2011 ACURA TSX Complaints

WHEN STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. CAR DID NOT HAVE POWER STEERING. TURNED CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON. WARNED LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AND NOT POWER STEERING. TURNED CAR OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 MINUTES, WARNING LIGHTS DID NOT COME BACK ON AND POWER STEERING SEEMED TO BE WORKING. PULLED CAR INTO PARKING LOT AND DROVE AROUND PARKING LOT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. POWER STEERING WORKING AND NOT WARNING LIGHTS ON. PULLED BACK ON MAIN ROAD (9:30 P.M.) AND WHEN REACHED APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, WARNING LIGHTS CAME BACK AND NOT POWER STEERING IN CAR. PULL OVER AND HAD CAR TOWED IN FOR SERVICE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 ACURA TSX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT CALLED ACURA OF HONOLULU AT 808-829-3073 (3251 N NIMITZ HWY, HONOLULU, HI 96819), BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE OR RETURN CALL FROM THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000.

I AM INSTALLING A THIRD EPS MODULE AND THEY KEEP FAILING. ACURA NEEDS TO INITIATE A RECALL FOR THE POWER STEERING ISSUE. THERE ARE SOME MANY PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE.

I HAD RETURNED HOME FROM VISITING MY DAUGHTER, AND PARKED MY CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY. THIRTY MINUTES LATER I RETURNED TO MY CAR TO DRIVE IT TO TOWN AND THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR WAS LIT UP. I HAD LOST POWER STEERING. CAR IS SEVEN YEARS OLD WITH 100K MILES. I TOOK IT TO HONDA DEALER SINCE WE DON'T HAVE AN ACURA DEALER. THEY QUOTED ME 3K TO REPAIR. I SAID THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE. SHORT OF REPLACING THE ENGINE IN A CAR, NO REPAIR SHOULD COST THAT. I BOUGHT ACURA BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY WERE RELIABLE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. SERVICE PERSON SUGGESTED I TRADE IT IN INSTEAD OF PUTTING THAT MUCH INTO IT. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!! SO, I GUESS I WILL BE DRIVING WITHOUT POWER STEERING.

STEERING WHEEL CLICKS WHEN I TURN AND WHEN I START MY CAR UP AFTER LETTING IT SIT FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, IT MAKES A RATTLE SOUND IN THE ENGINE. THE RATTLE SOUND IS THE SOUND A ENGINE MAKE WHEN THE OIL IS LOW OR NOT GETTING TO THE PISTONS.

THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR AND ALTHOUGH ITS A 2011 IT ONLY HAS ABOUT 60,000 MILES. RECENTLY WE WERE DRIVING DOWN AN INTERSTATE (WITH OUR TWO CHILDREN) AND THE "CHECK POWER STEERING" MESSAGE CAME ON THE DIGITAL DISPLAY, AND RIGHT AFTER THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN/LOCKED UP. WE PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AT THE NEXT EXIT AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT, AS IT SUGGESTED - AND IT FIXED IT TEMPORARILY. BUT IT DID THE SAME THING TWO MORE TIMES ON SECONDARY ROADS AS WE LIMPED THE CAR HOME. LUCKILY WE WERENT FAR AWAY. HER MECHANIC REPLACED THE ENTIRE EPS (ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING) SYSTEM, WHICH WAS PRETTY EXPENSIVE - BUT THIS SEEMS LIKE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE SINCE WE WERE MOVING AT ABOUT 65MPH WHEN IT OCCURRED. IM LOOKING INTO IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL SINCE THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ON HERE STATING THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THEM.

MY CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AND AND INDICATOR CAME ON STATING "CHECK POWER STEERING." THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WENT ON MY WAY, HOPING IT WAS A TEMPORARY PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY THE NEXT TIME I TURNED ON MY CAR. BUT 3 DAYS LATER, THE VAR DID THE SAME THING WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT. THIS TIME, IT NEVER WENT AWAY. THE CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN, AND WAS TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. MY MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM FREQUENTLY FAILED ON 2011 ACURA TSX'S. WHEN I SEARCHED FOR "2011 ACURA TSX STEERING FAILURE," I ALSO NOTICED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED FREQUENTLY AND HAS CAUSED A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS--THE POWER STEERING HAS FAILED WHILE PEOPLE WERE DRIVING. MY MECHANIC ORDERED A NEW POWER STEERING COMPUTER FOR MY CAR, BUT THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. AT THIS POINT, IT APPEARS THE ENTIRE STEERING RACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, WHICH WILL COST $5,000-$6000.

TAKATA RECALL. AFTER A STOP AND GO IN TRAFFIC THERE IS A HESITATION WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL. AFTER THE COMPUTER IS RESET IT'S FINE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS.

FIRST SEAT LEATHER ON BACK BUSTED ON BOTH FRONT SEATS AS WELL AS THE LEATHER ON DRIVER'S DOOR REST. I HAVE HAD MOTOR ISSUES, LEATHER ON DOOR PANEL PUCKED. AURA DEALERSHIP FIXED THE MOTOR AND , ONE OF THE BUSTED SEAT AND THE DOOR PANEL. THE DRIVE SEAT BUSTED IN 2013, PASSENGER 2016 AND THE DRIVER'S 2015. I'VE NEVER OWNER AND CAR WITH SOME MANY ISSUES.

THE STEERING WENT OUT IN MY CAR WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. MY CAR IS 6 YEARS OLD WITH 100,000 MILES AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING MODULE FOR $1300. THIS SEEMS ODD TO ME FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IN A NEWER CAR.