2009 Acura TSX: excessive oil consumption

Filed Jan 16, 2020 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 177,000 miles · SC

Vehicle has thrown an engine code due to excess oil consumption due to sticky piston rings, advancement in timing and vvt advancements. Due to this engine code being thrown, the car deactivates vsa and also throws an emission control light. This causes the car to enter a state where it advances the RPM's at idle by a significant amount and burns more fuel. When leaving the car in drive but at a stop, the car will quickly accelerate nearly to 30 MPH on a flat surface. In order to stop the car, the driver must excessively engage the brakes. Acura technicians have informed me that this is a known issue and is due to the piston seals being faulty, causing excessive oil consumption and loosing the timing chain to become out of sync. Engine will then enter a "limp" mode where car will idle higher, burn more fuel.

Filed Dec 9, 2019 · Engine · TX

I am having to put 2-3 quarts of oil in my vehicle once a month. I had taken my vehicle into the acura dealership last year and they started that there was a recall on my vehicle for the exact issue that I'm having but my VIN wasn't included in the recall. The recall is for deposits building up in the engine which cause oil to be burned more during acceleration and the solution would be to replace the pistons on the engine and other various engine parts. Please reference recall information tsb #b13-006 the federal safety agency# 10152441

Filed Nov 27, 2018 · Engine · 140,000 miles · MD

Excessive oil consumption

Filed Feb 6, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 93,800 miles · CA

Excessive engine oil consumption causing oil level to go down too soon (<1000 miles) and causing the vehicle to lose power and stall for a few seconds when merging on to a freeway or starting in motion after a stop sign or prior slow down. This almost caused an accident while merging into a freeway after slowing down at a yield sign.

Filed Jul 18, 2016 · IL

I have a acura tsx and im having trouble with oil consumption and the pistons the acura dealership is refusing to honor recall because the original owner purchased the vehicle in 2008 and they said it follows me I never was notified of the recall on oul consumption I found out from a mechanic that it was burning oil is there anyway I can find out when the recall was issued I purchased the vehicle in 2015 please help me they are giving me the run around

Filed Jul 12, 2016 · Engine · IL

I took my vehicle in for repairs and was told my pistons were bad because of oil consumption I then got intouch with acura I took in to there orland location and was told that I didn't qualify because it was 125,000 or 8 years of ownership first owner had car in 08 I purchashed it in 2015 but the oil consumption is a manufacturing problem why am I stuck with paying and I was never notified of the recall I found out on my own

Filed Jan 7, 2016 · Engine · 122,000 miles · NY

Vehicle burns excessive amounts of oil, 1 quart every 1200 miles. Acura will not fix the issue and says this is acceptable. I have already incurred additional repair costs due to this problem including replacing the severely stretched timing chain and am also constantly adding oil to the car every week. I realize this is not a safety complaint but acura should be held accountable in some way for this.

Filed Nov 24, 2015 · Engine · CA

My car is consuming excessive amounts of oil, and acura has told me this is normal. I have added three quarts since my last oil change, and acura is doing nothing to remedy the problem. Even after issuing a warranty extension, and acknowledging that this is an issue, they refuse to fix it. This is completely unsafe, and bad business practice for a car I thought was going to be a reliable, long-lasting vehicle.

Filed Nov 21, 2015 · Engine · 80,000 miles · NY

Experiencing high engine oil consumption. My 2009 acura tsx is around 88k miles. Since around the 75k mile mark I have been experiencing higher than normal oil consumption rates. I regularly change my oil at the 3,000 mi mark and once had the auto shop ask me why I had waited so long to change my oil. I had explained to them that it was at the 3k mi mark and that I was right on time for my service. The auto shop had then gone on to explain to me that I had burned through more than 3qts of oil at that point. Consuming 1 or more quarts of oil per 1,000mi is not acceptable. So I think this experience is unique to me but come to find out acura has issued a notice of a warranty extension to acura owners experiencing this issue. After receiving a notice from acura regarding high engine oil consumption I was directed to take my car into the acura dealership for an oil consumption test. I paid a premium price to have my oil change completed by the dealer, I had my oil levels marked and was told to bring the car back after 1,000 miles so they could test my oil consumption. After the 1,000 mi mark I returned back to the dealer to be told that I had used over 1 quart of oil in my 1,000 miles driven and that this was considered acceptable to acura and they would not be extending my warranty or fixing my piston/engine issue. This is completely unacceptable oil consumption rates for an automobile. After each oil change I receive around the 2,000 mi mark my engine makes a very loud noise while changing gears. Once the oil change is completed it goes away until at least the next 2k miles are driven. This needs to be addressed!!! Acura has sets the standard for oil consumption rates at an unrealistic level and is putting acura owners safety at risk!!!!

Filed Oct 21, 2011 · Electrical, Engine · 10,000 miles · PA

Purchased vehicle new. After approximately 3 months of ownership complained that odometer was not correct. Further issues included replacement of wheel bearings twice and extreme oil consumption. Each time is was brought to the dealer the problems were ignored, determined to unduplicatible or I was told nothing was wrong. Currently I see that there are tsbs relating to the steering/bearing issue and the oil consumption issue. I repeatedly tried to no avail to have these problems fixed with the dealership and filed two complaints with acura corporate customer relations and received no assistance.