2003 Acura TL: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Jun 21, 2019 · Lights · 76,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 acura tl. The contact stated that the driver's side headlights failed to illuminate while driving at night. Also, the passenger side headlight assembly retained steam. The vehicle was taken to joe rizza acura (located at 8150 w 159th st, orland park, il 60462, (708) 403-7770) where it was diagnosed that the headlight units needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired due to the repair fees. The contact stated that the failure intermittently occurred on several occasions. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 76,000.

Filed Feb 25, 2011 · Lights · NY

2003 acura tl. Consumer states headlight failure. Consumer attributes failure to a manufacturing/design flaw *tgw the consumer stated both headlights failed within the same year due to a faulty inverter which was very expensive. The inverter was designed to improve headlight performance.

Filed Dec 20, 2010 · Lights · 13,000 miles · NV

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 acura tl. The contact noticed that water entered into the housing of his headlights, leaked down into the balance and blew the bulb. The contact did not inform the dealer. The manufacturer was contacted but offered no assistance. The current mileage was approximately 200,000. The failure mileage was approximately 13,000. The vehicle was not repaired.

Filed Feb 4, 2010 · Electrical, Transmission · 52,900 miles · FL

There is a known transmission issue with acura 2003tl version, even though acura have put it in recall, to do the work the dealer charge anywhere from $350-600. The vehicle chokes up in between the road because of overheating in transmission. The headlights flickering is one another issue which when taken to the dealer called it as computer system mess up in the car and this is not in the recall, the dealer charges about $800 for such repair which is not reasonable for the faulty equipment of acura.

Filed Dec 13, 2006 · Acceleration · 44,565 miles · NY · crash

I was on the highway with heavy traffic and I was at a full stop on the right lane when my car lunged forward. I pressed the brakes harder and when nothing happened I tried to get into the exit lane which luckily was right next to me. Unfortunatley I hit the rear right hand side of the vehicle in front of me and the car still did not stop. It kept going at which time I released the brake and pressed it again thinking maybe it locked up or something. The vehicle still did not stop. I was almost out of the highway when I put the car in neutral and it finally slowed down. I put it in park and turned off the engine. Needless to say I was in shock and trembling uncontrollably. The car went off so far it took the other driver approximately 5 minutes to reach me. I read about 7 complaints of the same thing happening and nothing was done in 5 incidents. Two of the vehicles had an idle air control vavle replaced which I hope solved the problem. I sent these complaints to my insurance company and to the repair shop. I think this is an issue that needs to be addressed by acura immediately. This is not a faulty head light, it's a safety issue. Had I been just a little closer to the vehicle in front of me, the accident could have been worse and involved more vehicles. The officer said I might have had my foot on both the brakes and the gas pedal but I am 120% positive that my foot was only on the brakes. This was also not human error. I was fully stopped and aware, I was not playing with the radio or on the phone. If this is not resolved I do not want this car.

Filed Jun 3, 2004 · Lights · 28,100 miles · NY · crash · fire · 1 injury

I am a claim representative for nationwide insurance. Our insured, john miholic's son, was driving the 2003 acura 3.2tl at night. He lost control of the vehicle and struck the right front end of his vehicle. A cause and origin report conducted by lange technical service indicated that due to the impact, the ignition of combustible materials form the high intensity head lamp bulb that was displaced caused the fire which totaled out the vehicle.

Filed Jan 13, 2004 · Lights · NJ

Problems with high beams on acura 3.2 tl. *mr the high beam's were distracting. (errant high beam reflection) *sc jb*

Filed Oct 7, 2003 · Lights · CO

High intensity discharge headlights on the acura 3.2 tl are much too bright and poorly aimed. They tend to blind on coming traffic.

Filed Sep 8, 2003 · Lights · NJ

Vehicle's low beams are aimed to low failing to provide illumination.*mr high beams caused reflections high up on vertical objects at the sides of the roads. Dealer stated that was the way the lights were designed and they could not be corrected. *ph

Filed Jul 22, 2003 · Body, Lights · NJ

High beams reflect light to vertical objects at the side of the road, such as trees, structure, etc, causing distracting flashes of light, and momentary diversion of driver's attention. Low beams do now seem to go out far enough to give a good view of the darkened road without using high beams. The headlights on 2001 and earlier models were excellent and did/do not present the same problems. I do not know of headlights used on 2002 models were the same as mine. Dealer states problems not correctable in that lights operate as designed by manufacturer. *ak there was a rattle in the front seat belt housing, the center console was hard to open, and the sill plate was loose. *scc