Acura TL Complaints

3,117 consumer complaints on file.

#758715February 27, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ACURA HAS DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION DESIGN.. THEY NEEDS TO RECALL ALL TRANSMISSION OR HAVE A LIFETIME WARRANTY REPLACEMENT ON PART/LABOR ON THIS KIND OF TRANSMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758634February 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN A HIGH SPEED CAN CAUSE MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY (DANGEROUS). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758635February 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *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
#758644February 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758649February 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758660February 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE WARRANTY ONLY COVERS TO 50K MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION MIGHT GO OUT AGAIN...THERE IS LOTS OF ACURA TL OWNERS WITH BAD TRANSMISSIONS INCLUDING MINE WHICH I JUST REPLACED, BUT AFRAID IT WILL GO BAD AGAIN. PLEASE HELP!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004063February 14, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD SKIP FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR. HAD CONTACTED DEALER, BUT PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FIXED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004000February 12, 2002
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT WILL COME ON UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND SRS SAFETY RESISTANT HAD BEEN RESETED FEW TIMES, BUT LIGHT STILL COMES ON. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
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
#8001881January 9, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A 40 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, BOTH,FRONTAL AND SIDE AIR BAGS, DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756319January 2, 2002
AIR BAGS
RECURRING PROBLEM WITH SRS LIGHT COMING ON AND RENDERING VEHICLE UNSAFE TO OPERATE PER DEALER, OWNER'S MANUAL, AND FACTORY REP. CAR IS 90 DAYS OLD AND HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR 40 DAYS. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER CAN REPAIR AFTER 4 ATTEMPTS. THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AS IT IS REPORTED ON INTERNET MESSAGE BOARDS (E.G. CLUBRSX.COM), AND THE DEALERS REFER TO OTHER OCCURRENCES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753670October 25, 2001
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
NO APPARENT EXTERNAL DAMAGE (APART FROM A TINY GRAIN-OF-SAND SIZE INDENTATION THAT COULD BE PART OF THE CRACK ITSELF. NO RECOLLECTION OF BEING STRUCK BY A STONE. LOCATION OF CRACK NEAR AIR VENT AT DRIVER LOWER SIDE SUGGESTS TEMPERATURE CHANGE: DEFROSTER OR A/C MAY HAVE CAUSED THE CRACK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752377September 19, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
I HAD A REAR END COLLISION IN MY ACURA 3.2 TL. I HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 20-25 MPH AND HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AS I WAS PREPARING TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN WITHIN 400 FEET. WHEN MY VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, THE AIR BAGS EXPLODED BUT THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WENT SLACK AND DIDN'T RESTRAIN ME. UPON EXITING THE CAR, THEIR WAS A POOL OF BELT ABOUT 5 FEET IN LENGTH THAT HAD COME OUT OF THE SEAT BELT HOLDER UPON IMPACT. ONCE I SAW THAT, I QUESTIONED THE DULUTH POLICE OFFICER ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF SEAT BELT HANGING OUT MY DOOR. HE ASKED ME TO PULL BACK THE SHIRT I WAS WEARING TO CHECK MY NECK FOR MARKS THAT THE SEAT BELT WOULD HAVE LEFT HAD IT HELD ME IN PLACE. I HAD NO MARKS ON MY NECK TO INDICATE THAT THE SEAT BELT IN ANYWAY RESTRAINED ME. UPON IMPACT I WENT FORWARD AND INTO THE AIR BAG. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO TAYLOR'S COLLISION CENTER IN DULUTH, GEORGIA AND THE NEXT DAY I WAS ASKED BY THE OWNER IF I KNEW THAT MY SEAT BELTS HAD NOT ENGAGED DURING THE ACCIDENT. I SAID I REALIZED IT AND HAD NOT MARKS FROM BEING RESTRAINED. I HAVE CALLED ACURA/AMERICAN HONDA AT THEIR CLIENT SERVICES LOCATION IN CALIFORNIA BUT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO HAVE A RESOLUTION FROM THEM. I WAS TOLD BY ONE REPRESENTATIVE THAT IT IS "NORMAL AND COMMON" FOR THEIR SEAT BELTS TO GO SLACK IN AN ACCIDENT AND NOT RESTRAIN; THAT'S WHY I HAVE AIRBAGS. I DON'T THINK THAT IS CORRECT. ACURA WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE SEATBELT FROM ME FOR INSPECTION. I WOULD PREFER SOMEONE INDEPENDENT OF ACURA, EITHER THE NTSB OR AN INDEPENDENT LAB THAT YOU SUGGEST TEST THESE FOR ENGAGEMENT. I REALIZE THAT I HAVE A 2002 AND ONE OF THE FIRST ON THE STREET. COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND ADVISE ME TO THE COURSE OF ACTION? MY TWIN SISTER DRIVES THE SAME CAR AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT THE SEATBELTS WORK PROPERLY. THE BODY SHOP TOLD ME I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE AIRBAGS; BASED ON THE IMPACT I WOULD HAVE BEEN HURT SINCE THE SEATBELT DIDN'T HOLD ME BACK.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751923September 8, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MANY ACURA 3.2 CL OWNERS HAVE BEEN REPORTING TRANSMISSION FAILURES, AS WELL AS ACURA 3.2 TL OWNERS, WHO HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION UNITS IN THEIR CARS, AND BELIEVE THAT THIS MAY BE A SAFETY HAZARD. IF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURS WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES SLOWS DOWN ABRUPTLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE DRIVER IS ACCELERATING. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN TRYING TO PASS SOMEONE, THE TRANSMISSION WILL SUDDENLY LEAVE THE ENGINE REVVING HIGH, BUT THE CAR WONT ACTUALLY ACCELERATE AND ACTUALLY SLOWS DOWN, SOMETIMES VERY NOTICEABLY. THIS CAN CAUSE SOMEONE TO REAR END YOU IF THEYRE COMING UP FROM BEHIND YOU NOT EXPECTING YOU TO SUDDENLY COME TO HALT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. ALSO, IT SEEMS THAT HONDA/ACURA MAY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH ITS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS SINCE THE RELEASE OF THE HONDA V6 ACCORD, WHICH IS THE PLATFORM ON WHICH THE ACURA CL AND TL MODELS ARE BASED. THE CL/TL MODELS HAVE INCREASED HORSEPOWER OVER THE ACCORD, ESPECIALLY THE TYPE S MODELS, AND THESE TRANSMISSIONS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE EXTRA POWER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751259August 28, 2001
AIR BAGS
MANUFACTURER UNABLE TO REPAIR DEFECTIVE SRS (AIRBAG) SYSTEM AFTER MORE THAN 8 ATTEMPTS. DECEPTIVE PRACTICES USED BY DEALER REPRESENTATIVE ( LIED ABOUT ROOT CAUSE EVEN THOUGH TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS HAD BEEN ISSUED ON THE PROBLEM). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750865August 21, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894540August 16, 2001
AIR BAGS
WHEN DRIVING HAD CELL PHONE ON, AND INTERIOR AIRBAG LIGHT WILL COME ON WARNING FOR DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894284August 14, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER WAS BARELY GOING 2MPH IN A DRIVEWAY ALMOST STOPPED AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. CONSUMER WAS PRATICALLY STANDING ON BRAKES, USING THE LEFT FOOT AND TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. BEFORE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING IT DEMOLISHED A BRICK PUMP HOUSE, A CONCRETE BIRD BATH, AND AND 2 TREES. NO CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH DEALER. VEHICLE HAS OVER $9800 WORTH OF DAMAGES.*AK *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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