Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||||
| 06012004 | 06/01/2004 | 10014342 | Engine idle problems check the iac valve. *eh | 04/29/2005 | |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||||
| 090105 | 09/16/2005 | 10018108 | A loose timing chain, a defective auto tensioner, a loose timing chain sprocket, low engine oil pressure or a momentarily seized camshaft can cause an intermittent dtc. *jb | 12/15/2005 | |
| 505 | 05/16/2005 | 10016260 | Cranks won't start, immobilizer light flashes. *tt | 09/06/2005 | |
| 1203 | 12/16/2003 | 10014160 | Updating replacement ecm/pcm software. *nm | 04/28/2005 | |
| 04014 | 05/04/2004 | 10008707 | Engine hesitates when accelerating from a stop. *mj | 08/17/2004 | |
| 04014 | 06/11/2004 | 04014 | 10008520 | Engine hesitates when accelerating from a stop. *tt | 08/04/2004 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM | |||||
| 04018 | 06/18/2004 | 10008522 | Exhaust noise during hard acceleration. *tt | 08/04/2004 | |
| 100102 | 10/01/2002 | 10005945 | Install intake manifold runner control (imrc) valve correctly. acura servicenews. *tt | 03/19/2004 | |
| 092203 | 09/22/2003 | 070103 | 10004687 | Honda is investigating an exhaust leak at the header flex joint to the converter with customer's contention as a rattle or exhaust noise. warranty parts inspection address included. *tt | 12/31/2003 |
| 071403 | 07/14/2003 | 10002981 | Honda is investigating an exhaust leak at the header flex joint to the converter with customer's contention as a rattle or exhaust noise. *tt | 10/02/2003 | |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - EMISSION CONTROL | |||||
| 060103 | 06/01/2003 | 10002692 | Information on finding a vehicle's emission type or group. *tt | 09/11/2003 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 01/30/2003 | 12 | 12 | 01/27/2003 |
| Fog light cracked they blamed it on me replaced it and it cracked again 1 week later and they fixed it again blaming it on road vibration. it took acura 3 times to fix my sticking map lights. my car was at acura for 1 1/2 weeks for a buzzing sound from the engine they found a buzzing wire after all that time. transmission was also grinding and they never fixed it. my car's oil has been disappearing since i bought it. my low oil light comes on after 800 miles after topping off. at 13949 they started an oil test they were tiring to tell me it was normal to loose 1qt every 500 miles. they also blamed it on my oil mobile 1. so i paid $75.00 for acura to change it. they insisted that to do any work on my car they need me to come back to acura every 500 miles for acura oil which i did for 3 times until i noticed oil coming from the back of my engine 23396 miles they replaced head gasket. brought car home and it was leaking even more. brought back and they said now that the timing cover was distorted at the rate of the leak there was no way to drive the car so it was left at the dealer for a week till the parts came in. they replaced timing cover. car is still loosing oil and my transmission is now grinding worse than it ever has. which is a common problem among rsx model cars now they say the oil is burning? still not fixed. *jb | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 01/28/2010 | 86000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2003 acura rsx with a 4-cylinder, 2.0 liter engine. while driving at speeds of 65 mph, there was a tapping noise coming from under the hood. the vehicle then stalled without warning and shortly after, he was able to restart the vehicle. once the vehicle was restarted, the vehicle abnormally accelerated and increased in engine rpms of 9,000. he was able to put the vehicle into neutral and maneuver off the highway. the engine then blew itself and made a loud popping noise. he was unable to restart the vehicle at that point. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where they performed a diagnostic and determined the failure to be driver error. the engine was replaced at the owner's expense. the failure and current mileages were approximately 86,000. | |||
| 02/28/2007 | 1 | 08/28/2006 | |
| I bought my car from a dealer in august 2006, in january of 07 i noticed my 2003 acura rsx engine making a ticking sound and the engine revving really high. i took it to my mechanic who said the valves needed replacing as do the camshafts. after many searches online regarding this problem, and finding several other owners experiencing the exact same issue i am shocked acura has not issued a recall for this. *jb | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE | |||
| 11/14/2004 | 16275 | 1 | 07/30/2003 |
| Problems shifting from 3rd into 4th gear. car shifts into second and redlines engine. computor fails to shut engine down and engine blows. this has happened twice in the past 6 months. acura blames it on driver error. mechanic told me gear pattern is very tight and this has occured to an acura technician.*ak | |||