2005 ACURA TL Complaints

TAKATA RECALL MY DASH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE CRACKED AND NOW ANOTHER CRACK IS STARTING FOR NO REASON. I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN GREAT CARE OF MY CAR AND DID NOT DO ANYTHING TO CAUSE IT TO CRACK AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AND DOESN'T GO OFF. I LOOKED IT UP BY VIN NUMBER AND DIDN'T SEE A RECALL BUT SAW OTHER COMPLAINTS JUST LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED.

KNOWN ISSUE WITH NO OFFICIAL RECALL. DASH BOARD CRACKS DIRECTLY ABOVE AIRBAG. STARTED WITH ON LARGE CRACK AND NOW THERE ARE TWO ABOVE AIRBAG. I HAVE 3 COWORKERS ALL WITH ACURA TL'S FROM 04-06 YEARS ALL WITH THE SAME CRACKS. DEALER IS MAKING DRIVERS RESPONSIBLE TO REPLACE WITH NO GUARANTEE IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. THERE ARE NUMEROUS ONLINE FORUMS AND FACEBOOK PAGE JUST REGARDS TO THIS ISSUE. SHOULD BE A RECALL.

IN THE ACURA 3.2 MOTORS, THE CYLINDERS HAVE OIL RELEASE HOLES THAT ARE NOT SMOOTH WHICH IS CAUSING METAL SHAVINGS TO GET STUCK, SHAVE AND DAMAGE THE CAM SHAFTS AND CAUSE MOTOR FAILURE. THEY ARE CAUSING SERIOUS GROOVES ON THE OUTER 2 CAM BEARINGS THAT HAVE THE LARGER RELEASE HOLES. MY MOTOR FAILED DUE TO THIS. I WAS DRIVING, CAR STOPPED RUNNING, I THOUGHT MY TIMING SLIPPED. I PULLED THE MOTOR APART AND MY CAM WAS SEIZED UP AFTER LOOKING INTO IT FURTHER. I ORDER A NEW MOTOR SAME YEAR, MAKE, MODEL, THINKING IT WAS JUST MY MOTOR. I PULLED THE NEW MOTOR APART AND I FOUND THE SAME ISSUE! THE CAM WAS GETTING SCORED DUE TO THE OIL RELEASE HOLE NOT BEING SMOOTH. I ALSO REALIZED THAT ON THE SIDE THAT WAS NOT GETTING DAMAGED IT HAD AN OIL SYLPH, AND WHICH THE SIDE THAT WAS GETTING DAMAGED DID NOT. *TR

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I PURCHASED 2005 ACURA TL AT PARAGON ACURA IN QUEENS ,NEW YORK. THAT TIME WHEN I PURCHASED THIS CAR WAS BRAND NEW CAR. JUST HAPPENED LAST YEAR THE DASHBOARD STARTED TO CRACK. BESIDE ALL OVER NEAR THE DASHBOARD AND NEARS TO THE AIRBAGS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SERIOUS STUFF AND WILL CAUSED ACCIDENT THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I CONTACTED NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THIS ISSUES. PLEASE NOTE THAT I ALSO OWN A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY AND THIS CAR THE DASHBOARD WERE FINE AS NEW. I'M SO DISAPPOINTED, I THOUGHT ACURA SHOULD BE BETTER THAN HONDA. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IS DASHBOARD CAN BE REPLACED WITH NO CHARGE OR RECALL PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PHOTO AGAIN REGARDS, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

BOTH FRONT SEATS AND THE DASHBOARD ARE EXTREMELY FULL OF CRACKS FOR A VEHICLE WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE AND ALWAYS WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

2005 ACURA TL FRONT SUSPENSIONS HAVE A DESIGN DEFECT WHICH PROMOTES FAILURE TO SUPPORT LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND LEADS TO LOSS OF STEERING. FIRST - THE COMPLIANCE BUSHING FOR THE LOWER CONTROL ARM FAILS ALLOWING THE STEEL CONTROL ARM TO CONTACT THE ALUMINUM SUB FRAME EXTENSION. THE SOFT SUB FRAME MATERIAL IS WORN OUT FROM CONTACT WITH THE HARD LOWER CONTROL ARM MATERIAL. EVENTUALLY, THE EXTENSION FROM THE SUB FRAME LOSES ITS ABILITY TO SUPPORT FORCES FROM THE LOWER CONTROL ARM AND FAILS. I WAS FORTUNATE TO AVOID A CATASTROPHIC EVENT WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED DURING AN ANNUAL STATE INSPECTION AND LEAD TO REPLACEMENT OF THE SUB FRAME AND COMPLIANCE BUSHINGS. FAILURE OF THE COMPLIANCE BUSHING IS NOT OBVIOUS TO THE DRIVER TO PROMOTE REPAIR ACTIONS; AS THERE ARE NO AUDIBLE OR DRIVING SIGNALS TO INDICATE THIS HAS OCCURRED. FAILURE OF THE COMPLIANCE BUSHING AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF THE ALUMINUM SUB FRAME WILL LEAD TO LOSS OF STEERING. MY CAR WAS STATIONARY AND ON A LIFT WHEN THE ISSUE WAS OBSERVED.

THE REAR VIEW MIRROR IN MY ACURA TL 2005 SUDDENLY BECAME HAZY AND STARTED LEAKING A BLACK / DARK GREEN FLUID WHICH PRODUCED A CHEMICAL TASTE IN MY MOUTH AN A SLIGHT SORE THROAT. I'M CONCERNED THE DRIPPING LIQUID IS TOXIC AND HARMFUL TO PASSENGERS IN ADDITION TO THE LOSS OF VISIBILITY. THIS DOES NOT FALL IN THE CATEGORY OF A WEAR OUT ITEM AND IT SHOULD NOT HARM INDIVIDUALS IN THE PROCESS. MY CAR WAS STATIONARY WHEN I NOTICED THE INITIAL LIQUID AT THE BOTTOM OF MY MIRROR.

MY 2005 ACURA TL DASHBOARD CRACKS SO MANY PLACES.. ESPECIALLY PASSENGER SIDE OF DASHBOARD. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IF THE AIRBAG POP OUT WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING THE ROAD. I PURCHASED THIS CAR BRAND NEW AT PARAGON ACURA , WOODSIDE,N.Y I HOPE THIS IS RECALL. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PHOTO. MY NAME: [XXX] PHONE: [XXX] EMAIL: [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY 2005 ACURA TL IS DEVELOPING CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD. ONE OF THE CRACKS OF MAJOR CONCERN IS THE ONE THAT IS FORMING ALONG THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. I AM AFRAID THAT THE CRACK WILL CAUSE THE AIRBAG TO MALFUNCTION! THE BAG MAY DEPLOY SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING, IT MAY DEPLOY UPWARDS RATHER THAN FORWARDS; IT MAY CAUSE THE DASH TO CRACK FURTHER AND SPRAY THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WITH DASH SHRAPNEL, OR THE CRACKS THEMSELVES MY PUNCTURE THE AIRBAG - EACH CAUSING A GREAT SAFETY CONCERN INCLUDING DEATH OR SEVERE INJURY. THE AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED TO APPEAR INTERMITTENTLY AFTER THE CRACKED FORMED AROUND THE AIRBAG. I AM AFRAID TO FILL THE CRACK AS THAT MAY ALSO AFFECT THE AIRBAG AND SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM IS SO WIDESPREAD THAT SOCIAL MEDIA GROUPS HAVE BEEN FORMED - SUCH AS ON FACEBOOK ( HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ACURATLDEFECTIVEDASH/POSTS/219662424726766 ). IT SEEMS TO AFFECT MANY OF THE ACURA TL MODELS 2004-2008. THE COMPANY SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND CREATE A RECALL DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THEIR PASSENGERS.

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. ONE CRACK IS RIGHT ABOVE THE AIRBAG. NOT SURE IF IT COULD CAUSE THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY? I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF ACURAS.