2004 Acura Tsx

ACURA TSX 2004. TURNED ON THE AC WHILE DRIVING, NOTHING BUT WARM AIR WAS COMING IN. RESEARCHED ON-LINE FOR "04 TSX AIR CONDITIONER BROKEN" AND TO MY SURPRISE, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER 04 TSX OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE/PROBLEM - AN ACURA SERVICE ADVISOR HAS INDICATED THAT THERE HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE AND THAT THE TOTAL COST IS APPROX. $4000.00. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE AC UNIT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED - AC COMPRESSOR FAILURE CAUSED METAL SHAVINGS TO BE SPREAD THROUGH THE SYSTEM - TOTAL COST APPROX. $4500.00. CONTACTED ACURA CLIENT SERVICES (HTTP://WWW.ACURA.COM/CLIENTSERVICES.ASPX), BUT HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO TO ASSIST ME. *TR

I TOOK MY 04 ACURA TSX IN FOR A ELECTRONIC RECALL OF THE RADIO DASH LIGHT. THIS REQUIRED A NEW CIRCUIT BOARD. DURING THAT SAME VISIT I GOT MY TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED. A WEEK AFTER THE SERVICE WAS DONE MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK MY CARE TO THE SHOP IMMEDIATELY. WAS TOLD MY "TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER" HAS GONE BAD AND THE REPLACEMENT WOULD COS $1,600 +. MY CAR ONLY HAD 64K MILES AND VERY WELL MAINTAINED. I DID SOME ONLINE RESEARCH AND FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM ON CARS WITH LOW MILES (50K TO 65K MILES). THIS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT I HAVE A HONDA PRODUCT AND IT REQUIRES $1600 WORTH OF REPAIRS WITH THIS LOW OF MILES. FINDING MANY OTHERS ONLINE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM MAKES ME THINK THIS SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF RECALL ON THE MANUFACTURES PART. PLEASE HELP. *TR

I OWN A 2004 ACURA TSX. MY AC BLEW OUT ON ME WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. I ONLY HAD AROUND 60,000 MILES AT THAT TIME. THE DEALER WANTED TO CHANGE THE WHOLE AC UNIT. COMPRESSOR, HOSES, CONDENSER, AND FLUSH THE SYSTEM OUT. THEY KNOW ABOUT THE AC FAILURE AS MANY ACURA TSX WERE REPORTED WITH THIS PROBLEM AND NOT OFFERING ANY RECALL ON IT. IT'S AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR TO FIX. THEY QUOTED ME $3,000.00 FOR THE FULL REPAIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TSX. WHILE ACCELERATING BETWEEN 35-75 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART WITHIN 1-10 MINUTES. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR REPAIR THE FAILURE. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 2005 ACURA TSX; NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V097000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,400 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 77,000. UPDATED 01/29/08 *BF THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP RELAY AND CAM SHAFT SENSOR. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED OCCASIONALLY, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WAS REPLACED. UPDATED

ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 10TH, 2005, THE ENGINE IN MY ACURA 2004 TSX BLEW OUT. CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 11,000 MILES ON IT,A D WAS PURCHASED BRAND-NEW IN SEPTEMBER 2004 FROM RALLYE ACURA AT 1750 NORTHERN BOULEVARD, ROSLYN, NY, 11576. AS A RESULT, THE ENTIRE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS NOTED BY STEVE GREINER IN THE RALLYE ACURA SERVICE DEPT. THAT THE BLOWN ENGINE WAS BY NO MEANS AS THE RESULT OF MY DRIVING. HE STATED THAT AS THE CAR HAD A COMPUTER THAT DOCUMENTS THE EVENTS, AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF DEFECT IN THE ENGINE THAT WAS PRESENT WHEN THE CAR WAS PURCHASED BY MYSELF. AND THE EVENTS WERE NOT THE RESULT OF MY DRIVING BEHAVIOR AND ALSO NOT THE RESULT OF ANYTHING ON THE HIGHWAY THAT MAY HAVE BOUNCED UP UNDER THE ENGINE. THE CAR WAS GIVEN BACK TO ME ON JUNE 29TH, 2005, AFTER BEING OUT OF SERVICE FOR 19 CALENDAR DAYS, BY THE RALLYE ACURA SERVICE DEPARTMENT. SUBSEQUENT TO THIS, IT WAS NOTED ON JULY 9TH, 2005, THAT THE TSX WAS LEAKING OIL. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE RALLYE ACURA DEALERSHIP, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PART MISSING THAT HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED WHEN THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. IT WAS NOT UNTIL 8:30AM AUGUST 3RD, 2005, THAT I WAS TO BRING THE CAR BACK IN FOR REPAIRS. WHEN I ARRIVED BACK AT 4PM LATER THAT AFTERNOON (WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULED PICKUP TIME ON THAT SAME DAY) TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE, I WAS TOLD THAT THE PART HAD BEEN PUT INTO THE CAR, BUT THAT IT WAS STILL LEAKING OIL. THE CAR REMAINED THERE FROM AUGUST 3RD THROUGH AUGUST 4TH, 2005. LEAVING THE CAR OUT OF SERVICE FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO CALENDAR DAYS. AS OF AUGUST 17TH, IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER OIL LEAKS AND/OR PROBLEMS. I WAS TOLD BY MR. GREINER IN THE RALLYE ACURA SERVICE DEPT. THAT THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN AND THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SENT TO THE FACTORY. THERE, THE ENGINE WOULD BE TAKEN APART IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE.*AK