Consumer Complaint Detail

ACURA / TL / 2003

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003263014 Incident Date: Dec, 11 2003
Consumer's City: GULF BREEZE Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Model Name: TL Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 19UUA56613A Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 03 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Sep, 04 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My wife was in a collision on 12/12/03 which involved another vehichle that ran a stop sign and my wife's new 2003 acura tl hit the vehicle at fault in the drivers side door. i have included pictures of the property damage incurred. the front airbags did not deploy. i reported this incident to the acura dealer in fort walton beach immediately that i purchased this from and gave them a chance to test the airbags before the car was fixed. they declined and informed me they would test the airbag system once it was repaired. the case file# with the dealer was b012003-12-1601041. everybody that i spoke with regarding this was amazed that the airbags did not depoy on a front end crash that caused $7183 dollars worth of damage. the core support of the car had to be replaced. i have heard of other acura failures for front airbags and wanted to see if there was a defect in this particular model. the dealer was not that helpful. mr. kirk perks the district manager did agree to meet with me to discuss and the dealer performed an airbag test , however the auto repair shop stated to me that there was no way to accurately test the airbag system. my concern now is obviously if these airbags will deploy on any future incidents.*ak