2000 ACURA TL Complaints

TRANSMISSION RECALL OFFER TO REPAIR VEHICLE BY DEALERSHIP WAS DECLINED. PROBLEM PRE-EXISTED AND KIT WAS INSTALLED TO REMEDY PROBLEM IN OCTOBER 2004. PROBLEM STILL EXISTED AFTER INSTALLATION..

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2000 ACURA 3.2 TL THAT WAS JERKING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS. THIS PAST SATURDAY ON MY WAY TO WORK ON A BUSY CITY STREET WHILE DRIVING 45 MILES PER HOUR THE CAR ABRUPTLY DOWNSHIFTED AND THE RPM WENT PAST THE 8. I WAS ABLE TO COAST MY VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAVE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO TOW IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER, STEVENSON ACURA OF WILMINGTON, NC. THE DEALER DID AN INSPECTION AND ADVSD ME SINCE MY CAR HAS OVER 100K, 146K TO BE EXACT I AM NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND MY SECOND GEAR LOOKS GOOD AND THIS IS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. KNOWING 5 OTHER PEOPLE THAT OWN THE SAME MODEL CAR AND THE SAME EXACT OCCURENCE HAS HAPPENED I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS CAUSED BY NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, ESPECIALLY SINCE I PREVIOUSLY OWNED A 1998 3.2TL THAT HAD OVER 198K WHEN I TRADED IT IN AND EXPERIENCED NO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT ALL.BASED ON PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS ON YOUR SITE IT APPEARS THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND I FEEL VERY VIOLATED BY A COMPANY THAT I HAVE BEEN SO LOYAL TO. THIS IS ABSURD!!!!!

ACURA DOES NOT WHANT TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION THAT SHOUD BE UNDER WARANTIE BECAUSE THEY SAID THA THE CAR IS WHITH A SALVAGE TITLE AND THEY DONT RESPONT TO RECALLS OR WARANTIES OF THOSE CARS.

2000 ACURA TL REPAIRS MADE TO THE OIL KIT.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR LESS THAN 400 MILES AFTER THE REPAIR, THE KIT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE IN ONE OF THE CONNECTING HOSES THAT RESULTED IN A LOSS OF ALL TRANSMISSION FLUID. *SC

TWO DAYS AGO, I BEGAN FEELING SLIPPING AND SURGING IN MY TRANSMISSION. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED AND SCHEDULED A SERVICE APPOINTMENT. YESTERDAY, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 50 - 60 MPH, MY CAR UNEXPECTEDLY DOWNSHIFTED TO SECOND GEAR, CAUSING THE CAR TO QUICKLY SLOW DOWN WITHOUT CARS BEHIND ME BEING ALERTED BY BRAKE LIGHTS. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, AS THE CARS BEHIND ME WERE ABLE TO AVOID ME.

OIL IN REAR VIEW MIRROR EXPLODED AND SPLATTERED ON BOTH FRONT SEATS OF THE CAR. LUCKILY IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT WHEN I WAS NOT DRIVING THE CAR OR IT COULD HAVE CREATED A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. DEALER WAS NOT SURPRISED APPARENTLY HAPPENED IN QUITE A FEW INSTANCES.

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE OWNS A 2000 ACURA TL. HE STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER HAS HEARD OF OTHER COMPLAINTS SUCH AS A ACURA MDX WITH THE SAME ENGINE. BOTH VEHICLE WAS IN THE BODY SHOP AT THE SAME TIME FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HAD BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE AND HE STILL COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE, THE ONLY REASON WHY HE STOPPED WAS BECAUSE HE HIT A TREE. *JB

RECENTLY, EVEN WHEN DRIVING AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND CAME TO A CROSSROAD AND BRAKED, THE CAR KEPT ACCELARATING. DESPITE HAVING THE BRAKES PRESSED THE CAR WAS BEHAVING LIKE A WILD BRONCO. EVEN WHEN I SHIFTED THE AUTOMATIC GEAR TO PARK, THE ENGINE WAS RACING. AFTER I PUT OF THE IGNITION & THEN RE-STARTED, THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED. *AK

ACURA TL EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION.*MR AT 49,000 THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED FOR FREE. ON FEB 25, 2005 THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE FOR A TRANSMISSION RECALL, HOWEVER HE WAS TOLD THE PART THAT FAILED ON HIS CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

I RECENTLY HAD A RECALL ATTENDED TO ON MY 2000 ACURA WHEN THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THAT MY ENGINE MOUNTS NEEDED REPLACEMENT! I WAS QUITE SURPRISED AT THIS EXPECIALLY WHEN HE THEN TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND HE DOES 10-15 PERF WEEK!!! THE MOUNTS, HE SAID, ARE DESIGNED TO LAST BETWEEN 70-90000 MILES, AND SINCE I HAD 87000 IT WAS NO SURPRISE TO HIM. I HAVE HAD MANY CARS AND NEVER RAN INTO THIS PROBLEM, WITH AN INHERENT ENGINE MOUNT DEFECT. IF THIS IS THE CASE, I FEEL THE DESIGN SHOULD BE CORRECTED AND WE, THE OWNERS SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE $458(AT THIS TIME) IS COSTS TO FIX THEIR MISTAKE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN. RESPECTFULLY, JOEL KREISS