10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
53,000 miles

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problem #7

Apr 062019

TL

  • 217,000 miles
I drove my car out the garage into the common alley in reverse, once out the garage. When I was out of garage attempted to close the garage door with the genie, and the garage door wouldn't close. I drove the car further away from the garage/building in reverse to determine, whether the genie would operate from another position, next thing I knew the car was accelerating uncontrollably, between 20 - 25 miles per hour in reverse next to our building's garages. My car only stopped because I slammed into my neighbor's garage, which was 4 doors down from my own garage. My accelerator was essentially, frozen...a runaway accelerator. Similiar instances while I was in the drive mode, but just for quite, short, times.

- Los Angeles, CA, USA

problem #6

Aug 222011

TL

  • 109,000 miles
The transmission in my car is slipping at 2nd gear, as a result of which the RPM goes high but it doesn't match the speed of the road. The transmission as per the recall was fixed in the year 2004, but the problem arose again and its hard for me to drive. The estimated cost of the transmission is 5K as per the dealer & the same has been reported to the Acura customer care department but I haven't heard anything from their side. I would be highly gratified to see a positive response from your side.

- Novato, CA, USA

problem #5

May 142005

TL 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 20,000 miles
Driving along the highway, consumer went to change lanes, and when tapping the brake, the car lurched forward, and picked up acceleration, with the accelerator not being touched. The ABS system was not working. The brakes regained working control after about 30 seconds, which caused the consumer to fishtail and try not to have a head-on collision. The car turned 180 degrees around with no brake power. Consumer was driving at 60 mph, when this happened....

- St James, NY, USA

problem #4

May 012003

TL 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 25,000 miles
Various problems with the 2001 Acura TL. Bought used and has been in shop 6 or 7 times in less than one year. Brakes, transmission replacement, master cylinder. Brakes continue to seemingly have a problem...you have to almost go to the floor to stop, but dealership says this is normal on this type of vehicle. True or not-I don't know. Also, the check engine light keeps coming on, also the ABS and tc lights keep coming on. Also, it does not make sense that my car now has 50,000 miles on it when I hardly go anywhere. It seems the odometer is very inaccurate. There is no way I have put 30,000 miles on this car since April of 2003. Could not find any other information concerning the odometer issue, but was told by a mechanic that it's possible their could be a speed sensor issue in the transmission, which would also cause the check engine light to come on.

- Warwick, RI, USA

problem #3

Dec 022001

TL

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
While driving vehicle hesitates to shift gears.then it will jerk into gear, causing vehicle to launch forward. Also does this in reverse gear. Contacted dealer. Had transmission replaced 2 twice, problem reoccurred.

- Plano, TX, USA

problem #2

Aug 072001

TL

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Consumer was barely going 2mph in a driveway almost stopped and vehicle suddenly accelerated. Consumer was pratically standing on brakes, using the left foot and trying to stop the vehicle. Before vehicle stopped accelerating it demolished a brick pump house, a concrete bird bath, and and 2 trees. No contact has been made with dealer. Vehicle has over $9800 worth of damages.

- Wilmington, DE, USA

problem #1

Jul 252001

TL

  • miles
When stopped with foot on brake car accelerates. Also if car is in reverse, and foot is on brake, car accelerates in reverse. This behavior is reproducible.

- San Mateo, CA, USA