general problems of the 2001 Acura TL

Four problems related to vehicle speed control have been reported for the 2001 Acura TL. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Acura TL based on all problems reported for the 2001 TL.

1 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 04/06/2019

I drove my car out the garage into the common alley in reverse, once out the garage. When I was out of garage attempted to close the garage door with the genie , and the garage door wouldn't close . I drove the car further away from the garage/building in reverse to determine , whether the genie would operate from another position , next thing I knew the car was accelerating uncontrollably, between 20 - 25 miles per hour in reverse next to our building's garages . My car only stopped because I slammed into my neighbor's garage , which was 4 doors down from my own garage . My accelerator was essentially, frozen. . . A runaway accelerator. Similiar instances while I was in the drive mode , but just for quite , short, times.

2 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 08/22/2011

The transmission in my car is slipping at 2nd gear, as a result of which the rpm goes high but it doesn't match the speed of the road. The transmission as per the recall was fixed in the year 2004 , but the problem arose again and its hard for me to drive. The estimated cost of the transmission is 5k as per the dealer & the same has been reported to the Acura customer care department but I haven't heard anything from their side. I would be highly gratified to see a positive response from your side.

3 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 05/14/2005

Driving along the highway, consumer went to change lanes, and when tapping the brake, the car lurched forward, and picked up acceleration, with the accelerator not being touched. The abs system was not working. The brakes regained working control after about 30 seconds, which caused the consumer to fishtail and try not to have a head-on collision. The car turned 180 degrees around with no brake power. Consumer was driving at 60 mph, when this happened. . . .

4 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 07/25/2001

When stopped with foot on brake car accelerates. Also if car is in reverse, and foot is on brake, car accelerates in reverse. This behavior is reproducible.


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