Safety Score
75
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2012 Acura Tl.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Airbag light came on and remained |
| 2025-07-07 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Driving down the highway with my sun shade open but the actual sunroof closed and all of a sudden I just hear a loud po… |
| 2025-03-25 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | They changed the originality milleage of the car and sold it too expensive |
| 2024-12-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Immobilizer unit (recognizes/reads chip in key fob) failure led to the car shutting off the fuel pump leading to the c… |
| 2023-10-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The vehicle has a faulty Hands free link module which runs the battery down when the vehicle is not in use. Acura has b… |
| 2023-04-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | On 4/28/2023 per Balcones Heights Police officer Ford and Officer [XXX] there is an issue with the license plate light.… |
| 2022-07-25 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | In an auto collision where a car rear end the vehicle from an idle position into an 18-foot box truck in front which wa… |
| 2022-07-05 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Driving on the freeway on a particularly warm day in California with the sunroof tilted up. Heard a explosion and glas… |
| 2022-02-23 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Check airbag sensor keeps coming on intermittently. |
| 2021-07-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | While driving in heavy traffic and making a right turn,the power steering screen began to blink and immediately the pow… |
| 2021-03-09 | VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT 60 MPH WHEN SHE HEARD AN EXPLOSION AND PULLED OVER ON … |
| 2020-11-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THERE IS SOME JERKINESS WHEN CAR SWITCHES GEARS. READ IT COULD BE THE TORQUE CONVERTER OR BE FIXED WITH A SOFTWARE UPDA… |
| 2020-08-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | HAS JUMMPY GEAR SHIFTING WHEN GEAR MOVES FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD. IT FEELS LIKE GEAR SLIPS WHILE CHANGE GEAR. |
| 2020-05-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR HAS BEEN EXCESSIVELY USING OIL SINCE I BOUGHT IT. HAVE IT DOCUMENTED BY THE DEALER WHEN TAKING IT FOR OIL CHANGES … |
| 2020-03-05 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | CHECK AIR BAG SYSTEM MESSAGE ON AND OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. |
| 2019-11-25 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TACHOMETER WILL HUNT UP AND DOWN A FEW HUNDRED RPM UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SH… |
| 2019-09-27 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD VEHICLE SHUT OFF UN-COMMANDED. CAR CAME TO STOP WHILE IN TRAFFIC. PLACED CAR IN PAR… |
| 2019-09-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 ACURA TL. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE CO… |
| 2019-08-23 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE'S ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILS AND THE CAR IS NEAR TO IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER WHEN DRIVING DUE TO THE… |
| 2019-08-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY RED AIRBAG LIGHT & MY CHECK AIRBAG SYSTEM LIGHTS COMES ON AND OFF WHILE STATIONARY. WHEN IT COMES ON IT STAYS ON FRO… |
| 2019-07-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | DRIVING ON INTERSTATE FOR 8 MIN AT 70 MPH ON A 70 DEGREE MORNING WHEN I LOST POWER TO THE ENGINE. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE T… |
| 2019-06-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION WHEN THERE ARE NO LEAKS DETECTED UNDERNEATH. THIS PAST WEEK MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THIS IS TH… |
| 2019-05-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AWAITING A BREAK TO ENTER INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC I SAW A GAP AND PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL BU… |
| 2019-04-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I BOUGHT MY CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT APRIL OF 2019 WITH 59920 MILES AND THE RECALL WAS NOT FIXED NOW THEY ASKED ME… |
| 2019-03-29 | STEERING | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A NEW 2012 ACURA WITH 20 MILES ON IT IN SEPT 2012. MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT IN APR 2015. I COULD NOT ST… |
| 2019-03-29 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 ACURA TL. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO TURN AND THE POWER STE… |
| 2019-03-27 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I HAD THE RECALL DONE ON THE TAKATA STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG, THEN IN JAN 2019 I GOT A AIRBAG WARNING 31-1 AIRBAG SYSTEM. … |
| 2018-12-12 | STEERING | No | 0 | CAME OFF WORK LAST NIGHT GOT INTO MY CAR START IT UP AND GOT A CHECK POWER STEERING WARNING ON MY DASHBOARD. VEHICLE ST… |
| 2018-12-11 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THIS VEHICLES 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RANDOMLY DOWNSHIFTS AND SLIPS ON 3RD AND 4TH GEARS ON BOTH CITY AND HIGHW… |
| 2018-10-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL CONSUMPTION, ENGINE KNOCKING AND CAR FELT OUT OF POWER SPECIALLY IN LOW IN SPEED. FEW TRIPS TO ACURA BUT WAS TOLD T… |
| 2018-09-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | I OWN ACURA TL 2012. LAST WEEK WHEN I WAS DRIVING I SUDDENLY SAW THE STEERING WONT TURN ALL OF A SUDDEN. IT BECAME SO H… |
| 2018-08-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I ALMOST CRASHED WHEN TRYING TO MOVE THE CAR TO A SA… |
| 2018-08-23 | STEERING | No | 0 | ON STARTUP, POWER STEERING DOES NOT WORK. VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE WHEEL. ERROR CODE 32-09 CAME UP WHEN TAKEN TO ACUR… |
| 2018-08-16 | STEERING | No | 0 | ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILURE. I HAD JUST DRIVEN MY ACURA FOR APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES AND STOPPED TO GET A BOTTLE O… |
| 2018-07-03 | STEERING | No | 0 | ON TUESDAY, JULY 3RD, 2018, AT AROUND 8:30 AM WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY A POWER STEERING FAILURE MESSAGE POPPED UP O… |
| 2018-06-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND THEN THE STEERING COMPLETELY WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION… |
| 2018-05-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING BECAME TIGHT AND COULDN'T MOVE STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT. THE ELECTRIC PO… |
| 2018-04-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE RADIO GETS STRUCK ON A CHANNEL. IT WILL NOT TURN OFF OR SWITCH TO SATELLITE RADIO. IT OCCURS RANDOMLY WHEN DRIVING … |
| 2018-03-30 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT THE EPS (ELEC POWER STEERING) LIGHT CAME ON AND NO POWER STEERING WAS AVAILABLE. DROVE TO … |
| 2018-03-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR WENT IN FOR 100K SERVICE. VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS ALSO NEEDING VALVE ADJUSTMENT. WHILE VALVES WERE BEING ADJUSTED … |
| 2018-03-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | VIN NUMBER DON'T FIND |
| 2018-01-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING AT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY WHEN ELECTRONIC POWER SYSTEM FAILED ON CAR MAKING IT INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO STEER. |
| 2017-11-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL. ACURA WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A CLOSE-BY HONDA DEALERSHIP, BUT IS MAKING ME DRIVE 1.5 … |
| 2017-11-11 | STEERING | No | 1 | ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING INTERNAL FAILURE *BF *TR |
| 2017-11-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY, THE "CHECK POWER STEERING SYSTEM" WARNING CAME ON. I NOTICED THE STEERING WAS ERR… |
| 2017-10-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | HI I'M WANTING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS YEAR ACURA MAKING MODELS BREAKS BECAUSE IN THE WINTER TIME WHEN YOU GO TO PRESS T… |
| 2017-10-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING AROUND 40MPH AND ALL OF SUDDEN THE "ELETRONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM" LIGHT WENT ON. I WAS NOT ABLE TO STE… |
| 2017-07-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ON 7/20/2017, I WAS DRIVING ON I-680 S TOWARDS FREMONT CA. I WAS DRIVING ROUGHLY 70 MPH. WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO PASS A CAR… |
| 2017-06-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | STEERING WHEELS SEEMS TO CATCH ON TURNS, BRAKES RAISES SOME CONCERN AT TIMES. |
| 2017-06-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL, RPM MOVING UP AND DOWN AT 45 TO 50MPH, WEIRD SHAKING WHILE ACCELERATING. ACURA SHOULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM… |