Ownership Cost for 2012 Acura TL SH-AWD
Estimated: $48521 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $3916 | $1880 | $1645 | $1488 | $1331 | $10260 |
| Insurance | $1937 | $2005 | $2075 | $2148 | $2223 | $10388 |
| Fuel | $1857 | $1913 | $1980 | $2059 | $2152 | $9961 |
| Maintenance | $2579 | $1930 | $1251 | $1560 | $2206 | $9526 |
| Repairs | $927 | $1093 | $1245 | $1365 | $1570 | $6200 |
| Taxes & Fees | $1477 | $1477 | $1477 | $1477 | $1477 | $2187 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $12693 | $8988 | $8409 | $8757 | $9673 | $48521 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 1999 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO PARK IN HER GARAGE. THE CONTACT APPLIED IMMENSE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES BUT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A LAWN MOWER, A COMPRESSOR AND THEN A WALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HIP AREA. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000. THE CONSUMER STATED WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, SHE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, WHEN SUDDENLY THERE WAS A LOUD SHRILL NOISE, AS THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, KNOCKING OVER A TABLE AND SPLINTERED THE PLEXIGLASS. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AND WAS HEADED TOWARD A 350 FOOT STEEP DRIVEWAY. SHE CONTINUED TO BRAKE AND HELD ONTO TO THE STEERING WHEEL, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DIRECT THE VEHICLE TO THE LEFT AWAY FROM THE STEEP DRIVEWAY, WHEN SUDDENLY WITHOUT CHANGING GEARS, THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO GO FORWARD AND HALTED AFTER PLOWING INTO THE RIGHT DOOR ENTRANCE AND CONCRETE BASE OF THE GARAGE, WHICH CAUSED BOTH AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY . UPDATED 02/28/13 THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THEREFORE A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. UPDATED 03/19/13 |
| 2012 | WHEELS | I PURCHASED A NEW 2012 ACURA TL ON 2/8/12. EACH DAY I DRIVE 35 MILES TO AND FROM WORK ON INTERSTATE 75 WITH A POSTED SPEED OF 70 MPH. WITHIN A FEW DAYS I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE CAR REACHED 70 MPH A PERSISTENT HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATION CAME UP THROUGH THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR AND IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. BY THE TIME I REACHED WORK OR HOME MY ENTIRE RIGHT FOOT AND CALF WAS NUMB AND BUZZING. IT FELT AS THOUGH I HAD 'FALLEN ASLEEP" AND CAUSED THE NERVES TO BE TEMPORARILY NON-FUNCTIONAL. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THE TIRES WERE OUT OF BALANCE, HOWEVER, WHEN THEY CHECKED THEM THEY WERE NOT. THEN THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE HAD A TEAR IN IT AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THEY ORDERED A NEW TIRE AND INSTALLED IT AND TRIED TO CHARGE ME $399 BUT THANKFULLY THE MANAGER GAVE IT TO ME A NO COST. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER SIX TIMES. AT THE DEALER URGING I OPENED A COMPLAINT WITH HONDA HEADQUARTERS. FILE NUMBER B012012-04-1601260. THE REPRESENTATIVE I DEALT WITH WAS "PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA),5 U.S.C. 552 (B) (6) WHO CAN BE REACHED AT "PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA),5.U.S.C 522 (B) (6). THREE CALLS WERE RECORDED BY HONDA. ONE OF THE SENIOR PERSONS AT THE DEALERSHIP CONFIDED IN ME THAT EVERYONE AT ACURA KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THERE IS NO FIX."PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 522 (B)(6) TOLD ME THE SAME. SHE ACTUALLY CALLED THE VIBRATION A "VEHICLE CHARACTERISTIC." VIBRATION AT 70 MPH IS NOT A GOOD THING AND IN TIME IT MAY LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES. BOTH ACURA AND THE DEALER REFUSED TO BUY ME OUT OF THIS VEHICLE AND SO LAST SATURDAY I TRADED OUT TO ANOTHER CAR AT A SUBSTANTIAL COST TO MYSELF. *TT UPDATED 07/09/12 |
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