2012 ACURA TSX Complaints

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE 2012 ACURA TSX THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN THE "CHECK POWER STEERING SYSTEM" LIGHT WENT OFF ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER, HOWEVER, SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE TECHS AT THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE AND WE TOOK POSSESSION OF THE CAR AGAIN. THE WARNING AND DIFFICULTY STEERING OCCURRED TWO DAYS LATER. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP POWER STEERING CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $1,385. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER SAFELY, BUT COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ISSUE IF IT HAD OCCURRED AT A HIGH SPEED OR TURNING IN A BUSY INTERSECTION. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AS IT IS A FAIRLY COMMON COMPLAINT ON CARCOMPLAINTS.COM.

TURNED CAR ON TO LEAVE WORK FOR THE DAY AND RECEIVED A MESSAGE ON MY DASH SAYING POWER STEERING ERROR. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THE EPS MODULE FAILED.

ACURA TSX POWER STEERING FAILURE WHILE DRIVING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, WARNING LIGHT APPEARED AND POWER STEERING FAILED. I CONTACTED ACURA AND ADVISED OF ALL THE SIMILAR PROBLEMS OTHER HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THE EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE. DUE TO IT BEING JUST A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL SOMEONE IS KILLED, I DEMANDED THEY PAY TO REPAIR THE STEERING. THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED BACK TO MY REQUEST. I CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP WITH MY CLAIM. I HOPE THIS COMPLAINT RESULTS IN A RECALL NOT FOR JUST ME BUT TO SAVE THE LIFE OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN DRIVING AROUND WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT COULD KILL THEM ON THE HIGHWAY OR ANY ROADAND AND THEY HAVE NO NOTICE AND DON'T EVEN KNOW. I AM GRATEFUL MY FAMILY IS STILL ALIVE.

ON MY WAY TO AN APPOINTMENT THE 'CHECK POWER STEERING SYSTEM' WARNING LIGHT CAME ON'I MADE IT HOME BUT HAD A HARD TIME TURNING THE STERRING WHEEL'I CHECKED IT LATER ON THAT DAY & THE LIGHT WAS NOT ON. THEREFORE, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE AGAIN FOR A FEW DAYS WITH NO PROBLEM. 6/8/18, ON MY WAY HOME AGAIN, THE LIGHT CAME ON & WILL NOT GO OFF. BOTH TIMES I WAS ONLY DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH. THE LOCAL ACURA DEALER ADVISED ME TODAY (6/11) THE EPS UNIT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED & ESTIMATE TO REPLACE IT $1639. I DID MY RESEARCH & WHAT DO I SEE, TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. BOTH TIMES I WAS IN THE CITY & GOING NO MORE THAN 40 MPH.

2012 ACURA TSX 100K MILES EXTREMELY WELL MAINTAINED. SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING WORK YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING ON A VERY BUSY STREET(45 MPH ZONE) IN RUSH HOUR AND LOST COMPLETE STEERING CONTROL. THE CAR WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER. LOST ALL POWER STEERING ASSIST. I PROCEEDED TO PULL IN TO A PARKING LOT, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN AND STEERING ASSIST WAS BACK. CONTINUED ON MY DRIVE HOME AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE IN MOTION 45 MPH. PULLED OFF THE ROAD, CYCLED THE IGNITION AGAIN AND POWER ASSIST WAS BACK. THANKFULLY I WAS NOT MID TURN WHEN THIS HAPPENED OR AN ACCIDENT VERY WELL COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE GAVE NO WARNING WHATSOEVER BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. VERY DANGEROUS. MY HUSBAND IS A ASE CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AGAIN SINCE IT HAS HAPPENED, SO HE IS CURRENTLY NOT ABLE TO PIN POINT IF ITS THE EPS MODULE, STEERING GEAR, OR TORQUE SENSOR. WE DON'T WANT TO THROW A $1200 PART AT IT BASED ON A GUESS. THIS IS WAY TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ON SUCH A SERIOUS ISSUE FOR HONDA NOT TO HAVE ISSUED A RECALL. TOYOTA WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THIS LIKE WHITE ON RICE. WE BOUGHT A HONDA FOR A REASON, RELIABILITY. CURRENTLY ITS A NERVE RACKING CAR TO DRIVE WITH THE POTENTIAL OF CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER HONDAS/ACURAS USING THIS SAME EPS SYSTEM. PLEASE SUBMIT THIS TO HONDA.

MY CAR WAS DRIVING NICE, I STOPPED AT THE GAS STATION AND AFTER I FINISH I TURNED IT ON AND POWER STEERING LIGHT GOES ON, I DIDNT KNOW WHATS THE PROBLEM SO I TRIED TO MOVE MY CAR AND I FOUND THAT THE STEERING WAS HARD TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT IT FEELS WORTH THAN A CAR WITH NO POWER STEERING THANKS GOD THE HIGH WAY WAS NOT BUSY BECAUSE ITS HARD TO CONTROL IT I DROVE IT SLOWLY TO GUNN ACURA IT WAS A MILE FROM WHERE I AM, AND THEY SAID IT POWER STEERING MODULE (MOTOR) AND IT COST ME $2000. MY CAR HAS 70 000 MILE, I CHECK AROUND THE NET AND I FOUND MOST TO ALL PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS ON 68 000 MILE TO 71 000 MILE.

I HAD JUST PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND MY CHECK POWER STEERING SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL, AND THEREFORE, DRIVE THE CAR. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW EPS SYSTEM TO THE TUNE OF $1,550! THIS HAS BEEN A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND I FEEL IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED! FORTUNATELY, FOR ME, I WAS NOT DRIVING WHILE IT HAPPENED. SO MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING, WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! WHY HAS ACURA NOT RECALLED AND FIXED THIS PROBLEM???!!

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MODULE (EPS) FAILED AT 90,0000 MILES. RESEARCH ONLINE AT OTHER WEBSITES REVEALED THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THE LOCAL ACURA DEALERS QUOTED 1400 FOR THE REPAIR. MY WIFE STARTED THE CAR ONE DAY AND THE POWER STEERING WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. THE LACK OF POWER STEERING MADE THE CAR VERY DIFFICULT FOR HER TO DRIVE AROUND TOWN.

TAKATA RECALL: I WAS DRIVING ON I-5 NORTH FREEWAY AT THE SPEED OF 65 MILES/HR. SUDDENLY, ABOUT 1 MILE FROM ALTON EXIT, THE "CHECKING POWER STEERING SYSTEM" LIGHT WAS ON, AND I COULD BARELY TURN THE WHEEL. IT WAS SUPER DANGEROUS. I EXITED FREEWAY TRYING TO PARK IN THE NEAREST PARKING LOT. BUT I COULD NOT PARK PROPERLY INTO THE PARKING SPACE BECAUSE THE WHEEL WAS TOO HEAVY TO TURN. THIS WAS ON THE WAY TO MY JOB INTERVIEW. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED BIG TROUBLE ON MY JOB INTERVIEW. I HAD TO RESCHEDULE IT WITH THE COMPANY. MY CAR ONLY HAS 55,000 MILAGE AND I ALWAYS KEEP VERY GOOD MAINTENANCE ON THE CAR. SUCH BIG ISSUE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN ON THE VIECLE WITH SUCH LOW MILAGE. ACURA DEALER CHARGED ME $1800 TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER PART THAT CONTROLS THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM. IT IS LOT OF MONEY, NOT MENTION THE TERRIBLE SAFETY HAZARD IT CAUSED. EVEN NEW PART HAS BEEN INSTALLED, I AM STILL WORRY SIMILAR ISSUE WILL HAPPEN IN FUTURE. I SAW LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE ON THE SAME MODEL. ACURA SHOULD DEFINITELY RECALL THIS.

I HAVE HAD MY ACURA TSX 2012 FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW, THE CAR CURRENTLY HAS A LITTLE OVER 49K MILEAGE AND ONLY HAD 1 OWNER. I WAS DRIVING ON THE BELTWAY AND NOTICED ON MY DASH THAT IT HAD A CHECK POWER STEERING LIGHT FLASHING. WHEN IT STARTED FLASHING I QUICKLY NOTICED ME NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT DUE TO THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENING UP. THE FEELING WAS AS IF YOU TRIED TO TURN THE CAR WHEEL WHEN THE CAR IS NOT ON. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY FEELING BECAUSE, WITHOUT ME USING ALL MY FORCE I WOULD'VE BEEN UNABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I THEN TRIED TO CUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT WHICH WAS OK FOR MAYBE THE FIRST MILE BEFORE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS WAS A BIG INCONVENIENCE ESPECIALLY WITH ME NOT REACHING MY DESTINATION. I HAD TO REPEAT THE STEPS OVER HALF DOZEN TIMES BEFORE GETTING HOME SAFELY. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST SCARIEST EXPERIENCES I'VE WITNESSED AS A DRIVER AND I THINK THIS IS A MANUFACTURING ISSUE. EVEN THOUGH I'M SAFE NOW, THIS COULD'VE BEEN A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION FOR ALOT OF DRIVERS. WHEN I LOOKED ONLINE THEIR ARE OVER 50 ISSUES WITH THE SAME STEERING PROBLEM WHICH MAY BE DUE TO THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING. I PURCHASED AN ACURA DUE TO THEIR HISTORY OF RELIABILITY & DEPENDABILITY BUT THIS ALTERED MY OPINION DRASTICALLY. I DEFINITELY THINK ACURA NEEDS TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE.