general problems of the 2005 Acura TL

Tl- the contact owns a 2005 Acura Tl. The contact stated that while driving 3 mph, the vehicle stopped moving although the engine was still running. The traction control lights illuminated at the time of the failure. The vehicle then reset and was able to be driven. The vehicle was taken to a personal mechanic for diagnosis and the contact was told that the vehicle had initiated in open loop mode, causing the vehicle not to respond to the throttle. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileages were 136,800. Kmj.

Driving on highway and gas petal failed to operate proper. . . . After slowing down to about 20 mph it started up again and I regained the speed of about 60. Then in abourt 2 miles it happened again, I got off the highway and took to the closest Acura dealer. They replaced the app sensor and noted "pedal position sensor failure" the pedal positionm sensor was replaced. This happened on June 5, 2012, then on September 3, 2012 I was parking in our office parking lot and the gas petal accelerated as I was putting the gear shift in the park postion. I accelerated so fast I hit the concrete stop took off airborn went over the embankment and down to the street below. Needless to say the car entire front end was wrecked. The seat belt did indeed save me from more serous injury than I did received.

On four separate occasions I have applied the brakes to either come to a stop or to decelerate the car, and the result has been a sharp increase in engine revolutions and resultant torque. In short the car wants to lurch forward. This event has happened to two drivers of this vehicle. There has been a time when approaching a light and the engine did not rev until the car was at a complete standstill, and another when the engine revolutions sharply increased the moment the brake pedal was actuated. The incident was first reported to the dealer's service department on January 16, 2009. The car was test driven by an Acura technician and the incident did not replicate itself. The brakes were found to be fine. No codes were found. The technician also checked Acura tech line for similar concerns and found none. The Acura Tl was bought in again after the latest incidence, February 8, 2010 and again a test drive with a technician did not replicate the condition. No trouble codes were stored in memory. In every instance this event has occurred the only solution has been to bring the car to a complete stop regardless of how hard the car want to lurch forward, or if there is traffic around, put the transmission into neutral, and tap the accelerator. Immediately after tapping the accelerator, the engine revolutions immediately lower to a natural idle.