7.6

pretty bad
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
6,372 miles

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problem #4

Oct 012021

TLX 6-cyl

  • 47,700 miles
The contact owns a 2018 Acura TLX. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled approximately ten times. The vehicle inadvertently shifted into neutral. The vehicle was restarted after five minutes. The local dealer was contacted. The vehicle was diagnosed and repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 47,700. Consumer stated there was a known software bug in the auto idle feature, that needed updating. Consumer took the car to the dealer and had the software updated.

- Princeton, NJ, USA

problem #3

Feb 272021

TLX

  • 71,000 miles
When driving as gear changes while hitting the gas, my car jults as if gas I ran out of gas and hard enough to make me feel like im getting wiplash and dose it around 25mph and 55-60 mph and RPM wil jump and go back to normal

- Wilmington, NC, USA

problem #2

May 082018

TLX

  • 31,081 miles
The contact owns a 2018 Acura Tlx. While driving at an unknown speed, on three occasions, the steering wheel seized while making either a left or right turn. The brake pedal was applied, but felt stiff and failed to respond. The accelerator pedal was applied, but the vehicle failed to move. In addition, the electrical system, emission, transmission, stability control, all wheel assist, blind spot, cruise control, and lane assist indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to Acura of memphis (2611 ridgeway rd, memphis, tn 38119) where it was diagnosed that the vehicle overheated and the automatic start malfunctioned. The vehicle was repaired, but the failures recurred. The manufacturer was not notified and opened case number: 08586429. No further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 31,081. The VIN was not available.

- Friars Point, MS, USA

problem #1

Nov 042017

TLX

  • 3,150 miles
For the past two days I see the check engine indicator pop up along with two errors. "electric parking brake problem" and "emissions system problem" this happend after driving and parking the car. The next day I turned the car on and saw the errors. Not sure what cpuld be the cause of this. I recently purchased this unit. Had it since July 2017 with only 3228miles. Please advise. Thank you.

- Riverview, FL, USA