2006 Acura Tl

ACURA WILL NOT HELP ME WITH DASHBOARD. THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME $3000 FOR A NEW DASH. THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN OUTSIDE , ALWAYS GARAGE KEPT BY ME AND ONE OTHER OWNER! CRACKING ALL OVER DASH IS GOIN TO CAUSE THE AIR BAG TO HURT SOMEONE IF DEPLOYED! NO DASH CRACKS ALL OVER THATS KEPT INSIDE. THIS IS HAPPENING TO EVERY ACURA TL 04-08 MODEL! REPETITIVELY ! THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN ANY COASTAL AREA OR SALT OR SAND OR HEAT AT ALL! IV OWNED MANY CARS HIGHER IN MILLAGE THAT WERE KEPT OUTSIDE ONLY AND NEVER HAD CRACKING DASH PROBLEM! IV SEEN OLDER CARS THAT WERE EXTREMELY OLD IN AGE AND KEPT IN HEAT THAT HAD MINOR CRACKS BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS ESPECIALLY ON NEWER VEHICLES KEPT NO WHERE BUT INSIDE THE WHOLE TIME SINCE CAR CAME OFF PRODUCTION LINE! ACURA ACKNOWLDGED THE PROBLEM BUT NO HELP WAS OFFERED THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY AROUND #3000 TO HAVE A NEW DASH INSTALLED. THIS IS CLEARLY POORLY MADE MATERIAL BY ACURA PROBABLY FAKE CARBON FIBER OR CHEAP PLASTIC. BUT THEY ADVERTISE THEIR VEHICLES AS "WORLD CLASS, LUXURY, ETC THEIR ADS GO ON AND ON ABOUT QUALITY!" NO OTHER VEHICLE IN THIS CLASS HAS THIS PROBLEM AND ONLY THIS GENERATION TL MADE BY ACURA 04-08! PLEASE MAKE THEM DO SOMETHING AND BE RESPONSIBLE AND FAIR! THIS IS NOT FROM SUN OR HEAT! THEY BASICALLY LIE TO SELL VEHICLES! THIS IS CALLED SAMINGOR CONING. TEY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE INSTEAD OF JUST ALLOWED TO TELL CUSTOMERS PAY US $3000.00 AND THEY GET AWAY WITH THAT! SEE THIS LINK ! - HTTPS://ACURAZINE.COM/FORUMS/3G-TL-PROBLEMS-FIXES-114/MY-CRACKED-DASHBOARD-ORDEAL-730775/ [XXX] REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *CC

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 ACURA TL. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE (NEAR THE AIR BAG) FRACTURED FROM THE WINDSHIELD DOWN TO THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. A DEALER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT IT WAS A COSMETIC CONCERN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000.

SEVERAL LARGE CRACKS HAVE DEVELOPED ON THE FRONT DASH BOARD. THIS INCLUDE THE AREAS IN AND AROUND THE PART OF THE DASH THAT COVER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. I HAVE USED NO TYPE OF CLEANER THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS ISSUE AND HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY SERIOUS CRASHES. A SEARCH ONLINE SHOWS A LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL WITH SIMILAR ISSUES.

I NEED TO FILE A COMPLAINT AFTER PURCHASING MY ACURA TL 2006 A FEW WEEKS LATER MY DASH BOARD STARTED TO CRACK REALLY BAD CONTACTED ACURA REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND ALL THEY RESPONDED WAS THEY COULD REPLACE IT FOR A COST. THIS IS REALLY DISAPPOINTING DUE TO READING SIMILAR COMPLAINS ONLINE FOR THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHER OWNERS THIS SHOULD DIFFINITELY BE A RECALL THIS IS CRACKING WHERE THE AIR BAG IS. ANOTHER COMPLAIN IF THE CAR IS LEFT WITH OUT TURNING THE IGNITION ON FOR MORE THEN A DAY THE CAR WILL NOT START I THEN NEED TO JUMP START IT TO HAVE IT RUN AGAIN EVERY WEEK I'VE ALSO READ THIS IS HAPPENING TO OTHER ACURA OWNERS AS WELL THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHICH IS VERY INCONVENIENT FOR ME AND OTHER ACURA CAR OWNERS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO FIX THIS ISSUE AS WELL. PLEASE HELP ME AND OTHER ACURA OWNERS WITH THIS CONSTANT PROBLEM AND MAKING ACURA ACCOUNTABLE FOR BAD MANUFACTURING.

BEGINNING IN MAY 2016, THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2016 ACURA TL BEGAN TO CRACK. THE CRACK PROPAGATES ALONG THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT BREAKAWAY SEAM LOCATED ON TOP OF THE DASHBOARD. THE CRACKING OCCURS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR. THIS IS LOCATION ON THE DASHBOARD THAT THE AIR BAG DEPLOYS IN THE EVENT OF A SUBSTANTIAL COLLISION. MY CONCERN IS THAT DUST, DEBRIS AND POSSIBLY CONDENSATION OR LIQUID CAN DROP INTO THE AIR BAG COMPARTMENT THEREBY NEGATIVELY EFFECTING THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG OR RENDERING THE AIR BAG INOPERABLE. THE CRACKING IS CONTINUING TO PROPAGATE ALONG THE SEAM OF THE AIR BAG COMPARTMENT. EVENTUALLY, THE ENTIRE AIR BAG COULD BE COMPLETELY EXPOSED.

INITIALLY, DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD, IN JUNE 2009, PORTION OF THE DASHBOARD ABOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG FADED FROM BLACK TO A LIGHT GRAY INDICATING SOME SORT OF DECOMPOSITION. THE DEALER DYED THE PLASTIC BLACK AGAIN. LAST YEAR, A LONG CRACK APPEARRED IN THE DASHBOARD IN THE SAME AREA RUNNING FROM FRONT TO BACK. THIS SUMMER A LONG SECOND CRACK S APPEARED POSSIBLY OUTLINING THE CONTOUR OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG COMPARTMENT. THIS WEEK, A THIRD CRACK HAS STARTED IN THE CENTER OF THE DASHBOARD. A QUICK SEARCH ON THE INTERNET REVEALS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR OWNERS OF THIRD GENERATION ACURA TL VEHICLES AND MAY REPRESENT A MATERIAL OR QUALITY ISSUE. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT INCREASED BRITTLENEBRITR LOSS OF INTEGRITY OF THE DASHBOARD MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG ALLOWING MATERIAL TO BE EJECTED WHEN THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS. I HAVE USED DASH "SHADES" TO PROTECT THE DASH FROM SUN EXPOSURE OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PRIOR VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD DETERIORATE IN THIS MANNER. THIS COULD BE SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS OCCURRING IN TOYOTA DASHBOARDS AND THEIR RECALL AS THIS IS IN HIGH TEMPERATURE/HUMID ENVIRONMENT. ACURA DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THIS A PROBLEM BECAUSE MANY OF THE COMPLAINTS OUT CLAIMS ARE OUT OF WARRANTY.