2004 ACURA TL Complaints

04 ACURA TL 73000 MILES HAS CRACKS AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. CRACKS HAVE SINCE SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE DASH. THE SRS LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME SINCE THE CRACKS STARTED.

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2004 ACURA TL AND THE DASH BOARD HAS CRACKED ON DRIVERS SIDE, THE CRACKS ARE SHAPED LIKE A T AN ARE APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES IN LENGTH. ACURE SHOULD REPLACE THIS DEFECTIVE DASH BOARD. *TR

2004 ACURA TL DEFECTIVE DASH - IT WAS NOTICED DASHBOARD CRACKS ESPECIALLY ONE DEVELOPED WHERE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS SUPPOSED TO DEPLOY. IT IS REQUESTED TO CONSIDER THIS AS A SAFETY HAZARD, BECAUSE IT CAN AFFECT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THIS SAFETY EQUIPMENT IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE IS PARKED MOST OF THE TIME INSIDE A GARAGE, SO IT CANNOT BE EXPLAINED WHY THE CRACKS OCCURRED. *TR

I DRIVE A 2004 ACURA TL AND AROUND SEPTEMBER OF 2010, MY DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING AROUND THE AREA WHERE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IS LOCATED. SINCE THEN, THE CRACK HAS SPREAD AND THE DASH HAS STARTED CRACKING IN TWO OTHER PLACES. I WAS IN NO ACCIDENT AROUND THIS TIME AND ALWAYS PARKED IN THE SHADE OR IN A GARAGE. *TR

THE DASHBOARD STARTED TO CRACK ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND HAS CONTINUED TO DO SO. VEHICLE IS MAINTAINED ON A REGULAR BASIS. DASHBOARD IS CONTINUALLY TREATED WITH PROTECTIVE LOTIONS, STORED IN A GARAGE AND PARKED IN SHADE. THERE ARE NOW 5 CRACKS IN THE DASH AND I HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE OWNERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS A LUXURY CAR THAT HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF. I WOULD CONSIDER THIS TO BE A RECALL ISSUE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE TWO CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD BY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THERE WAS NOT A LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BUT HE WAS CONCERNED THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY IF INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

I HAVE 7 CRACKS IN THE DASH OF MY 2004 ACURA TL. IT STARTED WITH 2 LONG CRACKS, ONE OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ONE IN THE PASSENGER AIR BAG COVER. OVER THE PAST 13 MONTHS 5 MORE CRACKS HAVE APPEARED IN THE DASH BETWEEN THE FIRST 2 ORIGINAL CRACKS. THESE CRACKS ARE UNSIGHTLY AND MAY BE A SAFETY HAZARD SINCE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG COVER IS INVOLVED. *TR

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER TO THE WHEELS WHILE DRIVING. WHEN I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR THE ENGINE RPMS WOULD INCREASE BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR SPEED UP. THIS FIRST HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET. HAD I BEEN MAKING A LEFT TURN WITH ON-COMING TRAFFIC IT COULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS. THIS APPEARED TO BE CAUSED BY A SLIPPING TRANSMISSION. IT OCCURRED UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE WERE WARM (AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL MILES). I LATER FOUND THAT AFTER THE CAR HAD COOLED, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD BEHAVE NORMALLY UNTIL IT GOT WARM AGAIN. FIRST THEY SAID MY TRANSMISSION FLUID NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THEY DID THAT AND SAID THE CAR WAS RUNNING NORMALLY AGAIN. I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE SAME LOSS OF POWER WITHIN A FEW MILES. I LET THE CAR COOL DOWN AND THEN RETURNED TO THE DEALER. THEY THEN DIAGNOSED IT AS TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITH A FACTORY REBUILT TRANSMISSION AT THE DEALERSHIP AT MY EXPENSE. MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED 3,000 MILES EARLIER. *TR

2004 ACURA TL POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK. DEALER STATED NOT RELATED TO RECALL REGARDING POWER STEERING HOSE PROBLEM WHICH WAS APPARENTLY REPAIRED UNDER RECALL ALREADY. ACURA DEALER REPAIRED POWER STEERING PUMP AND CHARGED OVER $600 FOR REPAIR. FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO POWER IN STEERING, LOUD NOISE GRINDING WHEN STARTING ENGINE AND FOR PERIOD WHILE DRIVING AT BEGINNING OF DRIVING EACH TIME. *TR

MY 2004 ACURA TL WAS PARKED DURING AN ICE STORM IN RALEIGH, NC, LAST WEEK. WHEN I RETURNED TO MY CAR AND STARTED IT ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2011, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT COME ON. I CHECKED THE FUSES AND DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM THERE. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALER FOR OIL CHANGE, BRAKE PADS, AND TO CHECK THE WIPERS THIS MORNING. I LOOKED ON THIS WEBSITE AND FOUND OUT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL IN 2008 OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE RECALL SERVICE HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE IN 2008. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SOMETHING ELSE IS WRONG IF THE MOTOR HAS FAILED AGAIN. THIS IS COSTING ME ABOUT $380 AND AM WONDERING IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO TO RECOUP THE MONEY FOR THIS REPAIR. IS IT NOT LIKELY THAT THIS PROBLEM IS RELATED TO THE PREVIOUS PROBLEM FOR WHICH THE CAR WAS RECALLED? THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS PRIOR TO MY TRIP, AND THE CAR SAT IN THE SAME SPOT FROM SATURDAY NIGHT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. *TR