2010 Acura Tsx

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 ACURA TSX. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE CONSUMED APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF QUART OF OIL EVERY THOUSAND MILES. THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS, SUCH AS RAIN, IF YOU NEED TO ACCELERATE, THE TRACTION CONTROL CUTS POWER PRACTICALLY COMPLETELY, SO IF YOU ARE AT A STOP SIGN, AND TRY TO CROSS A BUSY INTERSECTION, IF YOU CAN GET THE TRACTION CONTROL TO NOT ENGAGE YOU CAN MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY ACROSS THE INTERSECTION, IF IT'S ENGAGE, AND IT ACTIVATES IT'S AS THOUGH YOU TOOK YOUR FOOT COMPLETELY OFF THE ACCELERATOR, I'VE HAD A LOANER CAR OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AS MINE, BUT IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC, THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK THE SAME WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL AS THE AUTOMATIC DOES. THE AUTOMATIC YOU CAN FEEL THE CAR PRACTICALLY CLAW AT THE ROAD TO MOVE FASTER, WHILE THE MANUAL, POWER IS JUST COMPLETELY CUT, IT'S QUITE DANGEROUS.

THIS TSX HAS HAD THREE DIFFERENT DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS GO OUT. PASSENGER DOOR AT 30K MIKES, DRIVER DOOR AT 45K MILES AND REAR PASSENGER DOOR AT 75K MILES. WHILE THE FIRST TWO WERE UNDER WARRANTY THE LAST ONE ISN'T AND COSTS $460 FOR THE ACURA DEALER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SEEMS THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM AS THE CAR IS IN OTHERWISE PERFECT CONDITION. MULTIPLE OWNERS ON ACURA MESSAGE BOARDS COMPLAIN OF THE SAME PROBLEM.

WE BOUGHT THE ACURA NAMED ABOVE AT JMK FIAT IN SPRINGFIELD, NJ. IT HAS 4 MICHELIN 225/50R17 TIRES ON IT. IT HAS ONLY BEEN THREE WEEKS AND ONE OF THE TIRES WAS DRY ROTTED AND WENT FLAT. MY MECHANIC SAID ALL FOUR HAVE TO BE REPLACED. MY WIFE AND SON WERE ABOUT TO TRAVEL TO NEW YORK RIGHT BEFORE THIS OCCURRED. I KNOW THEIR WAS A RECALL ON THESE TIRES BUT I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED AND THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING. CAN I DO ANYTHING HERE?

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED. THE FIRST TIME WAS ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO AND SINCE IT HAD NEVER OCCURRED BEFORE, I BELIEVED IT TO BE AN ANOMALY. SECOND TIME...NO LONGER AN ANOMALY, THIS CAR HAS A BREAKING PROBLEM THAT IS BEING IGNORED BY ACURA. ON TWO OCCASIONS NOW MY BREAKS HAVE FAILED WITHIN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF VEHICLE OPERATION CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO USE MY EMERGENCY BREAK IN ORDER TO AVOID BEING T-BONED BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WHEN I WAS APPROACHING THE STOP SIGN I ATTEMPTED TO BREAK ONLY TO FIND THE BREAK PEDAL SOLID AND STIFF AND WOULD NOT MOVE NO MATTER HOW HARD I PUSHED. I HAD NO BREAKS WHATSOEVER. WITHIN A SHORT TIME AFTER, THE BREAKS STARTED WORKING. CONDITIONS ON BOTH OCCURRENCES WERE TEMPERATURES BELOW 10 DEGREES WITH A NEGATIVE WIND CHILL AND I HAD NOT WARMED MY CAR UP PRIOR TO DRIVING IT. THE SECOND TIME I WAS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO GETTING T-BONED BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE ONLY REASON I WAS NOT HIT WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE I HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BREAK. THIS TIME I IMMEDIATELY PARKED THE CAR AND CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK. THE VEHICLE IS SITTING AT A HONDA REPAIR SHOP AS THERE ARE NO ACURA DEALERS CLOSE. I CONTACTED ACURA AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS AND THAT THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY HOWEVER A LOCAL ADVOCATE FOR MY REGION WOULD CALL ME BACK ON MONDAY. TODAY IS FRIDAY. SOMEONE NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THIS AS WHEN I SEARCH THE FORUMS TSXCLUB.COM (BREAKS FAIL WHEN COLD), THERE ARE MULTIPLE OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. THERE ARE ALSO CASES ON THIS SITE AS WELL. ACURA NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS ISSUE AND ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES. I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHEN MY TEEN DRIVER WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL. *TR

THE KEY HAS A CHIP IN IT THAT CONTROLS THE IGNITION. IT ALSO HAS A SPRING IN IT THAT ALLOWS YOU TO FOLD THE KEY INTO THE FOB. I HAVE TWO TIMES HAD THAT SPRING WEAR OUT AND BREAK. WHEN YOU PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THE SPRING IS BROKEN AND YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL KEYS OR RINGS ATTACHED TO THE FAB IT CAN CAUSE THE KEY TO START CLOSING FROM THE WEIGHT IF THE SPRING IS BROKEN AND THAT CAUSES THE CAR TO SHUT DOWN AND TURN ITSELF OFF. EVEN IF YOU ARE IN DRIVE OR MOVING FORWARD. IT NAPPED TWO TIMES. ACURA REPLACED THE KEY WITHOUT QUESTION AND SAID SORRY. *TR