general problems of the 2015 Acura TLX - part 2

The cars dash lights all keep coming on and I lose all power to the vehicle while driving. Check engine light and serveral others will illuminate and continue to flash the warning signs. Car takes what seems like forever to then get back into gear and drive. All of the lights stay on even after shutting the car off and turning back on.

The contact owns a 2015 Acura Tlx. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 mph, the vehicle failed to maintain the speed while the accelerator pedal was depressed. The contact stated that the vehicle lost automotive power. Several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact sustained injuries upon pre-existing injuries from the failure and sought medical attention. The contact was able to pull onto the shoulder of the roadway. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer where it was diagnosed that the cluster had caused the catalytic converter to fail. The vehicle was repaired at the owner's expense. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to respond as needed while the accelerator pedal was depressed. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 23v751000 (engine and engine cooling); however, there was an abnormal sound coming from the transmission. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.

The contact owns a 2015 Acura Tlx. The contact stated while driving approximately 25 mph, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled. The contact stated that the vehicle lost power steering and braking functionality. The contact coasted the vehicle to a stop. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle and was unable to shift the vehicle out of park(p). The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact had the vehicle towed to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the engine short block needed to be replaced. The contact had the vehicle towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed and determined that the short block needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The contact received notification NHTSA campaign number: 23v751000 (engine and engine cooling). The failure mileage was approximately 102,000.

This issue is with the start-stop system. The car fails to restart after it the car stops and the engine shuts off. The car has been serviced twice for this issue. The battery and a cable were replaced at my expense. This resolved the issue for a few months, but it returned again in February of 2022. The battery was replaced under warrantee at that time. This issue has now returned again July, 2022. In at least two of the instances I felt I was extremely at risk as the car was stalled in busy intersections forcing traffic to make emergency stops be hind me or take evasive actions to avoid hitting my car. The normal starting procedure to start the car did not seem to work. There was nothing to indicated to me that there was an issue.

Consistent issue with the auto idle start stop system. This has been a continuous problem during the life of the car. It has happened while stopped at traffic lights, in traffic and while in the drive thru line at fast food restaurants. As a deterrent, I try to remember to disable the auto idle start stop every time I start my car.

Car has feature that kills engine when at full stop. Car fails to automatically restart, often stalling at intersections and causing a dangerous situation. Car has to be turned off and restarted, a process that can take 15 to 30 seconds. With a brand new battery and/or full charge, the car performs flawlessly. It appears that the electrical demands of the car system exceed the ability of the battery and alternator to meet demand. I currently have an agm battery less than two years old. We typically have 1 to 3 incidents per month where will forget to disable the auto start system, and the car stalls in busy traffic when at a full stop. We bought the car used in 2017, and this problem has been consistent throughout ownership. Dealer answer is that there is nothing wrong with car.

I have owned this car since new, this is not the first time this has happened. The car has an auto idle stop feature. Which when certain contains are meet and the car is at a stop it will turn off the engine. When the brake pedal is released, (and from other factors) the car will restart the engine so driving can resume. The issue that I am reporting is that the car does not restart, the engine is dead. The driver has to press the engine start button a few times while trying to get the car started. This has happened to me more than 6 times over the life of the car. In each situation replacing the battery resolved the issue.

I was merging on to the freeway going about 60mph, with traffic right behind me. Car started decelerated and the dash board lit up. A car behind me had to swerve to avoid hitting me. I put on my hazard lights and tried to move to the shoulder the car was only going about 5mph at the time. I turned the car off and restarted to see if it would move, but it was still going about 5mph. After doing this a couple of times I was able to get the car the move at about 20 mph. The dash board is still lit up.

While driving on a highway the car lost all power and every dashboard light came on and started blinking. Car wouldn’t shift gear and lost all power abruptly! I almost caused a horrible accident and this has happened at least 10 times now and I’ve only had my car a year!!!!.

The contact's client owns a 2015 Acura Tlx. The contact stated while the client was driving 65 mph, the vehicle shut down in the middle of traffic. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the transmission failed to shift into drive or reverse. Additionally, there was an unknown failure with the brakes and transmission. The contact stated that the failure was related to NHTSA campaign number: 23v751000 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was towed to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the instrument cluster had failed and needed to be replaced. Additionally, the catalytic converter needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the driver suffered a stroke after the failure, and medical attention was provided. The manufacturer was contacted and opened a case. The failure mileage was approximately 67,000.

The contact owns a 2015 Acura Tlx. The contact stated that while her husband was driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an abnormal knocking sound coming from the engine compartment, after which the vehicle inadvertently lost motive power. The driver was able to pull to the shoulder of the roadway, where the vehicle failed to restart. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the connecting rod bearings, resulting in engine damage. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 23v751000 (engine and engine cooling); and the VIN was included. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 80,000.

Complete engine failure occurred. Certified Acura dealership inspected and confirmed connecting rod failure was the cause. Vehicle was no longer operable. The vehicle had to be towed to the original dealership for repairs, a new engine was the remedy at the consumers expense. Vehicle was being driven at the time of engine failure, which put the safety of the driver and others at serious risk. This recall is overly delayed and has caused a financial burden along with the safety of many individuals. It needs to be remedied.

While driving on interstate I-15 in las vegas the car suddenly without any warning stalled and engine shutoff in the middle of the interstate. No warning messsages or indicators on dashboard. There was sufficient fuel in the car. Several attempts to start were made but were unsuccessful. Mu family and I were dangerously trapped on the interstate for 30 minutes. I could not move the vehicle to safety. After 30 minutes I attempted to start and it started as if nothing happened and I was able to drive it again without problems. I am not a trained technician but I suspect it could be a fuel pump problem. I hace read that there have been recent safety recalls on Acura/Honda cars for fuel pump issues. Thank you for keeping us safe on our roads.

My car completely lost all power and died on the freeway. All the dash board lights came on and I could break or steer and the car was stuck in neutral.

Can lost all power while driving 2 times. Stuck in neutral, should steer, couldn’t brake, all lights on dash board came on and told me to pull over and ally emergency brake when safe. Couldn’t shift car into park. Waited 30 mins with foot ok brake and car off, turned back on and was able to shift to park and all lights were off.

When driving on a windy road around 40mph the car went into limp mode causing the car to suddenly decelerate to 5 mph which nearly caused an accident by the car behind me. The car then started displaying multiple error codes on the dash (electric parking brake problem, emissions system problem, brake system problem, brake hold system problem, vehicle stability assist problem, hill start assist problem, lane departure warning problem).

Constant battery draining from unknown issue within the electrical system. I am currently on my third car battery after purchasing my car in January 2016 with 108 miles on the car. I have been using a portable battery jumper for the last month because of this on going issue. The car would not start after parking overnight and have caused a disturbance in my life before commuting to and from work, along with to covid19 vaccination appointments. Another issue is the auto start/stop function when pressing on the brake pedal at a red light where the engine is suppose to turn off and back on in order to be gas efficient. I have been forced to turn of the feature due to the car dying completely in at a red light and causing a traffic jam. It has happened multiple times and have caused additional inconvenience in my daily commute. I believe both issues are related and it is an issue with Acura due to multiple individuals across the country when I have done research within Acura Tlx forums.

My engine got stalled while driving the car and I have to press on push button to restart the car. It's a safaty issue. I have seen a recall on these and verified if the repair is done and looks like it was repaired back in 2019.

Car is not starting. Battery drainage may be issue.

When the car running on normal speed and press brake for slowing the car try to jump and the rpm freaks out.

I turned off my car for a moment when I attempted to start back up it would not turn over at all.

On June 7th 2020 I was driving my car , it started to shake. As I started to drive back home to see what was going on all the problems showed up in the screen . I had to drive with my emergency hazard lights on because I couldn't go more then 25 mph or it would shake even more . We have at least 12 pictures of what's showing in the screen . We are only able to upload one .

Soy based wiring placed in vehicle by Acura manufacture causes an attraction to rodents, squirrels, mice to eat the wires. The rodents are attracted to the taste of the material. Since January of this year 2020 I have sustained damage three times to my 2015 Acura Tlx which cost thousands of dollars to repair. This soy based material is being placed in the newer models to save on cost for the manufacturer, but leave costumers, like myself, at a deficit of money and time for repairs. It is also unsafe, because one never knows when the car will stop running or if it will even start. I have been effected by this in January of 2020, March 2020 and again in may 2020. I also own a 2015 Honda accord and my husband a 2009 Toyota that are parked in the same area and no such damage has occurred to these older model cars. The corporate office is aware of the soy based material, but refuses to take responsibility. If this soy based material was not put in the cars to begin with then rodents would not be attracted. My older cars stand as a testament as well as my neighbors cars that are not affected. There are other newer makes of vehicles that are noted in research that are being eaten by rodents due to soy. This has caused me time and money and was never disclose to me upon purchase. I am very disappointed and consider this a danger to myself because I don't know if or when the car would stop while I'm driving. I found out all three times upon attempting to start my car in the morning while on my way to work. I got messages that told me to "park the car, check engine, check transmission". . . I consider this a manufacturers defect and while I make car payments I have been unable to drive my vehicle. My car is a 2015 Acura Tlx that I just purchased in January of 2019 certified preowned. This soy based material is tasty to rodent and is causing them to eat at my wires.

While driving straight or turning left or right, occasionally the car will fail to accelerate when the gas pedal is pressed. The engine appears to go to an idle speed for 1-2 seconds and then the car accelerates. This has been brought to the attention of the local dealer multiple times but they (and Acura) are unable or unwilling to fix this problem. I have sent them video of the tachometer dropping to ~900rpm when this happens. They state there are no error codes or information that indicates anything is wrong. This seems to match safety problems 11121786, 10775339, 10695446, and 10694812. Another problem the vehicle has is a shudder in the transmission at certain speeds. Shifting to a different gear makes the shudder go away. Dealer states this is just how the transmission works. Transmission was replaced around 51k miles. Old transmission did not have this problem. Dealer said a fluid change might help. It did not.

The contact owns a 2015 Acura Tlx. The contact stated while attempting to turn on vehicle, the vehicle failed to start. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was towed to norris Acura located at 8559 baltimore national pike, ellicott city, MD 21043, to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that several wiring harnesses inside the engine compartment needed to be replaced due to rodent damage. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 32,000.

The car automatically switches to neutral and shuts off while driving. I bought the car brand new from john eagle Acura and have had this problem the entire time that I have owned the vehicle. The dealership replaced the transmission and starter on the car less than 3 months after pruchase. The car continues to switch gears on its own and shuts off! the dealership says that nothing is wrong with the car. Please beaware this car is not safe to drive!!!.

My car has about 74000 miles, and Acura has changed the transmission and tcm once already. On October 23, 2019 while driving at a speed of about 55 miles/hr (on highway) all the alerts and indicators lit up yet again in the dashboard and the car shifted to neutral and I could not shift any gears whatsoever. Within seconds car came to a complete stop and the indicators said to put the car in park gear as soon as possible, which I did. At this time I was in left lane with bad weather and almost got hit by a few cars. I was scared and literally anything could have happened. This happened once before as well, but shutting down and restarting worked - dealer was notified but nothing was done. This time I was stranded. I am scared about my and my family's safety. My story is very long starting from day 1 when I bought this car on March 1, 2015 at pohanka Acura in chantuilly va (the dealership), but the space is not allowing me to write the complete story. Acura is not doing much to resolve this issue or the dealership is not telling me the whole truth!.

All repairs to my car have been performed at the Acura dealor- pohanka Acura located in chantilly, va. I have had numerous problems since buying the car on March 1, 2015. Apart from recalls, the main concern has been transmission, I have gone back and forth probably 30 times for same issue - transmission, yet the problem persists desoite it being changed once already. I am tired of wasting time at Acura dealor. On October 23, 2019 while driving at a speed of about 55 miles/hr all the alerts and indicators lit up yet again in the dashboard and the car shifted to neutral and I could not shift any gears whatsoever. Within seconds car came to a complete stop and the indicators said to put the car in park gear as soon as possible, which I did. At this time I was in left lane with bad weather and almost got hit by a few cars. I was scared and literally anything could have happened. I called pohanka Acura and they said there's nothing I could do to even bring the car in neutral to get it out of left lane to move it to shoulder. The alerts had come on once before as well, at which time I notified the dealorship - they disregarded the issue saying that no one else has reported this. The alerts went away after shutting off and restarting the car. Not this time. I was left stranded in left lane. I am scared and concerned about mine and my family's safety. Are the technicians at pohanka Acura not trained to troubleshoot the issues? why did I had to go and spend hours at a time to troubleshoot the same issues over and over again? did the dealor sell me a lemon? I have all documentation for each service call, but the space is not allowing me to write all the details and file size limitation is preventing me to upload all the service documents. Please help!.

Car constantly shifts hard between gears 1-2 and when traveling down hill rpms increase and when the the bottom of hill it shifts hard in gear. The vcm makes the car feel like it's going to fall apart the system is faulty cause damages to other car components. When shifting into park on my pretty much flats road the car rolls forward all the time.

The car has an intermittent problem where the car dies completely after it comes to a stop (numerous times) and it can be turn on for a few minutes. There has been incidents where I have come close to be hit in the rear of the car (by other cars) because the car won't re-start immediately. Dealers have try to fix the problem but the situation remains the same.

At 70 mph the vehicle lost power, all warning lights came on, I had to maneuver thru traffic and drift to the shoulder, the transmission was locked up and could not be shifted from park to any gear, the accelerator would not work. The car had to be towed. The dealership said the vehicle computer had to be re-flashed/programmed. This condition could have caused an accident for an inexperienced driver. There are no fault codes indicated as to why or what caused this issue. I did find through research that a wiring harness is causing these conditions in the make, model and year vehicle. Also the transmission is related to this problem.

Push button start often in cold weather will not start car. However, remote engine start function on the remote will work. If car was running and then turned off for a few minutes in cold, the car will not restart unless done through remote start.

On various occasions, I have went to start my car and the car's keyless entry option will work and the lights, radio, ac, all of that will turn on but the car's engine will not turnover. Consequently, I have had to have my car jump started for it to completely turn over. Other times, all of the warning lights will come on and say that all the safety features including, lkas, blind-spot monitor, brake hold, steering, etc. Systems have failed and all warning/error lights/messages will pop up and then will go away after the car has been turned off for 10-15 minutes.

My car lost motive power while driving about 20-25 miles per hour on a city street. I was turning towards the right into a roundabout when the car would not accelerate even though I was pressing on the gas pedal. The car continued to coast for a few seconds and then the engine started again. I do not think the car went into neutral because I did not have to push the ignition start button.

The contact owns a 2015 Acura Tlx. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle failed to correctly shift gears. All the indicator warning lights were illuminated. Additionally, the vehicle failed to accelerate upon starting. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer rick case Acura (875 n state rd 7, fort lauderdale FL (954) 715-7796) where it was diagnosed that battery needed to be replaced. The battery was replaced however the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 60,000. The VIN was not available.