2005 ACURA RL Complaints

2005 ACURA RL HAS HEADLIGHT PROBLEMS. THE HEADLIGHTS START TO FLICKER AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WILL SHUT OFF. I TRY TO SHUT OFF THE LIGHTS AND TURN ON THE LIGHTS AND IT WORKS FOR A WHILE. NOW THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY. ACURA SHOULD RESOLVE THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INVOLVED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT DUE TO NO HEADLIGHTS. IT IS HARD TO TELL WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING IN A WELL LIT STREET. ACURA ITS TIME FOR YOU TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS MANUFACTURERS DEFAULT AND FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVING ON MOUNTAIN ROAD AT NIGHT. HEADLIGHTS FLICKER, WITH ONE SIDE GOING OUT, TURN KEY OFF THEN RESTART AND ALL IS WELL UNTIL YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR TURN A SHARP CORNER. *TR

IN SEPT 2010, NOTICED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THE LEFT SIDE HEADLIGHT ON MY 2005 ACURA RL WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. AT THE DEALERSHIP, IT WAS WORKING AT FIRST, BUT THEN THEY NOTICED THE PROBLEM AND SAID IT HAD TO DO WITH THE INVERTER AND IGNITER. THE REPAIR QUOTE WAS $1,750. THE CAR IS 5 YRS OLD WITH 61K MILES. *TR

HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN FLICKERING HERE AND THERE, GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. NOW THE DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES OUT AND COMES BACK ON OCCASIONALLY. *TR

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2005 ACURA RL--WHAT A GREAT CAR! THE PROBLEM IS THESE HEADLIGHTS KEEP FLICKERING ON AND OFF, SAME AS A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND ACURA NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND INITIATE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE DIES IN AN ACCIDENT. OTHER THAN THE HEADLIGHT ISSUES, I AM VERY SATISFIED WITH THE CAR. *TR

2005 ACURA RL PASSENGER HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENTLY WILL TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE HEADLIGHT WILL TURN BACK ON IF I TURN OFF THE HEADLIGHTS & TURN THEM BACK ON. THERE IS NO TELLING WHEN IT WILL OCCUR. IT CAN OCCUR 6 OR 7 TIMES IN A 20 MINUTE DRIVE OR NOT AT ALL DURING THE SAME DRIVE THE NEXT EVENING. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR IN 12/2007. *TR

2005 ACURA RL LEFT HEADLIGHT DOES NOT TRACK AFS WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. NOT ALL THE TIME MOSTLY WHEN RAINING OR IN SNOW. *TR

2005 ACURA RL INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT PROBLEM. HEADLIGHTS FLICKER WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS BUT ALSO ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE OTHER HEADLIGHTS GOES COMPLETELY DARK WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. SOMETIMES IT IS THE LEFT AND SOMETIMES IT IS THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WHICH GOES DARK WHILE DRIVING AND FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I CAN 'RESET' THE DIMMED HEADLIGHT BY SWITCHING THE HEADLIGHTS FROM 'AUTO' TO 'OFF' AND THEN BACK TO 'AUTO' AGAIN. 2- THE FAILURE IS VERY OFTEN. AT LEAST 3 TIME A WEEK. 3- I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND PAID ABOUT $98 SO FAR BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN THE VERY NEXT DAY. ACCORDING TO WHAT I'M READING ONLINE IS THAT THEY WILL CHARGE ME FROM $600-$1200 PER LIGHT AND STILL NOT SURE IF THAT WILL FIX THE ISSUE SINCE IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 5 YEARS(SINCE THE CAR WAS OUT FOR SALE). *TR

1. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS 2. HEADLIGHTS FLICKERING AND SHUTTING OFF 3. NEED TO GO TO DEALERSHIP. READING ONLINE ABOUT PROBLEMS FROM GOOGLE.COM WHEN I TYPED 2005 ACURA RL HEADLIGHTS, A SEARCH CAME UP WHERE MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I HAVE HAD. THE DEALERSHIP KEEPS SAYING IT'S JUST THE HEADLIGHT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND FROM WHAT I KNOW AND READ IT IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT. *TR

2005 ACURA RL ACTIVE FRONT HEADLIGHTING I FIRST COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PROBLEM TO MY DEALER, AND NOTHING WAS DONE. DURING DRIVING AT NIGHT THE DRIVERS HEAD LIGHT FLICKERS AND GOES OFF COMPLETELY I LIVE IN TENNESSEE SO I DRIVE ON MOUNTAIN ROADS ALOT, TO GET THE LIGHT BACK ON TO WORK PROPERLY I HAVE TO ACTUALLY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, OR PULL OVER SAFELY AND TURN OFF THE HEADLIGHTS THEN BACK ON AGAIN, THIS HAPPENS WHEN GOING AROUND CURVES, AS WELL AS OVER ROUGH PAVEMENT I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT OCCURS WITH THIS SYSTEM AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A POSITIVE FIX AS OF YET PLEASE ADVISE. *TR