2003 ACURA TL Complaints

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH SHE CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE INJURED HER HEAD, AND KNEE. THERE WAS NO POLICE REPORT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000. RK UPDATED 03/31/14*LJ

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR ALMOST STOPPED. IT WAS LIKE I HAD PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND HELD IT. IT THEN WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO GEAR AND THE RPM WENT UP TO 6000. IT IS NOW UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS IT DOESN'T SHIFT INTO GEAR AND "BUCKS" AS I TRY TO GO DOWN THE ROAD. I WENT TO AN ACURA DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ME $4500 TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT SO THEY ARE VERY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I CALLED ANOTHER DEALER AND LEFT MESSAGE AND THEY NEVER CALLED ME BACK. IN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE I FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE EXACT ISSUE I WAS HAVING. MY CAR DID HAVE THE SO CALLED "FIX" COMPLETED IN 2004. I TOOK GREAT CARE OF THIS CAR AND CHANGED MY TRANSMISSION FLUID APPROXIMATELY EVERY 30000 MILES. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY AND THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED BY THE SAME DEALER WHO QUOTED ME $4500 WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT OR THE DEALER WHO NEVER CALLED ME BACK. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH MY MODEL TRANSMISSION AND THE FACT THAT I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BECAUSE MY CAR BASICALLY STOPPED IS UNACCEPTABLE. IT'S SAD THAT HONDA WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. AMERICAN HONDA HAS CHOSEN PROFIT OVER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND SAFETY. *TR

UPON DRIVING ON A FREEWAY GOING AROUND 50 MPH MY TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY PULLED MY CAR TO A QUICK SLOWING DOWN MOTION AS IF BEING MOVED FROM GEAR DOWN TO FIRST OR SECOND. LUCKILY, THERE WERE NO VEHICLES BEHIND ME AS I WAS IN A FAR RIGHT LINE. IT IS AN OLDER VEHICLE HOWEVER IT IS A RECURRING ISSUE IT APPEARS AS THERE WAS A RECALL ON IT ALREADY BEFORE. THE DEALERSHIPS HAVE GIVEN ME CONFLICTING STORIES ON THE VEHICLE HISTORY AS FAR REPAIRS AND RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AND I DO WISH TO HAVE THE NHTSA LOOK INTO THE HISTORY OF THIS RECALL AS WELL AS WARN THE CURRENT OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE OF THIS ISSUE AS I HAD NOT HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION SINCE BECOMING THE OWNER AND WAS NOT TOLD OF THE RECALL UPON MULTIPLE VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

DEAR SAFERCAR.GOV, I HAVE A 2003 ACURA 3.2 TL NAVI. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 132,800 MILES ON IT AS OF 30 NOVEMBER 2013 (CAR IS IN SHOP, SO I CAN'T VERIFY EXACT MILEAGE). ON SATURDAY, 30 NOV 2013, I TOOK IT IN TO ACURA, BECAUSE THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT IS ON. I ALSO ASKED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BE CHECKED, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ENGAGING CORRECTLY. THIS MODEL AS WELL AS OTHER ACURA MODEL VEHICLES, ETC, HAD A PREVIOUS RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION (2004). I ALSO PREVIOUSLY HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED (26 AUG 2004) TO ACURA BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING AND THE CAR BROKE DOWN. THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL-MAINTAINED - BODY AND MECHANICALLY, I HAD THE 120K SERVICE PERFORMED ON 22 OCTOBER 2012, WHERE MILEAGE WAS 125,226. ON 11 MARCH 2011, I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSH SERVICE PERFORMED. THE SERVICE RECORD STATES "FLUSH ENTIRE UNIT OF ALL OLD AND SUSPENDED DEBRIS USING A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE CLEANER TO DISSOLVE THE VARNISH AND GUMS IN THE TRANSMISSION & TORQUE CONVERTER. INSTALL NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID TO FACTORY SPECIFICATION. TODAY (01 DEC 2013), I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AND SOME ASSOCIATED PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND WILL COST ME BETWEEN $4000 TO $5000 (ESTIMATED NOW, BUT COULD GO UP). IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO FATHOM THAT THIS TRANSMISSION WAS VERIFIED TO MANUFACTURER SPECS IN 2011 AND NOW A COMPLETE FAILURE AT 132800. I BELIEVE THIS TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS THE RESULT OF THE PREVIOUS PROBLEMS, AS STATED IN THE RECALL. THE RECALL I'M CITING IS FROM NHTSA IN APRIL 2004. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER IS: 04V176000; RECALL DATE: 13 APRIL 2004; COMPONENT: POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POTENTIAL NUMBER OF UNITS AFFECTED: 1,099,796. AS A RESULT OF THE HISTORY OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION, AND THE RECALL, I'M REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN HAVING THIS TRANSMISSION REPLACED BY ACURA AT NO COST TO ME. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN LOCKING UP AND ALSO SLIPPING RECENTLY. HAD ENGINE LIGHT ON - WENT TO JIFFY LUBE...GAVE ME CODE TCC CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION P0740 ABD P1740 DTC DEFINITION NOT FOUND...SPOKE WITH MANGER[XXX] AT NIELLO HONDA AND AGREED NEED NEW TRANSMISSION - COST IS $3400. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE CAR STARTED SHUTTERING OR BUCKING AS I TAKE OFF AND THE CAR SHIFTS INTO ANOTHER GEAR. I HAVE HAD THE CAR SERVICED PREVIOUSLY FOR A TRANSMISSION RECALL. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE WAS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE TRANSMISSION. ACURA NEEDS TO STEP UP AND FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

I GOT MY ACURA 2003 TL TYPE S BACK FROM MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SUBFRAME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETLY RUSTED AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE CAR'S A/C DRAIN IS RIGHT ABOVE THE AREA OF THE SUBFRAME RUST. THIS A MAJOR DEFECT IN THE CAR THAT IS CAUSING THE SUBFRAME TO BE ROTTED THROUGH AND UNSAFE. I ALSO FOUND THAT THE HONDA ACCORD 1999-2002 HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SUBFRAME RUST FROM THE A/C DRAIN. I NOTIFIED THE CAR MANUFACTURER OF THIS PROBELM AND THEY ARE DENYING THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR'S CRAFTSMANSHIP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER'S SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE LEFT SHOULDER AND BECAME NUMB ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK UP TO THE SPINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONTAL AIR BAG BUT DID NOT INSPECT THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG. THE CAUSE OF THE INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

2003 ACURA TL. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND CAME TO A STOP AFTER A FEW MORE MILES. BOTH OF THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED FROM BRAKING. THE PLASTIC BUSHING ON THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD BROKEN AND WEDGED THE THROTTLE PLATE OPEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER MAKING A STOP AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE HESITATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,592. UPDATED 7/8/13 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE FORWARD BEFORE GOING INTO GEAR. UPDATED 07/18/13