Acura TL Complaints

3,117 consumer complaints on file.

#10724667June 11, 2015
AIR BAGS
CRACKS IN THE PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD BEGAN OVERNIGHT THAT OUTLINED THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. CAR IS GARAGED AND KEPT IN PARKING GARAGE AT WORK. DISCOLORATION OF THE DASH BEGAN AT 40,000 MILES ONLY INVOLVING THIS SAME PART. I USED MEGUIRES DASHBOARD PROTECTOR AT THE ADVICE OF THE ACURA DEALERSHIP SINCE 40,000 MILES BUT THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO STOP THE PROCESS. DASH PART APPEARS DEFECTIVE BUT ACURA DOES NOT APPEAR INTERESTED IN RECALLING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724559June 10, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 ACURA TL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, A LOUD NOISE EMITTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724607June 10, 2015
WHEELS, SUSPENSION
MY 2008 ACURA TL'S COMPLIANCE BUSHINGS WERE FOUND TO BE CRACKED. HOWEVER, WHAT MAKES ME REPORT THIS TO THE NHTSA IS THE FACT THAT ACURA'S 2004-2008 TL COMPLIANCE BUSHINGS CONSISTENTLY CRACK, POSING A DANGER TO THE CAR'S OCCUPANTS, AND ANY SURROUNDING CARS. THE CRACKED COMPLIANCE BUSHINGS POSE A DANGER BECAUSE IT BECOMES POSSIBLE FOR THE LOWER CONTROL ARM TO COME LOOSE, CAUSING THE COLLAPSE OF THE RESPECTED WHEEL, POSING A THREAT TO TRAFFIC. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, A 2004-2006 ACURA TL'S WHEEL COLLAPSED IN THE MIDDLE OF A CROWDED STREET, AND THANKFULLY OTHER CARS WERE ABLE TO AVOID THE TL, HOWEVER, A BIGGER ISSUE COULD ARISE IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY, OR IF A DRIVER COULDN'T AVOID THE TL. NHTSA, PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. IT'S A PRICEY FIX AT DEALERS, AND ACURA SHOULD TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10722433May 30, 2015
ENGINE
2012 ACURA TL SH-AWD TECH. BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT I WAS HAVING TO HAVE MY OIL CHANGED EVERY 2,500 - 3,000 MILES. TOOK IT TO DIFFERENT DEALERS TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. NEITHER DEALER COULD FIND A PROBLEM. IN MARCH 2014, SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 20 MPH. I HAD IT TOWED TO AN ACURA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD I HAD NO OIL. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ERROR MESSAGES EVER ALERTED ME. BEGINNING OF APRIL 2015 (MILEAGE WAS 33K), I STARTED HEARING A KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE BETWEEN IDLE AND 2,500 RPM'S. AGAIN TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID I HAD ONLY A QUART OF OIL. THEY PUT ME ON AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. JUST OVER A MONTH LATER AND 1,900 MILES, MY CAR WAS AGAIN OIL LESS. NO LEAKS EVER DISCOVERED. I WAS TOLD I WAS BURNING OIL. 1 QUART TO EVERY 500 MILES. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ACURA REPLACED THE ENGINE WITH A NEW ONE. WHILE I WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR THAT ANOTHER '12 TL WAS ALSO GETTING ITS ENGINE REPLACED FOR THE SAME ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721645May 27, 2015
STEERING
I LOSE POWER STEERING AT VERY LOW SPEEDS, I.E. WHEN TRYING TO PARK OR TRYING TO REVERSE OUT OF PARKING OR MAKE A TURN, BUT ONCE THE SPEED CROSSES 10-15 MPH, POWER STEERING IS FINE. SO FAR IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, BUT I'M WORRIED IT MIGHT HAPPEN. I'VE SEEN THIS SAME VERY COMPLAINT BY OTHER ACURA OWNERS IN MULTIPLE FORUMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721356May 26, 2015
STEERING
MY CAR HAS VERY FEW MILES FOR ITS AGE AND I'M TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT MY RACK AND PINION STEERING NEEDS REPLACING. AFTER DOING RESEARCH IVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE GENERATION OF MY CAR. I EVEN FOUND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PRIOR POWER STEERING ISSUES THAT RESULTED IN RECALLS FOR THIS CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717906May 21, 2015
POWER TRAIN
SUDDEN AND PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717890May 21, 2015
AIR BAGS
ONLY 43,300 MILES AND MY DASH PRODUCED A MASSIVE CRACK EXTENDING FROM THE WINDSHIELD VERTICALLY DOWNWARD ACROSS THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG TODAY. WELL MAINTAINED CAR WITH VERY LOW MILEAGE. MY CONCERN IS SAFETY FOR MY FAMILY. AIRBAG MAY EITHER MALFUNCTION AND NOT DEPLOY OR POSSIBLY DEPLOY INCORRECTLY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. ACURA NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY. TONS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ISSUE ALL OVER THE INTERNET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717475May 20, 2015
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW, THIS HAS BEEN WORDED THE BEST: THE DASH BOARD IN MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO CRACK OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG AND IT HAS ME CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAG MAY NOT DEPLOY TOWARDS THE PASSENGER AND MAY DEPLOY UPWARDS TOWARD THE WINDSHIELD INSTEAD AND NOT PROTECT THE PASSENGER. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE MODEL CARS AND ACURA REFUSES TO FIX THIS DEFECT. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO LOSE THEIR LIFE DUE TO THIS DEFECT BEFORE ACURA ACKNOWLEDGES THERE IS A DEFECT AND A PROBLEM?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717418May 19, 2015
AIR BAGS
FRONT PASSANGER DASH BEGAN TO CRACK IN AIRBAG AREA FOR NO APPEARENT REASON. WAS NOT OVER EXPOSED TO THE SUN AND VEHICAL HAD JUST OVER 80,000 MILES AT FIRST SIGHT OF DAMAGE. DASH CRACKING CONTINUED ON BOTH SIDES OF PASSANGER AIRBAG DOWN TOWARDS GLOVE COMPARTMENT. AIRBAG LIGHT IS PERMANENTLY ON DUE TO THIS COMPROMISE. I TRIED TO INQUIRE ABOUT DEALERSHIP COVERAGE OF REPLACEMENT OF THIS SAFETY HAZARD, AS I FEARED THAT BAGS MAY FULLY DEPLOY AT THE SLIGHTEST BUMP ON THE ROAD/HIGHWAY. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT I SOLELY WOULD HAVE TO COVER REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE DASH CONSOLE, AS THEY COULD NOT, AND WOULD NOT, TAKE ANY RESPONSIBLITY FOR DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT/MATERIALS. I HAVE NOT REPAIRED, AS THE COST IS WELL INTO THE $2,000 RANGE FOR PARTS AND LABOR! I AM UNEASY DRIVING MY VEHICAL. I WAS NOT AWARE THAT SO MANY ACURA TL 2004 OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. ACURA SHOULD TAKE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY AND RECALL ALL 2004 ACURA TL VEHICLES WITH PASSENGER DASH/AIRBAG DEFECTS!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10716616May 15, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MOST OF THE LIGHTS ON THE INSIDE OF MY CAR HAVE STOPPED WORKING. INCLUDING THE DASH WHERE RADIO AND AIR ARE CONTROLLED. MY CAR WILL NOT START IF I DON'T DRIVE IT ABOUT EVERY 8 HOURS. EVEN WHEN I AM CONSTANTLY DRIVING IT HAS A HARD TIME STARTING. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/ACURA/TL/2006/ELECTRICAL/ELECTRICAL_SYSTEM.SHTML. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE SEEM TO BE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM CONSTANTLY STRANDED AND HAVE REPLACED MY BATTERY, STARTER AND ALTERNATOR TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THERE ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THESE CARS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY HAZARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10716379May 14, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TL. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PASSENGER SIDE LEATHER SEAT WAS SEVERALLY DAMAGED AND TORN DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10715842May 12, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE CRACKS WHERE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS LOCATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10715877May 11, 2015
EQUIPMENT
CPSC:I1530151A. CAR CHARGER. CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE THE CHARGER WAS IN USE IT SUDDENLY WAS A LOUD POP AND THE USB CHARGER WAS SMOKING AND BURNING HOT. *LN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10714434May 4, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V351000 (AIR BAGS). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10714177May 2, 2015
STRUCTURE, AIR BAGS
PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD HAS MAJOR CRACKING AND OUR CONCERN IS WITH THE AIR BAGS. IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY INCORRECTLY DUE TO THE CRACKING IN THE DASHBOARD, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THE PASSENGER WOULD BE NOT BE PROTECTED AS EXPECTED/NEEDED. THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND IS SPOTLESS EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE HUGE DEFECT. ACURA SHOULD RECALL THIS AND MAKE IT RIGHT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10713926April 30, 2015
STEERING
I WAS MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY AND WHILE DOING A TURN THE WHEEL BECAME HARD TO TURN CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL TEMPORARILY. THE POWER STEERING LIQUID IS LEAKING. THIS IS DANGEROUS I COULD HAVE HIT ANOTHER CAR !!!!!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10713242April 27, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I PURCHASED THE CAR LISTED ABOVE IN FEBRUARY 2014. DUE TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, I WENT TO TRADE THIS CAR IN AND PURCHASE A NEWER ONE. I WAS THEN INFORMED BY THE SALESMAN THAT THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY WITH THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR I WAS TRADING IN. THE HISTORY REPORT SHOWED MY CAR AT 281,762 MILES IN JULY OF 2013. AT THE TIME I WAS TRADING THE CAR IN IT HAD A MILEAGE OF 161,787. WHEN I WAS SOLD THE CAR IN FEBRUARY OF 2014 THE MILEAGE WAS LISTED AT APPROXIMATELY 140,000 MILES. THERE WAS NO NOTICE ON THE CAR INDICATING AN ENGINE SWAP OR ODOMETER SWAP. THE CAR WAS SOLD AT A PRICE OF $5500 DOLLARS DUE TO THE OUTSTANDING MILEAGE FOR THAT YEAR. I NOW BELIEVE THIS TO BE A COMMON PRACTICE AT THIS CAR LOT AS I DID NOT TRADE THE CAR IN AND RETURNED IT BACK TO THE CAR LOT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10712762April 24, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK EARLY MORNING AROUND 3.AM ,DRIVING ON HWY 74ORTEGA WITCH CUTS THRU THE MOUNTAINS FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY INTO ORANGE COUNTY. ITS A CURVY ROAD AND IT'S CLAIMED A LOT OF LIVES,AS I GOT CLOSE TOO EXITING THE CURVY ROADS AND MOUNTAINS. THE LAST CURVE IS REALLY BAD AS I WENT TO STEP ON THE BREAKS TO SLOW ON THE CURVE THE BREAK PEDAL SANK ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR.AND I COULD NOT (STOP) .THE CAR REACHED 70MPH.ON THE HWY DOWN HILL .THEIR WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME .AS I WAS ABOUT TO SLAM INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME I REMEMBER TO DOWN SHIFT AND IT SKIDDED FOR A FEW FEET THEN I GOT SOME CONTROL OF THE CAR.I MANAGED TO PULL ONTO A SHOULDER AND I GOT OUT TO CHECK WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THE BREAKS BUT IT WAS STILL DARK AND COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING. I WAS ALREADY LATE FOR WORK AND SINCE THEIRS NO CELLPHONE SIGNAL.I HAD TOO KEEP DRIVING ABOUT AN HOUR MORE TOGET TO MY JOB WHEN I GOT THEIR IT WAS A LITTLE MORE SUN LIGHT SO I CHECKED MY CAR AGAIN .I LOOKED UNDER MY CAR AND SAW OIL SPILLING ONTO THE GROUND AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE BREAK LINE HANGING FROM THE SHOCKOBSORBER WHERE IT IS BOLTED ON TOO.I LOOKED AT THE LINE AND IT RUPTURED RIGHT OUT OF THE CALIPERS. THE END THAT SCREWS INTO THE CALIPER RUPTURED RIGHT OUT.THE HOLLOW BOLT STAYED IN THE CALIPER BUT THE BREAK LINE CAME OUT.I'M CONCERN ABOUT THE OTHER THREE LINES .I COULD OF KILLED SOMEONE.THANK GOD IT WAS NOT AT AN INTERSECTION OR BY A SCHOOL. PLEASE HELP TO HAVE MY BREAKS LINES REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10706178April 16, 2015
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY 2008 ACURA TL CONTINUES TO DISPLAY A "TIGHTEN FUEL CAP" WARNING LIGHT. I'VE REPLACED THE FUEL CAP, BUT IT CONTINUES TO DISPLAY THIS LIGHT. IT IS VERY ANNOYING, AND I'VE BEEN READING OTHER COMPLAINTS ONLINE. MY CAR IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE MY FRONT MOTOR MOUNT AND TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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