 65 MPH AND OUT OF NO WHERE THE CARS TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR. MY CAR HOPPED AND KICKED ME THREW TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE TRANSMISSION AND OTHER COMPONENTS HAD TO BE CHANGED IN THIS VEHICLE AND THIS TIME I COULD HAVE KILLED MY SELF OR OTHERS. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023597December 3, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:COLUMN SHIFT ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER VEHICLE IS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. CONSUMER STATES' THAT WHEN TRAVELING BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR THE VEHICLE VIBRATES. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769998November 21, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER 35 DAYS AFTER IT WAS PURCHASED, BUT WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. THE DEALER NEVER LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE MANAGER MADE THAT DETERMINATION BASED ON OUR DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS: AT CERTAIN COMBINATIONS OF RPM AND SPEED, THE ENGINE LABORS. IT CAUSES EXCESSIVE VIBRATIONS, WHICH CONTINUE UNTIL EITHER THE SPEED OR RPM IS CHANGED. IT IS NOT RELATED TO TRAVELING UP OR DOWN AN INCLINE. WE'VE HAD THREE SEPARATE DEALERS LOOK AT IT, BUT NONE WERE ABLE TO FIND WHAT WAS WRONG. THEY ALL AGREED, THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG. WE WOULD LIKE THE ORIGINAL DEALER TO FIX THE PROBLEM, SINCE WE IDENTIFIED SO SOON AFTER PURCHASING IT. THANK YOU. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769859November 18, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769772November 16, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS IS A 2003 ACURA TL-S THAT HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ACURA CONTACTED CUSTOMERS TO EXTEND THE TRANSMISSION WARRANTY TO 100,000 MILES BUT THAT DOES NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. MY CAR IS JUST OVER 7 MONTHS OLD AND THE TRANSMISSION ALREADY FAILED. THIS MUST BE A KNOWN ISSUE AT ACURA AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. TRANSMISSION FAILURES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DESERVES A RECALL. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769404November 7, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CALLED DEALERSHIP, ACURA OF BOARDMAN SERVICE DEPT., SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS AND HAD NEVER HEARD OF INGNITION FAILURE BEING A PROBLEM. DID RESEARCH BECAUSE OF THE ODD AND DAMAGING BEHAVIOR OF THE IGNITION SWITCH TO MY VEHICLE AND BECAME AWARE OF MAJOR RECAL ON IGNITION SWITCHES. HOWEVER THE RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE MY SPECIFIC MAKER IN MY SPECIFIC YEAR BUT IT DOES INCLUDE MY MAKE AND A DIFFERENT YEAR. WILL CONTACT ACURA/HONDA ABOUT HAVING THEM REPLACE. IT IS DEFINITELY A HAZARD! DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769399November 7, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THERE ARE MANY OTHER CUSTOMERS WHO HAD SIMILAR FAILURES ON THIS VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL! DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769189November 1, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE VEHICLE UNDER POWER. TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN 3RD GEAR AND CAUSES UNEXPECTED LOSS OF FORWARD MOTION. TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP 10/05/2002. CONTINUED TO GET WORSE UNTIL DEALER DETERMINED REPLACEMENT NECESSARY ON 11/01/2002. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021929October 30, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHILE SITTING IN VEHICLE WITH ENGINE RUNNING, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, GEAR LIGHTS STARTED TO FLASH, VEHICLE WAS MAKING A HIGH GRINDING SOUND. VEHICLE ALSO WAS NOT ACCELERATING. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS *DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769058October 29, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL AT LOW RPMS OR AT IDLE. THIS OCCURRED FREQUENTLY UNTIL DEALER IDENTIFIED AND CORRECTED IT BUT NOT BEFORE NUMEROUS VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP. (I HAVE DOCUMENTED WORK ORDERS) BIGGEST PROBLEM WAS THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION I HAD PREVIOUSLY HEARD FROM OTHER ACURA OWNERS AND THROUGH A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. I WAS HOPING AND PRAYING THAT I WOULD NOT BECOME A STATISTIC. THIS IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING WHEN YOU'VE PAID $33,000+ FOR A NEW LUXURY VEHICLE AND I FEARED FOR MY SAFETY SINCE READING ABOUT THE ARTICLE. ON 11/23/02, I WOULD FIND OUT THAT I HAD BECOME ANOTHER STATISTIC, THANKFULLY I WAS DRIVING AT A REASONABLE SPEED AND NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME AS THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THIS IS A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS BY ACURA. I AM AMAZED THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. SADLY, IT WILL BECOME A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THAT WILL HAPPEN. IT IS DOWNRIGHT WRONG FOR AN AUTOMAKER TO KNOWINGLY KNOW OF A PROBLEM AND NOT FIX IT. THEY ARE NOT PROTECTING THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THE OCCUPANTS OF SAID CUSTOMERS. I URGED YOU TO CONTACT ACURA AND IMPLEMENT A MANDATORY RECALL OF THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF AND THANKFULLY, NOT INJURED. WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS? DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021481October 23, 2002
SEATS
CONSUMER STATES THAT HE WAS REAR ENDED AND THE FRONT PASSANGER SEAT FELL ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK. DEALER WAS NOT CONTATED. MR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768681October 21, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MAJOR INTERSTATE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007519October 16, 2002
POWER TRAIN
I WAS ON HIGHWAY 280 DOING ABOUT 65 IN MY MORNING COMMUTE FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO CUPERTINO. WITHOUT WARNING, MY TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM FOURTH TO SECOND, SENDING MY CAR INTO A SIDEWAYS SKID AS IF I HAD HIT THE BRAKES...HARD. FORTUNATELY, THE CAR BESIDE ME ON THE RIGHT WAS ABLE TO AVOID HITTING ME AS WAS THE CAR BEHIND ME. LEFT WITH SECOND GEAR, I LIMPED BACK TO THE DEALER AND RECEIVED MY CAR, WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION, THREE WEEKS LATER. I AM LUCKY TO HAVE NOT BEEN INJURED AND DO NOT TRUST THIS CAR ANY LONGER. IT WAS BOUGHT FOR INSURING THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND I AM WORRIED ABOUT A REPEAT FAILURE. THANKS, BEN. PH *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**768534
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020564October 9, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE SPEED OF 65 MPH THE ENGINE STALLS. DEALER MENTIONED THAT THE TIMING BELT WAS BROKE. MR CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CD UNIT WAS BROKE AFTER A FEW DAYS. THE VEHICLE TOOK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR, BUT THE REPAIR WAS NOT DONE DUE TO BACK ORDER OF THE CD UNIT. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020277October 7, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER ON THE DRIVER SIDE WOULD LEAVE A BLACK FILM ON THE WINDSHEILD WHEN USED. VEHICLE TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020122October 3, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE WAITING FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE VEHICLE SERVICED ,DEFECT STATED IN RECALL HAPPEN.ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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