Acura TL Complaints (1999)

157 consumer complaints on file.

#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
#769859November 18, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767488September 20, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR, NOT GO INTO GEAR, ABRUPTLY DOWNSHIFT/UPSHIFT, REFUSE TO SHIFT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016532August 16, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
DEALER SHIP IS REFUSING TO HONOR RECALL CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015920August 9, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013863July 15, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
AFTER RECALL 02V120000 CONCERNING IGNITION WAS DONE, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. HAD PARTS REPLACD TWICE. STILL HAVING SAME PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763643June 29, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WEAK BEARING INSTALLED BY MANUFACTURER FELL APART, KILLED SHIFT SOLENOIDS AND TRANSMISSION. NO WARRANTY REPLACEMENT IS $6000 WITH LABOR (20% OF THE COST OF THE CAR NEW).*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009363May 30, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TOTAL COST IS $2505.00 AND IT HAS FAILED AGAIN. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *TS *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**762451
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761392April 30, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
IDENTICAL TO ITEM ODI ID: 8003029. ON MARCH 05, 2002, I DROVE MY CAR TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES TO TAKE CARE OF SOME ERRANDS. MY LAST STOP WAS AT THE SEMINOLE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS TO APPLY FOR A PASSPORT. I PARKED MY CAR IN A PARKING SPOT. WHILE I WAS MOVING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STICK INTO THE PARK POSITION (WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL), MY CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING IT TO JUMP THE CURB IN FRONT OF MY CAR AS SEEN IN FIGURE 1. I TRIED MY BEST TO CONTROL THE CAR AND NOT TO HIT OTHER PARKED CARS. LUCKILY, I MANAGED TO AVOID ALL OF THE PARKED CARS EXCEPT ONE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008646April 25, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 80 MPH ENGINE SHUT OFF. THEN, AFTER MANAGING TO PULL TO SIDE AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD, NOTHING SEEMED TO BE WRONG. THEN, AFTER WAITING ABOUT 3-4 MINUTES RE-STARTED VEHICLE, AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. THEN ON 22 APRIL, VEHICLE DID THE SAME IDENTICAL THING. DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760145April 2, 2002
POWER TRAIN
I AM A 54 YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF DRIVING EXPERIENCE. MY DRIVING RECORD IS SPOTLESS, I.E., NO TICKETS AND/OR ACCIDENTS. MY CAR IS A 1999ACURA TL, WHICH I HAVE KEPT IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND HAS AN ODOMETER READING OF APPROXIMATELY 26,000 MILES. IT IS STILL UNDER THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY, AND IS WELL MAINTAINED. *AK (TIRESIZE: 16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003029January 29, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKES VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY, COLLIDING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002889January 25, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, CONSUMERS FOOT WAS FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING VEHICLE SURGEED FOWARD AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK *YD
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891717June 29, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH IN PARKING GARAGE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO FLOOR, ENGINE REVVED. VEHICLE WENT ABOUT 10 YARDS, WHERE IT HIT FIRST VEHICLE, BOUNCED OFF IT, AND RAN INTO 3 PARKED VEHICLES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, DRIVER OF FIRST VEHICLE HAD MINOR INJURIES.*AK A POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER STATED THERE WERE STRONG INDENTATIONS MADE BY THE TIRE ON THE CONCRETE, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#882220March 6, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP OR IS IDLING THERE IS A METAL GRINDING NOISE. DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM, BUT SAYS IT MAY BE ABS BRAKES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740765February 12, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
COMING TO NORMAL LOW SPEED STOP AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, BRAKES ENGAGED BUT FAILED TO RESPOND TO INCREASING PRESSURE APPLIED. PEDAL DEPRESSED WITH NO EFFECT ON SPEED OF CAR CAUSING REAR END COLLISION. NO DAMAGE TO OTHER VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879709February 2, 2001
INTERIOR LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WAS DRIVING WHEN PANEL LIGHTS STARTED TO BLINK OFF/ON. THEN VEHICLE SHUT DOWN ON ITS OWN. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES. HAD IGNITION LOCK, RELAY & HARNESS SWITCH REPLACED. PROBLEM KEEPS COMING BACK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739154January 10, 2001
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CENTER CUP HOLDER DESIGN IS POOR. WHEN BRAKING QUICKER THAN USUAL, CUPS TIP OVER AND SPILL CONTENTS INTO THE SHIFT MECHANISM. CONTACTED ACURA AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WILL NOTE IT FOR THE NEXT MAJOR REDESIGN. I ALMOST GOT INTO DEADLY HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS AND MOST RECENTLY I ENDED DRIVING INTO A CURB AND DAMAGING MY ALLUMINUM WHEEL (DON'T KNOW IF IT IS STILL SAFE TO DRIVE WITH IT STRUCTURE STRENGTH WISE). DURRINNG A MAINTENANCE VISIT, I FOUND OUT THAT ACURA CHANGED THE DESIGN FOR 2001 AND NEVER NOTIFIES ITS CONSUMERS. I TOLD THE DEALER ABOUT MY LAST INCIDENT WHO THEN PROCEEDED AND GAVE ME THE PEICE FROM THE SHOW ROOM CAR WHICH I THEN I ADAPTED TO MY CAR. ACURA SHOULD FESS UP TO THE PROBLEM. I WAS LUCKY NOT TO HAVE GOTTEN INTO ANY ACCIDENTS AND ONLY ENDED WITH ALLOY WHEEL DAMAGE (WHICH I NOW HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785171December 26, 2000
INTERIOR LIGHTING
CONSUMER STATES THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LCD'S ARE OF A POOR DESIGN, THEY ARE UNREADABLE IN THE DAYLIGHT BECAUSE OF THE SUN, THIS CAUSES THE CONSUMER TO TAKE EYES OFF THE ROAD WHILE TRYING TO READ THE DISPLAYS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873471October 20, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING DRIVER TO SUSTAIN BURNS ON BOTH HANDS FROM CHEMICALS INSIDE AIR BAG ASSEMBLY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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