2000 ACURA TL Complaints

ACURA TL TRANSMISSION FAILED, NEW ONE WAS INSTALLED, RECALL ISSUED SEPT 04, "FIXED" TRANSMISSION CLAIMS TO BE FINE BUT ON OCCASION VIOLENTLY DOWNSHIFTS, ACCOMPANIED BY WARPING BRAKES THAT ACURA HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR, IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V176000 CONCERNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. MECHANIC PERFORMED THE WORK, BUT A WEEK LATER THE PROBLEM RECURRED AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. A LOUD CLANKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SERVICE MANAGER BRYANT BOMB. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V176000. ACURA ISSUED AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS THOSE VEHICLES THAT WERE RECALLED. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS MORE THAN 100,000 MILES IT WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE RECALL THAT WAS INITIATED BY THE MANUFACTURER. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

RECEIVED RECALL 04V076000 TRANSMISSION FAILURES: WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION EXPLODED NEARLY CRASHED. ALSO BLEW UP CATASTROPHICALLY AGAIN. *BF THE CONSUMERS WIFE NEARLY CRASHED WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IN HER VEHICLE EXPLODED AND SHE TRIED TO AVOID GETTING HIT OR CRASHING INTO SOMETHING. PRIOR TO THE RECALL, THE CONSUMER SPENT OVER 2700 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY INSTALLED AN OIL JET KIT, CONSEQUENTLY 500 MILES LATER THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. *JB

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE. THE CONSUMER HEARD THIS WAS A RESULT OF POORLY DESIGNED AND POORLY MANUFACTURED BEARING SURFACES AND CLUTCH PLATE SURFACES IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *BF THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY. *NM

2000 ACURA 3.2TL, A/C BLOWER FAN STOPPED. *BF THE FAN MOTOR RECEPTACLE AND NYLON PLUG SHOWED EVIDENCE OF EXCESS HEAT AND THE CONNECTOR PINS WERE BURNT. *JB

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER SERVICED THE VEHICLE. THEN, CONSUMER REAR ENDED A VEHICLE AT 50 MPH. A RECALL LETTER WAS LATER RECEIVED BY THE CONSUMER ON THE AIR BAG MODULE. NHTSA RECALL 02V080000. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION FAILED. *NM THE VEHICLE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS THROWN VIOLENTLY FORWARD AND CAUSED THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO RISE. *SC

WHILE DRIVING ABS, AND THE OVEDRIVE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SOLENOID SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK PASSENGER SIDE REAR FENDER AND MUDD FLAP DAMAGED. TREAD HIT THE 5TH WHEEL OF THE TRAILOR. THE VEHICLE STARTED BUCKING AND FISH TAILING AS TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE IN ONE PEICE. THE TIRE DID NOT GO FLAT. BOTH VEHICLES HAD TO BE REPAIRED *TC