2012 Acura TL steering problems

Filed Jul 19, 2021 · Steering · CO

While driving in heavy traffic and making a right turn,the power steering screen began to blink and immediately the power steering locked up. I had to manually turn the wheel and was able to over to the side and stop. After several minutes, the wheel finally unlocked and I pulled into a parking lot where it occurred again. I turned the key on and the unlocked wheel began to work again After making it home, I checked the drivers manual and found nothing. I checked complaints and found 95 instances but no recalls. It was very frightening for this situation and dangerous. This happened on July 14,2021.

Filed Mar 30, 2019 · Steering · 120,000 miles · MN

I purchased a new 2012 acura with 20 miles on it in sept 2012. My power steering went out in apr 2015. I could not steer the vehicle going down a winding road. It took a lot of effort just to steer it slightly. Acura dealership where I bought it was able to replace the power steering rack and control unit under warranty. On 3/29/2019 I experienced the same issue. Thankfully I was in my driveway at the time. I turned the vehicle off and turned it back on a few minutes later. The power steering error code went off however when I steered the vehicle which in park the steering wheel would move to the left or right without the wheel turning. I then turned it off for a while and tried again and it seems to work. However, I am not comfortable with this issue as it is a real safety concern while driving. I called the recall line for honda and they said there is no recall for this issue on this make and model. I called the dealership and they said the fix they did in 2015 is not under warranty.

Filed Mar 29, 2019 · Steering · 62,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 acura tl. When the vehicle was started, the steering wheel failed to turn and the power steering warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to david mcdavid acura plano (located at 4051 w plano pkwy, plano, tx 75093, (214) 516-7503), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided case number: 09459640. The approximate failure mileage was 62,000.

Filed Dec 13, 2018 · Steering · 112,000 miles · NY

Came off work last night got into my car start it up and got a check power steering warning on my dashboard. Vehicle steering wheel is almost impossible to turn. Vehicle is not drivable. Problem occur while vehicle was stationary in a parking lot. Turn vehicle off after a few minutes and restart vehicle and problem went away. Same exact thing happened again this morning while vehicle was stationary.

Filed Sep 15, 2018 · Steering · 72,000 miles · PA

I own acura tl 2012. Last week when I was driving I suddenly saw the steering wont turn all of a sudden. It became so hard to turn the steering. Luckily I was able to stop the vehicle without an accident. I later got the vehicle towed to acura dealer and they diagnosed that the eps unit (electrical power steering) failed. I later did research on the federal safety agency's website and found that lot of acura tl and tsx customers of 2012 also have reported the exact same issue. This is a serious safety issue and might result in serous accidents and injuries. Shouldn't this be a manufacturer recall with so many acura tl 2012 customers reporting the same problem? The acura dealer where I got the problem fixed charged me about 1000 bucks to fix the issue while it truly should be a problem that manufacturer should recall and fix.

Filed Sep 12, 2018 · Steering · 92,000 miles · MT

Electronic power steering failure. I had just driven my acura for approximately 60 miles and stopped to get a bottle of water. When I came back out and restarted the car, the eps failure warning appeared in the info center an a code 32 showed up in the message center.. I had to drive my vehicle for over 700 miles until I was able to get it to my local acura dealer. They diagnosed the problem and ordered a new eps module. Total cost of the repair exceeded $1100. I contacted acura to request a goodwill discount since I have never experienced a catrophic steering failure in any vehicle. They told me that since I was not the original purchaser of the vehicle, they would not assist. The car is outside the warranty, however it seems ridiculous that a critical component part that fails within the first 10 years or 150,000 mile in a new vehicle is uncomprehensible to me. I have never had a power steering system fail completely. I asked for how many failures have occurred and the would not answer this question. Unfortunately when I experienced an issue with a engine surge, questioning the automatic transmission as a culprit they gave me the same blanket answer that they had not experienced any problems with this issue. I found the solution to this issue on an acura forum.

Filed Aug 29, 2018 · Steering · 87,000 miles · TX

The electric power steering went out while driving on the highway. I almost crashed when trying to move the car to a safe place. Luckily I had enough strength to steer the car without power steering but a smaller weaker person could have crashed hurting themselves and others. No warning or indication it was wearing out. The car has relatively low miles and all of the maintenance has been done on time. Acura (honda) is aware this is a known issue and according to the dealership service department they are even willing to cover the costs of some of the repairs. They know about this issue but will not issue a recall.

Filed Aug 26, 2018 · Steering · 44,800 miles · DE

On startup, power steering does not work. Very difficult to turn the wheel. Error code 32-09 came up when taken to acura dealership, and dealership claims they cannot duplicate issue after car was towed there. Issue reoccured after 8 short trips. Low mileage on the car.

Filed Jul 23, 2018 · Steering · 119,000 miles · PA

On tuesday, july 3rd, 2018, at around 8:30 am while driving on the highway a power steering failure message popped up on the dashboard, and the wheel became rigid, and extremely difficult to turn. I pulled over to the shoulder, and called the dealer service at lehigh valley acura. I was told they could not look at the vehicle until friday, july 6th at the earliest, and was instructed to turn off the car, let it sit for three minutes, and restart because the computer probably just need to be rebooted. That cleared the issue. I then drove the car home, and kept the driving to short trips (1-10 miles). I made an appointment for a date about two weeks out just to have it double checked, because that was the first day they had a loaner vehicle, and I thought following the service center representatives advice had fixed an isolated occurrence, on sunday, july 8th the same indicator came on, an would not clear, even following the earlier advice from the service center. I had the vehicle towed to the dealer service center on monday. The vehicle was fixed on tuesday. It needed a new steering component which cost me $1120. I asked why this wasn't treated as a manufacturer's defect, or a safety recall, since I had seen multiple instances describing the same issue in a simple google search. The service representative said that they didn't see it that way. I'm very concerned that a critical safety issue was treated so nonchalantly, and that the company passed the cost the correct the issue to the me (the customer). Also, I should mention, the vehicle has always been maintained at that service center (lehigh valley acura), and had been there for the yearly inspection a month or two before this issue. I can provide the service bill if requested.

Filed Jun 27, 2018 · Electrical, Steering · 107,000 miles · GA

The warning lights came on and then the steering completely went out while driving. This was a very dangerous situation. My wife was barely able to get the car off the road. This happened twice. The first time, the service department replaced the battery and two days later it happened again. It turned out to be the eps module. This was very scary and dangerous.