Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | |||
| 03/01/2012 | 190000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 acura tl. the contact stated while traveling 55 mph the vehicle suddenly stalled. the contact was able to merge to the side of the road. the contact restarted the vehicle where it began to function properly. the vehicle was able to be driven to the contact's destination. the vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where it was confirmed that the fuel pump had failed. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was contacted about the issue and informed the contact that they were not included in nhtsa campaign id number 07v097000 (fuel system, gasoline:delivery:fuel pump). the failure mileage was 190,000 and the current mileage was 200,000. mh | |||
| 06/05/2012 | 105051 | ||
| Driving on highway and gas petal failed to operate proper....after slowing down to about 20 mph it started up again and i regained the speed of about 60. then in abourt 2 miles it happened again, i got off the highway and took to the closest acura dealer.they replaced the app sensor and noted pedal position sensor failure the pedal positionm sensor was replaced. this happened on june 5, 2012, then on september 3, 2012 i was parking in our office parking lot and the gas petal accelerated as i was putting the gear shift in the park postion. i accelerated so fast i hit the concrete stop took off airborn went over the embankment and down to the street below. needless to say the car entire front end was wrecked. the seat belt did indeed save me from more serous injury than i did received. | |||
| 06/27/2012 | 136800 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 acura tl. the contact stated that while driving 3 mph, the vehicle stopped moving although the engine was still running. the traction control lights illuminated at the time of the failure. the vehicle then reset and was able to be driven. the vehicle was taken to a personal mechanic for diagnosis and the contact was told that the vehicle had initiated in open loop mode, causing the vehicle not to respond to the throttle. the vehicle had not been repaired. the failure and current mileages were 136,800. kmj | |||
| 06/27/2012 | 136800 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 acura tl. the contact stated that while driving out into traffic at about 3 mph the vehicle stalled although the vehicle was still on. the traction control lights illuminated at the time of the failure. the vehicle then reset and was able to be driven again. the vehicle was taken to a personal mechanic for diagnosis and was told that the vehicle had gone into open loop mode causing the vehicle to not respond to the throttle. the vehicle had not been repaired. the failure and current mileages were 136,800. | |||