1999 Acura TL complaints

WHILE ACCELERATING GEARS JERKED. DEALER STATED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE STOPPED, WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, I WAS WAITING FOR MY GARAGE DOOR TO OPEN. THE GARAGE DOOR STARTED TO OPEN AND IT WAS ABOUT HALF WAY UP WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THINKING I WOULD HIT THE GARAGE DOOR AND HAVE MY HEAD TORN OFF I DUCKED TOWARDS THE PASSENGER SEAT AS BEST I COULD. THE CAR DID HIT THE GARAGE DOOR A GLANCING BLOW OFF THE WINDSHIELD AND THE ROOF. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL IT HIT THE REAR WALL OF THE GARAGE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND THE CAR HALTED. SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE CAR, MOST LIKELY TO BE TOTALED. SEVERE DAMAGE TO MY HOME. THE CAR IS A 1999 ACURA 3.2TL. I SUFFERED INJURY TO MY LEFT WRIST AND LEFT KNEE. *NM

COMPLAINT REGARDING RECALL 02V120.*MR THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER ASSUMED HE HAD BAD GAS THEREFORE HE TREATED THE GASOLINE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS BUT WITH NO RESULTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR A FAULTY IGNITION. *NM.

PAINT AND CLEAR-COAT IS COMING OFF OF ALL PANELS. PAINT FEELS LIKE "SANDPAPER". CAR WAS REPAINTED AT THE FACTORY BEFORE BEING SOLD.*AK

MY TRANNY IS SLIPPING, IT JERKS, IT MAKES NOISES AND DEALERS ARE REFUSING TO REPLACE BECUASE IT DIDN'T FALL OUT AND BREAK OFF THE VEHICLE YETE.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION. THIS HAPPENED AFTER THE 2ND TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED!*AK

THE CONSUMER COULD REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION WHILE THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN ANY GEAR. THE VEHICLE HAS ROLLED ON MANY OCCASION, LUCKILY THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACCIDENTS. A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON THIS PROBLEM BUT THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING SHIFTED GEARS HARD, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JERK. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE AND NOTICED TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

I HAVE AN ACURA TL 2003 VIN [XXX]. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR (NEW, PURCHASED ON NOV 7, 1998) ON SEVERAL TIMES ITS 'CHECK ENGINE' INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF WITHOUT ANY REPAIR OR ANY CHANGE. ACURA HAD A RECALL ON EGR SYSTEM CLOGGING. BUT IN MY CAR THIS INDICATOR LIGHT STILL COMES ON AND THEN GOES OFF WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. I TOOK MY CAR TO SERVICE CENTER THEY TOLD ME THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS BAD, BEFORE I COULD GET IT FIXED THE INDICATOR LIGHT WENT OFF. BUT IN FEW DAYS "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME BACK AGAIN. THIS INDICATOR LIGHT OFF-ON CYCLE STILL GOING ON, IT GOES OFF FOR WEEKS AND COMES BACK ON FOR WEEKS. I CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE OUT THIS ERRATIC BEHAVIOR OF SUCH AN IMPORTANT SAFETY INDICATOR. *LA INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

1999 ACURA TL ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WHILE EXECUTING A TURN INTO A PARKING SPOT. MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR AND IT TOOK HARD BRAKING TO BRING THE CAR TO A HARD STOP. THE CAR SUSTAINED BUMPER SCRATCHES BUT WAS OTHERWISE UNDAMAGED. THE CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF ME, A LARGE SUV HAD NO DENTS OR OTHER DAMAGE. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. I AM TAKING THE CAR INTO THE DEALER FOR CHECKING TOMORROW. THIS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE, ALSO WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING SPOT. I DID NOT REPORT IT AT THAT TIME, THINKING I MUST HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED SOMEHOW. THIS TIME I WAS ABSOLUTELY SURE THE ENGINE ACTED ON ITS OWN PRESUMABLY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE COMPUTER.*AK

I OWN A 99 ACURA TL. RECEIVE A NOTICE FROM ACURA REGARDING AN EXTENSION OF WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION. I WENT ON INTERNET TO DO RESEARCH, TO MY HORROR, THERE ARE PEOPLE HAD THEIR TRANSMISSION REPLACED UP TO 6 TIMES. IN SOME OCCASION IT WAS REPORTED THE TRANSMISSON FAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE UTMOST SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY.*AK

DRIVERS SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT, MAKING IT USELESS. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED. *JB

TRANSMISSION JOLTS WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE. HAS OCCURRED TONS OF TIMES, EVEN BROKEN AN ENGINE MOUNT. DEALERS CAN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN REPEATEDLY SO THEY DON'T FIX IT. THIS IS ONE OF TWO 99 TL'S THAT I BOUGHT NEW. THE OTHER HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AFTER MUCH TIME IN THE SHOP AND BROKEN ENGINE MOUNTS. AT TIMES THIS CARE HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING UP WHILE ON THE ROAD AND ALSO WILL JUMP DOWN INTO A LOWER GEAR WITH A JOLT. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER A YEAR. *JB

INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 51,000 MILES ON MY 1999 3.2 TL ACURA. *JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED, WHICH RESULTED IN A BROKE ENGINE BOLT AND FRAGMENTS JAMMED THE CAMS, WHICH CAUSED THE TIMING BELT TO STOP WORKING.*JB

TRANSMISSION FAILURE SLIPPING, REVING UP SEVERAL TIMES, BARELY MADE IT TO AUTO SHOP IN VEHICLE

SEAT BELT CAUGHT ONTO SEAT ADJUSTER AND COMPLETELY RECLINED DRIVER'S SEAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND / OR WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE. WHEN SEAT BELT WAS PULLED AWAY FROM SEAT ADJUSTER SEAT CONTINUED TO RECLINE. TWO MONTHS LATER THE SEAT MOTOR MALFUNCTIONED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

'99 ACURA TL W/MICHELIN MXV4 TIRES AT 65K MILES. TWO OF THE TIRES SHOWED CLEAR BEGINNING OF TREAD SEPARATION AT AROUND 65K MILES. INSPECTION: DEEP CUT-LIKE SEPARATION AROUND THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL AT THE TREAD SEAM TO SIDEWALL AREA. MICHELIN DEALER FOUND WHILE DOING ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION AND REPLACED WITH SAME TIRE FOR A PRORATED PRICE.

THE TRANSMISSIONS ON THESE CARS NEED TO BE FIXED THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME YEAR AND TYPE OF CAR THAT HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. I USED TO OWN A HONDA ACCORD WITH LOW MILEAGE AND IT TOO HAD DEFECTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT IN MY CAR AND CAUSE INJURY TO THERS AND MYSELF DUE TO THE LACK OF QUALITY THAT MY CAR HAS DUE TO IT'S TRANSMISSION. DT

MY 1999 ACURA 3.2TL AUTO TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON GEARS AND GRINDS ON TORQUE CONVERTER, MANUFACTURER DESIGNED PIECE OF '!@#$%. DT

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 65 MPH AND OUT OF NO WHERE THE CARS TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR. MY CAR HOPPED AND KICKED ME THREW TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE TRANSMISSION AND OTHER COMPONENTS HAD TO BE CHANGED IN THIS VEHICLE AND THIS TIME I COULD HAVE KILLED MY SELF OR OTHERS. DT

NO SUMMARY. DT

TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR, NOT GO INTO GEAR, ABRUPTLY DOWNSHIFT/UPSHIFT, REFUSE TO SHIFT

DEALER SHIP IS REFUSING TO HONOR RECALL CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

AFTER RECALL 02V120000 CONCERNING IGNITION WAS DONE, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. HAD PARTS REPLACD TWICE. STILL HAVING SAME PROBLEM.*AK

WEAK BEARING INSTALLED BY MANUFACTURER FELL APART, KILLED SHIFT SOLENOIDS AND TRANSMISSION. NO WARRANTY REPLACEMENT IS $6000 WITH LABOR (20% OF THE COST OF THE CAR NEW).*AK

TOTAL COST IS $2505.00 AND IT HAS FAILED AGAIN. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *TS *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**762451

IDENTICAL TO ITEM ODI ID: 8003029. ON MARCH 05, 2002, I DROVE MY CAR TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES TO TAKE CARE OF SOME ERRANDS. MY LAST STOP WAS AT THE SEMINOLE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS TO APPLY FOR A PASSPORT. I PARKED MY CAR IN A PARKING SPOT. WHILE I WAS MOVING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STICK INTO THE PARK POSITION (WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL), MY CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING IT TO JUMP THE CURB IN FRONT OF MY CAR AS SEEN IN FIGURE 1. I TRIED MY BEST TO CONTROL THE CAR AND NOT TO HIT OTHER PARKED CARS. LUCKILY, I MANAGED TO AVOID ALL OF THE PARKED CARS EXCEPT ONE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 80 MPH ENGINE SHUT OFF. THEN, AFTER MANAGING TO PULL TO SIDE AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD, NOTHING SEEMED TO BE WRONG. THEN, AFTER WAITING ABOUT 3-4 MINUTES RE-STARTED VEHICLE, AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. THEN ON 22 APRIL, VEHICLE DID THE SAME IDENTICAL THING. DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *AK

I AM A 54 YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF DRIVING EXPERIENCE. MY DRIVING RECORD IS SPOTLESS, I.E., NO TICKETS AND/OR ACCIDENTS. MY CAR IS A 1999ACURA TL, WHICH I HAVE KEPT IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND HAS AN ODOMETER READING OF APPROXIMATELY 26,000 MILES. IT IS STILL UNDER THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY, AND IS WELL MAINTAINED. *AK (TIRESIZE: 16)

WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKES VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY, COLLIDING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, CONSUMERS FOOT WAS FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING VEHICLE SURGEED FOWARD AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK *YD

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH IN PARKING GARAGE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO FLOOR, ENGINE REVVED. VEHICLE WENT ABOUT 10 YARDS, WHERE IT HIT FIRST VEHICLE, BOUNCED OFF IT, AND RAN INTO 3 PARKED VEHICLES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, DRIVER OF FIRST VEHICLE HAD MINOR INJURIES.*AK A POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER STATED THERE WERE STRONG INDENTATIONS MADE BY THE TIRE ON THE CONCRETE, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP OR IS IDLING THERE IS A METAL GRINDING NOISE. DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM, BUT SAYS IT MAY BE ABS BRAKES. *AK

COMING TO NORMAL LOW SPEED STOP AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, BRAKES ENGAGED BUT FAILED TO RESPOND TO INCREASING PRESSURE APPLIED. PEDAL DEPRESSED WITH NO EFFECT ON SPEED OF CAR CAUSING REAR END COLLISION. NO DAMAGE TO OTHER VEHICLE.*AK

WAS DRIVING WHEN PANEL LIGHTS STARTED TO BLINK OFF/ON. THEN VEHICLE SHUT DOWN ON ITS OWN. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES. HAD IGNITION LOCK, RELAY & HARNESS SWITCH REPLACED. PROBLEM KEEPS COMING BACK. *AK

CENTER CUP HOLDER DESIGN IS POOR. WHEN BRAKING QUICKER THAN USUAL, CUPS TIP OVER AND SPILL CONTENTS INTO THE SHIFT MECHANISM. CONTACTED ACURA AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WILL NOTE IT FOR THE NEXT MAJOR REDESIGN. I ALMOST GOT INTO DEADLY HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS AND MOST RECENTLY I ENDED DRIVING INTO A CURB AND DAMAGING MY ALLUMINUM WHEEL (DON'T KNOW IF IT IS STILL SAFE TO DRIVE WITH IT STRUCTURE STRENGTH WISE). DURRINNG A MAINTENANCE VISIT, I FOUND OUT THAT ACURA CHANGED THE DESIGN FOR 2001 AND NEVER NOTIFIES ITS CONSUMERS. I TOLD THE DEALER ABOUT MY LAST INCIDENT WHO THEN PROCEEDED AND GAVE ME THE PEICE FROM THE SHOW ROOM CAR WHICH I THEN I ADAPTED TO MY CAR. ACURA SHOULD FESS UP TO THE PROBLEM. I WAS LUCKY NOT TO HAVE GOTTEN INTO ANY ACCIDENTS AND ONLY ENDED WITH ALLOY WHEEL DAMAGE (WHICH I NOW HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE).

CONSUMER STATES THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LCD'S ARE OF A POOR DESIGN, THEY ARE UNREADABLE IN THE DAYLIGHT BECAUSE OF THE SUN, THIS CAUSES THE CONSUMER TO TAKE EYES OFF THE ROAD WHILE TRYING TO READ THE DISPLAYS. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING DRIVER TO SUSTAIN BURNS ON BOTH HANDS FROM CHEMICALS INSIDE AIR BAG ASSEMBLY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

LEAKS OF GRAPHITE CAUSE SMEARING AND IMPOSSIBLE VISION--COULD CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENT--DEALERS KNOW AND ARE"AWAITING REDESIGN OF WIPER BLADE"*AK

FRONT ROTOR AND FRONT BRAKES REPLACED AT 10K MILES AND 20K MILES DUE TO WARPING AND BRAKE CHATTER.

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED PREMATURELY, HONDA ADVISED THAT IT WAS A CHARACTERISTIC IF THE CARS SITS IDLE. *MJS

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 10MPH AND HIT A CURB SEVERAL TIMES WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN. IN THE PROCESS, PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED TWICE. *AK *ML

FAULTY TRANSMISSION: INTERMITTENTLY TRANSMISSION FAILS TO DOWNSHIFT OR UPSHIFT. ALSO, AT TIMES, TRANSMISSION SLIPS. DEALER NOTIFIED; PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE ALARM GOES OFF RANDOMLY AND CANNOT BE TURNED OFF, THE REMOTE WORKS RANDOMLY ALSO, I AM UNABLE TO UNLOCK THE DOORS OR OPEN THE TRUNK FOR HOURS AT A TIME. I HAVE CONTACTED ACURA SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO AVAIL. I WANT MY CART TO WORK. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR EYES OF THE ROAD TO READ THE ODOMETER, AND TRY TO READ THE ODOMETER, YOU SOMETIMES NEARLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL NOT START. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CAR WILL START BY RETURNING KEY TO OFF POSITION AND THEN TRY AGAIN. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK