2000 Acura TL Service and Repair Manual

I TRIED TO PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE AFTER STARTING IT ONE DAY TO NO AVAIL. I PLACED A SCREW DRIVER IN THE SHIFT LOCK POSITION AS THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATED. I CALLED THE ACURA DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM THE PROBLEM. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOANER CAR AVAILABLE AND ASKED ME TO COME IN A DAY LATER. ON MY WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR MY APPOINTMENT THE NEXT DAY, I HAD COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WHILE GOING 65 MILES AN HOUR ON A TOLLWAY. THE NEXT 14 MILES I TRIED TO GET THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN. I TRIED TO SHIFT TO

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED SHE SHIFTED INTO THE REVERSE POSITION AND PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. THE VEHICLE THEN ACCELERATED FORWARD CRASHING INTO A BRICK WALL CAUSING THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRAIN INJURIES. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 138,000. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. UPDATED 01/09/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED OWNER REMAINS IN PHSYICAL THERAPY DUE TO CLASS II CONCUSSION. ACURA HAS DECLINED

WHILE STARTING UP THE CAR AND SHIFTING TO REVERSE, THE CAR ACCELERATED UP TO A HIGH SPEED. I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP THE CAR UNTIL IT HIT A TREE AND THE IMPACT OF THE CAR CAUSE ME TO HIT THE GEAR SHIFT TO PARK. THE REAR END WAS DAMAGED ENOUGH THAT MY INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED IT . THE DISTANCE OF TRAVEL BEFORE THE IMPACT WAS LESS THAN 20 FEET. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE A TRANSMISSION REPLACED AS A RESULT OF A SAFETY RECALL (2003). *TR

WAS DRIVING ON WET PARKWAY & STARTED TO APPLY ABS BRAKES SLOWLY, THE ABS BRAKES FAILED TO CATCH & VEHICLE HYDROPLANED. IT HIT AN EMBANKMENT & THEN SPUN AROUND. DRIVER SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES & WAS HOSPITALIZED. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. VEHICLE TOTALED . ONLY HAD 500 MILES ON IT. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE OWNS A 2000 ACURA TL. HE STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER HAS HEARD OF OTHER COMPLAINTS SUCH AS A ACURA MDX WITH THE SAME ENGINE. BOTH VEHICLE WAS IN THE BODY SHOP AT THE SAME TIME FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HAD BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE AND HE STILL COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE, THE ONLY REASON WHY HE STOPPED WAS BECAUSE HE HIT A TREE. *JB

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 40 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH FRONTAL DRIVER/ PASSENGER AND SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR CHEST INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

PURCHASED 2002 ACURA BRAND NEW. DURING AN ACCIDENT, THE DRIVER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING CRASH. THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHEN NO ONE WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT DURING CRASH. ACURA 3.2 TL WAS FEATURED TO BE A SAFE VEHICLE IN ADVERTISEMENTS. IT HAD FRONT AND SIDE AIRBAGS. ACURA IS COMBINING TARGET MARKETS FOR APPROACH TO SAFETY, BEST VALUE FOR HIGH END CAR, UPPER-END DEMOGRAPHICS. FOR A PRICE OF OVER $28,000, VEHICLE SHOULD BE BE FLAWLESS. LET THE BUYER BEWARE. CONSUMER PRODU

AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND ONLY GOING APPROX 5 MPH. AIR BAG REPLACEMENT WAS 80% OF REPAIR BILL NO OTHER MAJOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER SERVICED THE VEHICLE. THEN, CONSUMER REAR ENDED A VEHICLE AT 50 MPH. A RECALL LETTER WAS LATER RECEIVED BY THE CONSUMER ON THE AIR BAG MODULE. NHTSA RECALL 02V080000. *AK

WHEN TURNING CAR OFF IGNITION TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK FAILED AND THE CAR WAS LEFT IN NEUTRAL AND AFTER EXITING CAR IT ROLLED BACKWARD (ON A HILLSIDE) & HIT PARKED TRUCK. VERY RISKY! I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ACURA TL HAD PRIOR YEARS (THRU 99) THAT WERE RECALLED. ALSO HONDA HAD OTHER MODELS IN LATER YEARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. CALLED NATIONAL HONDA 800 AND THEY VERIFIED NOT COVERED. I HAD FIXED, BUT HONDA IS PUTTING PUBLIC AT RISK! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 ACURA TL. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION BEFORE PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. HE LATER NOTICED THAT HIS VEHICLE HAD ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND CRASHED INTO HIS NEIGHBOR'S LANDSCAPING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BECOMING HARDER TO SHIFT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 ACURA .THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE ROLLED AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 169,000.

TODAY JUNE 2, 2013, MY 2000 ACURA 32TL HAD SUDDEN ACCELERATION THAT RESULTED IN A CRASH WITH A PARKED VEHICLE ON THE ROAD WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. AFTER HITTING THE PARKED CAR, I TRIED TO PULL THE CAR FORWARD AND TRIED TO STOP. INSTEAD, IT STARTED MOVING FORWARD UNCONTROLLABLY, EVEN THOUGH I WAS PUSHING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE TO STOP. IT TOOK CONTROL AND STARTED MOVING FORWARD THROUGH ROAD, DRIVEWAY AND NEIGHBORING LAWN. I STEERED FOR ABOUT 100 FEE

2000 ACURA TL. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION CAUSING A CRASH. *TGW AS THE CONSUMER BACKED OUT FROM A PARKING SPACE AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL WITH FIERCE FORCE AND SPEED AND SPUN AROUND IN CIRCLES SEVERAL TIMES. FINALLY, THE VEHICLE HIT A POST IN THE PARKING LOT. THE MOMENTUM CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT TWO PARKED CARS. THE POLICE WERE CALLED, HOWEVER THEY HAD NO AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE SINCE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. AN INSPECTION