GVWR: Class 1C: 4,001 - 5,000 lb (1,814 - 2,268 kg)
Make: ACURA
Manufacturer: HONDA OF AMERICA MFG., INC.
Manufacturer Id: 988
Model: TL
Model Year: 1999
Plant City: Marysville
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Ohio
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 4
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: 3.2
Trim2: BASE
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2005
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
MICHELIN PILOT HX MXM4 TIRE FAILURE COMPLAINT AGAINST ACURA AND MICHELIN TIRE CORPORATIONS**CC THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE DISLODGED COMPLETELY OFF OF THE RIM. THE PORTION OF THE TIRE WHICH COMES IN CONTACT WITH THE ROAD SURFACE COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE TIRE. THE DISLODGE PORTION OF THE TIRE PASSED COMPLETELY OVER IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO ROLL IN THE PATHWAY OF THREE ADJACENT LANES OF TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS DAMAGE DUE TO LOOSING SOME CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE TIRE WAS INSPECTED BY A TIRE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS PUNCTURE TO THE TIRE OR ANY PRIOR DAMAGE TO THE TIRE, IT WAS CLEARLY A DEFECT WITH THE TIRE. THE CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW. THE REGULATOR AND MOTOR WERE REPLACED.*JB
1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
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