2005 ACURA TL Complaints

A YEAR AGO MY DASHBOARD BEGAN TO CRACK FOR NO APPARENT REASON, LAST WEEK MY AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON AND STAYS ON. RESEARCH SHOW THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

MY 2005 ACURA TL HAS DEVELOPED A SIGNIFICANT DASHBOARD CRACK ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG LOCATION. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE POSTED ON MANY INTERNET SITES INCLUDING MANY REPORTS ON FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ACURATLDEFECTIVEDASH/POSTS/219662424726766? ADDITIONALLY, MANY OTHERS HAVE SUBMITTED COMPLAINTS TO NHTSA EXPRESSING THEIR SAFETY CONCERNS. SINCE THE TIME OF THE CRACK THE AIRBAG LIGHT WILL ALARM. THE DASHBOARD CRACK IS SHARP AND JAGGED EDGED. IF THE AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED THE CRACKED DASH WILL LIKELY INTERFERE IN THE AIRBAG'S TRAJECTORY AND/OR POSSIBLE GASH THE AIRBAG. IN ADDITION THE CRACKED DASH MAY SPRAY PIECES INTO THE OCCUPANCY AREA. I AM SURE ACURA HAS NOT TESTED AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT SAFETY WITH A CRACK DASHBOARD. THE NHTSA NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THIS BROAD PROBLEM ON 3RD GENERATION ACURA TLS (2004-2008), AS ACURA WILL NOT ADDRESS OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE NHTSA TO FOLLOW-THRU WITH AN INVESTIGATION. WE DO NOT NEED ANYONE BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO THESE CRACK DASHBOARDS UNDERGOING FORCE OF AN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. I AM ATTACHING A PHOTO OF MY CRACKED DASH. ORIGINAL CRACK WAS ~3 INCHES, NOW THE CRACK IS 8-9". THE CRACK CONTINUES TO GROW WHICH AMPLIFIES THE SAFETY CONCERNS. ALSO ATTACHING A PHOTO COMPILED OF OTHER 3RD GENERATION ACURA TLS WITH SAME ISSUE. MANY PHOTOS ARE ON THE INTERNET.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 ACURA TL. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED, BUT IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION INADVERTENTLY SHIFTED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERABLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

DASHBOARD CRACKED IN SEVERAL SPOTS. I HAVE READ THAT MANY COMPLAINTS HAS BEEN FILED ON THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL OF CAR AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE.

TAKATA AIRBAGS? DASHBOARD ON PASSENGER SIDE IS CRACKED AND HAS BECOME TO INCREASE IN SIZE. FEAR THAT THIS MAY CAUSE AIRBAG "TAKATA" TO EXPLODE. AIRBAG LIGHT ON DRIVERSIDE RANDOMLY COMES ON AND WILL STAY ON WHILE DRIVING OR PARKED. FEAR THAT AIRBAG LIGHT MAY BE AN INDICATOR OF FRONT AIRBAGS MAY GO WRONG. OVER TIME THE DASHBOARD CRACKS HAVE INCREASED IN SIZE.

TAKATA RECALL? AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON PERIODICALLY WHILE STATIONARY AND WHILE IN MOTION. THERE ARE CRACKS IN PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD ABOVE THE AIRBAG. THE CRACKS STARTED APPEARING OVER A YEAR AGO, BUT THEY ARE EXPANDING.

THERE IS A LONG SPLIT RIGHT ALONG THE SIDE OF WHERE THE AIRBAG SITS ON THE PASSANGER SIDE. THIS CONCERNS ME BEING RIGHT OVER THE AIRBAG. LOOKING ONLINE THERE IS A FACEBOOK PAGE WITH COUNTLESS CONCERNS OF OTHERS WITH CRACKED DASHBOARDS IN THE SAME LOCATION. THIS CRACKING CONCERNS ME THAT THE AIRBAG MIGHT INFLATE WHILE DRIVING OR NOT INFLATE CORRECTLY IF IN AN ACCIDENT. MY FEAR IS IF I FILL THE CRACK THAT THIS ALSO MIGHT IMPACT HOW THE AIRBAG WORKS. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN WITH A LUXURY CAR AND APPARENTLY THIS IS HAPPENING IN TONS OF CARS FROM 2004 - 2008 THAT I'VE READ ABOUT. I RECENTLY NOTICED THIS, BUT LOOKING AT THE SIZE OF THE CRACK IT HAS LIKELY BEEN THERE FOR AWHILE AND I DIDN'T NOTICE IT. WHEN THE CAR HEATS UP THE CRACK ISN'T VISIBLE.

I HAVE. NOTICED LARGE CRACKS ON TOP OF THE DASH , SOME WHERE MY AIRBAGS ARE. WHAT IF THE DEPLOY? THESE CRACKS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND I FEEL THEY ARE HAZARDOUS TO MY AIRBAGS IF THEY DEPLOY

PURCHASED NEW, SINCE 2005 THE VEHICLE HAS HAD A PARASITIC BATTERY DRAIN WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE NOT TO START. OVER 10 BATTERIES HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY ACURA DEALERSHIPS OR AAA. I WAS TOLD BY FORMER CERTIFIED ACURA SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS WITH THE VEHICLES HANDS FREE SYSTEM CONTROL MODULE. ACURA HAS KNOWN, INTERNET RESEARCH, AND MY CONVERSATION ON THIS DATE 5/9/2016 WITH AN ACURA CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIVE CONFIRMED THAT ACURA HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2004. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHICH CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STOP MOVING RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING, CONTROL, OR POTENTIAL SERIOUS ACCIDENT. ANOTHER SERIOUS FACTOR IS THAT THERE IS NO WARNING SIGN WHEN THE VEHICLE BATTERY WILL FAIL. IN THE EVENT THAT THE BATTERY FAILS WITH OUT ANY WARNING WHATSOEVER IN AN EXTREME COLD, HEAVY RAINFALL, FLOOD CONDITIONS COULD POSSIBLE RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE. THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES WITH CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. COMMON SENSE DICTATES THAT MY COMPLAINT AND ALL OTHERS WHO HAVE TAKEN TIME TO FILE COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM SHOULD RESULT IN A NHTSA RECALL. THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD WHO BUY VEHICLES DON'T NEED BAD TAKATA INFLATORS OR BAD IGNITION SWITCHES .WHAT WE NEED IS A NHTSA WHICH WILL RESPONSIBLY ENFORCE ALL AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURES TO PROVIDE QUALITY VEHICLES THAT HAVE THE BEST SAFETY FEATURES.