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: NAVI
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
STRUCTURE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE TWO CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD BY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THERE WAS NOT A LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BUT HE WAS CONCERNED THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY IF INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.
2001
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION FAILURE: I BOUGHT THIS CAR AT 25K MILES IN SEPT "04". RECALL TOOK PLACE APR. "04". I WAS NEVER TOLD BY THE DEALER, THAT A "RECALL" WAS MADE ON THE TRANNY FOR 7/100K. ( IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAT THEY PUT THE SALE OF THE CAR OVER THE SAFETY OF ME AND MY CHILD )I FOUND OUT ON THE DAY MY TRANNY WENT OUT ON AUG. "10" AND THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $3,700 FOR THE REPAIR DUE TO THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I WAS COMING OFF THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH WHEN I EXITED AND SLOWED DOWN TO APPROX. 35 MPH, THE CAR WENT "CRAZY" IT WAS BUCKING AND JUMPING AND THRUSTING US FORWARD IN A JERKING MOTION. I AM FEMALE AND HAD MY TODDLER WITH ME, I WAS SCARED, IT WAS A STRANGE BEHAVIOR FOR A CAR, IT FELT LIKE I WAS BEING HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER CAR. I COULDN'T SHAKE THE IDEA THAT WE JUST GOT OFF THE FREEWAY. HAD THIS CAR DONE THIS WHILE ON THE FREEWAY!! MY THOUGHTS ARE WE WOULD OF BEEN BADLY HURT ALONG WITH OTHERS. IT WAS A MATTER OF SECONDS THAT CHANGED MY OUTCOME, ALONG WITH THE "GUARDIAN ANGLES". I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE THIS CAR. I AM UNEMPLOYED AND GAVE THE DEALER ALL THE $$ I HAD. I HAVE READ ON YOUR NHTSA WEB SITE, OF PEOPLE HAVING TO REPLACE UP TO THREE TIMES. THE DESIGN PROBLEM IS NOT RESOLVED, FROM THE RESULTS, IT IS NOT RESOLVED, YET THESE CARS ARE ON THE ROADS AND EVERY OTHER DAY SOMEONE'S TRANNY IS GOING OUT AS WELL AS THEM EXPERIENCING NEAR INJURY CONDITIONS. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND!!! WHEN "TYLENOL" WAS RECALLED...THEY REMOVED THE PRODUCT FROM THE SHELF TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. WHY ISN'T THIS BEING DONE HERE AS WELL. GIVE US BLUE BOOK VALUE AT THE TIME OF TRANNY FAILURE AND SCRAP THESE CARS. BECAUSE THEY ARE UNABLE TO COME UP WITH A RELIABLE TRANNY FIX IN THEIR DESIGN FLAW, GIVE US BLUE BOOK VALUE SO WE CAN DRIVE A CAR THAT IS MORE SAFE.
