2004 ACURA TL Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TURNING THE VEHICLE ON, THE VSA WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED; HOWEVER, THE VSA WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VSA MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,220.

VSA/ABS MODULE FAILURE. ABS, VSA AND BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON DASH BOARD. TOLD POTENTIAL ISSUE COULD BE BRAKES COULD LOCK UP SO NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

MY DASH IS CRACKING AT AN ACCELERATED RATE. FIRST AT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG, THEN STARTED SINKING DEEPER THAT MAKES AN OBVIOUS RECTANGLE ON MY DASH. MY CONCERN IS IF THE DASH IS DRY ENOUGH TO SPLIT ALONG THE AIRBAG SEAMS, THEN WHAT WOULD PREVENT SHARDS OF DASH FLYING OFF IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS? THIS SHOULD GET SOME SERIOUS SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS.

TURNING INTO A LANE IN THE TOWN (IN MOTION), A CAR RAN A RED LIGHT, T-BONED THE CAR DRIVER SIDE. TOTALED THE CAR AND SHIFTED THE ENTIRE CAR ACROSS THE FRAME. STEERING WHEEL BAG DID NOT INFLATE. IF IT DID IT WOULD HAVE HELPED MY INJURIES. RED LIGHTED BY A LARGE 1/2 TON OR MORE RED TRUCK AT ABOUT 40-45 MILES PER HOUR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TL. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE DASHBOARD CRACKED NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AND EXPOSED THE AIR BAG. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 184,000.

AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATES PERIODICALLY. DASHBOARD HAS DEVELOPED TWO SIGNIFICANT CRACKS DIRECTLY OVER THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE COMBINATION OF THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT AND DASHBOARD CRACKS INDICATE A SAFETY ISSUE. IF THE AIRBAG WERE TO DEPLOY, IT MAY NOT DO SO APPROPRIATELY. THE CRACKS COULD CAUSE IT TO DEPLOY IN WRONG DIRECTION, RENDERING IT INEFFECTIVE OR DANGEROUS. ALSO, PIECES OF DASHBOARD COULD BREAK OFF IN EVENT OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND RESULT IN PROJECTILES THAT COULD INJURE OCCUPANTS.

I PURCHASED MY 2004 ACURA TL 3.2L IN AUGUST 2009. WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IT HAD NO MARKS ON THE DASH. ABOUT A YEAR AFTER PURCHASE I STARTED TO NOTICE A CRACK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE ABOUT TWO INCHES LONG. I THOUGHT I MIGHT'VE SCRATCHED IT WITH MY RING. AS TIME PAST, THAT SMALL CRACK BECAME VIRAL. STRETCHES ALL OVER MY DASH. THE SCARIEST PART IS THAT THE CRACK IS RUNNING A PERFECT RECTANGLE AND SHOWS A SMALL INDENT WHERE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS. NOW MY AIRBAG LIGHT GOES ON AND STAYS ON OCCASIONALLY. I LOVE MY CAR AND REALLY HATE TO LOOK AT MY CRACKS ON MY DASH THAT SOMEWHAT RESEMBLES A SPIDERWEB. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE HAVING A PASSENGER BC WHO KNOW WHEN THAT MAY BURST (IF POSSIBLE). I FEEL ACURA SHOULD RECALL THESE CARS BC WE PAID FOR A DURABLE, SAFE, AND LUXURY CAR. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ERROR WITH THIS MAKE, YEAR AND MODEL. MY CAR STILL RUNS BEAUTIFULLY AND HATE TO SEE HER GO DOWN LIKE THIS.

I HAVE ACURA TL 2004 WELL MAINTAINED SERVICE ON TIME . ONE DAY IT'S RAINING AND I DRIVE AROUND 10 MPH AND AFTER SOME TIME MY STEERING WAS FROZE I CAN'T MOVE I ABOUT TO GET CRASHED THEN I THINK IT MIGHT BE DUE TO STEERING FLUID I CHECK ITS ALMOST GOOD THEN I DRIVE NEXT FEW DAYS AND PROBLEM GONE BUT AGAIN WHEN IT'S RAINING IT DID SAME THING.IM SCARED TO DRIVE THAT CAR IN RAINING . IT'S ONLY BAD IN RAINING I DON'T KNOW WHY. IT ALSO HAS SOMETIME AIRBAG WARNING ON IN RAIN .

THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THE DASHBOARD ON MY 2004 TL BEGAN TO CRACK. I'VE HAD THE CAR SINCE 2008 WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL NOW. THE DASH IS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES, ONE FROM THE FRONT ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE OF THE COVER OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE OTHER CRACK COMES FROM THE FRONT UP TO THE MIDDLE SPEAKER. NO FURTHER SPREAD SO FAR BUT AM CONCERNED THAT CRACKING WILL CONTINUE AND SPREAD AFTER SEEING SO MANY COMPLAINTS. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAID THAT REPLACEMENT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE, AROUND $2000. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I CALL ACURA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SEE IF THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING. THAT IS MY NEXT STEP.

FROM LAST 3-4 YEARS THE DASHBOARD IS GETTING CRACKS AND THE CRACK LINES ARE OVERLAPPING AIR BAGS PATH. FOR LAST 2 MONTHS THE AIR BAG LIGHTS ARE ON RANDOMLY.