2003 ACURA TL Complaints

WHILE GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, PAUSING TO LET ANOTHER VEHICLE PASS. THEN, TRANSMISSION FAILED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK

I OWN A 2003 ACURA TL TYPE S. RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE CEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEED A RECALL DONE. WHAT THEY DID WAS INSTALL AN OIL JET TO LUBRICATE THE 2ND GEAR BETTER.(2ND GEAR IS THE SUPPOSED CAUSE OF FAILURE) . AFTER THE OIL JET WAS INSTALLED THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT I WOULD NEED A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. I WAS OUTRAGED. I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DESIGN FLAW. ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP THE TRANSMISSION FLAT OUT DIED. THE CAR WOULDNT SHIFT GEARS AND I HAVE TO DRIVE IT HOME IN 2ND GEAR. I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO, I AM IN NO FINANCIAL POSITION TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION.*AK

WITHIN 1 WEEK OF TAKING DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SHOWING SIGNS OF A PROBLEM. *NM RECALL CAMPAIGN : 04V176000. WHILE DRIVING IN FIFTH GEAR THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HESITATE AND FEEL LIKE IT WAS HUNTING BETWEEN GEARS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUTTER. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS THE SAME AS THE FIRST AND INCLUDED THE ENGINE REVVING AS THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS IN D5 IN AUTOMATIC MODE. THE VEHICLE COASTED TO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED. REGARDLESS OF WHAT GEAR THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN NO POWER WENT TO THE FRONT WHEELS. THE CONSUMER SMELLED A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AGAIN AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. *TC *JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT BE DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V176000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. AFTER HAVING REVISING THE OIL COOLER RETURN LINE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. *AK

FAULTY NO BENT OR SCRATCHED ON RIM. SHOULD BE REIMBURSE FOR TIRE. *BF THE VEHICLE TIRE HAD A RIP IN THE INSIDE WALL. THE CONSUMER WANTED TO BE REIMBURSED. *TC

I TOOK MY ACURA TL-S 2003 IN FOR THE 30,000 MILE SERVICE ON OCTOBER 27, 2004. AT THIS TIME I WAS INFORMED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD BE EXAMINED FOR DAMAGE DUE TO INCORRECT LUBRICATION. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE RECALL BEFORE THIS. THE EXAMINATION WAS DONE, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION LOOKED FINE AND THEY HAD INSTALLED AN OIL JET KIT. ON NOVEMBER4, 2004 MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC HOME. THE TRANSMISSION APPEARED TO LOCK CAUSING A SUDDEN DECELERATION THEN ALTERNATED BETWEEN SLIPPING AND LOCKING. LUCKILY I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY WHERE IF THIS HAD HAPPENED, I AM CONVINCED I WOULD HAVE HAD A BAD ACCIDENT. AS IT WAS I NEARLY WAS REAR ENDED BY AN UNSUSPECTING MOTORIST BEHIND ME (IT WAS DARK OUTSIDE AND OF COURSE MY BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT ALERT THAT MOTORIST). THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM VSA OFF LIGHT LIT UP. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO ACURA WHERE THEY "CONDEMNED" THE TRANSMISSION. THEY TOLD ME THEY WILL BE PUTTING A REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING SINCE THEY LOOKED AT MY PREVIOUS ONE, MADE THE CHANGES THAT THEY BELIEVE WILL FIX THE PROBLEM, AND THEN MY TRANSMISSION STILL FAILED. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BY THIS PROBLEM, SOONER OR LATER!*AK

A PLUG FELL OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL HOLDING THE PLASTIC BODY MATERIAL TO THE FENDER. IT FELL OUT AND CAUSED ME TO FIND A METAL SCREW TO HOLD IT IN PLACE, I WENT TO THE DEALER TO SEE IF THEY WOULD REPAIR/GIVE ME A NEW PLUG, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST ME $254,00 & LABOR AND AN AUTO BDY SHOP TO PUT IT ON. HOW LUDICROUS CAN THAT BE. AM I WRONG IT MY CHALLENGE TO THE DEALER.*AK

TWICE, MY ACURA TL HAS SLOWED DRASTICALLY AS I WAS DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED IN THE FREEWAY FAST LANE. BOTH TIMES I PULLED INTO THE RIGHT LANE, AND BY THEN THE CAR SEEMED TO BE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I CALLED THE CAR DEALER AFTER THE SECOND INCIDENT AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD "NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT." MY INTERNET RESEARCH FOUND THE NHTSA INVESTIGATION OF ACURA TL TRANSMISSIONS. I CALLED THE DEALER AGAIN, AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO INPSECT THE TRANSMISSION.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. AFTER PICKING THE VEHICLE UP, THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE. *JB