Acura TL Complaints

3,117 consumer complaints on file.

#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
#765114August 2, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MILES PER HOUR THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM ON CALL. THEY TOLD ME TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS SEEMED TO MAKE THE PROBLEM BETTER FOR A WHILE. FINALLY IT GOT WORSE AND WORSE. AT 69,000 MILES I TOOK THE CAR INTO A DIFFERENT DEALER. THEY WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH A RE-MANUFACTURED ONE FROM ACURA.*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
#8015171July 30, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
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
#764432July 18, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
BRAKES FELT SPONGY, PEDAL WOULD SINK TO FLOOR. MASTER CYLINDER FOUND DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED UNDER WARRENTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764367July 17, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AT 55 MPH CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID.*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
#566562July 10, 2002
AIR BAGS
THE AIR BAG (SRS) LIGHT ILLUMMINATES WHILE DRIVING, THE DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS YET THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. NLM
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
#763799July 3, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE IN D5 WAITING TO LET HEAD-ON TRAFFIC GO, COULD NOT COMPLETE LEFT TURN DUE TO SUDDENLY DISENGAGED TRANSMISSION, AS IF IN NEUTRAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763813July 3, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I HAD JUST MADE A RIGHT TURN INTO A PARKING SPACE PROCEEDING AT ABOUT 2 MILES PER HOUR WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND WAS ABOUT TWO FEET FROM THE END OF THE SPACE, ABOUT TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE, WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR ACCELERATED FORWARD, WENT OVER A BUMPER, AND PROCEEDED TO GO DOWN A HILL, PART ON SOME CONCRETE STAIRS AND PART ON GRASS. I BRAKED ALL THE WAY AND STOPPED AT THE BOTTOM OF TWO SETS OF STAIRS. SWITCHED CAR INTO NEUTRAL, ENGINE WAS RACING, AND TURNED OFF ENGINE. CAR WAS TOTALLED. NO INJURIES.*AK
Crash:
Yes
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
#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
#8011637June 12, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHUTDOWN, AND LOST CONTROL.*AK
Crash:
No
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
#8011329June 7, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS SUDDEN ACCELERATION AT HIGH SPEED, AND DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. CONTACT DEALER . VEHICLE HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762518June 1, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
GEAR SHIFTER GRINDS SLIGHTLY WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST-2ND AT ALL SPEEDS. *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

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