2004 ACURA TL Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED IN VARIOUS AREAS AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

2004 ACURA TL WITH APPROX 130,000 MILES. CRACK AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. STARTED 2 WEEKS AGO AND IS GETTING LARGER. VEHICLE WITH NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT OR ACCIDENT HISTORY.

TAKATA RECALL PROBLEM...PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR ON DASHBOARD-OUTLINE OF AIRBAG APPEARED, BREAK IN LEATHER ON DASHBOARD. NO CAR ACCIDENT OCCURRED. AIRBAG HAS NOT DEPLOYED AS OF YET. NOTICED CRACK ON DASHBOARD WEEK OF 5/15/2016

MY DASHBOARD HAS TWO LARGE CRACKS RUNNING THE WIDTH OF THE DASHBOARD, ALONG WHERE THE AIRBAGS ARE SUPPOSED TO DEPLOY. NO ACCIDENT CAUSED THIS DEFECT.

AIR BAG LIGHT SENSOR IS ON AND ALL THE DASH IS CRACKED AND WE ARE AFRAID THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A ACCIDENT OR RANDOMLY WILL DEPLOY WITHOUT A ACCIDENT.

MULTIPLE CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG ON THE FRONT RIGHT HAND SIDE. CRACKS ALSO HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE DASHBOARD BY THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND THE MIDDLE CLOSE TO THE WINDSHIELD. VERY BAD MATERIAL ACURA USED TO MAKE THESE WITH. SHOULD BE A RECALL DUE TO THE SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAG ALSO.

THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING. NOW, IT HAS CRACKS ALL OVER. PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER SIDE. THIS MAY CAUSE ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAGS. I LOOKED ON LINE AND THIS IS VERY COMMON IN 2004 TLS. ACURA REFUSES TO FIX THE ISSUE. SOME HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED ISSUES WITH THEIR AIR BAGS DUE TO THE CRACKING.

NOT SURE IF THIS IS TAKATA ISSUE AS WELL! OR DUE TO DEFECTIVE DASHBOARD MATERIALS WHICH HAVE CRACKED SEVERELY BAD! WHEN IT STARTED THEY WERE LINES HARDLY NOTICEABLE! NOW DUE TO NEGLEGANCE OF THE COMPANY THE PRIMARY CRACKS ARE OVER THE AIRBAG AREA & HAVE CREVICES ACROSS TOP AND THEY ARE ACROSS ENTIRE DASHBOARD? THE LIGHT FOR AIRBAGS COMES ON AND OFF AT RANDOM TIMES? THE SEAT BELT BEEPING INDICATOR IS NOT WORKING ALL THE TIME ANYMORE! MY CAR EVEN THOUGH IT IS A 2004 IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE FROM WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME! THAT IS OF COURSE UNTIL THEY SEE THE CRATERS IN THE DASH OF WHAT IS SUPPOSE TO BE A HIGHER END NICE MODEL CAR THAT SHOULD HOLD UP BETTER THAN???? THIS IS NOT TO MENTION THE FACT OF SAFETY? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THE AIRBAGS HAVE DRIED OUT OR BECAME EFFECTED DUE TO THESE LARGE CRACKS AS WELL AS WHAT OTHER DAMAGE IT COULD BE CAUSING ELECTRONICALLY? AM I GOING TO END UP IN SOME HORRIFIC CAR ACCIDENT DUE TO AIRBAG RELEASE WHEN JUST DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND THEN IT ALL BE MY FAULT FOR SWEVING OVER IN ANOTHER LANE AND CAUSE THE ACCIDENT! THEN IT WILL LOOK AS IF I WERE AT FAULT AND AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AS THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE, INSTEAD OPENED PREMATURELY DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARTS? OF COURSE THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION BUT I WOULD THINK TOTALLY PLAUSIBLE!!! AND ALL DUE TO NOT HAVING RECALLED WHAT EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS THAT DASHBOARD MATERIAL ON THIS MODEL AND OTHERS THAT WERE RECALLED AND REPAIRED BY DEALERS SAME YEAR MODELS 2004-2008 FOR THE SAME IDENTICAL REASONS! THAT SEEMS LIKE A ROLL OF THE DIE AT CONSUMERS EXPENSE! NOT TO MENTION A LIABILITY TO ALL CONSUMERS THAT HAPPEN TO BE DRIVING THESE VEHICLES!

DRIVE AXLE BROKE IN SIDE TORQUE CONVERTOR WHILE I WAS DRIVING 45 SPEED I HAD NO TRANS WHEN AXLE BROKE STEER CAR OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD SO ANOTHER VEHICLE DIDNOT HIT ME

TOP OF MY DASH WHERE THE GLOVEBOX IS ALL CRACK WHERE THE THE TAKATA INFLATORS OUR