2004 ACURA TL Complaints

2004 ACURA TL HAS CRACKED DASHBOARD. CRACK FIRST APPEARED AFTER DEALER SERVICED VEHICLE FOR SPEAKER SOUND DISTORTION. CRACK SPREAD FROM CENTER DASH SPEAKER TO ABOVE INSTRUMENT PANEL BEHIND STEERING WHEEL. *TR

2004 ACURA TL SEDAN DASHBOARD CRACKS AND SPLITS AROUND PASSENGER AIRBAG. SRS WARNING LIGHT BECOMES ILLUMINATED AFTERWARDS. CONCERN OVER PROPER AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. *TR

2004 ACURA TL DASH BEGAN CRACKING OVER PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AT 100K MILES, NOW AT 140K DASH IS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES - SERIOUS SAFETY RISK AND FAULTY EQUIPMENT. *TR

2004 ACURA TL - DASH HAS A 2' CRASH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE RUNNING TOP TO BOTTOM AND INTO SRS AIRBAG AREA. CRACK STARTED AT 90, 000 MILES. DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM BUT SINCE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY WANTS $580.00 TO FIX. THIS CRACK MAY SERIOUSLY AFFECT AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT ON PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

ACURA TL 2004 CRACKED DASHBOARD OVER AIR BAG AND MULTIPLE OTHER SPOTS. I AM VERY CONCERNED THIS COULD CAUSE ISSUES WITH THE AIRBAG. I WAS INFORMED BY A DASH BOARD REPAIR MAN THAT HE COULD NOT FIXES THE CRACKS OVER THE AIR BAG. HE STATE IT WOULD NOT BE SAFE FOR HIM OR IF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. ACURA SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE DASH BOARD ON THE 04 ACURA TL'S. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE. THERE IS EVEN A FACEBOOK SITE WHERE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM HAVE SIGNED UP. I CALL ACURA ABOUT THIS DEFECT AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NOT THERE PROBLEM OR FAULT. I COULD PAY TO GET IF FIXED FOR OVER $2,000.00. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THERE IS NO PROOF THAT IT COULD CAUSE THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY. *TR

I AM WRITING ABOUT MY 2004 ACURA TL AND HAVING A CRACKED DASH AND MIGHT HAVE A SAFETY ISSUE CONCERNING THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG. *TR

CRACKS IN DASHBOARD ABOVE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG BEGAN APPEARING JUST OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY PERIOD. CRACKING IS SEVERE AND COULD IMPARE/CUT THE AIRBAG ON DEPLOYMENT. *TR

2004 ACURA TL - DASHBOARD CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES AND STILL SPREADING. CAR HAS LESS THAN 47K MILES. NOTICED FIRST CRACK EARLIER IN 2010 NEAR THE CENTER SPEAKER ON THE DASH. IT SPREAD ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT WINDSHIELD THEN ACROSS AND OVER THE GAUGES. JUST NOTICED ANOTHER CRACK 2 DAYS AGO, BUT THIS TIME ITS ON THE DASH RIGHT ABOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND FOUND THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE EXACT SAME PLACES. THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING THE CRACKS SEALED AT AN UPHOLSTERY PLACE AND THEN COVERING THE DASH WITH A COVER BECAUSE ITS SO UNSIGHTLY, BUT CALLED THE LOCAL ACURA DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE IT MIGHT AFFECT HOW THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS IN A CRASH. SO FAR THEIR SOLUTION IS TO BRING IT IN AND SPEAK TO A FACTORY REP. THEY MAY BE ABLE TO REPLACE IT AT A PERCENTAGE OF THE COST, BUT IT WILL STILL BE EXPENSIVE. IT IS AN OBVIOUS AND KNOWN DEFECT, BUT WHEN I CALLED ACURA CORPORATE CUSTOMER CARE AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CRACKS THEY SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT HERE... *TR

TWO PARALLEL CRACKS IN MY PASSENGER DASHBOARD ALONG THE SIDES OF THE AIRBAG. STARTED WITH ONE CRACK AND THEN 6 MONTHS LATER ANOTHER CRACK APPEARED. CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY AND DEPLOYMENT FUNCTION OF THE AIRBAG IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AT THE PASSENGER SIDE, RIGHT WHERE THE AIR BAG IS LOCATED. I AM CONCERNED IT WOULD CAUSE THE AIR BAG TO NOT DEPLOY CORRECTLY. *TR