2006 Acura TL problems
NHTSA has received 345 complaints about the 2006 Acura TL, and 25% of them involve air bags. Next are body & structure (19%) and electrical system (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 345 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 13 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 90,000 miles 277 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 17 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 11 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 31 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 49 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 39 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 48 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 38 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 13 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 13 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 5 |
| 200k+ miles | 13 |
What the data shows
Of the 277 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 90,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 101,000 miles (70 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 13 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 5 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 80% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Acura TL with enough data (65 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My car (acura tl 2006) caught fire on 11/09/2007 at 10:00pm cst while passing by a mcdonalds drive through; at 6233 n broadway, chicago il. The mcdonalds cashier first noticed the smoke coming out of the hood and pointed it out to me. I pulled the car in the parking lot and tried to put out the fire with my jacket but it only grew bigger. A standing by police officer noticed the incident and pulled me away from the car. 911was called and the fire department arrived in 2 minutes. The car burned during that time.
My husband was driving the car and while in drive had his foot on the brake and the car revved up and lurched forward, he hit the brake hard to stop it. On october 5th I pulled into a parking space and applied the brake came to a stop and the car accelerated, I hit the brake hard and between the brake and hitting a curb came to a stop!
While I was driving threw the city streets with were a little rocky suddenly out of no where the diver side air bags pop out leaving me confuse without hearing while I was driving and a headache
When I started the vehicle, it had a moaning sound. I continued driving and the battery light, airbag light, csv light, all came on just before the dash lights flickered on and off, then totally went out and the car engine shut off. When I tried to jumpstart the car, the car started after a few minutes but when the jumper cables were removed, the car instantly shut down. The car was in the middle of the road and had to be towed to my house. Three months ago, the car would not start.
Crack in dash board over the passenger side airbag. I feel this is an extreme safety issue in that the airbag may deploy without impact. This should be repaired as a manufacturer defect. The dealer wants $2000 to replace dash.