Acura TL Complaints (2001)

149 consumer complaints on file.

#767168September 14, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
APPROXIMATELY 17 MONTHS AFTER DATE OF PURCHASE, I BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING OUT OF TOWN. THE CAR HAD NO POWER, WHICH EVENTUALLY LEAD TO MY NOT BEING ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, WITHOUT FIRST HAVING SOME SORT OF HESITATION. THE CAR WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE DEALER ON JULY 20TH, AND A REMANUFACTURED TRANSIMSSION WAS INSTALLED IN MY CAR. ON JULY 29TH I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER WITH A COMPLAINT OF A WHISTLING NOISE THAT WAS HEARD UPON EXCELERATION. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR WAS OPERATING TO FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS. I TOOK THE CAR BACK ON AUGUST 5TH, BECAUSE I WAS STILL HEARING THE NOISE UPON EXCELERATION, THE NOISE WAS HEARD THIS TIME BY THE TECHNICIAN, AND A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED THE SECOND TIME. I TOOK THE CAR BACK ON AUGUST 20TH, FOR THE THIRD TIME, BECAUSE THE CAR HAD NO PICK UP POWER UPON EXCELERATION, I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING, AND AN A/B VALVE WAS INSTALLED. I TOOK THE CAR BACK FOR THE FOURTH TIME, BECAUSE I WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN (THE CAR HAD NO PICK UP POWER UPON EXCELERATIONTO), THE DEALER NOTIFIED ME AND SAID THAT IT WAS ONCE AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THE TRANSMISSION. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767123September 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NONE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767054September 12, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I TOOK MY 2001 ACURA 3.5 TL TO ACURA OF RIVERSIDE COMPLAINING OF THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. INITIALLY, THEY COULD NOT DOCUMENT BUT TOTALLY POPPED OUT OF GEAR THE FOLLOWING DAY. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A CODE & REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT 12,500 MILES. MY COMPLAINT IS (1)THE DEALER TRIED TO TELL ME THAT THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE & THAT THESE KINDS OF THING HAPPEN TO ALL MAKES OF CARS (2) AFTER ORDERING THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION, THEY TRIED TO GIVE ME BACK THE CAR UNTIL THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION CAME IN. I REFUSED AND TOLD THEM THAT I FELT THE CAR WAS NOT SAFE. AFTER I REFUSED TO TAKE THE CAR BACK UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, THEY DECIDED TO PLACE ME A RENTAL CAR. THEIR DAILY ALLOWANCE FOR THE RENTAL WAS $30 PER DAY WHICH MEANT I HAD TO PAY MORE FOR A BIGGER, SAFER CAR AS THAT AMOUNT WOULD ONLY PAY FOR A SMALL CAR. TODAY IN THE L.A. TIMES IS AN ARTICLE DISCUSSING THE FAILURE OF TRANSMISSIONS ON THE ACURA 3.5 TLS AND THE REFUSAL OF HONDA TO RECALL THESE CARS BECAUSE NO ONE HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED YET. MY CONCERN IS, THAT IN MY SITUATION, THE DEALER WOULD NOT BE HONEST ABOUT THE PROBLEMS HONDA IS EXPERIENCING WITH THESE CARS. MOREOVER, I WAS BASICALLY LIED TOO & TOLD THAT THEY HADN'T HEARD OF ANY OTHER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH 2001 ACURAS. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THEY ALSO TRIED TO GIVE THE CAR BACK, UNREPAIRED, WHILE WAITING FOR A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. I AM EXTREMELY UNHAPPY WITH THE DEALERSHIP & ACURA OVER THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THIS CAR IS LEASED & I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE CAR BACK (ALTHOUGH THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED) AS I DON'T FEEL THAT THE CAR IS THE QUALITY VEHICLE THAT I FELT I WAS PURCHASING. I DO NOT TRUST THE SAFETY OF THE CAR CONSIDERING HOW DANGEROUS THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN HAD I BEEN ON A BUSY S. CALIFORNIA FREEWAY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018348September 10, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
EVERY NOW AND THEN GEAR DOES NOT ENGAGE, SOMETIMES ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE LOSES POWER. PROBLEM INTERMITTENT. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766250August 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I ALSO HAVE HAD SOME MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURES. MY ORGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE FREEWAY WHILE GOING APPRX. 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION APPEARED TO DOWN SHIFT INTO PARK OR FIRST GEAR. THIS PROBLEM CAME WITHOUT ANY WARNING. AT THOSE SPEEDS YOU CAN ONLY EMAGINE WHAT MY BACK AND NECK FELT LIKE, NOT TO MENTION ALL THE CARS THAT WERE SKIDDING BEHIND ME ATTEMPING TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. WHEN THIS FAILURE OCCURS THERE ARE NO BRAKE LIGHTS TO INDICATE YOUR SLOWING DOWN OR STOPPING. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED (NO QUESTIONS ASKED) THAN, AROUND 1200 MILES LATER ANOTHER MASSIVE FAILURE. AGAIN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THEM TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND TRY AGAIN. THIS CAR SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE STREETS AND I SHOULD BE PAID BACK THE MONEY I'VE INVESTED. THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE A HUGE SAFTY PROBLEM. COULD THIS PROBLEM GET ANY WORSE ???????*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#766053August 22, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FIRST NOTICED THE FAILURE AFTER PARKING THE CAR AND THEN PUTTING IT INTO REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. PROCEEDED TO DRIVE NORMALLY, PUT THE CAR IN D5 (AUTOMATIC MODE) AND NOTICED HARD ABRUPT SHIFTS FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR. 3RD GEAR SEEMED LIKE NEUTRAL, CAR JUST REVVED AND THEN CAUGHT 4TH OR 5TH GEAR. ONCE IN HIGH GEAR AND UP TO AROUND 60MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTS TO WHAT SEEMED LIKE 1ST GEAR CAUSING THE TIRES TO LOCK UP FOR ABOUT A SECOND AND THEN WENT BACK INTO 5TH GEAR. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME FOLLOWING TO CLOSELY. CONTINUED TO DRIVE, ONLY SLOWER THIS TIME AND IT DID IT AGAIN AT ABOUT 45 MPH THIS TIME. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP(ACURA OF BATON ROUGE, LA) AND HAD THE CAR DROPPED OFF FOR REPAIRS. SOLENOID REPLACEMENT DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM SO HE INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE IT WITH A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. CAR WOULD BE READY IN ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765732August 16, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SHOWS A PATTERN OF MAJOR SLIPPAGE AND EXTREMELY HARD SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS D1 AND D2. I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY MANY OTHER 2001 ACURA CL OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015712August 7, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HESITATES TO SHIFT GEARS.THEN IT WILL JERK INTO GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LAUNCH FORWARD. ALSO DOES THIS IN REVERSE GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER. HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED 2 TWICE, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765071August 1, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH PARENT'S 2002 ACURA TL TYPE S AND THEIR TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 22000 MILES (LAST WEEK); ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS OF THIS ONLINE - SAME CAR, SAME PROBLEM, SAME GEAR, ETC.; THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND PEOPLE COULD EASILY BE INJURED OR KILLED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764990July 31, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SIEZING UP. IT WILL NOT SHIFT TO THE NEXT GEAR WHILE THE ENGINE KEPT REVVING UP. IT WOULD EVENTUALLY JERK BADLY AND SHIFT TO NEXT GEAR. DEALER SAYS THAT THE CAR NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CAR ONLY HAS 34000 MILES AND IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS A RASH OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL. HOW DO I KNOW THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN IN ANOTHER 1.5 YEARS? I WAS THINKING OF BUYING A ACURA MDX. I HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS NOW.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764817July 27, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763935July 8, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS PASSING A VEHICLE IN MY 3.2TL WHEN SUDDENLY THE WHEELS SEEMED TO HAVE LOCKED AND MY CAR CAME ALMOST TO A SCREECHING HALT. THE NEXT DAY I FOUND OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME COULD HAVE EASILY REAR-ENDED ME AND CAUSED A CHAIN REACTION PILE-UP. LUCKILY THE CAR DID NOT STOP COMPLETELY, SO I WAS ABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE INCIDENT WITHOUT PERSONAL INJURY AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. IT ANGERS ME THAT ACURA IS NOT OWNING UP TO THE APARENT TRANSMISSION TROUBLES THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING. JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, MY SUPERVISOR INFORMED ME THAT HIS TRANSMISSION FAILED ON HIS 3.2CL AT ONLY 18K MILES. ANOTHER CONCERN IS THAT THE WARRANTY IS 4 YEARS/50K MILES AND ACURA NEEDS TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN THE WARRANTY ENDS? ACURA NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763720July 1, 2002
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG SIGN REMAINED LIT AS I STARTED DRIVING FROM DRIVEWAY INTO STREET. ABOUT 20 FEET ON THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, I WAS ENGULFED BY SMOKE, LOST CONTROL AND HIT THE TELEPHONE POLE IN FRONT OF MY NEIGHVBOR'S HOUSE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#566056June 11, 2002
TIRES
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING A VERY SERIOUS TIRE DEFICIENCY PROBLEM AND THAT THE TIRES ARE PROPRIETARY AND CANNOT BE EXCHANGED WITH OTHER TIRE MANUFACTURERS GIVEN THEIR SIZES, TWO TIRES HAVE BEEN SLASHED, ONCE DUE TO PARKING BY A CURB AND THE SECOND BY RIDING OVER A STONE THE SIZE OF A FIST, NO SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761662May 8, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ACURA HAS MADE MANY DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION FOR THE 2001 AND 2002 TL AND CL. I THINK ACURA SHOULD WARN THEIR CUSTOMER OF THESE FAILURES BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT FOR THE FAILURE OF A TRANSMISSION. LUCKLY, I NOTICED MINES BEFORE TAKING THE CAR OUT OF PARK. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE, WE ARE SPENDING TO MUCH MONEY FOR A CAR THAT CAN NOT STAY OUT OF THE SHOP UNDER 50,000 MILES. AND TO ADD TO IT ALL OF THIS ACURA IS DOING NOTHING TO MY KNOWLEDGE TO CONTACT THE OWNERS AND HELP THE SITUATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10008799May 1, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HONDA MOTORS REFUSES TO PURCHASE THE CAR BACK OR THE LOAN AND WILL NOT WORK TO EQUITABLE SOLUTION. THEY HAVE CLOSED THE CASE AND LEFT ME WITH NO OPTIONS. *TS *JB ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS****761437
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760131April 2, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006023March 20, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING SPEED OF VEHICLE DROPPED FROM 70MPH TO 10 MPH. DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#759032March 7, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THESE ACURAS ARE HAVING A MAJOR PROBLEM, SOMEONE NEEDS TO STEP IN BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT DRIVING THEM WHEN A TRANSMISSION GOES OR SOMETHING ELSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758641February 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
BROUGHT CAR TO DEALER. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAPPENS EVERYDAY. WARRANTY IS ALMOST UP. WHAT DO I DO? NO SAFETY DEFEC TMENTIONED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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