Safety Score
58
Average
Recalls
3
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (3)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-22 | 11E022000 |
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | 150 | — | Details |
| 2008-02-27 | 08V092000 |
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | 129,600 | — | Details |
| 2005-04-05 | 05V132000 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | 1,923 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | The contact owned a 2005 Acura TL. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the front driver's side a… |
| 2025-05-22 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 0 | While I was driving 55 mph, on the throttle, the transmission acted as it was in Neutral but all indicators verified it… |
| 2025-01-29 | STEERING | No | 1 | My wife, [XXX] , purchased a 2005 Acura TL on [XXX]. The car was not inspected, it had a hole in the oil tank, was leak… |
| 2024-11-27 | TIRES | No | 0 | See attached document for complaint. |
| 2024-10-18 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The driver and passenger side mirror lenses will click randomly while driving on the interstate going at a relatively g… |
| 2024-03-30 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | Ball joint purchased from Napa Auto Parts #260-1791was defective. Nut supplied with ball joint was too small. This ca… |
| 2022-12-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Air bags light flashing on and off almost every day we are driving the vehicle. |
| 2022-11-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Acura TL. The contact stated that she had parked her vehicle and went inside a store as her chi… |
| 2022-04-13 | STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:DASHBOARD | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Acura TL. The contact stated that the entire dashboard was cracked. Additionally, air bag warni… |
| 2022-01-23 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | There are cracks forming on the dashboard of my 2005 Acura TL that I have researched and found are chronic issues in th… |
| 2021-10-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Transmission locked up while attempting to backup. Very loud grinding noise. Could not place back in park. Had to shut … |
| 2021-10-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The dash on the car is cracking, large cracks. The cracks are on the same area of the passenger airbag. In an accident,… |
| 2020-10-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY SON WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAGS SUDDENLY DEPLOYED. |
| 2020-08-20 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | DATE: 08/27/2020 MY 2005 ACURA TL HAS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. THE PASSENGER DASH HAS CRACKED ON BOTH … |
| 2020-08-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | A crack has developed on the passenger side of the dash running directly over the location of the airbag located on the… |
| 2020-07-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY BATTERY WOULD BE DEAD IF I DIDN'T DRIVE MY CAR EVERY DAY. THEN I FOUND OUT THERE IS A PARASITIC DRAIN ON THE BATTERY… |
| 2020-06-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | The dash has developed a crack on the passenger side right over the area where the front passenger side airbag is locat… |
| 2020-06-07 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | I WENT TO GO AT A STOP LIGHT I GOT TO ABOUT 15 MPH AND MY CAR JUS LOST ALL POWER AND DIDN'T RESTART. WHEN I TRIED TO TU… |
| 2020-05-24 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 2005 ACURA TL- PARKED WINTERS, GARAGED, BABIED AND ALL SERVICE COMPLETED AT THE ACURA DEALERSHIPS. CAR HAS 141,000 ON … |
| 2020-05-07 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THESE PROBLEMS ARE NOT ACCIDENT RELATED BUT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.MY CAR BATTERY KEPT DRAINING. I REPLACED THE BATTERY J… |
| 2020-02-27 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG: CRACKED DASHBOARD ABOVE AIRBAG. ABS OFF STEERING: (IN MOTION AND WHEN STATIONARY) STEERING WHEEL MOANED WHILE … |
| 2020-02-16 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THERE ARE CRACKS IN THE DASH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THEY RUN FROM WINDSHIELD TO THE MIDDLE OF THE DASH. |
| 2020-01-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | POWER STEERING PROBLEM. INSIDE PERMANENT PROBLEM. *TR |
| 2020-01-27 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DASHBOARD CRACKED OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG |
| 2020-01-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | DASH IS CRACKING ON PASSENGER SIDE. |
| 2020-01-03 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY CAR OUT OF NOWHERE IT LOST POWER THIS THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENS. ITS REALLY SCARY BECAUSE THE LAST TIM… |
| 2019-12-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I WAS BACKING OUT OF A SPOT, AS I USUALLY DO, THE CAR TOOK LONGER THAN USUAL TO SHIFT FROM PARK INTO DRIVE (ABOUT 3-4 S… |
| 2019-11-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2005 ACURA TL WITH 49,650 MILES ON IT. WHAT STARTED AS A HAIR LINE CRACK ON THE PASSENGER… |
| 2019-09-25 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 2005 ACURA TL, VERY WELL MAINTAINED. JUN 2019, A CRACK APPEARED IN DASHBOARD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE A… |
| 2019-08-03 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SRS LIGHT CAME ON IN DASHBOARD. DIAGNOSTICS INDICATED FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE (NO CONTINUITY). ACCURA WARRAN… |
| 2019-07-19 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CRACKS IN DASHBOARD, RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE OVER AIRBAG AND GLOVE BOX |
| 2019-07-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIRBAG SEAT BELT SENSOR OR LIGHT IS ON ALL THE TIME IT'S COMMON FOR THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES OF 2004 TO 2008. IT IS … |
| 2019-06-25 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 ACURA TL. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE LOWER BALL JOINT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOOSENED AND CAUSE… |
| 2019-06-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT… |
| 2019-05-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHTS BLINKING OFF WHETHER THERE'S A PASSENGER OR.NOT.... MY STEERING HARD TO TURN WHEN AT LOW SPEEDS .. POWER… |
| 2019-05-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL CAR MAKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING AND REVERSING. WINDSHIELD WIPERS SPRAYER STOP WORKING. RADIO WON'T TURN… |
| 2019-04-23 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED NEAR THE LOCATION OF… |
| 2019-03-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKTATA RECALL - HAVE A 2005 ACURA TL THAT HAS BEEN PARKED WINTERS AND INSIDE A GARAGE. PAMPERED, POLISHED, ACURA SERV… |
| 2019-03-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF RANDOMLY. |
| 2019-02-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I ENTERED MY VEHICLE YESTERDAY MORING AN NOTICED THREE TWO LARGE CRACK ACROSS THE DASHBOARD STARTING AT THE WINSHIELD … |
| 2019-01-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 2005 ACURA TL HAS LOST POWER AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES WHILE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE BATTERY ALSO COMPL… |
| 2018-12-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR IS LEAKING OIL GRADUALLY. PUDDLE IN AMBER BROWN COLOR ON THE GARAGE FLOOR |
| 2018-11-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE DASHBOARD IN OUR ACURA SUDDENLY HAD A CRACK IN IT FROM FRONT TO BACK ON ONE SIDE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG, THEN… |
| 2018-10-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CRACKING DASHBOARD |
| 2018-09-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | DASH BOARD STARTING TO CRACK, AFRAID IF CRACKS WOULD MAKE PASSENGER AIRBAG EXPLODE. CAR HAS LESS THAN 50,000 AND GARAGE… |
| 2018-07-23 | STEERING | No | 0 | I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE, AND HAVE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON IT AT REGULAR INTERVALS. ON JULY … |
| 2018-07-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY 2005 ACURA TL HAS BEEN KEPT IN TOP CONDITION AND CARE. LAST YEAR (2018) THE DASHBOARD BEGAN TO SPLIT ALONG THE PASS… |
| 2018-06-06 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER DASHBOARD HAS HUGE CRACKS THAT EXTEND TO WHERE THE AIRBAG IS LOCATED. I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN GOOD CARE OF … |
| 2018-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL - MY DRIVE IS FLASHING WHICH IS TO DO WITH MY TRANSMISSION AND I'M HAVING WIRING PROBLEMS ALSO. ALSO I HA… |
| 2018-04-25 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | LARGE CRACKS HAVE DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE MATERIAL USED IN THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE INCLUDING ALL OF THE DASHBOARD.… |