2005 Acura Tl

2 LARGE CRACKS IN DASHBOARD DIRECTLY OVER PASSENGER AIRBAG. CAR IS 6 YEARS OLD AND GARAGE KEPT. HAS ONLY 46,000 MILES. ACURA BUILDS AIRBAG INTO THE DASH AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE THE CRACKS ARE FORMING. AIRBAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. WORRIED THAT AIRBAG CAN NOT POSSIBLY FUNCTION AS INTENDED WITH THESE CRACKS. DANGEROUS AND BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINS ACURA KNOWS ABOUT IT AND WON'T DO ANYTHING. AT THE VERY LEAST THEY ARE USING POOR QUALITY MATERIALS IN THEIR "LUXURY" CARS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD NEAR THE AIR BAG AND HE WAS CONCERNED THAT IT WOULD DEPLOY WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000. UPDATED 07/08/11*LJ UPDATED 07/20/11

I OWN A ACURA TL 2005 WHICH I BOUGHT IN NOV 2009 AND LAST SUMMER MY CARS DASHBOARD DEVELOPED MULTIPLE CRACKS. NOW I AM AFRAID IF THIS WILL HAVE EFFECT ON MY AIRBAGS, I AM NOTICING MY CARS AUDIO ALREADY MAKING SOME BUZZING NOISE AFTER THE CRACKS. PLEASE TAKE NECESSARY ACTION ON ACURA AND MAKE THEM REPLACE THESE DASHBOARDS, THIS BEING A LUXURY MODEL THEY SHOULD ATLEAST NOT PUT IN CHEAP MATERIAL. *TR

I OWN A 2005 ACURA TL , WHICH I HAPPEN TO PAY LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR THIS "LUXURY" CAR. LITERALLY OVER NIGHT MY CARS FRONT DASH BOARD HAD CRACKED. ITS NOW HAS TWO LARGE CRACKS ON THE FRONT DASH THAT ARE NOT SURFACE CRACKS THEY ACTUALLY ARE COMPLETE CRACKS THROUGH THE DASH FROM THE VERY FRONT,WINDSHIELD, ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE,WOOD GRAIN . ONE CRACK THAT HAPPEN TO BE VERY CLOSE TO BEING ON TOP OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. I HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS WITHIN A YEAR, AND THE ONE I WAS INVOLVED IN OVER A YEAR AGO WAS A MINOR FENDER BENDER. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND THOUSANDS OF ACURA TL OWNERS HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINTS AND OCCURRENCES THAT ONLY HAVE GOTTEN WORSE RESULTING IN SEVERAL MORE CRACKS TO APPEAR WITHIN A COUPLE DAYS TO A MONTH WHICH CONCERNS ME. I AM IN FEAR THESE CRACKS AND POSSIBLE FUTURE CRACKS COULD RESULT IN MY AIRBAG SENSORS ABILITIES TO FUNCTION CORRECTLY, WHICH COULD LEAD TO SPONTANEOUS RELEASE OF THEM,. *TR

I OWN AN 2005 ACURA TL BOUGHT 2 YEARS AGO FROM AN ACURA DEALER,LIKE A YEAR AGO THE DASHBOARD STARTED TO CRACK NOW IT HAS CRACKS ALL OVER INCLUDING AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IM CONCERNED THIS COULD MAKE THE AIRBAG DEPLOY INCORRECTLY,I CALLED ACURA AND TOLD THEM MY CONCERNED BUT THEY DON'T SHARE MY OPINION THE ONLY THEY COULD OFFER ME ITS A 'GOODWILL' 40% DISCOUNT ON THE PART NOT THE LABOR LEAVING ME $1643 TO PAY FOR PROBABLY THE SAME DASHBOARD THAT ITS GOING TO LAST ME ANOTHER 3 YEARS. *TR

I CONTACTED ACURA'S CORPORATE OFFICE REGARDING 3 LARGE CRACKS THAT APPEARED ON MY ACURA TL 2005 DASHBOARD. I SPOKE WITH TWO REPRESENTATIVES, WHO DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM OCCURRING WITH OTHER ACURA OWNERS. DURING OUR CONVERSATION, I TOLD THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT I HAD DONE SOME RESEARCH REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED THAT SEVERAL THOUSAND COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO THE OFFICE OF DEFECT INVESTIGATION ALONG WITH A FACEBOOK PAGE WITH OTHER DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS. THE REPRESENTATIVES SEEMED UNAWARE OF THE 'SPLIT DASH' PRODUCT DEFECT, WHICH I FOUND UNBELIEVABLE. ACURA DEALERSHIPS IN MY AREA WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND I'M SURE THAT THE CORPORATE OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED BY THEM WHEN ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS CAME IN. THE FACT THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES WOULD DENY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS ISSUE WAS A BLATANT LIE. I WAS TOLD TO BRING MY VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST ACURA DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY WOULD TAKE PICTURES OF THE DASHBOARD (SEE ENCLOSED PICTURES). WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP, I NOTICED THAT MY AIRBAG LIGHT WAS NOW LIT. THE DEALERSHIP TOOK PICTURES OF THE 3 LARGE CRACKS AND LIT AIRBAG LIGHT AND TOLD ME HE WOULD GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH ME ONCE ACURA RESPONDED TO HIM. AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE DEALERSHIP CALLED TO SAY ACURA WAS GOING TO MAKE A 'GOOD WILL' GESTURE AND ONLY CHARGE ME 50% OF THE COST TO REPLACE IT, SINCE THE WARRANTY FOR THE DASHBOARD HAD EXPIRED. MY COST WOULD BE BETWEEN $900 TO $1000. I WAS APPALLED THAT ACURA WOULD EVEN CONSIDER HAVING A CUSTOMER PAY FOR A DEFECTIVE PART THAT WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE COMPANY. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS LIT. IT IS REASONABLE TO BELIEVE THAT CRACKS THAT DEVELOP WHERE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS SUPPOSED TO DEPLOY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO AFFECT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THIS SAFETY EQUIPMENT IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT AND, THEREFORE, SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR