Acura TL Complaints (2003)

391 consumer complaints on file.

#10096818October 14, 2004
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. AFTER PICKING THE VEHICLE UP, THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093514October 3, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT
2003 ACURA TL TYPE-S, 36960 MILES: RECURRING TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR (AUTOMATIC 5-SPEED TRANSMISSION) AND NEARLY CAUSED CAR CRASH WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC THREE TIMES. CURRENTLY DRIVING A RENTAL WAITING TO HAVE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION INSTALLED. ("OIL JET KIT" WAS INSTALLED BY DEALER 2 MONTHS AGO IN RESPONSE TO RECENT RECALL BY ACURA.)*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089410August 23, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP INSPECTED VEHICLE THREE TIMES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIX IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089204August 18, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
RECALL WAS FOUND ON THE INTERNET. AFTER CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT NOT RECEIVING RECALL LETTER, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT SEND HIM THE LETTER AGAIN, THEIR OBLIGATION WAS FULFILLED WITH RECALL 04-V176000 CONCENING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HOWEVER, TRANSMISSION WAS STILL DEFECTIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086207August 4, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ACURA 2003 TL TRANSMISSION DEFECT. FIRST FAILURE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AT SPEED OF 70 MPH HAPPENED 6 TIMES . TRANSMISSION REPLACED.SECOND FAILURE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP GOING 55 CAR FOLLOWING BEHIND ME CRASHED INTO ME . SIGNIFIGANT INJURIE'S RESULTED FROM THIS CRASH THAT INVOLVED 3 VEHICLES.*AK I HAVE REPORTED THIS INFO TO "THIS" SITE 3 TIMES AND GO BACK TO FIND MY SUBMISSION AND IT MYSTERIOUSLY DISSAPEARS! HONDA ACURA'S RECENT SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS TRANSMISSION DEFECT KEEPS CLAIMING THERE ARE NO CRASHES OR INJURYS' AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT . THIS IS FALSE !!!! I KNOW OF ATLEAST 3 OTHER INCIDENCES THAT INVOLVE INJURY'S DUE TO THE SEVERE DEFECT THAT CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO LOCK UP WITH OUT WARNING!
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10086167August 4, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BROUGHT FRIST TL IN 2002 AND AT 2003 THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION BROKE AND I TRADED THE TL AND BOUGHT NEW 03 TL TYPE-S IN 2003. THEN JULY OF 2004, THE TRANSMISSION BROKE AGAIN WITH MY NEW 03TL AGAIN. I ALMOST GOT ACCIDENT BECASE THE CAR JUST SHIFT IT'S GEAR ITSELF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083006July 30, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAR WAS DRIVEN ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND SUDDEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CAR SURGE AND TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, NO SHIFTING IN ANY GEAR AT ALL. MIL CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. OWNED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND DIAGNOSIS SHOW TRANNY FAILURE. NEW TRANSMISSION IS REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082718July 26, 2004
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
BUCKING AND FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP MOMENTARILY. HIGHWAY SPEEDS, VERY DANGEROUS. 2003 ACURA AND NOW THE DEALERS SAYS THEY WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS LIED TO WHEN I BOUGHT THIS CAR, DEALER SAID ALL 2003'S WERE NOT INFLICTED. NOW I FOUND OUT DIFFERENT. MY EXPERIENCE WAS SCARY. RECALL NOW!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078980June 29, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING OUR 2003 TL-S ON THE HWY, THE CAR SUDDENLY VIOLENTLY JERKED AND THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO BE FAILING. SURE ENOUGH I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I AM EXTREMELY UPSET THAT MY PRE-OWNED VEHICLE WITH ONLY 22000 MILES HAS TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. THE CAR WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH THE WAY IT WAS CAUSING WHIPLASH. THE COMPANY SHOULD DO A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION NOT JUST AN EXTENSION OF THE WARRANTY. SO FAR WE HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY OF THE COMPLAINTS LISTED ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE. WE HAVE HAD THE TIRE SIDEWALL BULGE, WHICH I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THE NEW TIRE REPLACED ONCE IT BLEW OUT ON THE HWY. WE HAD TO HAVE THE RADIO MISSFIRE FIXED AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITHIN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. THIS CAR IS DEFINITELY NOT RELIABLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075119June 10, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 2003 ACURA TL TYPE S. AT 18,434 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. IT WAS REPLACED, BUT THIS TRANSMISSION IS EXHIBITING THE SAME SYMPTOMS THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION DID BEFORE IT FAILED. THE SYMPTOMS ARE HESITATION AND JERKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SOME ACURA TL OWNERS WERE GIVEN AN EXTENDED DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD MINE WAS NOT PART OF THAT OFFERING EVEN AFTER MY TRANSMISSION FAILED, SO I AM NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE ACURA TL OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD TWO AND THREE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSIONS, I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THESE TRANSMISSIONS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075179June 10, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON ACURA 3.2TLS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074715June 3, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I AM A CLAIM REPRESENTATIVE FOR NATIONWIDE INSURANCE. OUR INSURED, JOHN MIHOLIC'S SON, WAS DRIVING THE 2003 ACURA 3.2TL AT NIGHT. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND STRUCK THE RIGHT FRONT END OF HIS VEHICLE. A CAUSE AND ORIGIN REPORT CONDUCTED BY LANGE TECHNICAL SERVICE INDICATED THAT DUE TO THE IMPACT, THE IGNITION OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS FORM THE HIGH INTENSITY HEAD LAMP BULB THAT WAS DISPLACED CAUSED THE FIRE WHICH TOTALED OUT THE VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10072682May 16, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072460May 12, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2003 ACURA 3.2TL TYPE S HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND IS GOING BACK IN ON MONDAY FOR ANOTHER CHECK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065242May 11, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE HAVING AN OIL CHANGE PERFORMED, THE DEALERSHIP NOTICED AN OIL LEAK. THE OIL WAS LEAKING THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION CASING. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE CASING WAS FAULTY AND REPLACED IT WITH A PREVIOUS MANUFACTURED PART. THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES. *AK 20% OF THE CAST TRANSMISSION CASING WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT HE DID NOT NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION WITH LESS THAN 3K MILES. THE CONSUMERS EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS EXCLUDED. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067631April 22, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 30,000 MILES IN MY 2003 ACURA TL-S, LEAVING ME GOING 30MPH TRYING TO MERGE ONTO A FREEWAY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067624April 21, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH SUDDEN HARSH JERK. TRANSMISSION IS ON ITS SECOND REPLACEMENT ALSO FRONT BRAKE CALIPER BOLT SHEARED OFF AT 75 MILES PER HOUR RESULTING TIN THE FRONT TIRE LOCKING UP. VENTILATION PROBLEMS WITH MOLD IN THE RECIRCULATION SYSTEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065731April 7, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FAILED TRANSMISSION IN BOTH A 2002 AND 2003 ACURA TLS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065241March 30, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID. DEALER REPLACED IT WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION , CONSUMER ASKED WHY TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH A REBUILT AND NOT BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065275March 30, 2004
TIRES:SIDEWALL
CONSUMER FELT THAT THE TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE WERE NOT THE PROPER SIZE. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE FIVE FRONT TIRES DUE TO BLOW OUTS AT THE SIDEWALLS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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