Ownership Cost for 2006 Acura TL Base
Estimated: $41002 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2485 | $1193 | $1044 | $944 | $845 | $6511 |
| Insurance | $1636 | $1693 | $1752 | $1814 | $1877 | $8772 |
| Fuel | $1592 | $1640 | $1697 | $1765 | $1844 | $8538 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $2127 | $1184 | $1189 | $2291 | $9554 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $792 | $792 | $792 | $792 | $792 | $1173 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $10244 | $7880 | $7089 | $7202 | $8587 | $41002 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 1999 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 99 ACURA TL, SINGLE OWNER, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE FOLLOWED BY THE BOOK. HAD IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED AFTER RECALL IN 2002. 3 MONTHS AGO AT ABOUT 165,000 ENGINE STARTED CUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. HAD IT CHECK BY TWO PLACES BUT NEITHER HAD A SOLUTION. STARTED USING GAS TREATMENTS AND DID NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS UNTIL YESTERDAY. DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MIDDLE LANE, THE CAR CUT OFF (9:00PM) HAD TO CROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY LANE WHILE COASTING - VERY SCARY DODGING 18WHEELERS. MADE IT TO THE SIDE TRIED TO START, WOULD NOT START. WAITED 5 MINUTES, STARTED AGAIN AND MOVED ABOUT 100 FEET TOWARDS AN EXIT BEFORE IT CUT OFF AGAIN. REPEATED PROCESS THIS TIME MADE IT TO THE EXIT AND WAITED FOR SPOUSE. MY SPOUSE DROVE THE CAR HOME NO PROBLEM. NEXT MORNING TRYING TO GO TO WORK CAR SHUT DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY AGAIN AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 5 MILES FROM MY HOUSE. TRIED TO GET IT BACK HOME TO A GOODYEAR BY THE HOUSE. IT CUT OFF 8 TIMES DURING THAT TIME. GOODYEAR ANALYZED IT AND SAID IT LOOKED LIKE THE IGNITION SWITCH. CALLED ACURA AND WAS TOLD IF I ALREADY HAD THE REPAIR ANOTHER REPAIR WOULD NOT BE COVERED AND ACURA WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD DETERMINE THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS INDEED THE PROBLEM. I CANNOT RISK DRIVING 45 MILES TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP JUST FOR THEM TO TELL ME THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH IS NOT THE PROBLEM. *TR |
| 2006 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | THE HANDS FREE LINK SYSTEM IN THE 204-2008 ACURA TL IS CREATING A DRAIN ON THE BATTERY RESULTING IN COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF THE AUTOMOBILE. THE INCIDENCE OF FAILURE IS MOST COMMON IMMEDIATELY AFTER PERIODS OF AT LEAST 10 HOURS OF NON-USE OR SHORTLY AFTER STARTING. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED EXTENSIVELY ON THE ACURA OWNER'S WEBSITES AND HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. GIVEN THE POSSIBILITY FOR IN-USE ELECTRICAL FAILURE, A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *TR |
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