Destination Market: Continental US (excluding Hawaii & Alaska)
Displacement CC: 3474.057568
Displacement CI: 212
Displacement L: 3.474057568
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 300
Engine KW: 223.7100
Engine Model: J35A8
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 1C: 4,001 - 5,000 lb (1,814 - 2,268 kg)
Make: ACURA
Manufacturer: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
Manufacturer Id: 987
Model: RL
Model Year: 2005
Other Restraint System Info: seat belts: front, rear and rear center
Plant City: Sayama
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Saitama
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Automatic
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
AT LOW SPEEDS ON ROUGH STREETS, ALL 4 WHEEL SUSPENSIONS MAKE A VERY METALLIC NOISE. I HAVE BEEN LEAD TO BELEIVE THAT IT IS DUE TO MIS MANUFACTURED BRAKE COMPONENTS. ONE DEALER DID "BEND" THE BRAKE "CLIPS" AND THE NOISE SUBSIDED FOR ABOUT 1000 MILES, BUT THE PROBLEM IS BACK AND THE DEALERS ARE SAYING IT IS A MFGR PROBLEM AND THEY CAN'T FIX WITHOUT FACTORY TECH SUPPORT WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FORTH COMING. I ONLY KNOW OTHER 2005 ACURA RL OWNER IN THE SMALL TOWN OF VISALIA (100K POP.) AND HE IS BEING GIVEN THE SAME RUNAROUND. MY CONCERN IS BRAKE FAILURE OR MY SERIOUSLY SUSPENSION FAILURE SUCH AS BROKEN WELDS OR DEFECTIVE MATERIALS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND THEY KEEP SAYING THE PROBLEM IS ELSEWHERE, BUT THE ONLY THING THAT HAS MADE THE NOISE GO AWAY WAS WHEN THE DEALERSHIP (SUPERIOR ACURA IN BAKERSFIELD, CA) SUPPOSEDLY BENT THE BRAKE "CLIPS". MYSTERIOUSLY THAT ACTION WAS NOT LISTED ON THE SERVICE REPORT WHEN MY WIFE PICKED UP THE CAR, BUT IT IS IN THEIR SERVICE RECORDS. ACURA IS HIDING AS SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM AND I AM ABOUT TO ENACT THE CA LEMON LAW AND YOU SHOULD INVESTIGATE WHY HONDA/ACURA IS BEING VERY MYSTERIOUS ABOUT THIS ISSUE - THEY ON ONE HAND SAY THERE IS A FIX ON THE WAY AND THEN IN THE NEXT BREATH SAY THAT THE NOISE IS COMING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE???
2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
2005 ACURA RL: HEAD LIGHTS FLICKER WHEN HITTING BUMP IN THE ROAD. OCCURS DAILY (NIGHTLY) NOW AND GETTING WORSE. I EXPECT THEY WILL EVENTUALLY GO OUT. NOW GETTING QUOTES TO CORRECT. HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AND PROBABLY OVER $1000 THAT I DON'T THINK I SHOULD PAY. *TR
