2003 Acura TL cruise control problems
22 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2003 Acura TL, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 22 5% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 30,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When cruise control problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 17 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 30,000 miles, and 59% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 4 crashes.
What owners wrote
While slowly pulling into a parking space at my local fitness club vehicle suddenly made a roaring noise, accelerated, plunged forward, and struck two parked vehicles. This happened in a matter of seconds. After the car stopped, I put it in park and turned off the engine. I notified the owners of the other vehicles, and promptly called the police. When the police officer arrived, he completed exchange of information forms for all involved parties.
2003 acura tl type s experiencing transmission problems. The transmission shifted roughly in addition to missing when the cruise control was engaged. When the consumer pressed the cruise control to increase the speed the engine surged on two occasions back to back as the consumer tried to disengage the cruise control. (faulty tl transmissions were a widely known problem for acura)
Other problems reported for the 2003 Acura TL
- Transmission 180 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 70 complaints
- Air bags 51 complaints
- Engine 21 complaints
- Electrical system 15 complaints
- Body & structure 15 complaints
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