2007 Acura Tsx

I BEGAN HEARING A NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE STEERING BECAME "HEAVY". I CHECKED THE POWER STEERING FLUID RESERVOIR AND IT WAS LOW ON FLUID. I CHECKED UNDER THE CAR AND SAW THAT THERE A LEAK FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE BOOT ON THE STEERING RACK. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL SHOP AND HAD THE PART REPLACED WITH AN AFTERMARKET RACK FOR $1200. THE RACK FAILED WITHIN A WEEK. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE LOCAL SHOP AND THEY REPLACED IT UNDER WARRANTY. THIS WAS JUNE 2017. TODAY I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AGAIN AND NOW THE RIGHT BOOT IS LEAKING. I HAVE NOT HAD TO PAY FOR THE WARRANTY REPLACEMENTS, BUT THE FACT THE ORIGINAL PART WAS DEFECTIVE IS TROUBLING. I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE WITH ACURA TSXS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE A MANUFACTURER REPLACEMENT FREE OF CHARGE TO THE OWNER.

THE CAR HAD NOT GIVEN ME ANY WARNING OR NOTHING. DRIVING FINE DOWN THE HIGHWAY ONE DAY GOING ABOUT 45 MPH, I GO TO MAKE A TURN AND ITS HARD AS HELL. MY CAR STARTS SOUNDING ALL CRAZY AND IM STRUGGLING TO TURN THE WHEEL. I PULL OVER AND ALL MY POWER STEERING FLUID IS GONE, LEAKED OUT! NOW I HAVE READ REPORT AFTER REPORT OF THIS HAPPENING. OVER AND OVER FOR THIS SAME YEAR AND TYPE OF CAR. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL?????!!!!! THE BOOT JUST BUSTED. AND ITS GONNA COST ME WAY MORE THAN I CAN AFFORD TO REPLACE THE RACK AND PINION! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 ACURA TSX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

DRIVING AROUND 30 MPH, IT BECAME HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL UNEXPECTEDLY. THERE WERE NO HITS/BUMPS/ETC. SO; IT WAS POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING AND I HAD TO GET POWER STEERING RACK REPLACED. THE CAR WAS ALWAYS DEALER MAINTAINED, THERE WERE NO KNOWN REASONS FOR THE LEAK; NO BUMP HITS AS MENTIONED. THE POWER STEERING HOSE WAS REPLACED WHEN IT WAS RECALLED. ONE KNOWN ISSUE WAS THAT I WAS ALSO EXPERIENCING KNOWN SQUEAKING STEERING NOISE ISSUE AND I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WAS KNOWN, BUT NOT RISKY. THERE SHOULD BE FULL POWER STEERING RACK RECALL ON THESE MODELS (TO COVER LEAK AND NOISE ISSUES). I CAN NOT THINK OF HOW THIS COULD END ON A HIGHWAY. *TR

TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY IN LOS ANGELES. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE DRY. NO ISSUE REGARDING VISIBILITY. FRONT VEHICLE STOPPED. APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP, BUT ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATED CAUSING THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES TO GRIND AND VEHICLE TO GLIDE, RATHER THAN ABRUPTLY STOP, RESULTING IN A REAR-END COLLISION. AIRBAGS DID NOT ACTIVATE. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE FRONT END OF THE ACURA, SPECIFICALLY THE GRILL AND HEADLIGHTS CAUSING SIDE-BAR DAMAGE (ESTIMATE INDICATES $5,000+ DAMAGE). MINOR DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE REAR BUMPER OF THE REAR-ENDED VEHICLE (ESTIMATE INDICATES $1200). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 ACURA TSX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DECELERATE, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE PRESSED TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST MODULE HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,300. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAVE A 2007 ACURA TSX AUTOMATIC AND THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A CLICKING NOISE WHENEVER YOU COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN START TO MOVE AGAIN. ACURA HAS STATED THAT ALL OF THEIR TRANSMISSIONS MAKE THIS CLICKING NOISE ALL THE TIME, HOWEVER IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS TO DO THIS AND NO OTHER CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED MAKES THIS NOISE. I'VE ALSO DONE MY RESEARCH AND ALL ACURA TSX AUTOMATIC OWNERS FROM THE 04-08 MODEL YEARS EXPERIENCE THIS CLICKING PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A BAD SHIFT LOCK SOLENOID AND BUSHING. SOME OWNERS HAVE HAD ACURA FIX THE PROBLEM ONLY FOR IT TO COME BACK IN 10K - 20K MILES. THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION INTO A RECALL FOR THIS. I AM SURE IT COULD LEAD TO MORE ISSUES WITH THE CAR FURTHER ON. *TR