Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1991 record →
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, VEHICLE IMPACTED A TELEPHONE POLE ON RIGHT FRONT OF VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. PASSENGER SUFFERED BACK AND NECK INJURIES*AK *TT
THE MANUFACTURER HAD ISSUED SAFETY RECALL 01V-053, BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART ON TIME. *YH
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 01V053, HOWEVER STATES THERE ARE MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE BOSE AUDIO SYSTEM THAN JUST THE AMPLIFIER, CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A HIGH PITCHED NOISE, LOUD POPPING, AND CRACKING IN THE REAR SPEAKER AND IN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE, THE TAPE IN THE TAPE DECK GETS SO HOT THAT SHE NO LONGER USES THE RADIO OR TAPE DECK AT ALL, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TAKEN TO CHICAGO FOR REPIARS. *SLC
CONSUMER HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO PLAY RADIO BECAUSE NO ONE HAS THE PART NEED TO REPAIR THE RECALL ON SPEAKERS. *AK
PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO REPAIR DEFECT FOR RECALL 01V053000 THAT CONSUMER RECEIVED REGARDING AMPLIFIER FOR AUDIO SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 01V053000 FOR AMPLIFIER AUDIO SYSTEM. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO REMEDY DEFECT. *AK
RECALL 01 V 053 000/ SPEAKER AMPLIFIERS. PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. RAMSY ACURA DEALER OF RAMSEY, NJ ,201-934-8200 WAS NOTIFIED IN APRIL OF 2001. *AK POWER WINDOW FAILURE. *SLC
CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE AUDIO SYSTEM THAT HE HAD TO REPLACE REGARDING RECALL 01V053.*JB
CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP IN REGARD TO RECEIVING RECALL 01V053000 FOR SPEAKER AMPLIFIER. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE DEFECT, AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL END OF JULY. *AK *SLC
RECALL 01V053000; CONSUMER HAS BEEN CALLING SINCE MARCH, BUT PARTS HAVE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE. DEALER HASN'T RESPONDED TO CONSUMER TO LET HIM KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WILL COME IN. DEALERS IS 40 WEST ACURA IN ELLICOTT CITY, MD. *AK
01 V 053 000/SPEAKER AMPLIFERS: DEALER, SUNNYVALE ACURA, SUNNYVALE, CA; PHONE# 408/733-2400, WAS UNWILLING TO HONOR MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *AK *SLC
01 V 053 000/SPEAKER AMLIFERS: UNABLE TO GET DEALER, ACURA STOCKTON IN STOCKTON, CA, PHONE# 1- 800/877-9993 TO HONOR MANUFACTURER'S RECALL BECAUSE NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION (01V053000) CONSUMER EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT CRACKING AND POPPING NOISE, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO REPAIR SHOP AND HAD THE NECESSARY REPAIRS PERFORMED AND IS NOW REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS. *JB
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL 01V053000 ON HER AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT BOARD. DEALERSHIP INFORMED HER THAT PART WAS UNAVAILABLE TO REPAIR DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
WHEN DRIVING TEMPERATURE LIGHT GOES IN RED AND VEHICLE OVERHEATS. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF RECALL 01V053000/ SPEAKER AMPLIFIERS IN MAIL, AND WAS INFORMED BY DEALERSHIP THAT COMPONENT TO REPAIR THIS DEFECT WAS NOT AVAILABLE. REASON GIVEN WAS THAT EAST COAST ACURA DEALERSHIPS WERE BEING SENT THE PROPER COMPONENTS TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT BEFORE DEALERSHIPS ON THE WEST COAST WOULD RECEIVE THEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION (01-015) CONSUMER REPLACED ENTIRE AMPLIFIER, BECAUSE AS HE WAS DRIVING THE RADIO BEGAN TO MAKE HEAR PIERCING NOISE INCLUDING LOUD POPPING AND CLICKING THROUGH THE SPEAKERS, CONSUMER ALSO NOTICED SMOKE IN THE CABIN OF THE CAR WHICH SMELLED LIKE ELECTRICAL SMOKE THE SMOKE AND THE SMELL WERE MORE NOTICEABLE IN THE TRUNK OF THE CAR, SUBSEQUENT TO THIS THE RADIO WOULD NOT WORK WITHOUT THE NOISE, CONSUMER IS NOW REQUESTING REIMBURSEMNT FOR RECALL AMPLIFIER. *JB
THE VEHICLES SPEAKER AMPLIFIER WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPALCED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE 01V053000 IN MAIL FOR AMPLIFIER IN HIS STEREO SYSTEM. DEALERSHIP INFORMED HIM AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH IT WOULD BE 2 MONTHS BEFORE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AGAIN TODAY, AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE ANOTHER 2 MONTHS FOR PARTS TO BE AVAILABLE, AND THAT HE WAS NOT SUPPOSE TO USE SYSTEM IF IT WAS MAKING POPPING NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A LOW SPEED TO A HIGH SPEED TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO SECOND GEAR, AND THRUSTS VEHICLE FORWARD. DEALER SAYS IT'S SLAMMING SECOND GEAR . *AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 01V053000 IN MARCH 2001, CALLED DEALER WHO TOLD HER PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL JUNE OR JULY OF 2001. DEALER SAID NOT TO USE RADIO UNTIL THEN.*AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR CIRCUIT BOARD IN AMPLIFIER. WHEN CONTACTED DEALERHSIP, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE TO CORRECT DEFECT. *AK NOONE WILLFIX THE RADIO, NOT THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER. *SLC
WHEN TURNING STEREO ON SPEAKERS MAKE A CRACKING NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT AMPLIFIER WASN'T WORKING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
THE POWER DOOR LOCK OPERATES ERRATICALLY, THEY LOCK AND UNLOCKED BY THEMSELVES. NLM
DOOR ACTUATORS CAUSE LOCKS TO LOCK AND UNLOCK ON THEIR OWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
WHENEVER SHIFTING INTO GEAR TRANSMISSION WOULD MAKE LOUD RATTLING NOISES.*AK
FRONT SEAT BELTS WOULD BECOME UNLOCKED EVERY TIME THEY ARE IN USE, AND VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.*AK
AFTER MARKET BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RE92 TIRE P205/60R15 SIZE, DOT #EMCDBC473. TREAD ON LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED FROM SIDEWALL.*AK *SLC
NO SUMMARY
CONSUMER WAS RIDING ALONG & NOTICED THE TRUNK WAS ON FIRE , AND VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE. MANUFACTURER SENT AN INVESTIGATOR. BUT HE COULDN'T FIND THE CAUSE THAT TRIGGERED THE FIRE. *AK
THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING BY WIFE TO SKID INTO A TRAFFIC SIGN. HEADLIGHTS WHEN TURNED ON THE HIGH BEAM WILL NOT GO OFF UNLESS YOU TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN THE LIGHTS OFF. ALSO, THE CAR IDLES EXTREMELY FAST AND JUMPS OUT OF PARK FREQUENTLY AND THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WILL NOT HOLD FREON DUE TO A LEAK. *AK
POWER DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTIONED. THE DRIVER HAD TO OPEN VEHICLE FROM THE OUTSIDE TO EXIT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
GREEN RUBBER "O" RINGS FOR FUEL INJECTORS SUPPLIED WITH ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT DETERIORATED WITH TIME AND EXPOSURE TO ALLOW SIGNIFICANT LEAKAGE AND POOLING OF FUEL IN THE AREA OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLDS AND SPARK PLUGS. UPON REPLACEMENT, ALL "O" RINGS CRUMBLED WHEN HANDLED. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN COLLISION WITH SIDE OF GARAGE, NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION. YH
WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 30MPH CONSUMER HAD A COLLISION , AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK AND ABS NOT OPERATING AT TIME OF COLLISION.*AK
WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WHEN KEY IS INSERTED AND TURNED IN PASSENGER SIDE DOOR TO UNLOCK IT THE ALARM GOES OFF. NLM
DOOR OPENER CABLE COUPLER - A SMALL PLASTIC PIECE - HAS FAILED MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE DRIVER TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. ACURA REQUIRES A $250. REPLACEMENT OF AN ENTIRE, UNRELATED ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY. UNWARRANTED REPAIR AT REDICULOUS COST TO OWNER. SERVICE MANAGER LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT REPALCEMENT IS A ROUTINE PROCESS , AND THAT THE DEALER MAINTAINS AN INVENTORY OF THE INTEGRAL ASSEMBLY. PLEASE ADVISE ASAP. THANKS, DENNIS. *AK
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH DOORS NOT UNLOCKING FROM INSIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK
DUE TO THE RADIATOR WHICH IS MADE OF PLASTIC, THE RADIATOR HAS A HAIR LINE CRACK, CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK ON THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE OVERHEATING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL CUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE WILL NOT OPEN DOOR. REMAINS LOCKE DIN CAR. MUST ROLL DOWN WINDOW TO OPEN DOOR. COULD BE TRAPPED INSIDE VEHICLE IF IN AN ACCIDENT/FIRE, OR IN WATER. *AK
WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AT APPROX 45 MPH, GOES TO APPLY BRAKES ,WILL NOT STOP ON TIME. TAKES ABOUT 2 CAR LENGHTS BEFORE IT COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. PEDAL GOES SLOWLY TO THE FLOOR. HAS TO PUMP PEDAL TO GET PRESSURE BACK UP. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. STILL CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. THIS DEFECT IS INTERMITTENT AND CAN RESULT IN ACCIDENT. *AK
TRANSMISSION RECYCLING AT LOW SPEEDS AND GIVES VARIOUS SPEEDOMETER READINGS.
ANTILOCK BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT FAILED.
REAR SPEAKER AMPLIFIER WIRING CAUGHT FIRE.
ABS BRAKE FAILURE. ALSO MASTER CYLINDER FAILED/REPLACED. *AK
RADIATOR LEAKING FROM THE TOP/BOTTOM TANK. *AK
VEHICLE ACCIDENT DUE TO SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS.
SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE CAUSING ACCIDENT.
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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