2005 Acura Tl

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 125,000.

I HAVE A 2005 ACURATL IN GOOD CONDITION. LAST YEAR, A LONG CRACK APPEARED ON MY PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD. A WEEK LATER A SECOND LONG CRACK APPEARED PARALLEL TO THE FIRST CRACK. LASTLY, ABOUT A MONTH AGO A THIRD CRACK APPEARED MAKING A HORIZONTAL LINE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND CRACK. IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE. A SECURITY GUARD ONCE ASKED ME, WHAT MODEL WAS MY CAR. HE REPLIED, THAT IT IS A DEFECT WITH THE 2005 ACURA TL'S. HIS AND HIS FRIEND'S CAR DID THE SAME THING, HE SAID. I BEGAN TO RESEARCH ONLINE. I FOUND MANY FORUMS AND BLOGS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THIS SAME ISSUE. I CONTACTED ACURA AND OF COURSE THEY CLAIM NO LIABILITY BECAUSE OF THE CAR'S AGE OR MILEAGE. I HAVE READ THAT THIS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG....UPDATED 09/28/15 *BF UPDATED 12/11/2017*CN

PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD HAS MAJOR CRACKING AND OUR CONCERN IS WITH THE AIR BAGS. IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY INCORRECTLY DUE TO THE CRACKING IN THE DASHBOARD, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THE PASSENGER WOULD BE NOT BE PROTECTED AS EXPECTED/NEEDED. THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND IS SPOTLESS EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE HUGE DEFECT. ACURA SHOULD RECALL THIS AND MAKE IT RIGHT. *TR

THE DASH BOARD IN MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO CRACK OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG AND IT HAS ME CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAG MAY NOT DEPLOY TOWARDS THE PASSENGER AND MAY DEPLOY UPWARDS TOWARD THE WINDSHIELD INSTEAD AND NOT PROTECT THE PASSENGER. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE MODEL CARS AND ACURA REFUSES TO FIX THIS DEFECT. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO LOSE THEIR LIFE DUE TO THIS DEFECT BEFORE ACURA ACKNOWLEDGES THERE IS A DEFECT AND A PROBLEM? *TR

I GOT INTO MY CAR THIS MORNING AT 10:15 AM TO GO TO WORK AND NOTICED THAT THE DASH GOING FROM THE VENT BY MY WINDSHIELD TO THE CENTER SPEAKER IN THE FRONT MIDDLE OF THE DASH. IT ALSO TRAVELS ALONG THE CREASE OF MY GAUGE HOOD AS WELL. MY SRS LIGHT WAS ON SHORTLY PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT AND AM CURIOUS IF THIS IS FOR SOME REASON THE CAUSE. I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY SORT OF ACCIDENT, NOR DO I DRIVE IN ANY MANNER TO HAVE CAUSED SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN. I DID DRIVE THE CAR YESTERDAY, 3/18/15, IN THE MORNING AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE LIKE THIS WHAT SO EVER. I ALSO HAD TAKEN THE CAR IN TO THE MECHANIC AND THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE OF WHAT WAS CAUSING THE SRS LIGHT TO BE ON. MY CAR IS A DECADE OLD, BUT I CONDITION IT AND TAKE CARE OF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE, SO LAZINESS OR "SUN DAMAGE" IS NOT THE ISSUE. I AM VERY UPSET THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS HAPPENING CONSIDERING THAT THE LEATHER INTERIOR IN THESE CARS SEEM TO BE VERY LOW QUALITY AND ARE TEARING APART! MULTIPLE CONSUMERS ALSO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES THAT I AM HAVING AND I TOO AGREE THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR MULTIPLE DEFECTS THAT THIS SPECIFIC YEAR AND MODEL VEHICLES SEEM TO BE HAVING. *TR

AT APPROXIMATELY 55000 MILES A CRACK WAS NOTED OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AS THE WEEKS PASSED MORE AND MORE CRACKS APPEARED IN THE DASH, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OVER THE GLOVE BOX WHERE IT WOULD APPEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG IS LOCATED. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT SHOWS AS ACTIVE OR INACTIVE. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WILL DEPLOY WITHOUT IMPACT. I RARELY DRIVE THIS CAR DUE TO THIS CONCERN, AND DO NOT FEEL THAT I CAN SELL IT OR TRADE IT DUE TO THIS ISSUE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MY LOCAL ACURA DEALER BUT THEY ARE UNWILLING TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONETARY ASSISTANCE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. THEY HAVE CONTACTED ME REGARDING TRADING THIS VEHICLE IN ON ANOTHER ACURA, BUT THAT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN BASED ON THE QUALITY OF THE VEHICLE I OWN, CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND THEIR UNWILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. *TR