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: 2001
Plant City: Marysville
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Ohio
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: 3.2
Trim2: BASE
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
2003 ACURA 3.2 TL ON DECEMBER 5, 2008 A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH ON OUR 2003 ACURA 3.2 TL ALLOWED THE KEY TO BE REMOVED IN ANY GEAR, RESULTING IN A ROLLAWAY ACCIDENT CAUSING HEAD, FOOT AND HIP INJURIES TO OUR DAUGHTER AFTER SHE PARKED THE CAR IN OUR SLIGHTLY INCLINED DRIVEWAY. DEALER AGREED IGNITION SWITCH WAS DEFINITELY FAULTY. KEY SHOULD NEVER COME OUT IN ANY GEAR BUT PARK. OUR MILEAGE ON THE DATE OF ACCIDENT WAS 82,430 MILES. SHORTLY AFTER WE BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW, IT STARTED HAVING INTERMITTENT NO START/NO CRANK PROBLEMS, AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD START 5 OR 10 MINUTES LATER. EACH TIME THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM AND ASSURED US THEY CHECKED EVERYTHING AND COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM. THE CAR WOULD BE FINE UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED UP UNTIL JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. IT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND TAKEN TO DEALER MANY TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM . THEY PROBABLY NEVER INSPECTED THE IGNITION SWITCH BECAUSE OUR YEAR CAR WAS NEVER INCLUDED IN PREVIOUS RECALLS OF IGNITION SWITCHES, AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. A FAULTY TRANSMISSION ON THIS SAME CAR WENT OUT ON OUR DAUGHTER ONCE ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING. IT WAS REPLACED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY DUE TO PREVIOUS TRANSMISSION RECALL. *TR
2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I AM WRITING TO YOU TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE ON THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING WITH HONDA/ACURA OF USA. ACCORDING CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT CASE NO: RG 03099677, ACURA SETTLED WITH ALL CLAIMANTS TO PROVIDE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON TRANSMISSIONS ON ALL CLASS VEHICLES UP TO 109,000 MILES. I OWN AN ACURA TL 2001 . MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS 103K MILES ON IT. I AM PERHAPS THE SECOND OR THIRD OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE. I RECENTLY EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE CAR'S MANUFACTURED DEFECT, NAMELY WITH THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION. HERE IS THE NHTSA RECALL# AND REPORT BELOW ON THE RECALL. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V176000 MFR'S REPORT DATE : APR 13, 2004 COMPONENT: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION POTENTIAL NUMBER OF UNITS AFFECTED : 1099796 I GOT IN TOUCH WITH A LOCAL ACURA CLIENT SERVICES AND TOOK IT TO A LOCAL DEALER. THEY LOOKED AT THE CAR AND THE NEXT DAY INFORMED ME THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT BE COVERED SINCE THE CAR HAD BEEN FIXED PREVIOUSLY AT A REPAIR SHOP AND NOT BY ACURA. ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN RECORDS, MY CAR HAS HAD THE TRANSMISSION FIXED BY ACURA IN 2004. THEY REFUSED TO FIX IT DESPITE THE CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT THAT THEY AGREED TO IN DECEMBER OF 2006. ACCORDING TO THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP I TOOK MY CAR TO, THE CAR HAD AN ORIGINAL REPLACED TRANSMISSION IN IT AND NOT AN AFTERMARKET PART. EVEN BY ACURA'S OWN RECORDS, THIS CAR HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN 2004 AT ONE OF THEIR DEALERSHIPS AND THIS IS THE TRANSMISSION THAT FAILED. BASED ON THE LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT THEREFORE, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THIS TRANSMISSION AGAIN SINCE IT IS STILL UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE REFUSED TO ASSIST ME AND I HAD NO CHOICE TO GET THE CAR FIXED BY A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. I PAID $2,292.47 TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP TO GET MY CAR FIXED THAT ACURA SHOULD HAVE FIXED UNDER WRTY. *TR