2000 ACURA TL Complaints

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO DEALERSHIP ON 5 OCCASIONS DUE TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATING.*JB

ON MY 2000 ACURA 3.2TL IS SLIPPING AT 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. THIS OCCURS ONLY AT LOW SPEEDS. THE TRANSMISSON HAS NO FAILURES AT ANY OTHER SPEEDS OR GEARS.

WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SINCE 15,000 MILES AND HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP A NUMBER OF TIMES TO FIX THE PROBLEM, ONLY TO HEAR THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE HESITATION OR SLIPPING WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS, HAS GOTTEN SO BAD, WE ARE AFRAID TO JUMP OUT IN TRAFFIC. ON TWO OCCASIONS THE TRANSMISSION HAS LOCKED UP IN SECOND GEAR CAUSING US TO PULL OVER, PUT IT IN PARK PRIOR TO PROCEEDING. A FAIR AMOUNT OF INTERNET RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THE A LARGE NUMBER OF TL & CL OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION FAILURES. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR A $32, 000 CAR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT WILL COME ON UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND SRS SAFETY RESISTANT HAD BEEN RESETED FEW TIMES, BUT LIGHT STILL COMES ON. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A 40 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, BOTH,FRONTAL AND SIDE AIR BAGS, DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NO APPARENT EXTERNAL DAMAGE (APART FROM A TINY GRAIN-OF-SAND SIZE INDENTATION THAT COULD BE PART OF THE CRACK ITSELF. NO RECOLLECTION OF BEING STRUCK BY A STONE. LOCATION OF CRACK NEAR AIR VENT AT DRIVER LOWER SIDE SUGGESTS TEMPERATURE CHANGE: DEFROSTER OR A/C MAY HAVE CAUSED THE CRACK. *AK

MANUFACTURER UNABLE TO REPAIR DEFECTIVE SRS (AIRBAG) SYSTEM AFTER MORE THAN 8 ATTEMPTS. DECEPTIVE PRACTICES USED BY DEALER REPRESENTATIVE ( LIED ABOUT ROOT CAUSE EVEN THOUGH TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS HAD BEEN ISSUED ON THE PROBLEM). *AK

WHEN DRIVING HAD CELL PHONE ON, AND INTERIOR AIRBAG LIGHT WILL COME ON WARNING FOR DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

BRAKES EXHIBITED VIBRATION DURING BRAKING; APPEARS ROTORS WENT OUT OF ROUND PREMATURELY; DEALERSHIP GAVE "1 TIME" GOODWILL GESTURE AND MACHINED ROTORS AND REPLACED PADS ON FRONT BRAKES AT NO CHARGE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, GOING UP TO 110 MPH AND WOULD HAVE CONTINUED HIGHER. CONSUMER HAD TO STAND ON BRAKES TO GET VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN TO 70 MPH, WHEN SHE TURNED VEHICLE OFF. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THROTTLE PLATE COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS DEFECT, AND THAT COMPONENT WAS CURRENTLY ON BACKORDER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK