2011 Acura TSX Complaints

ABS/VSA WARNING LIGHT IN INSTRUMENT PANEL COMES ON AT START-UP, OTHER TIMES WHEN DRIVING, THEN DISAPPEARS ONLY TO COME BACK ON AGAIN AND LATER RE-APPEAR, DISAPPEARS, INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS QUOTED $2,900 FOR ABS/VSA MODULE 57110-TL2-S21 TO WHICH I SAID NO WAY. DID QUICK SURVEY ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM ON THOSE VEHICLES, AND 2 OR 3 MODEL YEARS.. THINK NHTSA SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS AS IT'S SAFETY RELATED AND CAUSE ACCIDENTS AND, QUITE POSSIBLY, FATAL RESULTS.

7 F, CAR WAS PARKED OUTSIDE ALL NIGHT, STARTED CAR, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, BACKED OUT, BRAKES NORMAL, DRIVING FORWARD SLOWLY, BRAKES NORMAL, WAS GOING 30 APPROACHING STOP SIGN, WENT TO BRAKE, PEDAL WAS SOLID...NOTHING WAS UNDER THE PEDAL, BUT FELT LIKE THERE WAS A BRICK UNDER THE PEDAL. OBVIOUSLY I DIDN'T STOP, THANK GOODNESS NO CARS WERE ON THE ROAD. I SLOWED DOWN EVENTUALLY, THEN PUSHED EXTREMELY HARD ON THE PEDAL AND WAS ABLE TO BRAKE. THEN AFTER DRIVING VERY SLOWLY & TESTING HARD PEDAL, THE PEDAL ACTED NORMAL AFTER A FEW MINUTES. NORMAL PEDAL NOW. ON A SEPARATE PROBLEM, THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN DOWNSHIFTING ON ITS OWN, I'M DRIVING ALONG, AROUND 45 MPH OR SO, THE TRANSMISSION IS IN D, DASH LIGHT & SHIFTER IN D, THEN EVERY NOW & THEN THE TACH WHINES, THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS & SHOWS A LOWER GEAR (LIKE 4 OR 2 OR 1) IN THE SMALL BLACK SQUARE ON THE RIGHT OF THE DASHBOARD GEAR INTERFACE. THE GEAR SHIFTER IS STILL IN D, BUT THE CAR IS IN A DIFFERENT GEAR. I SLOW DOWN, THEN SHIFT...

NO BRAKES OR VERY STIFF BRAKE PEDAL WHEN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL CAR WARMS UP. HAVE HAD BRAKE FLUID REPLACED AND BLED MULTIPLE TIMES AND PROBLEM NOT FIXED. HAPPENS EVERY TIME BELOW 25 DEGREES AND IS WORSE THE COLDER IT IS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 ACURA TSX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT HIS RESIDENCE, A POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD AS THE CONTACT WENT TO INVESTIGATE HE FOUND THE VEHICLE ON FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN ELECTRIC PROBLEM. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. NO FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED BEFORE THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND THE VEHICLE WAS STILL AT HIS RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000. *LN*JB

ON 11/19/19 MY CAR WAS PARKED AT A GROCERY STORE. WHEN I GOT IN TO START IT I GOT A FLASHING MESSAGE REGARDING THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING: 51. I COULDN'T REALLY MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND THANKFULLY I WAS NOT DRIVING. I HAD TO HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME. UPON LOOKING INTO THIS I CAN SEE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL WITHIN THE SAME MILEAGE RANGE AS ME. I HAVE A 2011 ACURA TSX WITH 75,000 MILES. THERE IS NO REASON THIS SHOULD BE HAPPENING, I HAVE HAD EVERY REQUIRED MAINTENANCE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. ACURA NEEDS TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND RECALL THIS SO THEY CAN FIX IT. WHY WOULD ANYONE OWING THIS CAR EVER BUY ANOTHER ACURA KNOWING THAT WITH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN THIS CAN HAPPEN TO THEM. NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT ON 01/02/2020. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THERE IS A "BULLETIN" REGARDING THIS ISSUE. THEY ARE CLEARLY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM.