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2003 Acura TL body & structure problems

15 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2003 Acura TL, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
15 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
100,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2003 Acura TL Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 100,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 100,000 miles
Based on 11 complaints that include mileage. 18% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 11 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 18% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 death.

What owners wrote

My daughter died in a accident on november 7, 2013 in the acura tl 2003. She had been telling me that it felt like the ignition was sticking and would speed up. I would check with my local mechanic and he told me acuras are known to idle high. I believe that her car problem was the cause of the accident and the police could not give me a reason for the accident. She was 19 and a senior in high school and was a good child.

Reported at 120,000 miles, November 2013 CrashDeath

!!!warning this is a safety issue and needs to be addressed!!! "cruise control control box defect!" 2003 tl type s automatic 4 door without cruise control on car engine began to rev out of control while driving, tried to apply brakes but engine is too strong, once vehicle hit 80 MPH from this on highway I calmly turned ignition off one click so steering wheel would not lock and coasted to safety. I had to detach module as well as speed control wire going to the idle control of engine.

Reported at 135,000 miles, March 2015

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