2004 ACURA TL Complaints

FLUID IN REAR VIEW MIRROR THAT ACTS AS ANTI-GLARE, LIQUEFIED AND LEAKED OUT OF MIRROR CASING. ANTI-GLARE CAPABILITY NO LONGER EXISTS, MAKING NIGHT VISION VIA REAR VIEW MIRROR TO BE OBSCURED BY BRIGHTNESS OF HEADLIGHTS OF OTHER VEHICLES, LIQUID ALSO VERY VISCOUS AND DIFFICULT TO REMOVE.

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. THE CAR IS TYPICALLY GARAGED KEPT. IT SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE RECTIFIED BY THE ACURA. I NOTICED MANY OTHER THIRD GENERATION ACURA TL OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE SEE HTTP://IREPORT.CNN.COM/DOCS/DOC-708135 AND HTTP://WWW.COMPLAINTSBOARD.COM/COMPLAINTS/2004-ACURA-TL-C363363.HTML

THE DASHBOARD IS STARTING TO CRACK OVER THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND I AM VERY SCARED THAT IT WILL DEPLOY WITHOUT WARNING INJURING MY PASSENGER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG HOUSING FRACTURED ALONG THE LOWER SECTION OF THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAG COULD DEPLOY INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT FLASHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR NEEDED TO BE RESET. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

TAKATA AIRBAG: VERY WIDE CRACK IN DASH ALONGSIDE THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AREA. DID NOT REALIZE SO MANY OTHERS HAD THE SAME CONCERN. TOYOTA HAS ACKNOWLEDGE THIS CONCERN AND IS REPLACING DASHES AND AIRBAG ASSEMBLIES AT NO CHARGE TO THE CUSTOMER. WHY WON'T HONDA STEP UP AND TAKE AS GOOD A CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS?

MAJOR CRACKS AROUND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG ON 2004 ACURA TL. APPARENTLY THOUSANDS OF OTHER TL OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS DEFECT. THE CRACKS APPEAR TO AFFECT THE AIRBAG FUNCTIONALITY. QUOTES IN TERMS OF REPLACEMENT ARE AROUND $1800. HOWEVER, THIS IS HAPPENING NOT DUE TO OWNER ERROR OR FAULT, BUT RATHER TO ALL ACURAS, GARAGE STORED AND OTHERWISE.

DASHBOARD AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG HAS CRACKED. CONCERN AROUND POTENTIAL IMPACT OR DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG. CRACKED OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED.

TAKADA RECALL I AM HOPING YOU CAN FIND OUT INFORMATION FOR 2004 TL OWNERS. HONDA AND ACURA'S FOR THE YEARS 2001-03 AND 05 AND BEYOND HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE TAKATA RECALL. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT 04 ACURA TLS HAVE AIRBAGS SOURCED FROM A COMPANY OTHER THAN TAKATA. AND I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND ANY RELIABLE INFORMATION OUT FROM ACURA OR HONDA. I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE 04 ACURA TLS ARE NOT LISTED IN THE RECALL, YET ACURA AND HONDA CARS IN THE YEARS BEFORE AND AFTER 04 ARE. I EVEN CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT HAVING A PROACTIVE AIR BAG REPLACEMENT EVEN THOUGH THE 04 ACURA TL IS CURRENTLY NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I WAS TOLD THEY COULD REPLACE THE AIRBAG, BUT THAT THE REPLACEMENT WOULD BE THE SAME AIRBAG THAT THE CAR WAS MANUFACTURED WITH. I WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED WHY ACURA/HONDA IS CONVINCED THAT THE 2004 ACURA TLS DO NOT NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. ANY HELP THE GOVERNMENT CAN PROVIDE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANKS.

LARGE CRACK APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD TODAY. I GOOGLED AND FOUND OUT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF ACURA TLS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. BUT THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT DONE A RECALL. I CALLED ACURA CLIENT RELATIONS AS WELL AS DEALER. THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING. THE CRACK DASHBOARD IS A SAFETY CONCERN AS THE SRS AIRBAG SITS BEHIND THAT AND CAN EXPLODE.