Acura TL Complaints (2002)

333 consumer complaints on file.

#770590December 8, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AT FIRST THE SHIFTING ON THE CAR WAS VERY SMOOTH, AND CAR WOULD JURK AND IT WOULD TRY TO SHIFT. AND LATER ON, ON THE FREEWAY TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#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
#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
#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
#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
#8020017October 2, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER HAS LEARNED THAT THESE AUTOMOBILES HAVE A LATENT SAFETY DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION THAT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO DOWNSHIFT WHILE TRAVELING. THE DEALER WILL NOT INSPECT THE VEHICLE UNTIL A PROBLEM OCCURS. JLG NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767902September 30, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
I AM A NERVOUS WRECK WHILE DRIVING MY 2002 ACURA TL TYPE S ON THE FREEWAY FOR FEAR THE TRANSMISSION WILL FAIL. I WILL NOT ALLOW MY WIFE TO DRIVE THE CAR AND I WISH I DID NOT HAVE TO DRIVE IT EITHER. HONDA SHOULD RECALL THE CAR OR BUY IT BACK AT LOW BLUEBOOK. SHOULD I OR MY WIFE BECOME INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILING WE WILL HOLD HONDA LIABLE FOR ALL PROPERTY DAMAGE, MEDICAL BILLS, PAIN AND SUFFERING. IF YOU DO NOT FEEL A RECALL IS WARRANTED, I MAY SUE YOU AS WELL. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019570September 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED TO 40 MPH. VEHICLE IS AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767694September 25, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLE SHOWED A UP/DOWN SHIFTING INTO 3RD GEAR PROBLEM. IT WOULD SLIP WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT UP. WHEN SHIFTING DOWN TO 3RD YOU WOULD HEAR A CLUNK AND THE VEHICLE WOULD START TO SEARCH FOR A GEAR. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019404September 25, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DOWN SHIFTED TO SECOND GEAR. CONSUMER TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767394September 19, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TRANSMISSION HUNTING FOR GEAR, MAKING NOISE, BOGGING DOWN, RPM'S GO WAY UP, THEN SHIFTS, LOSS OF POWER, VERY DANGEROUS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767401September 19, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM 5TH GEAR AT 45 MPH TO 1ST, CAUSING THE CAR TO SCRETCH THE TIRES AND TO LURCH FOWARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767371September 18, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION MIS-SHIFT SEVERAL TIMES FROM 3RD TO 1ST GEAR AND WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND 2ND TO 3RD GEAR SEVERAL TIMES. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT INTO THE DEALER FIRST TIME ON 8/19/2002 AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS FLUSHED 3 TIMES. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED AND I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER SECOND TIME ON 8/28/2002. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. EVEN THOUGH, THERE IS NO ACCIDENT IN THIS INCIDENT. I AM REALLY CONCERNING THE SAFETY ISSUE CAUSED BY THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE PROBLEM IN THIS PARTICULAR CAR MODEL. I HOPE NHTSA CAN TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM BEFORE THE FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767278September 17, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MAJOR HIGHWAY. JUST LEARNED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 16,000 SUCH FAILURES IN THE ACURA AND HONDAS USING SAME TRANSMISSION. VERY DANGEROUS AND NEARLY HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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