2004 Acura Tl

I HAVE 7 CRACKS IN THE DASH OF MY 2004 ACURA TL. IT STARTED WITH 2 LONG CRACKS, ONE OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ONE IN THE PASSENGER AIR BAG COVER. OVER THE PAST 13 MONTHS 5 MORE CRACKS HAVE APPEARED IN THE DASH BETWEEN THE FIRST 2 ORIGINAL CRACKS. THESE CRACKS ARE UNSIGHTLY AND MAY BE A SAFETY HAZARD SINCE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG COVER IS INVOLVED. *TR

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER TO THE WHEELS WHILE DRIVING. WHEN I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR THE ENGINE RPMS WOULD INCREASE BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR SPEED UP. THIS FIRST HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET. HAD I BEEN MAKING A LEFT TURN WITH ON-COMING TRAFFIC IT COULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS. THIS APPEARED TO BE CAUSED BY A SLIPPING TRANSMISSION. IT OCCURRED UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE WERE WARM (AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL MILES). I LATER FOUND THAT AFTER THE CAR HAD COOLED, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD BEHAVE NORMALLY UNTIL IT GOT WARM AGAIN. FIRST THEY SAID MY TRANSMISSION FLUID NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THEY DID THAT AND SAID THE CAR WAS RUNNING NORMALLY AGAIN. I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE SAME LOSS OF POWER WITHIN A FEW MILES. I LET THE CAR COOL DOWN AND THEN RETURNED TO THE DEALER. THEY THEN DIAGNOSED IT AS TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITH A FACTORY REBUILT TRANSMISSION AT THE DEALERSHIP AT MY EXPENSE. MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED 3,000 MILES EARLIER. *TR

2004 ACURA TL POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK. DEALER STATED NOT RELATED TO RECALL REGARDING POWER STEERING HOSE PROBLEM WHICH WAS APPARENTLY REPAIRED UNDER RECALL ALREADY. ACURA DEALER REPAIRED POWER STEERING PUMP AND CHARGED OVER $600 FOR REPAIR. FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO POWER IN STEERING, LOUD NOISE GRINDING WHEN STARTING ENGINE AND FOR PERIOD WHILE DRIVING AT BEGINNING OF DRIVING EACH TIME. *TR

MY 2004 ACURA TL WAS PARKED DURING AN ICE STORM IN RALEIGH, NC, LAST WEEK. WHEN I RETURNED TO MY CAR AND STARTED IT ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2011, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT COME ON. I CHECKED THE FUSES AND DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM THERE. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALER FOR OIL CHANGE, BRAKE PADS, AND TO CHECK THE WIPERS THIS MORNING. I LOOKED ON THIS WEBSITE AND FOUND OUT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL IN 2008 OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE RECALL SERVICE HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE IN 2008. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SOMETHING ELSE IS WRONG IF THE MOTOR HAS FAILED AGAIN. THIS IS COSTING ME ABOUT $380 AND AM WONDERING IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO TO RECOUP THE MONEY FOR THIS REPAIR. IS IT NOT LIKELY THAT THIS PROBLEM IS RELATED TO THE PREVIOUS PROBLEM FOR WHICH THE CAR WAS RECALLED? THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS PRIOR TO MY TRIP, AND THE CAR SAT IN THE SAME SPOT FROM SATURDAY NIGHT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. *TR

DASHBOARD ON MY 2004 ACURA TL IS CRACKING AROUND THE AIRBAGS, FEEL VERY UNSAFE ABOUT IT BEING DEPLOYED. ACURA HAS MENTIONED ON THE PHONE IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. HOWEVER AFTER READING VARIOUS OTHER OWNERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE THIS IS NOT A ONE THING, THIS IS A DEFECTED AUTOMOBILE AND I WILL NOT HAVE MY CHILDREN OR MY WIFE OR ANYONE THAT RIDES WITH ME IN THAT CAR SIT IN THE FRONT SEAT. *TR

I LOVE MY TL BUT I AM TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE DASH ON MY 2004 ACURA TL. I HAVE HAD CARS THAT HAD SIMILAR DASHES AND THEY NEVER CRACKED! THIS DASH HAS ALREADY CRACKED IN 3 PLACES. ONE CRACK RUNS FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO ALMOST THE TOP OF THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. THIS ONE MAKES ME UNEASY EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE IT RUNS ALONGSIDE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THE OTHER CRACKS ARE SMALLER BUT NEVERTHELESS THEY ARE THERE. I DON'T THINK THIS IS ACCEPTABLE FOR A CAR I PAID SO MUCH FOR. ACURA NEEDS TO STEP UP AND RECALL THESE CHEAP DASHBOARDS. *TR

LETTER TO THE ADMINISTRATOR FROM RE PROBLEMS WITH HIS 2004 ACURA TL *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HIS VEHICLE RECENTLY STARTED SPUTTERING DURING ACCELERATION AT LOW SPEEDS. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS LATER INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER LATER DISCOVERED A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE 2ND GEAR. THE CONSUMER INQUIRED ABOUT HAVING THE WORK PERFORMED UNDER THE RECALL. HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THE RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED PREVIOUSLY. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, IT HAD 30,394 MILES ON IT AND IF THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED PRIOR TO HIM PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, IT WASN'T DONE PROPERLY. *JB