2002 ACURA TL Complaints

RECALL CAMPAIGN 99V089000; CONSUMER'S SON WAS INVOLVED IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RECALL. *BF *SC (LETTER FROM THE LAWYER, RICHARD KAUFMAN)*JB

TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP TWICE, CAR FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, AXLE BROKE 2ND TIME AS A RESULT, CAR STALLS, THIS IS A 2002 WITH ONLY 40K MILES!!! AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MADE BY HONDA!!*AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V176000 ON THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER ON NOVEMBER 2, 2004 AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL JANUARY 10, 2005. *JB

1. TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND JERKED THE CAR VIOLENTLY SEVERAL TIMES. 2. TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND AT 52,000 MILES. 3. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY DEALER.*AK

EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, THEN RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR THE TRANSMISSION. *BF THE PROBLM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *SC

BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED WITH SUCH LITTLE USAGE. THE FRONT AND REAR DISC BRAKES WERE REPLACED. *BF THE BRAKES WERE EXTREMELY WORN OUT PREMATURELY WHICH PROGRESSED TO METAL TO METAL CONTACT. THERE WAS SEVER PULSATION WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. *SC

SUDDEN TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFT AT CONSTANT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. NEAR MISS MULTIPLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT. TRANSMISSION SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED WITH REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *AK

NOISE WHEN GOING FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND REVERSE TO PARK. RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE AFTER TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACE. *BF *SC

I HAVE A 2002 ACURA TL TYPE S THAT HAS TWO DEFECTIVE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. TWO WEEKS AGO, TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED DUE TO A RECALL BY ACURA. NOW IT IS SLIPPING AGAIN. I HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS TO BE QUITE MAJOR.*AK I AM SCHEDULED TO RETURN THE CAR TO THE ACURA DEALER ON 12.1 TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AGAIN. HOWEVER, I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS RECURRING PROBLEM WITH BE QUITE PROBEMATIC AND HAS CASUED MY CAR TO NOW LONGER BE A SAFE AND RELIABLE MODE OF (EXPENSIVE) TRANSPORTATION. ONE ISSUE OF THE RECALL IS THAT THE SECOND GEAR CAN GET HOT AND CHIPPING AND COULD CAUSE THE TRANS TO LOCK UP RESULTING IN A CRASH. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT IN THE HOPES THAT I CAN GET SOME TYPE OF COMPENSATION FOR MY VEHICLE AND GET A DIFFERENT ONE.

IN FALL OF 2002, MY ACURA TL TYPE S STARTING HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. IT PROGRESSED FROM THERE BY NOT SHIFTING AT ALL WHILE ACCELERATING OR DOWNSHIFTING INTO A LOWER GEAR WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH AND CAUSING THE CAR TO JERK. FINALLY, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT COMPLETELY. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. IT WAS FINE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS BUT I DID NOTICE IT NOT SHIFTING AS SMOOTHLY AS IT HAD PREVIOUSLY. IN AUGUST 2004, THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT A RECALL WAS PLACED ON A PART IN THE TRANSMISSION HAVING TO DO WITH 2ND GEAR. AFTER THIS WAS REPLACED, MY TRANSMISSION WAS NEVER THE SAME. IT BEGAN SHIFTING VERY HARD FROM 2ND TO 3RD AND THEN WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR. IT WOULD MAKE A HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE SOMETIMES AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. THE VSA LIGHTS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON ALSO. THIS ALL STARTING OCCURRING TWO DAYS BEFORE OUR SCHEDULED APPT. WITH THE DEALER TO HAVE THE CAR LOOKED AT. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER (WHICH IS WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW AS I TYPE THIS LETTER) AND IT HAS TO HAVE A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION AGAIN! I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE READ ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS OTHER ACURA TL OWNERS HAVE WRITTEN AND MOST HAVE MISSED HAVING SERIOUS ACCIDENTS ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD. SOMETHING SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS.