2015 ACURA TLX Power Train Problems

The contact owns a 2015 Acura TLX. The contact stated that while driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle hesitated while accelerating. The message to stop driving and have the vehicle serviced immediately was displayed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who diagnosed that the Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) warmer had failed. The dealer diagnosed the vehicle with other undisclosed failures due to the ATF warmer failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failures and opened a case. The failure mileage was approximately 77,000.

Mileage: 77,000

The fuel delivery system, specifically the fuel pump, has malfunctioned. This vehicle is subject to a fuel pump safety recall, which was reportedly repaired in 2022; however, the vehicle continues to experience the same failure symptoms and is available for inspection upon request. The vehicle has stalled multiple times at highway speeds, resulting in sudden loss of power while driving and creating an immediate risk of collision with surrounding traffic. My family was in the vehicle during these incidents, significantly increasing the risk of serious injury or death. The problem has been reproduced multiple times, including after the vehicle was taken to an authorized Acura dealership. During the most recent visit, diagnostic trouble codes were cleared, but the recalled fuel pump was not repaired or replaced. After being released by the dealership, the vehicle stalled again under similar driving conditions. The vehicle was inspected by the dealership, but no corrective repair was performed beyond clearing codes. The manufacturer has not yet properly remedied the recurring safety defect. Prior to stalling, the vehicle exhibited intermittent hesitation, loss of power, and engine shutdown. Warning indicators and fault codes were present at times and were cleared by the dealership without resolving the underlying issue. These symptoms have continued intermittently since the recall repair. This appears to be a failure to properly diagnose and correct a known safety defect, resulting in repeated dangerous highway stalls and placing occupants at serious risk.

Subject: Complaint - Safety Recall Failure (#23V75100) - Engine Failure Summary: This is a complaint regarding a failure of the safety recall repair performed under Recall #23V75100, which addressed a rod bearing issue that can cause engine failure. Details: 1. On or about April 4, 2024, Southern Acura of Newport News, VA replaced the long block under Recall #23V75100 after the original engine failed at approximately 130,810 miles. 2. On or about September 5, 2024, at approximately 173,722 miles, the replacement engine failed again. 3.The vehicle is currently located at Hall Acura of Virginia Beach, VA. , where the dealership has verified that the engine is seized and available for inspection. 4. The failure occurred while driving at approximately 70 mph in a construction zone, where there was no immediate shoulder or safe area to pull off. The sudden loss of power nearly caused a rear- end collision. 5.An independent service center, American Pride - Fort Eustis in Newport News, VA., also verified the problem and found metal shavings and bearing metal coming from the oil pan. 6. There were no warning lamps or alerts prior to the engine failure; all warning lights illuminated only after the loss of power

The contact's client owns a 2015 Acura TLX. The contact stated while the client was driving 65 MPH, the vehicle shut down in the middle of traffic. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the transmission failed to shift into drive or reverse. Additionally, there was an unknown failure with the brakes and transmission. The contact stated that the failure was related to NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V751000 (Engine and Engine Cooling). The vehicle was towed to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the instrument cluster had failed and needed to be replaced. Additionally, the catalytic converter needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the driver suffered a stroke after the failure, and medical attention was provided. The manufacturer was contacted and opened a case. The failure mileage was approximately 67,000.

Mileage: 67,000

Hi, I have had a couple instances where the engine revved up between gears. Both times, I remember it happening rather soon after starting off from a stop sign. I didn't pay it much mind, but noted it. Just today, I asked my wife ([XXX]) whether she had noticed anything with the car. I purposely didn't ask any leading questions. She said a few times it would jump instead of smoothly going to the next gear. In Seaside, OR, I started to pull out onto [XXX], planning to take a right and head south bound. There was a Southbound car approaching from the North, but I had plenty of time to pull out and get up to speed. Immediately after starting out, the car popped into neutral and the RPMs raced. I already had some momentum and was on the highway, so I couldn't brake, and because it went into neutral, I hadn't finalized my turn so I was still pointing SE. As the car quickly approached, all I could do was use what little momentum I had and continue into the Northbound lane so the oncoming car could pass. Because of the slight slope to the Northbound shoulder, I was able to slowly come to a stop. I put the car in Park, turned it off, then back on, and everything came back to normal. I cannot begin to express how scared I was. I have lost brakes before in a car, but I know to use the emergency brake. I was completely dumbfounded as to how to react. Had there been oncoming traffic, it would have been an awful accident. Why is there no recall on this? I researched on Google and found a recall on 2015 Acura TLX 6-cylinder transmission due to a bad wiring harness on their 9-Speed transmission. I know mine is an 8-speed, but would it not use the same wiring harness with slight modifications? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

The contact owns a 2015 Acura TLX. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle failed to maintain the speed while the accelerator pedal was depressed. The contact stated that the vehicle lost automotive power. Several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact sustained injuries upon pre-existing injuries from the failure and sought medical attention. The contact was able to pull onto the shoulder of the roadway. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer where it was diagnosed that the cluster had caused the catalytic converter to fail. The vehicle was repaired at the owner's expense. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to respond as needed while the accelerator pedal was depressed. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V751000 (Engine and Engine Cooling); however, there was an abnormal sound coming from the transmission. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.

Mileage: 60,000

I was driving on the freeway for about 5 minutes and literally out of no where my car began to make a strange noise and then my engine light came on. Following that my car shut off and I immediately lost power I pulled over as best I can and turn my hazard on eventually the car died because I couldn’t get a tow out fast enough and I’ve had it sitting at a shop ever since this incident.. tell

While driving on the freeway/highway my vehicle went into limp mode and shifted into neutral. My vehicle would not allow me to shift gears and the car would not let me accelerate anymore. I had to think quickly and move out from upcoming traffic. With little speed I had on my vehicle I could only shut down the car and wait for a tow truck. This happened to me twice in 2020 and the mechanics could not find any issue or replicate what had happened. They said this was a software issue. I was still scared to drive my car thinking this would happen again. Then 2 years after ( 2024) again this happened and it was when I was on the freeway. Luckily I was on the left side and was able to stop on the shoulder but stressing out and still traumatized from what occurred 2 years ago. I took it to the dealer and same thing they could not replicate the issue and did re programmed the software. I believe this car is not safe to drive at all knowing this can happen again and again at random times. The attached document is what the dealer gave me stating this remedy was done to the vehicle. This need to be investigated.

Transmission is failing after taking it in for service after noticing a chirp from 2-3 and 3-4 gear.these symptoms are described with service bulletin 17-027 .dealership claimed transmission warmer was good but replaced the seals. In Acuras own document they said the warranty would be extended to ten years.

The transmission is slow, hesitant and jerky in models with the v6 engine. I almost got into a major car crash due to the transmission’s very hesitant behavior. Other owners have experienced this slow and clunky transmission behavior, after looking in many online forums. The transmission has been way since the vehicle first came out but Honda still has not addressed the issue with the 9 speed transmission. This poses a huge safety risk to me and all other owners.

I took my car to an Acura dealer because there was a noticeable increase in engine noise upon starting and at lower engine rpms. The dealer identified that the problem was related to a recall - NHTSA # 23v-751. He also informed me that it may be 3-4 months before Acura is ready ro rectify this problem. The problem has serious consequences and I would like Acura to rectify it much sooner.

Multiple warnings occur on information screen. 1. Transmission system problem. 2. Blind spot info system problem. 3. Electric parking brake problem. 4. Emissions system problem. Transmission begins to slip and behave radically. RPM rev above normal as if it can't upshift. Dealer recently did service on transmission and replaced module. Also had recall service completed for stalling at intersections/full stop. Vehicle has had transmission issues throughout our ownership. approx. 6 yrs. bought used from dealer.

I recently got my rotors replaced and the car stutter while braking. Also, this happened before I replaced rotors.. the transmission is slow and won't shift to merge highways. I don't know if its the transmission or the brake lines.. I guess it's the transmission trying to drop gears for engine braking and it starts stuttering.

Upon braking, when coming to a full stop, the transmission (ZF 9-speed automatic) makes a very hard downshift into 1st gear and causes the car to lurch forward. This issue appears to be worsening over time. The car is becoming more and more difficult and dangerous to drive due to this issue. The car was very recently brought into an Acura dealership (DCH Montclair Acura) to address this issue. They replaced the transmission fluid and conducted a general software update, but this issue continues to persist as before.

The contact owns a 2015 Acura TLX. The contact stated while driving at various highway speeds, the transmission randomly shifted into the neutral causing the vehicle to lose automotive power, decelerate, and failed to accelerate while depressing the accelerator pedal. During the failure several messages were displayed including the "Transmission Failure" message. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer who diagnosed that the transmission shifter was faulty, and a transmission computer software update was needed. The vehicle was repaired; however, immediately after retrieving the vehicle, the failure reoccurred. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer was not yet notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 115,000.

Mileage: 115,000

My car shifts itself into neutral automatically at times while I am driving. It has even happened on the interstate. When this happens it also flashes lots of warning signals on the dash and will be stalled for 4-5 minutes, engine will not shut down, just cannot shift into reverse or drive. The Acura dealership had it all day and they were stumped so they did a software update. I have read this exact problem has happened with other Acura's this same year and model and it was crimped wiring harness of the transmission.

The contact owns a 2015 Acura TLX. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle momentarily shifted into neutral and failed to immediately accelerate while depressing the accelerator pedal. The vehicle was taken to the local mechanic who was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The contact was informed that the vehicle was not included in the NHTSA Campaign Number: 16V640000 (Power Train). The contact indicated that the vehicle had experienced the failure listed in the recall. The local dealer was not notified. The failure mileage was 56,000.

Mileage: 56,000

First item: vehicle keeps shutting off during idle while parked or while brake is depressed. It has happened multiple times. I've done some research and see there are several sites indicating issues with the fuel pump and vehicle stalling. Acura says there are no current recalls. I'm not the only person this is happening to. Second issue: vehicle has gone into neutral on its own while driving. At first I thought maybe I hit the neutral button by mistake and didn't think of anything but then the most recent was coming out if a gas station and pulled up to a stop sign and it went into neutral. I just bought this car on June 1st.

The contact owns a 2015 Acura TLX. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle inadvertently shifted to park (P) and then stalled. The transmission warning light and several other unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.

Mileage: 60,000

The contact owns a 2015 Acura TLX. The contact stated while driving approximately 50 MPH, several unknown warning lights illuminated and the vehicle lost motive power. The contact stated that the vehicle remained running however, failed to respond to the accelerator pedal being depressed. The contact coasted the vehicle safely to the side of the road. The contact disconnected and then reconnected the battery and the vehicle regained normal functionality. The vehicle was driven to the residence and then to the dealer. The dealer found no failure with the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The contact stated that the failure recurred several times. The contact researched online and related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 16V640000 (Power Train). The failure mileage was approximately 92,000.

Mileage: 92,000

I was merging on to the freeway going about 60mph, with traffic right behind me. Car started decelerated and the dash board lit up. A car behind me had to swerve to avoid hitting me. I put on my hazard lights and tried to move to the shoulder the car was only going about 5mph at the time. I turned the car off and restarted to see if it would move, but it was still going about 5mph. After doing this a couple of times I was able to get the car the move at about 20 mph. The dash board is still lit up.

The contact owns a 2015 Acura TLX. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 MPH the transmission erroneously shifted to the neutral position causing the vehicle to lose power. After stopping and restarting the engine the failure continued to occur. The contact unplugged the engine battery which temporarily resolved the failure. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer who diagnosed that the transmission software needed to be reprogrammed. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the vehicle was not included in the NHTSA Recall Campaign Number 16V64000(POWER TRAIN). The contact indicated that the vehicle had experienced the same failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 70,400.

Mileage: 70,400

While driving on a highway the car lost all power and every dashboard light came on and started blinking. Car wouldn’t shift gear and lost all power abruptly! I almost caused a horrible accident and this has happened at least 10 times now and I’ve only had my car a year!!!!

TRANSMISSION IS JERKING WHEN ITS SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO SECOND REALLY HARD.CAR FEELS LIKE IT SHIFTS,LUNGES FORWARD.WHEN GOING DOWNHILL ITS RPM GOES TO 4 TO 5 THOUSAD RPM.VERY UNSAFE .THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ASAP!!!!!!!

The contact owns a 2015 Acura TLX. The contact stated that while his son was driving at various speeds, the vehicle would shut off without warning. The contact had initially taken the vehicle to an unknown dealer in West Virginia which has since closed, and a software update was performed; however, the failure persisted. As the failure became more frequent, the contact drove the vehicle to another dealer where the mechanic was unable to diagnose the failure. The contact was also informed that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V060000 (Fuel System, Other) which the contact linked to the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided the contact a case number. The vehicle had yet to be repaired and remained in the possession of the dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 28,000.

Mileage: 28,000

The gears are very jerky i got this tlx at 70k miles and its been jerky ever since. Car looses power when turning from stop the steering get hard sometimes. Transmission chirping noises.

Car dash lights came on blinking. Transmission problem, emissions problem, engine problem, awd problem, electric parking brake problem, blind spot problem, and lost power. Car wouldn’t shift and stayed between 4-5RPM . This is the 6th time this has happened. Wouldn’t down shift even when trying to manually. Drive gear light kept flashing

While driving at 60 mph in left lane of highway, without warning, the vehicle slowed and lost all acceleration and slowed, and then a series of warnings lit up on the screen including: electronic parking brake error, a transmission warning pertaining to the ZF 9 speed transmission that demanded driver to pull over to the side to avoid major damage, and emissions failure warning. Then numerous other warnings displayed indicating collision warning system issues, and warnings that other driver safety systems had disengaged or failed. The transmission automatically switched to neutral (which I could only figure out 10 seconds later) as the accelerator would rev the engine but provide no motive force, making changing lanes across 3 lanes of traffic on a busy highway very dangerous as my car decelerated relatively quickly to fast moving highway traffic. After I pulled over and stopped the car, I tried turning off the car and restarting the car, and the transmission error and emissions system error was immediately displayed and prevented the vehicle from being put into drive. I tried to get a hold of the Acura towing service but was stuck on hold for 20 minutes and hung up. I started the car once again, and no errors were shown. I was able to drive 1/2 a mile and the transmission once again disengaged into neutral and emissions system warning came up again and I pulled over once again. I once again waited 20 minutes and restarted the car and drove 3 miles to a shopping center parking lot and let the car sit for 1.5 hours. When I returned, I started the car and everything seemed fine, and I was able to drive 35 miles home with the emissions system warning and transmission system warning displaying but the car remained in gear. I took the car to the dealer the next day (with the car still covered under extended warranty), and Acura performed a software update (PGM-FI and TCM and PCM Idle Learn updates), for which they initially said I was responsible to pay for.

The contact owns a 2015 Acura TLX. The contact stated while driving 60 mph, the vehicle decelerated inadvertently. The contact pulled over to the side of the roadway and restarted the vehicle and the vehicle operated as designed. On another occasion, while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle inadvertently shifted from drive to neutral. The vehicle was restarted however, the failure recurred. Several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to a local dealer who inspected the vehicle but was not able to diagnose the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 73,000.

Mileage: 73,000

I bought the car July of last year (2020) and noticed the car was a bit jerky when I accelerated from a complete stop. But as I started to drive the car more I noticed it was jerky shifting from 2nd to 3rd gears. Its a violent jerk. Everyone in the car whiplashes when it happens. When I go downhill and press on the brakes to slow down it gets a sudden burst of speed and doesn't slow down but goes faster even when pushing on the brake. On the dashboard I have multiple lights that won't turn off. The lane keeping assistance, lane departure warning, forward collision warning as well. I havent gone to the dealership or have had checked out by Acura or anyone just yet. But I know other people have the same exact problems and its a real danger to drive and these things happen on a daily basis. Im sure its something with the transmission and something needs to happen because I love this car and worried about safety of me and others out on the road

My car completely lost all power and died on the freeway. All the dash board lights came on and I could break or steer and the car was stuck in Neutral.

THE TRANSMISSION JERK BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND VERY EXCESSIVELY AND GOING INTO PARK IT'S ROOMY BEFORE COMPLETELY LOCKING IN

Mileage: 50,150

WHEN THE CAR RUNNING ON NORMAL SPEED AND PRESS BRAKE FOR SLOWING THE CAR TRY TO JUMP AND THE RPM FREAKS OUT

Mileage: 80,000

THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTANTLY SHIFTED OUT OF DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WHILE GOING UP AN INCLINED ROAD AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THE BACKGROUND OF THE NEUTRAL GEAR "N" INDICATOR WAS YELLOW. ENGINE POWER WAS LOST FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS AND THEN RECOVERED WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED BACK TO DRIVE WITHOUT ANY INTERVENTION. I DON'T RECALL SEEING ANY KIND OF ERROR MESSAGE WHEN THIS OCCURRED, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE IT COULD HAVE BEEN MISSED WHILE I WAS FRANTICALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL (16V640000) FOR A SIMILAR CONSEQUENCE WHICH ONLY APPLIES TO SELECT VINS. MY PARTICULAR VIN IS NOT PART OF THE SAFETY RECALL. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE TRANSMISSION HAS ALWAYS BEEN WORRISOME. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE TRANSMISSION RARELY SHIFTS SMOOTHLY GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD GEARS EVEN AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO GET THIS CORRECTED AT MY AUTO DEALERSHIP. IT IS STILL NOT SATISFACTORY, AND THIS LATEST EPISODE JUST ADDS TO MY CONSTERNATION. ACURA HAS PROVIDED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE IF IT IS RELATED TO THE ATF WARMER. I EXPRESSED THE ISSUE AND MY CONCERNS WITH ACURA. THE CASE NUMBER IS NOT OFFICIALLY OPEN UNTIL THE ISSUE IS DIAGNOSED BY AN ACURA DEALERSHIP.

Mileage: 71,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT JUMPED BACK IN THE VEHICLE AND ENGAGED THE PARKING BRAKES. AFTERWARDS, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE HOWEVER, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE OR PARK. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS CALLED OUT TO THE RESIDENCE TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC RETRIEVED A TEMPORARY FAULT CODE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. AN UNKNOWN DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

Mileage: 95,000

WHEN ACCELERATING THE CAR TRIPS INTO NEUTRAL AND WILL NOT LET ME CONTINUE ACCELERATING. I CAN PUSH THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND NOTHING WILL HAPPEN. THE ONLY WAY IT TRIPS OUT OF NEUTRAL IS TO RELEASE THE PEDAL AND THEN PUSH IT AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS WHEN ALREADY DRIVING AROUND 10-30MPH NOT FROM A STOPPED POSITION AND WAS ON CITY STREETS. IT DOES ALSO HAPPEN WHEN TURNING.

Mileage: 94,000

WHILE DRIVING I NOTICED THAT MY CAR DIDN'T SEEM TO SHIFT CORRECTLY. I PULLED OVER AND ACCELERATED AGAIN. GOT TO MY DESTINATION AND NOTICED THE CAR WASN'T MOVING HARLDY AS I PULLED UP TO PARK. ONCE I PARKED, I PUT IT IN REVERSE TO PULL UP AGAIN AND IT WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE AND JERKING WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE. I DID THIS LIKE 3 TIMES TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. AFTER ABOUT 4 HOURS I WENT TO LEAVE MY DESTINATION AND IT SHIFTED INTO REVERSE JUST FINE. I WAS RELIEVED UNTIL AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING AND THEN EVERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH AND THE CAR WASN'T ACCELERATING AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. THE RPM'S WERE GOING UP BUT CAR WAS BARELY MOVING. I MADE IT HOME BUT NOW SICK TO MY STOMACH BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS COULD BE. NOT SURE IF IT NEEDS TO BE TOWED TO A SHOP OR IF I CAN OR SHOULD DRIVE IT IF POSSIBLE.

Mileage: 134,400

THIS VEHICLE IS SO UNSAFE . I HAD LOTS OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS HAPPEN AND WHEN I TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY CHECK IT AND SAY IT'S FINE ! THE VEHICLE STALLS AND HESITATES AND I GET SENSORS GOING OFF CONSTANTLY INCLUDING THE BRAKE SENSOR WHEN THERE IS NOTHING IN FRONT OF ME FOR IT TO GO OFF . I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE GO IN PARK BY ITSELF WHILE ON A LIGHT. THE VEHICLE DOESN'T START AND ALWAYS NEEDS A JUMP I GOT THE BATTERY CHECKED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME MY BATTERY IS GOOD AND I HAVE TO CHARGE IT . I BELIEVE THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE . MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 30,000 MILES I HAVE ALL MY MAINTENANCE DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP ON TIME I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE THINKING IT'S RELIABLE BEING I'M A MOTHER OF TWO KIDS!

Mileage: 25,000

AFTER REPLACING MY BATTERY ON MY 2015 TLX I STARTED RECEIVING WARNING CODES SAYING EMISSION SYSTEM PROBLEM AND ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE PROBLEM. I WENT TO 3 DIFFERENT ACURA DEALERSHIPS FOR A DIAGNOSIS AND WAS GIVEN A DIFFERENT DIAGNOSIS FROM EACH DEALERSHIP. I FIRST SEEN THE CODES AS I WAS ENTERING THE EXPRESSWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH 1 WEEK AFTER GETTING A NEW BATTERY.

Mileage: 90,000

TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN DRIVING ITS TOTALLY UN SAFE TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

ON JUNE 7TH 2020 I WAS DRIVING MY CAR , IT STARTED TO SHAKE. AS I STARTED TO DRIVE BACK HOME TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON ALL THE PROBLEMS SHOWED UP IN THE SCREEN . I HAD TO DRIVE WITH MY EMERGENCY HAZARD LIGHTS ON BECAUSE I COULDN'T GO MORE THEN 25 MPH OR IT WOULD SHAKE EVEN MORE . WE HAVE AT LEAST 12 PICTURES OF WHAT'S SHOWING IN THE SCREEN . WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO UPLOAD ONE .

Mileage: 9,000,000

NOW THAT THE VEHICLE HAS CROSSED 30K MILES THE POWER TRAIN IS NOW NOT AS RESPONSIVE AND I'M SOME SITUATIONS AGGRESSIVELY JERKS THE CAR FORWARD WHEN DOWNSHIFTING WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COMING THE A STOP. THIS ALSO OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS GOING FROM A COMPETE STOP, THE VEHICLE JERKS BACK AS THE TRANSMISSION UP SHIFTS FOR THE NEXT GEAR. *TR

Mileage: 32,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST (VSA) AND THE PRECISION ALL WHEEL STEER SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGES ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE MOTIVE POWER WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,571.

Mileage: 66,571

WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT OR TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT, OCCASIONALLY THE CAR WILL FAIL TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED. THE ENGINE APPEARS TO GO TO AN IDLE SPEED FOR 1-2 SECONDS AND THEN THE CAR ACCELERATES. THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE LOCAL DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES BUT THEY (AND ACURA) ARE UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE SENT THEM VIDEO OF THE TACHOMETER DROPPING TO ~900RPM WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THEY STATE THERE ARE NO ERROR CODES OR INFORMATION THAT INDICATES ANYTHING IS WRONG. THIS SEEMS TO MATCH SAFETY PROBLEMS 11121786, 10775339, 10695446, AND 10694812. ANOTHER PROBLEM THE VEHICLE HAS IS A SHUDDER IN THE TRANSMISSION AT CERTAIN SPEEDS. SHIFTING TO A DIFFERENT GEAR MAKES THE SHUDDER GO AWAY. DEALER STATES THIS IS JUST HOW THE TRANSMISSION WORKS. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AROUND 51K MILES. OLD TRANSMISSION DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. DEALER SAID A FLUID CHANGE MIGHT HELP. IT DID NOT.

Mileage: 92,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED WHILE ACCELERATING FROM FIRST INTO SECOND GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO JOE RIZZA ACURA (8150 W 159TH ST, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462, (708) 403-7770) WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V640000 (POWER TRAIN). AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER TWICE, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

Mileage: 33,000

THE VEHICLE IS SHAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS , I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES ,BRAKES , RIMS AND THE VEHICLE I AM TOLD FROM THE DEALER THAT MY VEHICLE DOESN'T APPLY TO KNOWN ISSUE AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN ABOUT IT , I HAVE HAD IT BALANCED AND ROAD FORCED TESTED WITH NO RELIEF IT'S A CONCERN AS THE VEHICLE INSTABILITY HAS CAUSED FOR NEW HUBS AND ALREADY ON A VEHICLE LESS THAN 50K ON THE MILEAGE

Mileage: 41,000

CAR CONSTANTLY SHIFTS HARD BETWEEN GEARS 1-2 AND WHEN TRAVELING DOWN HILL RPMS INCREASE AND WHEN THE THE BOTTOM OF HILL IT SHIFTS HARD IN GEAR. THE VCM MAKES THE CAR FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO FALL APART THE SYSTEM IS FAULTY CAUSE DAMAGES TO OTHER CAR COMPONENTS. WHEN SHIFTING INTO PARK ON MY PRETTY MUCH FLATS ROAD THE CAR ROLLS FORWARD ALL THE TIME.

Mileage: 53,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE IGNITION AND DRIVE TO HER DESTINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JAY WOLFE ACURA (LOCATED AT 1029 W 103RD ST, KANSAS CITY, MO 64114, (816) 656-2281) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. WHILE THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS PARKING THE VEHICLE AND PRESSING THE PARK BUTTON, IT FAILED AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD AND STRUCK A ROCK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR DISPLAYED THAT IT WAS IN PARK; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL PLACED IN NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V640000 (POWER TRAIN). THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

Mileage: 20,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND THE GEAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. WALKER ACURA (8951 VETERANS MEMORIAL BLVD, METAIRIE, LA 70003, (504) 464-4004) WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 189,000.

Mileage: 189,000

AT 70 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, I HAD TO MANEUVER THRU TRAFFIC AND DRIFT TO THE SHOULDER, THE TRANSMISSION WAS LOCKED UP AND COULD NOT BE SHIFTED FROM PARK TO ANY GEAR, THE ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT WORK. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED.THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE VEHICLE COMPUTER HAD TO BE RE-FLASHED/PROGRAMMED. THIS CONDITION COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT FOR AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER.THERE ARE NO FAULT CODES INDICATED AS TO WHY OR WHAT CAUSED THIS ISSUE. I DID FIND THROUGH RESEARCH THAT A WIRING HARNESS IS CAUSING THESE CONDITIONS IN THE MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR VEHICLE. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION IS RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM.

Mileage: 22,300

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75-80 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED FROM DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE BACK INTO DRIVE. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON, AND WAS ABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK, NEUTRAL, AND DRIVE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FAYETTEVILLE ACURA (LOCATED AT 2022 SKIBO RD, FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28314, (910) 864-1449) WHERE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0716 (PCM) AND B2A60-97 (POWER TRAIN) WERE LOCATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS PRESENTLY STILL AT THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V640000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

Mileage: 30,000

TRANSMISSION IS REALLY ROUGH WHEN SHIFTING TO GEARS 1,2, AND 3. IT IS GETTING WORSE THE MORE I DRIVE. ALSO, VERY SLOW AND ROUGH SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE. WHEN I AM DRIVING UPHILL FROM A FULL STOP, I HEAR A LOUD THUD AND FEEL A HARD JERK WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND 2ND TO 3RD. WHEN I AM DRIVING DOWNHILL AND APPROACHING A STOP, IT DANGEROUSLY ACCELERATES THE CAR FORWARD AFTER SHIFTING DOWN TO 3RD, 2ND, AND 1ST GEAR. IT IS ALSO VERY ABRUPT AND JERKY DURING THOSE SHIFTS DOWN.

Mileage: 60,000

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE IN THE MIDDLE LANE WHEN MY CARS TRANSMISSION WENT IN TO NEUTRAL AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STARTED TO FLASH ERROR MESSAGES I.E. STOP DRIVING WHEN SAFE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM SEE MANUAL,ELECTRICAL PARKING BRAKE PROBLEM, EMISSIONS SYSTEMS PROBLEM, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM PROBLEMS, TRANSMISSION PROBLEM APPLY PARKING BRAKE WHEN PARKED, ALL WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM PROBLEM, AND BLIND SPOT INFO SYSTEM PROBLEM. ALL I CAN DO IS COST OVER TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND GET TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE IN FEAR OF AN ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 42,900

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO CORRECTLY SHIFT GEARS. ALL THE INDICATOR WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE UPON STARTING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER RICK CASE ACURA (875 N STATE RD 7, FORT LAUDERDALE FL (954) 715-7796) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 60,000

THE VEHICLE IS SHAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS , THIS DOES THIS BETWEEN 55-75 MPH THE VEHICLE IS SHAKING IN THE CENTER OF THE CAR, THIS IS AT ALL TIMES ON HIGHWAY AND ALL ROAD CONDITIONS THIS IS ON THE AWD MODEL

Mileage: 31,597

THE CAR NEARLY STALLS, ROLLED BACK 3-4 FEET PRIOR TO RESTARTING AFTER THE IDLE STOP HAD IN- GAUGED. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FROM 1-4 LIKE SOMEONE WHO NEVER DROVE WITH A CLUTCH, EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN AUTOMATIC. IT HESITATES AND NEARLY STALLS WHEN DOING SLOW MANEUVERING IN AND AROUND PARKING LOTS AND SLOW TRAFFIC. I HAVE NEARLY HAD ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE HESITATION IN TRAFFIC. WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL OUT ON THE EXPRESSWAY, THE CAR WILL NOT MAINTAIN ITS SET SPEED ON A DOWNHILL GRADE, IT GETS JERKY AND INCREASES SPEED AS MUCH AS 10-12 MPH UNLESS I RIDE THE BRAKE. I HAVE HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALER TWICE NOW, THE FIRST TIME THEY DID ALL THE UPDATES ON THE COMPUTER AND FUEL PUMP...ITS JUST AS BAD IF NOT WORSE. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE AND SHOULD HAVE A COMPLETE RECALL!!! THE NEXT QUESTIONS ASK FOR A SPECIFIC TIME AND DATE...THIS IS ONGOING AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR IN JANUARY.

Mileage: 30,000

IF ENGINE STALLS CAR PLACES IT SELF IN PARK AND WILL NOT LET YOU PUT IT IN NEUTRAL. THEREFORE, YOU CAN'T GET THE VEHICLE OUT OF HARMS WAY. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD.

Mileage: 45,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION, CRASH ASSIST, AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED. ACURA BY EXECUTIVE (527 WASHINGTON AVE, NORTH HAVEN, CT) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

Mileage: 62,000

I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER 3 TIMES (FEB 2018, JULY 2018 AND NOV 18) FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE STALLS AND MUST BET INTO PARK AND RESTARTED WHEN AT A STOP SIGN, STOP LIGHT OR STOPPED FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON THE HIGHWAY. THE AUTOMATIC IDLE CAUSES THE CAR TO STALL. IN ORDER TO GET IT GOING MUST SHIFT INTO PARK AND RESTART. IT IS VERY FRIGHTENING BECAUSE IT HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. THIS HAPPENS WITH NO WARNING AND PRESENTS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE AND IS A HAZARD.

Mileage: 17,800

WHEN STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE CAR GOES INTO AUTO- OFF MODE. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGES GREEN AND YOU APPLY THE GAS. THE CAR SHIFTS TO NETRAUL AND WILL NOT GO INTO DRIVE.I HAVE TO SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN THREE TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE THREE WEEKS AGO. THE CAR HAS 29632 MILES ON IT.

Mileage: 29,632

VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD AFTER MAKING A COMPLETE STOP. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS AT STOP LIGHTS AND CROSSWALKS

Mileage: 20,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. AFTER THE CONTACT STARTED AND EXITED THE VEHICLE, IT ROLLED BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WHEN IT STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,000.

Mileage: 2,000

MY CAR IS NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY, ITS HESITATING AND MAKING A NOISE

Mileage: 98,770

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE GEARS SHIFTED HARD AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED DURING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (ACURA OF AVON, 75 ALBANY TURNPIKE, CANTON, CT 06019), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

Mileage: 36,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2015 ACURA TLX THE CAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL COMPLETELY BY ITSELF WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN AT A STOP SIGN THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD AS I ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE IT WAS COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE AND LEFT ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ALMOST GETTING HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED AND I AM AFRAID FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. I GAVE ACURA CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE A CALL SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ON THE LIST FOR CURRENT RECALL TO FIX THE EXACT ISSUE I AM REPORTING AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT.

Mileage: 51,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. WHEN HER FOOT RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE GEAR AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND IT RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DAVIS ACURA (2051 E LINCOLN HWY, LANGHORNE, PA 19047), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NO FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

Mileage: 40,000

BATTERY ACID FROM THE MANUFACTURER'S ORIGINAL BATTERY LEAKED, AND DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS, WHICH SITS UNDERNEATH THE BATTERY. UNTIL DETECTED, THIS CAUSED SPORADIC WARNINGS AND MULTIPLE MALFUNCTIONS WHILE DRIVING THAT WOULD APPEAR, BUT THEN GO AWAY. SOME MONTHS LATER, THE CAR STARTED BUT THE COMPUTER WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM PARK. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LISTED NUMEROUS, UNRELATED SYSTEM ISSUES: "ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM" ; "STOP DRIVING WHEN SAFE. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. SEE MANUAL." ; "ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE PROBLEM" ; "EMISSIONS SYSTEM PROBLEM" ; "TRANSMISSION SYSTEM PROBLEM" ; "TRANSMISSION PROBLEM APPLY PARKING BRAKE WHEN PARKED" ; "VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST (VSA) PROBLEM" ; "PRECISION ALL WHEEL STEER PROBLEM" ; "COLLISION MITIGATION SYSTEM PROBLEM" ; "ROAD DEPARTURE MITIGATION SYSTEM PROBLEM" ; "BLIND SPOT INFO SYSTEM PROBLEM." THIS VEHICLE HAS A SHIFT-BY-WIRE DRIVE SELECTOR, AND THERE IS NO MECHANICAL WAY FOR A CONSUMER TO DISENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION FROM THE DRIVETRAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN PARK AND NEEDED SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO BE SAFELY MOVED ONTO A TOW-TRUCK, WHICH TOOK THE MANUFACTURER'S ROADSIDE SERVICE TWO DAYS TO ADDRESS. THE WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT TOOK SEVERAL DAYS FOR A REPAIR. THE 2015 ACURA TLX SEEMS TO BE KNOWN FOR REACTING IN THIS WAY FOR ANY TYPE OF ELECTRICAL OR VOLTAGE VARIABILITY FROM ANY NUMBER OF ITS ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, INCLUDING WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 42,750

WENT IN FOR A RECALL NOTICE I RECEIVED FOR MY 2015 ACURA TLX SPECIFYING A POSSIBLE FAULTY TRANSMISSION IN CAR - WENT TO GO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. DETERMINED BY TECH THAT CAR WAS NOT EXPERIENCING EXACT ISSUE IN RECALL BUT CAR SHOULD HAVE A TCM SOFTWARE UPDATE SINCE IT WAS JERKING AT THE 2-3 SHIFT. WHEN I RECEIVED THE CAR BACK IT WAS 10 TIMES WORSE! STILL JERKING BUT NOW WAS JUMPING ON EVERY DOWNSHIFT EVERY SINGLE TIME THE CAR DECELERATES ON EVERY SHIFT! THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT IS VERY SERIOUS AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY ACURA - A NEW TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE CALLED FOR SINCE THE CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY. THE CAR ALSO JUST GOES TO 2-3 RPM'S JUST WHILE SITTING IDLE IN PARK NOW - MY CAR'S TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY WRECKED DUE TO THIS TCM SOFTWARE UPDATE. ALREADY CALLED ACURA TO REQUEST A FORMAL COMPLAINT - THEY TOLD ME TO NOTIFY YOU AS WELL. - [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB

Mileage: 36,000

AS THE CAR IS DOWNSHIFTING AND COMING TO A STOP THE TRANSMISSION JERKS FORWARD JUST AS THE CAR IS COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT STOPS. DOES THIS EVERY SO OFTEN AND THE DEALER DID RESET THE TRANSMISSION FOR IT TO RELEARN BUT STILL DOES IT SINCE AND BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DRIVE IT ENOUGH TO DUPLICATE IT THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO RESOLVE IT.

Mileage: 29,752

THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT FROM 2-3 GEAR GIVES A JERK TO THE WHOLE VEHICLE. THIS IS USUALLY PROBLEMATIC WHILE ACCELERATING SPECIALLY IN HEAVY/BUSY TRAFFIC OR AT TRAFFIC SIGNALS. I BELIEVE THIS COULD BE A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THE SERVICE CENTER CLAIMS THE "INTELLIGENT CAR" WILL LEARN MY DRIVING HABITS AND ADAPT. HOWEVER, THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I BOUGH THE VEHICLE AND MULTIPLE VISITS TO ACURA SERVICE CENTER HAS NOT RESOLVED THE ISSUE.

Mileage: 3,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. WHILE DRVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED BETWEEN GEARS VERY ROUGHLY. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE TOOK AN EXCESSIVELY LONG TIME TO STOP AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS DRIVING 15 MPH, THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO A POLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP WHERE THE COSMETIC DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS DRIVING 10 MPH, THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AGAIN. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER STRUCK THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DCH MONTCLAIR ACURA (100 BLOOMFIELD AVE, VERONA, NJ 07044) WHERE THE COSMETIC DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RAMSEY ACURA (65 NJ-17, RAMSEY, NJ 07446) WHERE THE DEALER UPDATED UNSPECIFIED SOFTWARE ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND SUGGESTED A DIFFERENT DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,500. *BF UPDATED 8/3/18*JB

Mileage: 7,500

TRANSMISSION IS SKIPPING. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER AND THEY HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT. I BOUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER AND THE SALESPERSON. THE SKIP IS HAPPENING BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND GEAR CHANGE; JERKING BETWEEN THE TWO. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO ALL 2015 TLX OWNERS. I AM REACHING OUT FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO GET THIS RESOLVED. THEY SEEM TO BE AVOIDING RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THESE REPAIRS. ANY RE?COMMEND DEALERS TO COMPLETE THE REPAIRS

HARSH SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR.

Mileage: 50

VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO PARK WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-40 MILES PER HOUR.

Mileage: 28,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC, SEVERAL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE EMERGENCY PARKING INDICATOR BEGAN TO FLASH AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE, ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE, AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT REPEATED THE PROCESS AND RECEIVED THE SAME RESULTS. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE DEALER WHO HAD THE CONTACT RESET THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE REMAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V779000 (POWER TRAIN). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,185.

Mileage: 61,185

AFTER DRIVING ON FREEWAY ABOUT 5 HOURS TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND A TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT DISPLAYED ON THE DASHBOARD. NUMEROUS BIG RIGS WERE AROUND ME AT THE TIME THAT CAME CLOSE TO COLLIDING WITH MY VEHICLE.

Mileage: 17,000

VEHICLE PURCHASE MADE ON 2/28/2016. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR VARIOUS ISSUES SINCE THEN, MOSTLY FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUE. THE ISSUES INCLUDE JERKY SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND, AND 2ND TO 3RD. ACURA CLIENT RELATIONS DECIDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION ON MY FOURTH VISIT/COMPLAINT. THE ROUGH SHIFTING HAS SOMEWHAT IMPROVED, BUT IT IS STILL THERE. MY LAST VISIT AT THE DEALERSHIP AND A TEST DRIVE WITH DISTRICT MANAGER(DM) YIELDED: A) THIS IS PERFECTLY NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE NEW 9-SPEED TRANSMISSION. A FEATURE THAT COMES WITH WONDERFUL FUEL ECONOMY. B) VIBRATION FROM VCM (VARIABLE CYLINDER MANAGEMENT). I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. YET AGAIN, DEALERSHIP STATES IT IS PERFECTLY NORMAL TO SHOW THIS 'CHARACTERISTIC'. DM'S RESPONSE TO MY QUESTION, "HOW/WHY DID I NOT EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE ON MY FIRST FULL YEAR?" WAS, "WHAT GAS DO YOU PUT IN? COSTCO? THEY GOT LESS ADDITIVES. THERE'S CARBON BUILDUP FORMING IN THE ENGINE". THAT WAS THE RESPONSE ON A 13-MONTH OLD VEHICLE. C) CHIRPING NOISE FROM ENGINE ROOM. FROM RESEARCH, IT MAY BE RELATED TO 'HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP' OR 'INSUFFICIENT BELT PLACEMENT', WHICH ACURA HAS TSB OUT FOR SERVICING. BUT, DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE NOISE, EVEN WITH A RECORDING OF THE SOUND. (IT HAS TO BE AUDIBLE DURING THE TEST DRIVE, THEY SAY)

Mileage: 13,000

NEW CAR PURCHASED IN 2015. CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 23K MILES. ERROR LIGHTS FLASH ON DASH INCLUDING "TRANSMISSION SYSTEM PROBLEMS, BLIND SPOT INFO SYSTEM PROBLEMS, VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST PROBLEM, ALL WHEEL STEERING PROBLEM, FORWARD COLLISION WARNING PROBLEM, LANE DEPARTURE WARING PROBLEM". THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT IT HAS HAPPENED. FIRST TIME, NO VIDEO EVIDENCE OF IT BUT WE DID TAKE IT IN TO ACURA TO LOOK. NO ISSUE FOUND. SECOND TIME WE HAD A VIDEO, THEY DID A SOFTWARE UPGRADE. NOW AGAIN. ALONG WITH THIS, CAR HAD A TRANSMISSION REPLACED, STEERING RACK AND PINION, SUB FRAME, POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY, LIST GOES ON.

Mileage: 23,000

POWERTRAIN: IN 19 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP, MY 2015 ACURA TLX'S TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED TWICE. THE FIRST TIME IT FAILED (10 MONTHS), IT WOULD NOT ENTER INTO REVERSE, DRIVE OR NEUTRAL UPON STARTING. IT TOOK SPECIAL TOWING TOO. THE SECOND TIME IT FAILED (19 MONTHS, 22K MILES), I WAS DRIVING IN RURAL TEXAS AT 70 MPH AND THE TRANSMISSION SWITCHED INTO NEUTRAL, WARNING LIGHTS EXPLODED AND I HAD TO SAFELY WORK MY WAY TO AN EXIT RAMP AND ONTO THE FRONTAGE ROAD. I THEN HAD TO WAIT FOR 2.5 HOURS FOR A TOW TRUCK WHICH THEN RESULTED IN A 2 HOUR RIDE IN A TOW TRUCK TO BRING IT TO THE DEALER. SUSPENSION: WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO OF BUYING THE ACURA TLX, THE CAR BEGAN TO DEVELOP A VIBRATION THAT I COULD FEEL THROUGH THE ACCELERATOR AND STEERING WHEEL. I COULD VISUALLY SEE IT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AS IT WOULD SHAKE SUBSTANTIALLY (NEARLY VIOLENTLY). ON A DRIVE, THE CAR SHIFTED VIOLENTLY AND MOMENTARILY IN A LATERAL MOTION AT 80 MPH WHILE PASSING ANOTHER CAR WHICH SCARED THE WITS OUT OF MY PASSENGER AND ME. DEALER CHANGED THE TIRES, INVESTIGATED THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THE SHUDDER/VIBRATION WOULD NOT GO AWAY. I GOT SICK OF TAKING IT INTO THE DEALER ONLY FOR IT TO RETURN TO ME IN THE SAME CONDITION. AFTER 1 YEAR, THE ROAD NOISE IN THE CABIN GREW AND MY PASSENGERS WOULD COMPLAIN. FINALLY THE DEALER IDENTIFIED THAT THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL BEARING WAS BAD. ONCE REPLACED, THE ROAD NOISE AND VIBRATION IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY. HOWEVER, WHEN I DRIVE A LOANER FROM THE DEALERSHIP, IT DRIVES MUCH SMOOTHER THAN MY CAR SO THE PROBLEM IS STILL NOT FULLY FIXED. OTHER: IN THE FIRST 2 WEEKS, I NOTICED THAT A TORRENT OF WATER WOULD RUN DOWN THE INSIDE OF MY REAR WINDOW AND INTO MY BACK SPEAKER COMPARTMENT AFTER A HEAVY RAIN. IT TURNED OUT THAT THE BACK WINDOW WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. A BRAND NEW CAR THAT HAS NUMEROUS SIGNIFICANT MANUFACTURING AND QUALITY PROBLEMS! UNACCEPTABLE!!! *TR

Mileage: 23,000

THE TRANSMISSION IS EXTREMELY JUMPY, ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON AND FLASH, ALONG WITH THE ENGINE WILL POWER DOWN TEMPORARILY. FOR EXAMPLE ONE TIME I WAS GOING APPROX 50MPH AND IT POWERED DOWN TO ABOUT 30 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS START FLASHING, I PULLED OVER TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTED IT. THE WARNING LIGHTS REMAINED FLASHING BUT THE ENGINE FUNCTIONED BUT THE TRANSMISSION STILL WAS JERKY. THIS WAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 SEPARATE TIMES AND WE HAVE HAD IT IN SERVICE WITH ACURA SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME THEY TRY TO FIX THE SAME COMPLAINTS WITH A DIFFERENT FIX. MOST RECENTLY WE HAD IT IN FOR REPAIR FOR A WEEK, WE GOT IT BACK, DROVE IT 200 MILES AND THE SAME ERROR HAPPENED. ACURA FINALLY AGREED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND I JUST PICKED IT BACK UP ON 1/6/17 AND THE SAME ERROR AND TRANSMISSION ISSUE OCCURRED TODAY. WE HAVE NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP, THE NMVB, ACURA CUSTOMER RELATIONS, AND NOW WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THE NHTSA. WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE AND WE ARE AFRAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL IDLE DOWN AGAIN ON THE FREEWAY BUT MAYBE IN A LANE THAT WE CANNOT IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER SAFELY.

Mileage: 22,500

I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER 2 TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE CAR HAS POOR ACCELERATION AND HESITATES SHIFTING. WHEN UR TRYING TO SPEED UP IT HAS A DELAY WHICH HAS GOTTEN ME VERY CLOSE TO 2 ACCIDENTS. SHIFTING IS ALSO VERY ROUGH, IT KICKS IN HARD. THE DEALER DID A TRANSMISSION UPDATE AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. TOOK IT BACK AGAIN THEY SCANNED FOR CODES AND SAID THEY CAN'T FIND ANY ISSUE. I FEEL THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS.

Mileage: 18,000

MY NAME IS [XXX] , IN 2014 I WALKED INTO MARIN ACURA (LOCATED IN MARIN, CALIFORNIA) AND LEASED A 2015 ACURA TLX. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY AN EXCITING MODEL DUE TO IT REDESIGN. WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF MY LEASE I RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN THE MAIL STATING THAT THEIR WAS A DEFECT IN REGARDS TO THE TRANSMISSION. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY "FIXED" IT AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. ONE YEAR LATER, AGAIN, I RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL FROM THE AUTOMOBILE DEVISION LOCATED AT YOUR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AT 1919 TORRANCE BLVD, CA (NHTSA RECALL # 16V-640). THE LETTER CLEARLY STATES ?IF THIS MALFUNCTION WERE TO OCCUR, IT COULD RESULT IN AN UNEXPECTED LOSS OF MOTOR POWER, WHICH COULD REDUCE VEHICLE CONTROL AND INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH?. IT ALSO STATES THAT THE ?FIX? WILL BECOME AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2016, TODAYS DATE IS NOVEMBER 7TH, 2016. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE FOR 2 OUT OF MY 3 YEAR LEASE AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN RECALLED TWICE CONSISTENTLY EVERY YEAR. I HAVE PUT MY TWO CHILDREN AND WIFE INTO THIS VEHICLE NOW KNOWING THAT THE CAR COULD HAVE POSSIBLY PUT MY FAMILY AND MYSELF IN PHYSICAL DANGER AND EVEN DEATH. NOT BECAUSE DRIVING IS DANGEROUS BUT BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURING DEFECTS WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF THIS ACURA MODEL AND YEAR. I CANNOT DESCRIBE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO HAVE THAT ON THE MIND OF A PARENT. I SEE THIS BEING HANDLED IN ONE WAY. ACURA TAKES AWAY THE CAR AND REFUNDS ME MY TOTAL VEHICLE LEASE INVESTMENT ALONG WITH MY DOWN PAYMENT. PLEASE TAKE THIS MATTER INTO SERIOUS CONSIDERATION AS I AM FULLY PREPARED TO LEGALLY ESCALATE THIS MATTER BEYOND THE CONSUMER-COMPANY LEVEL. I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY ACURA 2015 TLXS THERE ARE NATION WIDE. THIS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN A DISASTER FINANCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND ACCORDING TO ACURA POTENTIALLY PHYSICALLY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 15,000

I FEEL MY SAFETY IS IN JEOPARDY WHEN I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. ANY TIME THE TLX'S BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND THE ACCELERATOR IS IMMEDIATELY PRESSED, THE VEHICLE STALLS AND I HAVE TO LET OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO CATCH AND THEN THE CAR WILL GO. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE AT STOP SIGNS. THIS IS WHAT HAS ALMOST GOTTEN ME KILLED MULTIPLE TIMES. IN ONE INSTANCE, I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, I PRESSED THE GAS TO GO BECAUSE I HAD ENOUGH TIME TO GO BEFORE THE ONCOMING CAR GOT TO ME, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T GO, SO I FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR TWICE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THE THIRD TIME THE VEHICLE HORRIBLY JERKED AND THREW ME OUT INTO TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF THE ONCOMING VEHICLE. AFTER BACKING UP, ANOTHER PROBLEM, THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO GO IN REVERSE FOR AN ADDITIONAL 12 INCHES. 12 INCHES THAT SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY WHEN SWITCHING DRIVING DIRECTIONS. THIS CAN BE NOTICED ON INCLINE AND NO INCLINE.

Mileage: 19,000

EXTREMELY INCONSISTENT OPERATION OF 9 SPEED ZF TRANSMISION. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES WHERE THEY ADMITTED THE ROUGH SHIFT BUT SAID IT WAS PERFORMING PROPERLY. ISSUES WITH TRANSMISION ARE AS FOLLOWS. LAGS WHEN UP SHIFTING IN FIRST TWO GEARS BEFORE NECK SNAPPING UP SHIFT TO NEXT GEAR. IN MIDRANGE GEARS VIBRATATIN CAN BE FELT WHILE UP SHIFTING. TRANSMISSION IS SLOW IN DOWN SHIFTING, SOMETIME STARTING OFF IN SECOND GEAR. CAR DRIFTS BACK A FOOT IN PARK.

Mileage: 400

WITH ONLY 12000 MILES AND LESS THAN A YEAR OF HAVING THE BRAND NEW VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT COMPLETELY AND LEFT ME STRANDED. IT WAS ACTING A BIT FUNNY THAT MORNING DRIVING, WHEN I WENT TO START IT AGAIN, ALL WARNINGS WENT OFF AND I WAS UNABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN GEAR.

Mileage: 12,000

PLEASE INVESTIGATE ACURA ON THEIR 8 AND 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND JERKS BETWEEN SHIFTS, IS UNRESPONSIVE TO DOWNSHIFTS (UNLESS IT IS IN SPORT MODE), RELUCTANT TO UP SHIFT AT TIMES, GRINDS AT CERTAIN SPEEDS AND YOU CAN MOVE THE CAR A HALF FOOT IN PARK. MOST TIME, THIS IS FRUSTRATING AND UPSETTING FOR AN UPMARKET VEHICLE, SOME TIMES IT IS CONCERNING AS YOU FEEL YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE CAR AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO ACURA 5 TIMES AND DESPITE SOFTWARE UPDATES AND A "NEW" TRANSMISSION, NOTHING HAS CHANGED. I MET WITH THE ACURA MID-ATLANTIC REP AND HE SAID THIS IS THE WAY THE TRANSMISSIONS BEHAVE SO HONDA CAN MEET THE GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY REQUIREMENTS. I HAD A HIGH-GEAR TRANSMISSION BEFORE THIS CAR AND NEVER HAD THESE ISSUES. I HAVE READ ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM ON OTHER SITES AND IN CAR MAGAZINES YET HONDA/ACURA IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT BESIDES "SOFTWARE UPDATES." THIS TRANSMISSION, PRODUCED BY ZF AND INSTALLED IN OTHER VEHICLES SUCH AS CHRYSLER/FIAT HAS THE SIMILAR ISSUES. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT A PRODUCT THAT IS CLEARLY FAULTY? THANK YOU. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

HI, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY TRANSMISSION AND I CAN PUSH THE CAR A FEET OR SO WHEN THE CAR IS IN PARK. OR IF PARKED IN AN INCLINE I THE CAR MOVES BACK ATLEAST ONE FOURTH TO HALF TIRE ROTATION. I SAW A RECALL NHTSA RECALL NO. : 14V-779 THAT HAD VIN RANGES FROM BEGIN :[XXX] END :[XXX] MY VIN NUMBER IS WELL WITHIN THIS RANGE AND NEITHER DEALERSHIP OR ACURA HAS ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE RECALL APPLIED. I ALSO DON'T SEE ANY RECALLS LISTED IN SAFECAR.GOV AS FOR THIS CAR AS WELL. NEED ASSISTANCE IS MAKING SURE EITHER THE RECALL IS APPLICABLE OR IF ITS DONE ALREADY NEED NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION. 'INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 11,000

MY 2015 ACURA TLX HESITATES WHEN CHANGING GEARS, DOES NOT ACCELERATE WHEN GAS PEDAL IS PUSHED AND THE SHIFTING OUT OF PARKING POSITION IS NOISY AND HARSH. ACURA HAS PROVIDED A DEFECT CODE FOR MY COMPLAINTS (03214) AND SOFTWARE UPDATES (OPERATION NUMBER 1255A2 AND 1255C9), WHICH HAVE BEEN PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE. NONE OF THESE HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM. LEMON LAW FAVORED IN THE MANUFACTURER'S SIDE AND THE ARBITRATORS SAY IT IS NOT A NONCONFORMITY. HONDA'S LAWYER SAYS THAT I DID NOT TAKE IT IN ENOUGH TIMES AND THAT HESITATION FOR A MOMENT IS NOT A CONCERN. ACURA SAYS THEY WOULD NOT CHANGE MY CAR BECAUSE THEY ALL DRIVE THE SAME AND THAT I AM JUST NOT USED TO DRIVING A VEHICLE LIKE THIS ONE. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THE CAR IS THAT AS IT COMES TO A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION OR TRAFFIC LIGHT, IT LURCHES FORWARD EXTREMELY HARSHLY AS IF I WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR. THIS IS SO BAD THAT I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN AND HAVE TO TAKE PAIN KILLERS AT TIMES. AND OF COURSE, I HAVE TO TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT EVERY TIME I HAVE TO BRAKE, IN ORDER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. YOU MUST KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS EACH AND EVERY TIME I AM REACHING A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC LIGHT.. THE CAR DOES IT SOMETIMES AND OTHERS IT DOESN'T, SO I HAVE TO TRY AND PREDICT HOW IT IS DRIVING THAT PARTICULAR DAY. THIS TAKES AWAY FROM ME THE ABILITY TO CONTROL MY CAR IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.ALSO, THERE WAS ONE TIME WHEN I NEEDED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND MY CAR FELT AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL, DID NOT ACCELERATE AND THEN AFTER A MOMENT DECIDED TO DRIVE FORWARD. THANKFULLY NO CAR WAS COMING, IF NOT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE TO NOW MAKE SURE THAT CARS ARE FAR ENOUGH SO THAT IF IT DOES HESITATE AGAIN I WON'T BE PUTTING MY FAMILY AND I AT RISK. I HATE HAVING TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE BECAUSE IT IS UNPREDICTABLE AND I FEEL VERY UNSAFE.

CAN YOU PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE 2015 ACURA TLX WITH THE 9SP TRANSMISSION? THERE IS UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHEN SLOWING DOWN, UNANTICIPATED SURGING, AND UNEXPECTED HESITATION WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITHIN HONDA BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL OR PUBLIC FIX FROM HONDA. I INCLUDED THE PURCHASE DATE OF THE CAR BUT THE ABOVE HAPPENS AT VARIOUS TIMES. HTTP://ACURAZINE.COM/FORUMS/5G-TLX-PROBLEMS-FIXES-420/9AT-HARD-SHIFT-1-2-2-3-A-919230

Mileage: 1,000

I HAVE A 2015 ACURA TLX 4CYL. IT IS A VERY NICE LOOKING CAR HOWEVER THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE ACURA DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT. ALL THEY TELL ME IS THAT THERE ARE NO CODES COMING UP TELLING THEM WHAT IT IS. THEY JUST TELL ME THAT EVERYTHING IS DOCUMENTED SO IF AND WHEN THERE IS A RECALL I HAVE PROOF THAT IT HAS BEEN ONGOING. WHEN YOU ARE STOPPED AND THEN PROCEED TO GO THE CAR WILL JERK AND HESITATE TO SHIFT TO NEXT GEAR. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING ALSO, IF YOU HAVE TO BRAKE AND THEN START AGAIN. ITS VERY UPSETTING I HAVE OWNED ACURAS BEFORE, THE ACURA TL AND THE ACURA INTEGRA, BOTH CARS HAD A HIGH PERFORMANCE. THIS CAR NOT SO MUCH. WHEN IS ACURA GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?? THERE HASN'T BEEN JUST ONE EPISODE THIS IS AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE.

Mileage: 5,000

I OWN A 2015 TLX V4 TECH AND THERE SEEMS TO BE AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM, WHICH THE DEALERSHIPS SEEMS TO NEGLECT, WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I'VE HAD MY VEHICLE CHECKED OUT 2 TIMES SINCE I FIRST PURCHASED IT BACK IN JULY OF 2015, AND THE DEALERSHIP TECH. SPECIALISTS KNOW IT IS THERE BUT THEY AREN'T ABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM EVEN THROUGH A "SOFTWARE UPDATE". THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE VEHICLE JERKS FORWARD, SOMETIME WHEN MAKING A STOP IT LAUNCHES FORWARD- AS IF SOMEONE HAD REAR-ENDED ME. THE SECONDARY PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN I MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY THERE IS A MAJOR LAG AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILS TO SHIFT. TAKES ABOUT 3 SECONDS TO ENGAGE TO FULL SPEED WHICH IN TERMS IT'S EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS BECAUSE OF OF OTHER VEHICLES THAT CEASE TO SLOWDOWN AND GIVE ME THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. I DEMAND THE MANUFACTURER BE AWARE OF THIS ISSUES THAT I CONTEMPLATE ON A DAILY BASIS BEFORE SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENS TO ME OR MY FELLOW TLX DRIVERS.

CAR HAS 15K MILES-FROM THE TIME OF PURCHASE OF MY 2015 TLX SHAWD, VEHICLE EXHIBITS ( 1)ROUGH SHIFTING, (2) UNPREDICTABLE TRANSMISSION RESPONSE ON DOWNSHIFTS ON HIGHWAY AFFECTING THE THROTTLE AND (3) FREEFALL FEEL WHEN DOWNSHIFTING ON DOWNHILL. ISSUE (1):SERVICE BULLETIN DONE TO "FIX" THE SHIFTING, AND ALTHOUGH BETTER, STILL EXHIBITS THE ROUGH SHIFT. BROUGHT THE CAR 3 TIMES TO ACURA AND RESPONSE IS "WORKING WITHIN SPEC" EVEN WHEN THE TECH NOTICED THE HARD SHIFT AND COMPARED IT TO A 2016 MODEL WITH NO SHIFTING ISSUE. NOW EVERY TIME I KNOW THE 2-3 SHIFT IS COMING, I ANTICIPATE A HARD SHIFT AND HAVE TO TIGHTEN MY NECK MUSCLES JUST IN CASE IT JERKS AND COULD CAUSE A WHIPLASH FEEL. ISSUE (2): WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL TO MAKE A PASS ON THE FREEWAY, TRANSMISSION REACTION TIME IS UNPREDICTABLE WHEN AT TIMES, NOTHING WILL HAPPEN FOR 2 SECONDS, THEN THE CAR WILL SURGE. THIS POSES A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO: A. NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE SPEED OF INCOMING TRAFFIC DUE TO DELAYED REACTION AND, B. THE SUDDEN SURGE AFTER THE 2 SECOND DELAYED-REACTION COULD RESULT IN HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT. ACURA RELEASED TSB 16-012 TO FIX THIS ISSUE BUT DOES NOT COVER EARLIER VIN, WHICH INCLUDE MINE. ISSUE (3):WHEN GOING DOWNHILL AND CAR DOWNSHIFTS, WHETHER MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY, CAR SURGES FORWARD GIVING A FREEFALL FEEL BEFORE IT SLOWS DOWN. AGAIN TSB 16-012 WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX THIS BUT DOES NOT COVER EARLY VIN RANGES. ACURA CONTINUES TO INSIST THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS WITHIN SPEC AND YET, THE 2016'S HAVE A DIFFERENT PART NUMBER FOR THEIR TRANSMISSION. THE FACT THAT IT PERFORMS DIFFERENTLY ALSO PROVES OTHERWISE THAT THE EARLY VERSIONS ARE FAULTY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. WHILE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND STALLED. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO GET THE VEHICLE TO MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

Mileage: 21,000

E-SHIFT PROVIDES NO FEEDBACK WHEN SHIFTING TO P OR D (ONLY WHEN SHIFTING TO R). E-SHIFT OFTEN FAILS TO ENGAGE. ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE REVERSING, I ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE P, BUT IT DID NOT ENGAGE, AND CAR ROLLED BACK INTO AN OBJECT, CAUSING DAMAGE. E-SHIFT ALSO REQUIRES EXCESSIVELY DELIBERATE INPUTS, WHICH HAS CAUSED DIFFICULTY EXECUTING 3-POINT TURNS IN TRAFFIC.

Mileage: 5,000

TRANSMISSION ISSUE AS FOLLOWS: SHIFTS ABRUPTLY IN 2 AND 3RD GEARS. CAR SEEMS TO SHIFT UP WHEN BRAKING THEN SHIFTING DOWN SO IT SEEMS THE CAR SPEEDS UP WHEN IT SHOULD BE SHIFTING DOWN TO SLOW DOWN. WHEN PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK, THE CAR ROLLS BACK ABRUPTLY.

ACURA TLX HESITATES 1-2 SECOND WHEN TURNING LEFT, RIGHT, MAKING U TURNS AND SWITCHING LANES ON THE HIGHWAY. THE RESPONSE OF THE CAR IS UNPREDICTABLE AND I WILL NOT LET OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS DRIVE IT DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. THE SHIFTS FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR ARE OVERLY HARSH. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES BUT THE DEALER STATES THAT THE CAR IS OPERATING NORMALLY.

WHILE DRIVING ~40 MPH ON AN EXPRESSWAY THE CAR STARTED FLASHING ALL THESE WARNINGS ON THE DASHBOARD INCLUDING PULL OVER AND CHECK TRANSMISSION. LOOKING DOWN I SAW THAT THE CAR WAS AUTOMATICALLY PUT IN NEUTRAL AND THE GAS PEDAL WASN'T WORKING. I MANEUVERED THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER AND SINCE IT WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO PARK I PRESSED THE PARKING BRAKE. IF THE ROAD WAS ANY MORE CROWDED WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.

Mileage: 16,600

CAR SHIFTS ROUGHLY WHEN ACCELERATING, JUST ONE OF THE LOWER GEARS, AT AROUND 10-15 MPH. JERKS NOTICEABLY ALL THE TIME, WHETHER CAR IS WARM OR COLD. I DID NOT SAY ANYTHING TO SEE IF IT WAS AS BAD AS I THOUGHT, AND A FREQUENT PASSENGER FINALLY NOTICED AND ASKED ME ABOUT IT. CAR DOES NOT TAKE OFF QUICKLY LIKE I AM USED TO. FEELS VERY SLOW AND HEAVY. NOT SURE IF THIS PROBLEM WILL GET WORSE WITH AGE/MILEAGE, BUT I'M JUST HOPING IT WON'T BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE.

Mileage: 7,000

WHEN COASTING AT LOW SPEEDS, TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS AND ENGINE REVS HIGHER AND CAR ACCELERATES. MUST BRAKE TO AVOID POSSIBLE CONLISSION

Mileage: 4,000

WHILE SLOWLY DRIVING MY 2015 ACURA TLX INTO MY HOME GARAGE AND PUTTING THE CAR INTO PARK WITH THE RED LIGHT INDICATING THE PARKING GEAR WAS ENGAGED AND LETTING MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE MY CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD ABOUT TWO FEET BEFORE I COULD STOP THE MOVEMENT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO MY DRYWALL. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE BRAND NEW CAR AND I ASSUMED I MAY HAD NOT HAD THE CAR PROPERLY IN PARK AND NO DAMAGE OCCURRED AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY SO CALLED DRIVER ERROR. WHEN IT HAPPENED THE SECOND TIME 8 MONTHS LATER MY WIFE AND I WERE BOTH IN THE CAR AND OBSERVED THE RED PARKING LIGHT WAS ON INDICATING THE CAR WAS IN PARK WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD CAUSING THE DAMAGE. THE ACURA DEALER ASKED TO KEEP MY CAR IN AN ATTEMPT TO "REPLICATE" THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 17 DAYS UNTIL IT COULD BE INSPECTED BY DPSM (ACURA'S DESCRIPTION) AND I WAS TOLD NO PROBLEMS WERE DETECTED. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I DISCOVERED THIS WAS VERY SIMILAR TO A PRIOR 2015 ACURA TLX RECALL INSTITUTED LAST YEAR BY NHTSA. THE ACURA SERVICE DEPARTMENT REACTED AS IF THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THAT RECALL UNTIL I GAVE THEM A COPY OF THE INFORMATION POSTED ON THE INTERNET. THE ONLY SUGGESTION OFFERED BY THE DEALER AFTER THEIR INSPECTION WAS TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHEN THE CAR IS IN PARK UNTIL THE ENGINE IS COMPLETELY STOPPED AND ENGAGE THE PARKING BRAKE. THE MILEAGE ON MY ODOMETER WAS UNDER 4,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THEIR INSPECTION AND MY CAR IS KEPT IN A GARAGE WHEN I AM AT WORK AND AT HOME SO ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES SHOULD NOT BE A FACTOR. I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS THE ONLY LOSS WE ENCOUNTERED FROM THIS UNDISCLOSED SAFETY DEFECT AND HOPE THIS PROBLEM CAN BE REMEDIED BEFORE MORE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OCCUR TO OTHER TLX DRIVERS.

Mileage: 3,900

THIS CAR IS A TOTAL LEMON - DO NOT PURCHASE. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR TO THE DEALER 9 TIMES IN 12 MONTHS FOR NON ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ISSUES AND IT IS GETTING TOWED THERE AGAIN TODAY. MYRIAD OF ISSUES FROM LACK OF BRAKES TO JERKING TRANSMISSION TO FLAT OUT WON'T START. I PURCHASED AN ACURA FOR A RELIABLE CAR AND THAT IS MOST CERTAINLY NOT WHAT I OWN NOW. I HAVE AN OPEN CASE WITH ACURA CORPORATE BUT THE DEALER (POHANKA ACURA, CHANTILLY VA) WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THE VEHICLES THEY SELL. BUYER BEWARE OF THIS CAR!!

Mileage: 16,000

LEASED THE VEHICLE ON 12/7/2015 . AFTER A FEW HOURS OFF THE LOT THE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ROUGHLY FROM 2-3 GEAR. ALSO EXPERIENCED SPORADIC GEAR SHIFTS.

Mileage: 79

FROM TAKEOFF, THE GEAR SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD IS "HARD"/FIRM/JERKY. ALMOST AS IF THERE IS A POWER HESITATION THEN SLAMS HARD INTO GEAR. THIS IS ONLY GEAR SHIFT POSITION WHERE A PROBLEM EXISTS. ONLY HAPPENS FROM DEAD STOP TAKEOFF.

Mileage: 4,245

HARD SHIFTS ON 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD CAUSING WHIPLASH-LIKE REACTION. SHIFTS OCCURS AFTER WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE A PAUSE IN ACCELERATION THEN ENGINE REVS FOR 500 TO 1K RPM BEFORE SHIFTING, THEN THE CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD. ACURA HAS PERFORMED SOFTWARE UPDATES. IT REDUCED THE HARD SHIFTS BUT IT IS STILL THERE. I HAVE TO TIGHTEN MY NECK AND BRACE FOR A HARDSHIFT I KNOW IS COMING.

Mileage: 10,000

VEHICLE 'HESITATES' OR 'STUMBLES'. USUALLY BETWEEN 10 - 30 MPH WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE SUCH AS TURNING IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT A LIGHT, ENTERING AN EXPRESSWAY, OR PASSING. ENGINE/TRANSMISSION PAUSES 1 - 3 SECONDS BEFORE RPMS MOVE VEHICLE FORWARD. SEEMS LIKE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GEAR IT IS IN OR NEEDS TO FULFILL THE DEMANDS OF THE DRIVER. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE NOT KNOWING WHEN IT MAY FAIL COMPLETELY PLACING ME AND OTHER MOTORISTS IN HARMS WAY. RELATED MAY BE THE CAR ON CRUISE CONTROL. VEHICLE SPEED CAN VARY BY 10 - 15 MPH. DEALERSHIP AND ACURA CLAIMS VEHICLE IS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. IF THIS IS TRUE THEN I HAVE NO RECOURSE BUT TO DRIVE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. THERE ARE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET ALONG WITH A CLASS ACTION SUITS. THIS FAILURE WAS EVIDENT DURING TEST DRIVES BUT I FELT IT WAS MY DRIVING TECHNIQUE. IN ALL I HAVE DRIVEN THREE OF THIS EXACT MODEL AND THEY ALL EXHIBIT THIS FAILURE.

Mileage: 400

THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE TLX AWD TRANSMISSIONS. CAR DOESN'T SHIFT PROPERLY AND REPORTS OR SURGING OR GEARS NOT ENGAGING ARE BEING REPORTED. HTTP://ACURAZINE.COM/FORUMS/PROBLEMS-FIXES-420/9AT-HARD-SHIFT-1-2-2-3-A-919230/

HESITATION WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL NOT SAFE WHEN CHANGING LANES ON THE HIGHWAY AND NEEDING TO GAIN SPEED QUICKLY. HARD SHIFT FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR CAUSES THE CAR TO JERK WHEN DRIVING NORMALLY ON CITY STREETS. UNSUSPECTING PASSENGERS MAY EXPERIENCE WHIP-LASH.

Mileage: 3,000

TRANSMISSION ISSUES. CAR JERKS FROM 0 TO 20 MILES. HESITATES. BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER THEY DID A SOFTWARE UPDATE. STILL HAVING SAME ISSUE. DO NOT FEEL I HAVE CONTROL OF CAR WHEN I ACCELERATE. WILL BE BRINGING BACK TO DEALERSHIP. LEASED CAR SEPT 2014 STILL HAVE ISLAMD ISSUE.

Mileage: 60

2015 ACURA TLX LEASED FROM DEALER WITH JUST 6 MILES. THE CAR EXHIBITED VERY JERKY SHIFTS AT LOW SPEED. THERE IS USUALLY, BUT NO 100% OF THE TIME, ONE ROUGH SHIFT/VEHICLE MOTION JUST IT HIT A BUMP WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STANDSTILL, ANOTHER ONE AT AROUND 15 MPH, AND ONE MORE OF THE SAME JUST BELOW 40 MPH. AT TIMES, THE CAR WILL JERK FORWARD JUST BEFORE IT COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CAR ALSO IS VERY DIFFICULTY, NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE, TO BRING TO A SMOOTH STOP. ACURA DEALERSHIP HAD DIAGNOSED THE CAR AND DECIDED TO UPDATE ITS TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE. THEY DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING WAS PHYSICALLY DAMAGED. THE CAR ACTUALLY DROVE WORSE AFTER THE REPROGRAMMING. THE CAR WAS ROUGH AND JERKY AT SPEED BETWEEN 1 TO 40 MPH. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS, THE CAR/TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO HAVE "LEARNED" HOW TO BEHAVE AND NOW I AM JUST LEFT WITH THE ROUGH SHIFT, JERKING, AND SLIPPAGE LIKE ISSUES AS I HAD BEFORE THE SERVICE. I AM GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A SECOND TIME FOR THE STATED PROBLEM ON NOVEMBER 2. I AM HOPING THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE RESOLVED OR ACURA WOULD TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROBLEMS AND DECLARE THE VEHICLE/TRANSMISSION WAS MANUFACTURED WITH PROBLEMS THAT CAN NOT BE CORRECTED. I WOULD LIKE ACURA TO EITHER PROVIDE ME WITH A TLX WITHOUT THE PROBLEMS, OR ANOTHER COMPARABLE ACURA VEHICLE TO REPLACE THE LEASED VEHICLE, OR BUY BACK THE LEASED ACURA TLX. I WOULD LIKE THE NHTSA TO HELP ADDRESS MY PARTICULAR ISSUES AS WELL AS HELP OTHER OWNERS BY MAKING ACURA ADDRESS THE WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS PARTICULAR YEAR/MODEL OF THE TLX.

Mileage: 200

I HAVE HAD MANY EPISODES WITH THIS CAR. THE FIRST ONE, I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN WITH A CAR AHEAD OF, AND BEHIND ME, WHEN I RELEASED THE BRAKE, I TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD, AND IT FELT LIKE I GOT HIT FROM BEHIND, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD. ANOTHER TIME, MY HUSBAND WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT, AND HE HIT A TELEPHONE IN FRONT OF HIM. HE IS UNCLEAR WHAT HAPPENED. WE HAD DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR WHICH WE HAD TO REPAIR. ANOTHER TIME, I WAS DRIVING IN ECONOMY MODE IN TRAFFIC, WHEN I RELEASED THE BRAKE, AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR DIDN'T MOVE INITIALLY, THEN AFTER A SECOND OR TWO, IT RACED FORWARD WITH MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR, AND I HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. ONLY MY CAR WAS DAMAGED. THE DEALER AND ACURA CORPORATE THEN INSPECTED IT AND I WAS TOLD "NOTHING WAS WRONG". MANY TIMES NOW, WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, IT SEEMS THAT THE ENGINE SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL WHILE I'M DRIVING IT. IF I CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE, IT WILL BE STUCK FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN PROPELS ME FORWARD WITH A JERK. I WAS TRYING TO DO A LANE CHANGE LAST WEEK, AND THE CAR DIDN'T RESPOND TO MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR, LIKE THE ENGINE WAS "STUCK". I WAS LUCKY THERE WASN'T A CAR BEHIND ME, BECAUSE I CHANGED LANES, THEN ABRUPTLY SLOWED DOWN.I TREATED IT LIKE A HYDROPLANE, I DIDN'T ACCELERATE, AND THE ENGINE RETURNED TO NORMAL FUNCTIONING. LATER THAT DAY, I WAS DRIVING TOWARD A TOLL BOOTH, AND AGAIN, I FELT THE ENGINE SHIFT AND IT WOULDN'T RESPOND TO MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE. I DO NOT FEEL AS IF I CAN DRIVE IT SAFELY. I AM STUCK IN A LEASE FOR TWO MORE YEARS. I WOULD REALLY LIKE THEM TO ACKNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND GET IT REPAIRED.

Mileage: 8,800

ACURA 2015 TLX ADVANCED HAS HESITATION OR STUMBLES WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM LOW SPEED UP TO 40+ MPH. (MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, PASSING, TURNING ONTO ENTRANCE RAMP, OR SIMILAR SITUATIONS) HAS OCCURRED FROM DELIVERY. DEALERSHIP HAS TWICE INSPECTED AND STATES THAT NOTHING IS WRONG. TOLD ME TO TRY THIS "FIX" AND LET US KNOW. I HAVE DRIVEN HUNDREDS OF MILES IN 3 LOANER CARS OF EXACT SAME TYPE AND ALL HAVE EXHIBITED SAME FAILURE. I AM A DRIVER WITH 55 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. THIS IS A DESIGN FAILURE. THIS CONDITION IS UNSAFE AND WILL CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH.

Mileage: 200

AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE NEW, IMMEDIATELY NOTICED HARD AND DELAYED SHIFTING. SHIFTING BETWEEN 1-4 GEARS WAS VERY HARD. AT TIMES TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO BE CONFUSED AND WOULD EITHER PICK THE WRONG GEAR OR WOULD TAKE 2-3 SECONDS TO FINALLY ENGAGE INTO GEAR. ON ONE PARTICULAR OCCURRENCE WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AT ABOUT 15 MPH I APPROACHED A STOP SIGN AND LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR. AS SOON AS I LET OFF THE PEDAL THE CAR DROPPED INTO GEAR SO ABRUPTLY THAT IT MADE THE CAR LUNGE FORWARD ABOUT A FOOT OR TWO. ON ANOTHER OCCURRENCE I WAS DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET GOING AROUND A TRAFFIC CIRCLE ONCE AGAIN AT APPROX 15MPH I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR FOR A MOMENT AS I WENT AROUND THE CIRCLE. JUST AS I WAS EXITING THE CIRCLE I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO MOVE QUICKLY AWAY SINCE I SAW ANOTHER VEHICLE ENTERING THE CIRCLE. AT THIS POINT THE RPM'S WENT ABOVE 3500 AND THE CAR DID NOT SHIFT AND DID NOT MOVE. IT APPEARED THAT THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. IT TOOK ABOUT 1-2 SECONDS BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION WAS ABLE TO "FIND" A GEAR AT WHICH POINT IT LUNGED FORWARD ABRUPTLY. BOTH SITUATION I DID NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION. BOTH SITUATIONS I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE IN A SAFE MANOR. I HAVE ALSO AT TIMES NEEDED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY INTO A MERGE LANE AND WHEN "STOMPING" ON THE GAS NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN FOR 2-3 SECONDS.

Mileage: 200

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNATTENDED (NO DRIVER PRESENT) AND TRANSMISSION WAS ENGAGED IN PARK; I WAS PRESENT WHEN USING THE REMOTE STARTED. UPON STARTING (VEHICLE WAS STARTED), IT ROLLED UP A SLIGHT INCLINED DRIVEWAY ROUGHLY 3-6 INCHES , UNDER POWER; THEN ROLLED BACK SHE SAME DISTANCE. THEN A DISTINCT CLICK WAS HEARD. THE CAR CONTINUED RUNNING IN IDLE AS NORMAL WITH THE REMOTE START. ACURA HAS REPORTED TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THE CAR TO DISENGAGE FROM PARK (MODEL SH-AWD) AND ROLL AWAY. THIS CAR WAS RECALLED FOR "ROLL" WHILE PARKED AND NOT RUNNING, , BUT PASSED AND INSPECTION BY THE DEALER. UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS RECALL THIS ISSUE ENTAILED A "SHIFT INTO FORWARD", FROM PARK, UNDER POWER WHILE UNATTENDED. I NOTIFIED ACURA CUSTOMER SERVICE TO REPORT IT, WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN, BUT IF THE ISSUE CANNOT BE RECREATED THEN IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED. THIS EVENT COUPLED WITH THE PREVIOUS RECALL, HAS ME CONCERNED THAT ACURA IS NOT ADDRESSING SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS OF ITS CONSUMERS.

Mileage: 8,960

VEHICLE HAS INCONSISTENT SHIFTS IN LOWER GEARS. ALSO, SHIFTING IS INCONSISTENT WHEN PUSHING DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR.

Mileage: 600

I NOTICED THE FIRST TIME I ACCELERATED QUICKLY TO MERGE ONTO THE INTERSTATE THAT THE ENGINE HESITATED AT LEAST A SECOND TO SECOND AND HALF BEFORE ACCELERATING. AFTER THAT, I STARTED NOTICING THE SAME HESITATION WHENEVER I PUNCHED THE GAS PEDAL TO EITHER MERGE INTO TRAFFIC OR PASS SOMEONE. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET WHERE OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I JUST TOOK THE CAR IN FOR IT'S FIRST OIL CHANGE AND I COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THE DEALER RAN SEVERAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE UPDATES ON MY CAR AND SAID THAT IT WAS UP TO DATE AND THAT BASICALLY THAT IS THE WAY THE CAR IS. I FEEL THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE ADAPTED TO DRIVING THE CAR WITH THIS HESITATION, BUT I'M NOT HAPPY WITH IT. I THINK ACURA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT.

Mileage: 418

1. STEP ON ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR JOLTS FORWARD LIKE IT IS IN THE WRONG GEAR OR YOU SLAM THE ACCELERATOR, OR THE CLUTCH IS RELEASED RAPIDLY. JERKS ONES HEAD BACK. 2.COME TO A STOP, TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS HARD CAUSING THE CAR TO LUNGE FORWARD OVERPOWERING THE BRAKE. (ENGINE AT IDLE). MOST OF THE TIME IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE HAS TAPPED YOU FROM BEHIND. . WHEN IT OCCURS IT IS USUALLY THE FIRST 2-3 TIMES I COME TO A STOP IN A TRIP. 3.DRIVING ON LEVEL OR SLIGHT DECLINE, LET OFF ACCELERATOR AND SLOW TO MAKE A TURN TO GO UP A HILL, STEP ON ACCELERATOR AS YOU TRANSITION UPHILL TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR (AS IF YOU ARE HOLDING THE CLUTCH IN AND RELEASING IT TOO SLOWLY) THEN SEARCHES FOR THE CORRECT GEAR REQUIRED TO GO UP THE HILL AND ACCELERATE. (ENGINE NEAR IDLE) 4.MOST OF MY DRIVING IS IN THE CITY. . STOP AND GO. . SLOW AND GO. . .

Mileage: 100

ATTEMPTED TO MERGE INTO AN APPROPRIATE GAP IN TRAFFIC THAT WAS GOING APPROX. 45MPH. CAR HESITATED FOR ROUGHLY 2 SECONDS BEFORE DOWNSHIFTING INTO A LOWER GEAR IN ORDER TO PICK UP SPEED, THIS CAUSED OTHER DRIVERS TO REACT TO MY MUCH SLOWER CAR NOT PICKING UP SPEED AS IT SHOULD HAVE. ACURA HAS BEEN CONTACTED MANY TIMES AND HAS FAILED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, INHERIT IN THESE CARS FROM READING COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS CAR.

Mileage: 3,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ABNORMAL JERKING BETWEEN GEARS, ABNORMAL ACCELERATION WHEN STARTING, AND ABNORMAL SHIFTING WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE SHIFT POINT SOFTWARE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT AFTER 500 MILES, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500.

Mileage: 1,500

THIS CAR CONTINUES TO JERK BACK AND FORTH, FAIL TO FIND THE RIGHT GEAR, AND DOWNSHIFT SUDDENLY REGARDLESS OF WHAT DRIVING MODE YOU'RE IN. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENS CREATING DANGEROUS ROAD SITUATIONS. THE TRANSMISSION IS A COMPLETE FAILURE AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING THE DEALER CAN DO ABOUT IT.

Mileage: 50

WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATES. I FIRST NOTICED PROBLEM WHEN COASTING DOWNHILL, BUT NOW OCCURS ON LEVEL HIGHWAY ALSO. ALSO THERE ARE PERIODS WHEN ONE TRIES TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP OR FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES BEFORE SHIFTING INTO GEAR. AT THAT POINT THE ENGINE HAS REVVED UP CAUSING THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD WHEN THE GEAR DOES ENGAGE. ADDITIONALLY EVEN AFTER A RECALL, THE PARKING GEAR SLIPS ALLOWING THE CAR TO ROLL DOWN HILL. THESE PROBLEMS HAVE RESULTED IN NEAR ACCIDENTS. UPDATED 11/18/15*LJ *CN

Mileage: 220

TRANSMISSION IS VERY JERKY AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN COLD AND HITS A HARD SHIFT BETWEEN 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. ALL OTHER GEAR CHANGES ARE UNNOTICEABLE HOWEVER 2ND GOING TO 3RD ALWAYS SHIFTS HARD. READ ONLINE AND OTHER OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. DESPITE THE FACT THAT CERTAIN CARS ARE BEING RECALLED FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES, ALL TLXS SHOULD BE CHECKED

Mileage: 600

IT SEEMS LIKE MY BRAND NEW ACURA TLX IS HAVING ISSUES WITH ITS ZF 9-SPEED TRANSMISSION. IT HESITATES AND SHIFTS HARD GOING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. A LOT OF TLX OWNERS HAVING THIS ISSUE AND THERE IS CURRENTLY A 9-PAGE THREAD ON ACURAZINE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE FROM THIS THREAD: HTTP://ACURAZINE.COM/FORUMS/PROBLEMS-FIXES-420/9AT-HARD-SHIFT-1-2-2-3-A-919230/ I TOOK THE TLX TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAVE DONE A TCM RESET AND IDLE RELEARN. IT SEEMS THAT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, THE SHIFTING WAS SMOOTHER AFTER THE RESET. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ISSUE THEN RECURRED. MY TLX STILL SHIFTS HARD BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY. SOMETIMES, THIS HARD SHIFT OR HESITATION HAPPENS AS I AM TURNING LEFT FROM A STOPPED POSITION. I AM CONCERNED THAT I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TURN AS QUICKLY AS I NEED TO BE. IN FACT, THIS EXACT THING HAPPENED THIS MORNING. I AM THANKFUL THAT THE CAR THAT WAS GOING STRAIGHT SAW ME AND SLOWED DOWN.

Mileage: 450

9 SPEED ZF TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ROUGHLY FROM 1-2 AND 2-3 WITH 2-3 BEING THE WORSE. DEALER SERVICE STATES THIS IS NORMAL FOR THE TRANSMISSION DO TO TORQUE MATCHING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE BASED ON ALL THE OTHER ISSUES THIS TRANSMISSION IS HAVING IN OTHER MANUFACTURES VEHICLES.

Mileage: 1,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 550.

Mileage: 550

TRANS SHIFTS ARE VERY JERKY UP OR DOWN. SOMETIMES DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT WHEN BRAKING. SCARES YOU WHEN YOU HAVE TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN OR THROW CAR INTO "N". PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC CAN BE SCARY AS THERE IS OFTEN A DELAY BETWEEN ACCELERATION AND THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE TRANNY. THEN THE JERKY SHIFTING OCCURS. I AM NOT ALWAYS SURE IF MY CAR WILL PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC QUICKLY AND SAFELY WITHOUT ME BEING REAR ENDED. I WILL NOT LET MY WIFE DRIVE THE CAR. I WILL BE GOING TO THE DEALER THIS WEEK FOR SERVICE. I HAVE WAITED THIS LONG BECAUSE THE SALES PERSON TOLD ME THE CAR NEEDS 5,000 MILES TO "BREAK IN" THE TRANNY. I HAVE NOTICED READING ON THE WEB THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE NEW MODEL (8 SPEED DOUBLE CLUTCH AUTO WITH 4CYL. ENGINE.) IT SEEMS THAT AMERICAN HONDA HAS ISSUED A TSB #15-021 (DATED APRIL 23, 2015. THAT ADDRESSES THE PROBLEM, BUT I KEEP READING THAT THIS FIX IS NOT WORKING AND THAT MANY DEALERS ARE TELLING THE CUSTOMER "IT'S THE WAY YOU DRIVE IT. WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY BAD COMPUTER CODES". AMERICAN HONDA IN CONCERT WITH THEIR DEALERSHIP NETWORK ARE COVERING UP A DEFECT THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY PROBLEM. THIS IS GROWING INTO A MAJOR PROBLEM...I WILL BEGIN TO DOCUMENT ALL FUTURE DEALERSHIP PAPERWORK IN ANTICIPATION OF FILING A CLAIM UNDER MY STATES LEMON LAW. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER ACURA AGAIN. MY FIRST WAS AN ACURA TSX AND IT WAS AN EXCELLENT CAR. I AM VERY SURPRISED THAT HONDA HAS DONE DOWN THE TUBES. BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE FIRST ACURA MODEL BUILT IN THE USA VERSUS JAPAN. HAD I KNOWN THAT ,I NWVER WOULD HAVE PURCHASED THIS CAR.

Mileage: 529

CAR JERKS NOTICEABLY WHEN SHIFTING FROM TRANSMISSIONS GEARS 1 TO 2 AND THEN FROM GEARS 2 TO 3. *TR

Mileage: 50

THE CAR HAS TIMES WHERE IT STALLS OR HESITATES SIGNIFICANTLY - THIS OCCURS WORST IN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE (THERE IS A SEVERAL SECOND DELAY AND THEN A SURGE FORWARD), AND THERE ARE HARD SHIFTS BETWEEN 1-2 AND 2-3 GEARS. THERE ARE ALSO TIMES WHERE WHEN COASTING AND YOU APPLY THROTTLE, IT IS UNRESPONSIVE. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SITUATIONS WHERE THE CAR DOWNSHIFTS VERY HARD AND LURCHES FORWARD ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLY (THIS HAS ONLY OCCURRED IN SPORT+ MODE). *TR

Mileage: 1,000

I LEASED AN ACURA TLX (4-CYLINDER) IN OCTOBER 2014. ALMOST SINCE THE BEGINNING, THE TRANSMISSION OF THE CAR HAS BEEN VERY JERKY AND STIFF, ESPECIALLY WHEN COLD. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL PRODUCES NO EFFECT, AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I HAVE PULLED OUT INTO AN INTERSECTION AND THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, LEAVING THE CAR MOTIONLESS FOR SECONDS. THE HARD SHIFTING OCCURS PRIMARILY WHEN THE CAR IS COLD, AND IN THE LOWER GEARS. THE FEELING OF SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL OCCURS RANDOMLY WITH NO OBVIOUS CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. I RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALER WHEN THE CAR HAD ABOUT 200 MILES ON IT, AND THEY CLAIMED TO FIND NO PROBLEMS. I HAVE NOT RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP SINCE (THE CAR HAS ABOUT 5300 MILES ON IT NOW), BUT I WILL BE RETURNING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *TR

Mileage: 50

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I OWN A 2015 ACURA TLX (4 CYLINDER MODEL WITH 8 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) WHICH I PURCHASED A FEW MONTHS AGO AND WOULD LIKE TO FILE THE FOLLOWING COMPLAINT: 1.ON STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE TRANSMISSION IS JERKY (ALMOST EVERY TIME). THIS MEANS THAT WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, IT CREATES A SHUTTER THAT REVERBERATES THROUGHOUT THE CAR. 2. AFTER DRIVING 1 MILE OR SO AND COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, ESPECIALLY DURING COLD START, THE TRANSMISSION LURCHES FORWARD VERY HARD ( LIKE SOMEONE REAR ENDED) DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT HAPPENS OFTEN TO DISLIKE (FOUR TIMES TOTAL). VERY SCARY WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU MAY REAR END SOMEONE. 3. WHEN SLOWING DOWN, SAY COMING TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND NOT COMING TO COMPLETE STOP AND MAKING RIGHT OR LEFT TURN AT SAY ABOUT 10MPH SPEED OR SO, AND HIT ON THE GAS PEDAL TO SPEED UP, THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND DOESN'T KNOW WHICH GEAR TO ENGAGE THUS MAKING VERY JERKY FEEL. 4. EVERY TIME COLD START, TRANSMISSION SHIFTS IN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR ARE VERY HARD. DEALERSHIP CLAIMED TO TEST DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND THEN PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT THIS WAS "NORMAL" FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO DO THAT. I FIND THIS VERY UNACCEPTABLE! THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND THEY NEED TO FIND A RESOLUTION BECAUSE THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE AND A THREAT TO MY OWN PERSONAL SAFETY. ACURA, TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY AND FIX THIS ISSUE, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THESE PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 200

I LEASED THIS VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2014 AND IMMEDIATELY HAD CONCERNS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE SHIFTS BETWEEN GEARS WERE EXTREMELY ROUGH AND CHOPPY. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP, I WOULD PRESS ON THE GAS TO MOVE INTO TRAFFIC, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND; INSTEAD, THE RPMS WOULD REV ALL THE WAY UP TO 4-5 AND AFTER A COUPLE SECONDS, I WOULD BE LURCHED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO TWO SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS ISSUE. I HAVE NOW HAD TO CHANGE MY DRIVING COMPLETELY TO ALLOW FOR MORE TIME IN AN INTERSECTION TO AVOID BEING SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED. THE DEALERSHIP AND HONDA MOTOR VEHICLES BOTH REFUSE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ISSUE AND DESPITE MY VEHICLE BEING IN FOR REPAIRS FOUR TIMES NOW, CLAIM THEY ARE "UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE." RATHER THAN TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE, THEY ACCUSE ME OF DRIVING "AGGRESSIVELY." PLEASE DO NOT BUY OR LEASE THIS VEHICLE. IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT THE COMPANY WILL NOT/HAS NOT RESOLVED. *TR

Mileage: 500

IT IS SHIFTING HARD WHEN IT DOWNSHIFTS , IT IS SLAMMING INTO GEAR WHEN DOWNSHIFTING. WHEN STARTING FROM A DEAD STOP IT SOMETIMES WILL JUST REV UP AND NOT MOVE, YOU HAVE TO LET OFF ACCELERATOR THEN PUSH AGAIN TO GET IT TO MOVE. WHEN COLD THE TRANSMISSION JERKS DURING NORMAL SHIFTING. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, IS ONLY DOES IT OCCASIONALLY , IT IS AT DEALERSHIP RIGHT NOW AND THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG. *TR

Mileage: 150

TRANSMISSION ROUGH ABNORMAL SHIFTS AT RPM 1000, STOP AND GO DRIVING . *TR

Mileage: 20

I LEAST A 2015 V6 TLX IN 10/16/2014. FEW DAYS LATER I STARTED FELLING THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ROUGHLY AND JERKY FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR CAUSING THE CAR TO JUMP FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME ESPECIALLY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.ANOTHER ISSUE AM HAVING WITH THIS BRAND NEW CAR IS THE UNRESPONSIVENESS IN ACCELERATION AND THE DELAY WHILE TRYING TO MERGE ON THE FREEWAY OR TRYING TO CHANGE LANES PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE. BY THE TIME IT ACCELERATES, AM EITHER CLOSE TO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME OR THE APPROACHING VEHICLE IS CLOSE TO REAR ENDS ME. ALSO WHILE ACCELERATING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION , THIS CAR FELLS LIKE THERE IS NOW POWER OR THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL MODE. THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS ISSUES AM FACING WITH MY DAILY DRIVER. I DON'T FELL THE SAFETY IN THIS CAR FOR ME OR MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY WE ARE EXPECTING A BABY IN COUPLE OF WEEKS. ACURA DEALER KEEP ON SAYING THIS IS THE WAY THE CAR IS AND THEY HAVE NO SOLUTION. *TR

Mileage: 300

DID MY LATEST SOFTWARE UPDATE THAT CAME OUT ON 02/09/15. UNFORTUNATELY IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM . I AM BIG HONDA/ACURA FAN BUT THE NEW TLX 8 SPEED DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION IS A BIG LETDOWN. THIS IS MY FIRST HONDA PRODUCT THAT I AM TIRED OF AND WANT TO BE REPLACED. HERE ARE SOME OF THE SCENARIOS THAT THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ACT NORMAL AND COULD BE DANGEROUS LONG LAG AND HEAVY CLUNK SHIFTING FROM "R" TO "D"; DELAY DURING ACCELERATION AFTER MOMENTARILY LETTING OFF GAS - ENGINE REVS UP AND THEN THE CAR SLAMS INTO THE GEAR THAT IT FINALLY SELECTS - ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN COMING OUT OF A CORNER OR ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AFTER YIELDING IN AN INTERSECTION; OCCASIONAL HARD JERK WHEN STOPPING (LIKE THE CAR HAS BEEN REAR-ENDED); RANDOM ROUGH SHIFTING AT SLOW SPEEDS, ETC. THESE PROBLEMS ARE NOT JUST UNCOMFORTABLE, THEY'RE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! 2. AFTER DRIVING 1 MILE OR SO AND COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, ESPECIALLY DURING COLD START, THE TRANSMISSION LURCHES FORWARD VERY HARD ( LIKE SOMEONE REAR ENDED) DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT HAPPENS OFTEN TO DISLIKE. 4. WHEN SLOWING DOWN, SAY COMING TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND NOT COMING TO COMPLETE STOP AND MAKING RIGHT OR LEFT TURN AT SAY ABOUT 10MPH SPEED OR SO, AND HIT ON THE GAS PEDAL TO SPEED UP, THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND DOESN'T KNOW WHICH GEAR TO ENGAGE THUS MAKING VERY JERKY FEEL. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

LONG LAG AND HEAVY CLUNK SHIFTING FROM "R" TO "D"; DELAY DURING ACCELERATION AFTER MOMENTARILY LETTING OFF GAS - ENGINE REVS UP AND THEN THE CAR SLAMS INTO GEAR; OCCASIONAL HARD JERK AFTER STOPPING (LIKE THE CAR HAS BEEN REAR-ENDED); RANDOM ROUGH UP AND DOWN SHIFTING AT SLOW SPEEDS (UNDER 40MPH) CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW AND HAS HAD THESE ISSUES SINCE PURCHASE. *TR

Mileage: 1,600

I LEASED MY ACURA TLX V6 ADVANCED 2 WHEEL DRIVE STARTING IN SEPTEMBER 2014. RIGHT AWAY, WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK I STARTED NOTICING PERFORMANCE ISSUES. THIS VEHICLE HAS AN EXTREMELY HARD SHIFT BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR, CAUSING THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. IT IS PARTICULARLY NOTICEABLE IN "SPORT" MODE. IT HAPPENS MORE CONSISTENTLY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, WHICH COINCIDES WITH A SITUATION THAT ALLOWS FOR LESS REACTION TIME. IT ALSO HAS SERIOUS ACCELERATION HESITATION THROUGHOUT ALL SPEEDS. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE SITUATIONS WHERE WHILE MERGING IN TRAFFIC OR ACCELERATING ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE. MY CAR HAS BEEN INTO ACURA TWICE SO FAR FOR THIS ISSUE. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD IT WAS A "KNOWN" ISSUE BUT THERE WAS NO FIX. THE SECOND TIME I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR THE SAFETY RECALL ACURA "CHANGED OUT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID" WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP - AND IT DIDN'T. I HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT NEXT WEEK FOR THE SAME ISSUES. ACURA CLIENT CARE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT THAT ACURA CORPORATE DOES NOT HAVE ANY SOLUTIONS AND IT MUST BE TAKEN UP WITH THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP JUST ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROBLEM AND SAYS TO TAKE IT UP WITH ACURA CORPORATE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATION AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE. ACURA OBVIOUSLY ROLLED THIS CAR OUT OF THE FACTORY KNOWING THEY HAD ISSUES (HENCE THEIR LAUNCH DELAY IN THE FIRST PLACE) BUT WERE WILLING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CONSUMER AND HAD NO CONCERN FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS' SAFETY. BUYER BEWARE - DO NOT PURCHASE A TLX. *TR

Mileage: 1,000

THE VEHICLE HAS A BAD HESITATION WHICH MAKES MANEUVERING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC DANGEROUS. SEVERAL TIMES WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE AND PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED BECAUSE OF THIS HESITATION. AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS OF HESITATING THE VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD THE RPM INDICATOR SHOWS A DRASTIC INCREASE AND THE ENGINE FAILS TO DOWN SHIFT PROPERLY. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED AFTER I PARK MY CAR AND GET OUT I NOTICE A BURNING SMELL RESONATING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. I HAVE BROUGHT MY VEHICLE IS FOR SERVICE THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THERE ARE FLAWS IN THE TLX MODEL AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED ACURA CORPORATE AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNRESPONSIVE. MY FEELING IS THE ISSUES PLAGUING THIS CAR COULD POSE A DANGER TO THE DRIVER AND OTHER VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 3,957

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND CHANGED GEAR AGGRESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER DOWNLOADED THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

Mileage: 5,000

THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD WHEN I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME TO APPLY THE BRAKE. AS A RESULT, THE CAR SEEMS TO PULL FORWARD AND REQUIRE ADDITIONAL BRAKING TO STOP. VERY ROUGH SHIFT BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR. THERE IS ALSO A DELAY OR HESITATION WITH ACCELERATION. THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT PULL ANY DIAGNOSTIC ERROR CODES, ALL THE OTHER CARS ON THE LOT THEY TESTED HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. THE DEALER IS WAITING ON ACURA TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. *TR

Mileage: 300

CAR JUMPS WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND AND 2ND AND 3RD. IF I TAKE MY FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR RIGHT BEFORE IT SHIFTS, IT SHIFTS AND JUMPS FORWARD. I OWN THE V6 ADVANCED 2 WHEEL DRIVE MODEL. *TR

Mileage: 25

THE SAFETY INCIDENT(S) TO BE REPORTED: 1) VEHICLE SEEMED TO JUMP INTO NEUTRAL' WHEN DECELERATING ALMOST TO A STOP (E.G. TO MAKE A TURN) RESULTING IN THE ENGINE REVVING AND NO POWER WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED. TACH DID NOT MOVE AND THE TRANSMISSION DISPLAY STILL READS D. THIS LEFT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WITH NO POWER BEING DELIVERED TO THE WHEELS. THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. UNFORTUNATELY THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD. SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACCIDENTS. EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SAFETY PROBLEMS ARE ALSO ONGOING: 2) INTERMITTENT AND VARIABLE DURATION HESITATION FROM A STOPPED POSITION (OR SLOWED DOWN TO AROUND 10MPH OR LESS AND THEN ACCELERATING) MAKES IT DANGEROUS TO TURN SWIFTLY ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. 3) INTERMITTENT AND VARIABLE DURATION SLIPPING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A SLOW (10MPH OR LESS) COAST MAKES IT DANGEROUS TO PERFORM ANY MANEUVER THAT REQUIRES A SWIFT AND RELIABLE RESPONSE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. 4) INTERMITTENT AND VARIABLE DURATION REVVING BETWEEN GEARS WHEN KICKING DOWN TO TRY TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE MAKES SUCH MANEUVERS RISKY. *TR

Mileage: 87

I OWN A 2015 ACURA TLX 2.4L 4 CYLINDER: 1.ON STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE TRANSMISSION IS JERKY (ALMOST EVERY TIME). THIS MEANS THAT WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, IT CREATES A SHUTTER THAT REVERBERATES THROUGHOUT THE CAR. 2. AFTER DRIVING 1 MILE OR SO AND COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, ESPECIALLY DURING COLD START, THE TRANSMISSION LURCHES FORWARD VERY HARD ( LIKE SOMEONE REAR ENDED) DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT HAPPENS OFTEN TO DISLIKE (FOUR TIMES TOTAL). VERY SCARY WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU MAY REAR END SOMEONE. 4. WHEN SLOWING DOWN, SAY COMING TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND NOT COMING TO COMPLETE STOP AND MAKING RIGHT OR LEFT TURN AT SAY ABOUT 10MPH SPEED OR SO, AND HIT ON THE GAS PEDAL TO SPEED UP, THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND DOESN'T KNOW WHICH GEAR TO ENGAGE THUS MAKING VERY JERKY FEEL. 5. EVERY TIME COLD START, TRANSMISSION SHIFTS IN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR ARE VERY HARD. *TR

Mileage: 6,700

I RETURNED THE CAR THE DAY AFTER PURCHASE BECAUSE IT WAS LURCHING FORWARD UPON SHIFTING GEARS, THE SHIFT WAS VERY JERKY. THE DEALER DID NOT DIAGNOSE A PROBLEM. I TESTED THE CAR IN ALL 4 DRIVE MODES AND THERE DID NOT SEEM TO BE A DIFFERENCE IN THE JERKING FORWARD. THE JERKING PROBLEM CONTINUED AND I AGAIN TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER IN FL. THIS DEALER ALSO STATED NO PROBLEM. I CALLED THE DEALER THAT I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM, CHEVY CHASE ACURA, AND THE SALES PERSON SUGGESTED I RETURN THE CAR TO THEIR DEALERSHIP WHEN I RETURN TO MD. I EMAILED THE SERVICE MANAGER BUT HAVE NOT HAD A RESPONSE. THE JERKING FORWARD ISSUE REMAINS A PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 7

THE CAR HAS A HAD A HARD OR DELAYED SHIFT FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE WHEN COLD FROM THE TIME I BOUGHT THE CAR, BUT LAST WEEK THE CAR SLIPPED/SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL WHEN I ACCELERATED FROM A STOP TO GO THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. THE CAR WAS IN ECONOMY MODE AT THE TIME. ACURA DID AN UPDATE ON THE TRANSMISSION FOR HESITATING AND LURCHING AROUND JANUARY 15, 2015. THE CAR IS AT THE DEALERSHIP NOW. *TR

Mileage: 3,365

I WAS ACCELERATING FROM 40 MPH TO 50 MPH WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING, BEEPED, AND STARTED FLASHING ALL SYSTEM ERRORS IN ORANGE ON THE DASH DISPLAY. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 50 MPH, AS IF THE GAS WAS BEING CHOKED OFF AT THAT POINT. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER. THEY HAD THE CAR FOR A WEEK BEFORE IT WAS "FIXED". THE EXACT SAME ERROR JUST OCCURRED FOR A SECOND TIME WHILE I WAS ACCELERATING AND MERGING INTO A BUSY HIGHWAY LANE. CAR IS AGAIN AT THE DEALER FOR ALMOST A WEEK AND COUNTING. WHILE IT HASN'T CAUSED AN ACCIDENT YET, THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I WAS NEARLY REAR-ENDED WHEN MY CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AND STARTED DECELERATING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. IN BETWEEN THESE OCCURRENCES, I HAVE HAD OTHER RANDOM ERRORS, SUCH AS THE LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM ACTIVATING WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE CENTER OF A LANE. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE STEERING WHEEL IS "TUGGED" TOWARDS THE DIRECTION IT THINKS IT NEEDS YOU TO GO. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN THE CAR IS TRYING TO TUG YOU OUT OF YOUR LANE INTO ANOTHER. THE RANDOM ERRORS THAT OCCUR ARE ALL WITH THE SAME SYSTEMS THAT FLASH ERROR WARNINGS ALL OVER THE DASH ON THE TWO OCCASIONS THAT THE CAR HAS STOPPED FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. LDW, ACC, BRAKING SYSTEM, VSC...ALL IMPORTANT SAFETY SYSTEMS! *TR

Mileage: 3,220

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS COLD, THERE IS A LAG TIME FROM THE TIME THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED TO THE TIME THE CAR MOVES, AND WHEN THE CAR MOVES,IT LURCHES THROUGH THE FIRST FEW GEARS. CAN BE DANGEROUS IF NOT TOTALLY PAYING ATTENTION. ALSO, WHEN APPROACHING A STOP, AS THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS TO THE LOWER GEARS, THE CAR ALSO CAN LURCH WHEN GETTING TO THE FIRST GEAR. WHEN BACKING UP AND GOING FROM R TO D, THERE IS A 2 TO 3 SECOND LAG UNTIL THE CAR GOES INTO D MODE. WHEN BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAYS, GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME! I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN 4 TIMES FOR "SOFTWARE UPDATES", BUT IT DOES NOT ADDRESS ANY OF THESE ISSUES. *TR

Mileage: 400

ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. 1. DELAY OF ACCELERATION AT LOW SPEED SUCH AS AT AN INTERSECTION (4 OCCURRENCES) WHERE MAKING A TURN CAR DOES NOT READILY ACCELERATE DUE TO BEING IN TOO HIGH OF A GEAR WHILE IN AUTOMATIC MODE. AFTER ABOUT 2 SECONDS, CAR DOWNSHIFTS AND RESUMES NORMAL ACCELERATION. HAS NOT RECURRED IN AT LEAST A MONTH. 2. ROUGH SHIFT (LAG) WHEN CAR UPSHIFTS FROM 2ND TO 3RD. THIS HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE PURCHASE AND OCCURS REGARDLESS OF WHAT MODE (AUTO/MANUAL) IS SELECTED. HAS NOT IMPROVED. 3.WITHIN LAST 30 DAYS, VEHICLE IS NOT DOWNSHIFTING CORRECTLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP. CAR DOES NOT ACTUALLY DOWNSHIFT INTO 1ST UNTIL AFTER IT IS AT A COMPLETE STOP RESULTING IN A LURCH. NO MATTER HOW SMOOTHLY THE CAR IS BROUGHT TO A STOP, THE FINAL DOWNSHIFT IN AUTO MODE DOESN'T OCCUR UNTIL AFTER REACHING A STOP. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT START TO HAPPEN UNTIL ENGINE/CAR IS WARM AS THE FIRST FEW COMPLETE STOPS WHEN COLD ARE 100% OK, THEN AFTER WARMED UP IT WILL OCCUR EVERY TIME THEREAFTER. 4. WHEN ENGAGING DRIVE OR REVERSE, THE VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE SLIGHTLY WITHOUT PEDAL INPUT SUCH AS WHEN BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. CONTACTED DEALER AND DEALER SAID NO INSTRUCTIONS FROM MAKER OR TSB'S YET AND THAT TRANSMISSION WAS NEW MODEL AND MAKER NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT. TOLD DEALER I WOULD DRIVE THE CAR FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS TO SEE IF SITUATION IMPROVES. DID NOT TAKE CAR IN FOR CHECK BASED ON DEALER COMMENT THAT THERE WAS NO INSTRUCTION FROM ACURA YET FOR A FIX. VEHICLE IS NOW 3500 MILES AND ISSUES 2, 3, 4 STILL OCCURRING. *TR

Mileage: 1,000

THERE IS A VERY ROUGH UPSHIFT FROM SECOND TO THIRD, ON A LONG RIGHT HAND TURN WHEN TRANSMISSION IS COLD, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN, POWER TO WHEELS DISAPPEARS AND REAPPEARS WHEN ROAD STRAITENS, TRANSMISSION/CAR SURGES FORWARD ON DOWN SHIFT 3 TO 2 (SOMETIMES). *TR

Mileage: 100

THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THIS CAR IS THE 4 CYLINDER, TECH MODEL. THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. IT ALSO WILL HESITATE WHEN TURNING A CORNER SOMETIMES. THE OTHER PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR IS THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM (LISTED AS ELECTRICAL ABOVE). IT SIMPLY DOESN'T WORK CORRECTLY. THE DRIVER SIDE TESTED 8 DEGREES DIFFERENT THAN THE PASSENGER SIDE. SO IF I HAVE THE DRIVE SIDE SET AT 75 DEGREES FOR HEAT IT FEELS LIKE 68 DEGREES. WHEN ON THE HEAT SETTING, THE FAN APPEARS TO DISPERSE MORE OUT OF THE DEFROSTER THAN IT DOES BELOW THE DASH. I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR CLIMATE CONTROL SETTING ON THE DRIVER SIDE TO 80+ DEGREES AND USE THE AC DASH VENTS TO KEEP MY UPPER BODY AND HANDS WARM. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE ACURA TLX FORUM ABOUT THE CLIMATE CONTROL ISSUE. I HAVE MADE ATTEMPTS TO GET ACURA TO ADDRESS THE HEATER CLIMATE CONTROL ISSUE. *TR

ISSUE 1 - BASICALLY, WHEN THE CAR IS COLD (AS IN HASN'T BEEN DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS OR MORE) IT SHIFTS PRETTY HARD 1-2, 2-3, ETC. REGARDLESS OF THE IDS MODE. HOWEVER, IT SEEMS THAT IT IS LESS PRONOUNCED IN "ECON" MODE, PROBABLY BECAUSE IT SOFTENS THE SHIFTS A BIT. SOMETIMES IT IS MORE NOTICEABLE THAN OTHER TIMES. IT ALSO SEEMS THAT IT IS EVEN SLIPPING A BIT WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, KIND OF LIKE IN A MANUAL TRANSMISSION WHEN YOU LET THE CLUTCH SLIP TOO MUCH. WHEN THE CAR WARMS UP TO OPERATING TEMP, I REALLY DON'T NOTICE IT SHIFTING HARD AT ALL, AND IN FACT THE SHIFTS ARE ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE 90-95% OF THE TIME. ISSUE 2 - WHEN SLOWING DOWN (SAY COMING TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND NOT COMING TO COMPLETE STOP AND MAKING RIGHT OR LEFT TURN AT SAY ABOUT 10MPH SPEED OR SO AND HIT ON THE GAS PEDAL TO SPEED UP, THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND DOESN'T KNOW WHICH GEAR TO ENGAGE THUS MAKING A VERY JERKY FEEL. ISSUE 3 - I HAVE NOTICED IS THAT WHEN COMING TO A STOP, SOMETIMES IT REALLY SLAMS INTO FIRST GEAR, AND I MEAN HARD ENOUGH TO SHAKE THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS RARELY, BUT WHEN IT DOES ITS VERY DISCONCERTING. ISSUE 4 ? THERE IS THE 3-4 SECOND DELAY WHEN I ENGAGE THE CAR INTO THE (D) DRIVE POSITION EITHER FROM (P) PARK OR REVERSE. *TR

Mileage: 400

TRANSMISSION HAS EXTREMELY BAD JERK FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. ALSO, TRANSMISSION TENDS TO MAKE CAR ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN SOMETIMES. ALSO, DOWNSHIFTING IS TOO SLOW TO MAKE AN EFFECTIVE PASS ON A HIGHWAY. HORRIBLE, UNSAFE FEELING TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 ACURA TLX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, HIS FOOT WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 40 MPH AND THEN RAPIDLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE DECELERATING TO 20 MPH. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10. UPDATED 4/20/15*CN THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS WARM, IT ACCELERATED WHEN DOWN SHIFTING AND THE RPM'S WOULD TO 200-300. UPDATED 04/23/15*JB

Mileage: 10

TRANSMISSION IS JERKY. DOES NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY IN 2 AND 3 GEARS. SOMETIMES ACCELERATES BEFORE DOWNSHIFTING TRANSMISSION SEEMS OK IN HIGHER GEARS. CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY IN LOW GEARS. MAKES DRIVING RISKY AND DIFFICULT UNTIL CAR IS IN HIGHER GEARS. *TR

Mileage: 50

WHILE MY 2015 ACURA TLX WAS PARKED , THE VEHICLE ROLLED INTO MY NEIGHBORS DRIVEWAY!! BACK TO THE ACURA DEALERSHIP IT WENT, ACURA CONFIRMED IT ROLLS IN PARK, REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, BESIDES THAT THE 2015 TLX STALES OUT WHILE DRIVING INTERMITTENTLY VERY UNSAFE !! MY BRAND NEW ACURA HAS SPENT HALF THE TIME I'VE HAD IT , GETTING REPAIRS AT THE DEALER.. I DON'T EXPECT THIS FROM ACURA. *TR

Mileage: 1,900

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND COMING TO A STOP, ONCE STOPPED IT FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE IS PULSING OR SHUTTERING FORWARD , AND WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE RPMS GO HIGH AND THE VEHICLE JOLTS FORWARD (TRANSMISSION FAILURE? THE 2015 ACURA TLX 4 CYLINDER TECH PACKAGE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A WEEK AND A HALF!!! I'M NOT A VERY HAPPY CUSTOMER. *TR

Mileage: 2,300

I LEASED A 2015 ACURA TLX V6 9-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 2015. TODAY I DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS CAR (BASED ON THE VIN) AND THAT IN DECEMBER 2014 HONDA MOTOR COMPANY ISSUED A STOP SALE ORDER ON THIS MODEL. HOW WAS THE DEALERSHIP ALLOWED TO LEASE THIS CAR TO ME IF A STOP SALE ORDER WAS ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER? ARE THEY REQUIRED BY LAW TO DISCLOSE ANY RECALL NOTICES BEFORE SELLING OR LEASING A CAR? I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE REFLECTION OF THE AIR VENT GRILL IN THE SIDE VIEW MIRRORS. IT IS VERY DISTRACTING. I HAVE OWNED SIX ACURAS SINCE 1988, BEEN A LOYAL CUSTOMER OF THIS PARTICULAR DEALERSHIP (2 PURCHASES AND 2 LEASES) SINCE 2000 AND AM BEYOND DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS VEHICLE. I FEEL THAT I'VE BEEN COMPLETELY CONNED AND TAKEN IN BY AN EXTREMELY SLICK AND FALSE SALES PITCH. I'VE HAD SUCH GREAT EXPERIENCES WITH ACURAS THAT IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME TO DOUBT THEIR WORD. TO NOW DISCOVER THAT THERE IS SOMETHING TECHNICALLY WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE THAT MAY IMPACT MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS, THAT THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THIS DEFECT AND RECALL NOTICE, AND DID NOT INFORM ME OF SUCH IS REPREHENSIBLE. *TR

Mileage: 224

YOU PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND IT ROLLS AWAY. VERY DANGEROUS! *TR

Mileage: 1,800

LOW SPEED ACCELERATION - SHIFTING FROM 1ST OR 2ND OR 3RD (NOT SURE) GEAR TO NEXT GEAR IS NOT SMOOTH. IT IS A FAIRLY HARD SHIFT. THE REST OF THE SHIFTING IS SMOOTH 4-9. ALSO AUTOMATIC DOWNSHIFTING CREATES AN ODD SPEED UP FOR A SECOND TO WHAT SEEMS LIKE A REV MATCH TO TRY TO MAKE IT SMOOTH, BUT CAUSES PROBLEMS ON SLIPPERY ROADS. ALSO EARLY WARNING BRAKE WARNING SIGNAL IS VERY INTERMITTENT AND WORKS SOMETIMES AND NOT OTHERS IN THE EXACT SAME LIGHTING SITUATION AND CAR POSITION AND SAME TYPE OF CAR DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

Mileage: 900

REFLECTION REAR VIEW MIRRORS AC VENT. ALSO ABNORMAL SHIFTS LOW SPEED