Acura TL Complaints

3,117 consumer complaints on file.

#767145September 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I ALSO GOT A REBUILT TRANSMISSION THAT WENT OUT ON ME AFTER ANOTHER 2,000. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I WANT ACURA TO DO SOMETHING. THERE IS AN ARTICLE IN THE LA TIMES THAT SPEAKS OF THIS ON 9.13.2002. PLEASE HELP ME, I'M WORRIED I OR SOMEONE ELSE MAY GET INJURED OR KILLED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767149September 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILS (DISENGAGES) AT ALL SPEEDS WITHOUT WARNING. PROBLEM ENGAGING INTO REVERSE. NLM
Crash:
No
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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
#767056September 12, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS RANDOMLY IN AUTOMATIC, OR WILL NOT UPSHIFT. IN SPORT SHIFT MODE, TRANSMISSION MAY REFUSE TO UPSHIFT OR DOWNSHIFT WHEN SUPPOSED TO AND WILL ONLY SHIFT AFTER REPEATED TRIES. ALSO IN AUTO, TRANSMISSION WILL SOMETIMES TEMPORARILY SHIFT COMPLETELY OUT OF GEAR THEN BACK IN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767065September 12, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED WHEN MERGING INTO A BUSY HIGHWAY FROM A COMPLETE STOP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *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
#766433August 29, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN EXHIBING SOME SHIFTING PROBLEMS A FEW DAYS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. WHEN IT FAILED, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT UP TO 3RD GEAR. I TRIED TO TURN THE CAR AROUND TO HEAD TO THE DEALER AND WAS MOMENTARILY UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE. AFTER ABOUT 5 TRIES I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE AND LIMPED THE CAR TO THE NEAREST PARKING LOT WHERE I WAITED FOR A TOW TRUCK. HAD THIS HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE SERIOUS. I HAVE HEARD OF PEOPLE WITH A CL OR TL (SAME TRANSMISSION) THAT HAVE HAD THEIR TRANSMISSION FAIL WHEN DOING 60+ MPH AND IT SHIFTS DOWN INTO 2ND WITHOUT WARNING. VERY DANGEROUS!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766385August 28, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NEAR ACCIDENT BECAUSE AT HIGH SPEED CAR DROPPED INTO 2ND GEAR CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. VERY SCARY!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766326August 27, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE HAS A SEVERE ENGINE HESITATION. AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER AND RECOVERY TIME BACK TO NORMAL SPEED IS SEVERAL SECONDS.*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
#8016855August 21, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED BRAKES WERE GOOD. ABS LIGHT IS STILL COMING ON, CONSUMER FEELS THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE ABS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016785August 20, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVING PERFORMANCE WAS SLUGGISH AND PROVIDED LITTLE TO NO ACCELERATION. THE RPM INDICATOR WOULD RACE TO 3000K+RPMS WHENEVER THE ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED. THE AUTO BEGAN TO HESITATE AND LURCH VIOLENTLY. SHORTLTY AFTER, THE CHECK ENGINE AND THE TCS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE GEAR INDICATOR (WHICH WAS ON D5 AT THE TIME) BEGAN TO BLINK. *SCC
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
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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
#765673August 15, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DANGEROUSLY FAULTY TRANSMISSION CAUSED ME TO CRASH VEHICLE, SLIPPED INTO "PARK" AT HIGH SPEEDS ON FREEWAY LOCKING-UP TIRES. FAULTY ROTORS/BRAKE PADS CAUSE STEERING WHEEL TO "SHIMMY" AT BRAKING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016126August 13, 2002
AIR BAGS, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATED 5 TIMES SINCE JANUARY 2000.*AK ALSO THE DRIVER SEAT BELT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WAS REPLACEDSTEERING COLUM WAS REPLACED, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED DUE TO HEAVY CORROSION.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567072August 12, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING, A CAR SUDDENLY CUT INTO CONSUMER'S LANE. CONSUMER TURNED THE VEHICLE TO AVOID HITTING THE OTHER CAR AND USED THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY. VEHICLE SPAN OUT OF CONTROL, MAKING 2 COMPLETE ROTATIONS AND THEN HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES, BUT NO ONE WAS INJURED. CONSUMER FEELS THE ABS AND TRACKING SYSTEM FAILED TO PREVENT THE ACCIDENT. *TT
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
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#566922August 8, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE IN MOTION, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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