2006 ACURA TL Complaints

VEHICLE AIRBAG MAY BE COMPROMISED. DASHBOARD HAS BEGUN CRACKING ACROSS PASSENGER AIRBAG AREA. TWO LARGE CRACKS RUNNING FROM FRONT TO BACK OF DASHBOARD. AS THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR PASSENGER SAFETY SHOULD THE AIRBAG DEPLOY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT AND MILEAGE IS ONLY 70K. THIS HAS TO BE A VEHICLE DEFECT.

DASH AROUND PASS AIRBAG INDENTION IS CRACKING BADLY FROM AIRBAG TO WINDSHIELD AND DOWN TO GLOVEBOX. OVERNIGHT IT APPEARED WHILE PARKED. I FEEL AS IF I WAS IN A ACCIDENT AND AIRBAG DEPLOYED PIECES OF DASH COULD FLY OUT AND HURT SOMEONE. CAR IS VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF. ACURA SAYS THEY WILL FIX FOR $2000. SEEMS ITS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE REPAIRED . HAVE A COUPLE FRIENDS WITH SAME CARE ALL DOING EXACTLY THE SAME THING

I NEED TO FILE A COMPLAINT AFTER PURCHASING MY ACURA TL 2006 A FEW WEEKS LATER MY DASH BOARD STARTED TO CRACK REALLY BAD CONTACTED ACURA REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND ALL THEY RESPONDED WAS THEY COULD REPLACE IT FOR A COST. THIS IS REALLY DISAPPOINTING DUE TO READING SIMILAR COMPLAINS ONLINE FOR THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHER OWNERS THIS SHOULD DIFFINITELY BE A RECALL THIS IS CRACKING WHERE THE AIR BAG IS. ANOTHER COMPLAIN IF THE CAR IS LEFT WITH OUT TURNING THE IGNITION ON FOR MORE THEN A DAY THE CAR WILL NOT START I THEN NEED TO JUMP START IT TO HAVE IT RUN AGAIN EVERY WEEK I'VE ALSO READ THIS IS HAPPENING TO OTHER ACURA OWNERS AS WELL THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHICH IS VERY INCONVENIENT FOR ME AND OTHER ACURA CAR OWNERS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO FIX THIS ISSUE AS WELL. PLEASE HELP ME AND OTHER ACURA OWNERS WITH THIS CONSTANT PROBLEM AND MAKING ACURA ACCOUNTABLE FOR BAD MANUFACTURING.

PASSENGER AIRBAG IS ATTACHED TO THE DASH BOARD. DASH BOARD HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS THAT HAVE A CONCERN IT MAY EITHER NOT DEPLOY WHEN THERE IS ACCIDENT OR PLASTIC PARTS MAY FLY OFF.

BEGINNING IN MAY 2016, THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2016 ACURA TL BEGAN TO CRACK. THE CRACK PROPAGATES ALONG THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT BREAKAWAY SEAM LOCATED ON TOP OF THE DASHBOARD. THE CRACKING OCCURS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR. THIS IS LOCATION ON THE DASHBOARD THAT THE AIR BAG DEPLOYS IN THE EVENT OF A SUBSTANTIAL COLLISION. MY CONCERN IS THAT DUST, DEBRIS AND POSSIBLY CONDENSATION OR LIQUID CAN DROP INTO THE AIR BAG COMPARTMENT THEREBY NEGATIVELY EFFECTING THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG OR RENDERING THE AIR BAG INOPERABLE. THE CRACKING IS CONTINUING TO PROPAGATE ALONG THE SEAM OF THE AIR BAG COMPARTMENT. EVENTUALLY, THE ENTIRE AIR BAG COULD BE COMPLETELY EXPOSED.

DASHBOARD CRACKED AROUND FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG FOR NO REASON WHEN I WAS IN PARKING LOT, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN I HAVE MY KIDS WITH ME IN THE CAR, THE AIRBAG MIGHT NOT WORK PROPERLY BECAUSE DASHBOARD NOT PROTECTING IT ACCORDINGLY, MY CAR IS ALWAYS IN THE GARAGE AND VERY WELL TAKING CAR OF, THIS IS A LUXURY CAR AND EXPENSIVE, ACURA SHOULD BE 100% RESPONSIBLE IN REPLACING DASHBOARD TO AVOID POSSIBLE AIRBAG MALFUNCTION. I HOPE YOU GUYS REALLY CONSIDER THIS CLAIM BECAUSE ITS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE WITH SO MANY ACURA TL OWNERS.

THE "CHECK TPMS" WARNING LIGHT KEEPS ON COMING ON AND OFF IRREGULARLY, AND THE TPMS DISPLAYS VERY WRONG TIRE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT NUMBERS. I CHECKED THE TIRES MANUALLY, AND READ THEIR PRESSURE ALL AROUND 33 PSI WHILE THE TPMS DISPLAYED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE PRESSURE AS 58 PSI.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 ACURA TL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART, BUT THE FAILURE RECCURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

INITIALLY, DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD, IN JUNE 2009, PORTION OF THE DASHBOARD ABOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG FADED FROM BLACK TO A LIGHT GRAY INDICATING SOME SORT OF DECOMPOSITION. THE DEALER DYED THE PLASTIC BLACK AGAIN. LAST YEAR, A LONG CRACK APPEARRED IN THE DASHBOARD IN THE SAME AREA RUNNING FROM FRONT TO BACK. THIS SUMMER A LONG SECOND CRACK S APPEARED POSSIBLY OUTLINING THE CONTOUR OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG COMPARTMENT. THIS WEEK, A THIRD CRACK HAS STARTED IN THE CENTER OF THE DASHBOARD. A QUICK SEARCH ON THE INTERNET REVEALS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR OWNERS OF THIRD GENERATION ACURA TL VEHICLES AND MAY REPRESENT A MATERIAL OR QUALITY ISSUE. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT INCREASED BRITTLENEBRITR LOSS OF INTEGRITY OF THE DASHBOARD MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG ALLOWING MATERIAL TO BE EJECTED WHEN THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS. I HAVE USED DASH "SHADES" TO PROTECT THE DASH FROM SUN EXPOSURE OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PRIOR VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD DETERIORATE IN THIS MANNER. THIS COULD BE SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS OCCURRING IN TOYOTA DASHBOARDS AND THEIR RECALL AS THIS IS IN HIGH TEMPERATURE/HUMID ENVIRONMENT. ACURA DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THIS A PROBLEM BECAUSE MANY OF THE COMPLAINTS OUT CLAIMS ARE OUT OF WARRANTY.

2006 ACURA TL WITH DASHBOARD CRACKING AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. HAVE SEEN THOUSANDS OF EXAMPLES ONLINE OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE BUT ACURA REFUSES TO ADDRESS OR ADMIT TO IT. CNN EVEN REPORTED IT, AGAIN NO RESPONSE FROM ACURA. CONCERNED ABOUT PROPER DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG (OR DEPLOYMENT AT ALL), ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THE MODEL YEARS THAT ARE HAVING THE ISSUES ARE THE THIRD GENERATION TL (MODEL YEARS 2004-2008) AND ALL TL IN THE SURROUNDING YEARS (1999-2003 AND 2009-PRESENT) ARE A PART OF THE TAKATA RECALL. ACURA HAS STATED THAT REPLACEMENT COST IS $2000 - CONSIDERING ITS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURE DEFECT AND POSSIBLY A SAFETY ISSUE, ONE WOULD THINK THEY WOULD STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND ADMIT FAULT. THIS IS MY THIRD ACURA VEHICLE OWNED.