1999 ACURA CL Complaints

STARTED TO NOTICE A SLIGHT SLIPPING OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHEN GOING FROM LOW TO HIGH GEARS. WAS INFREQUENT BUT NOTICEABLE. RECENTLY, TRANSMISSION ALSO BEGAN TO EMIT A LOW AND STEADY HUMMING OR DRONING SOUND. ALERTED MY MECHANIC AND HAD TRANSMISSION FLUSHED/SERVICED. HE INFORMED ME THAT FLUID WAS VERY BURNT AND APPEARED TO HIM THAT TRANSMISSION WILL REQUIRE A REBUILD (MECHANICS IS HONDA/ACURA CERTIFIED). I RECENTLY SET AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. HOWEVER, I WAS URGED BY A FRIEND TO LOOK INTO THIS FURTHER, AS THE LOW MILEAGE ON MY VEHICLE DOES NOT NECESSARILY WARRANT A TRANSMISSION REBUILD. I BELIEVE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM TO BE DEFECTIVE. *NM

EARLY 2005, MY VEHICLE HAD DIFFICULTY SHIFTING FROM LOW GEARS TO HIGH. THIS EVENT OCCURRED FOR A FEW MONTHS RECURRING FROM TIME TO TIME. FINALLY, MY VEHICLE COULD NO LONGER BE DRIVEN SAFELY DUE TO THE INABILITY OF THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROPERLY. I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. RECENTLY, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT SIMILAR INCIDENCES HAVE LEAD TO A RECALL OF ACURAS UNDER RECALL # PE0208. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE 1999 SERIES MAY HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR THAT OR A SIMILAR RECALL INITIATIVE. *NM

NO EVENT LEAD TO TIRE FAILURE. GOODYEAR ALLEGRA 185/65R15 WITH 23K MILES ON THEM. FOUND CRACK ON TIRE ON 12/21/05. PURCHASE AT SAM'S CLUB ON 03/09/03, SAM'S REPLACED TIRE. ON 12/30/05 FOUND FLAT ON DIFFERENT TIRE, NO VISIBLE DAMAGE. INFLATED TIRE AND CHECKED WITH SOAP. LEAKING ON SIDEWALL IN TWO PLACES NEAR RAISED LETTERING. CONTACTED GOODYEAR VIA E-MAIL TO COMPLAIN. TIRES APPEAR TO BE DEFECTIVE AND A HAZARD. *JB

BOILING WATER LEAKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES. *NM CC TO NHTSA THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND REPAIRED. TWO MONTHS LATER BOILING WATER ENTERED THE VEHICLE AGAIN. THE DEALER BLEW AIR PRESSURE THROUGH THE PIPES AGAIN TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. *NM *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW DROPPED DOWN AND WOULD NOT WORK. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ONCE. SERVICE STAFF AT ACURA DEALER WAS AWARE THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH THE CL. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FAILED TO OPEN. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY HE WILL BE TRAPPED INSIDE. *AK *SC *JB

DOOR CABLE REGULATOR BROKE. DUE TO THE BROKEN CABLE, THE WINDOW DROPPED DOWN INTO THE DOORS. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT FIX IT. *AK ACURA WAS NOT INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM MAY RECUR IN ANY OF THE WINDOWS AND IT WAS UNSAFE TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE IN THE RAIN, SHOPPING CENTER, ETC., DUE TO THE FACT THE THEY COULD OPEN BY THEMSELVES. *SCC *JB

THE BRAKES OVERHEATED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. THE CONSUMER INSISTED THAT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. *AK THE RADIATOR OVER HEATED. THE COOLING SYSTEM WAS FLUSHED OUT AND INSPECTED. *SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THERE WAS A MILKY LOOKING SUBSTANCE IN THE RADIATOR. A CRACK IN THE ENGINE PASSAGE CAUSED ENGINE OIL TO MIX WITH COOLANT. *SCC *JB

THERE IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH ACURA 1999 2.3CL. A HEAVY RATTLING NOISE COMES WHEN I DRIVE THE CAR 20-30 MPH OR WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE FROM HALT. THE NOISE IS SOMETIMES SO HEAVY AND FRIGHTENING, THAT I HAD TO PULL OVER MY CAR ON THE SHOULDER FOR ATLEAST 6-8 TIMES. I WENT TO THE DEALER, ASKING TO REPAIR, BUT HE SAID THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH ALL 4CYL ENGINES OF THAT YEAR.