Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Acura Legend submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE REPLACEMENT BRAKE PADS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. THE WHEELS ON THE VEHICLE WERE COVERED WITH BRAKE DUST WITHIN THREE DAYS OF THE REPLACEMENT. HE REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS WITH AN AFTER MARKET BRAND AND THIS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THE ACURA REPLACEMENT BRAKE PAD PART NUMBER WAS 45022-SM5-506.*AK UPDATED 11/29/2005 - *NM
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR BRAKES FAILED. HOWEVER, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A SENSOR. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THIS WAS THE THIRD MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED WITHIN SIX MONTHS. BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK
I HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE COOLING SYSTEM OVERHEATING. I HAD TO REPLACE EVERY PART OF THE SYSTEM, RADIATOR, THERMOSTAT, WATER PUMP, TIMING BELT, RADIATOR CAP IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CORRECT TEMP. AT 118000 MILES MY SPEED GAUGE JUMPS AND SOMETIMES RECORD SPEEDS AS HIGH AS 90+ MPH WHEN I AM APPROACHING A STOP. THE SPEED SENSOR REPLACEMENT IS APPROXIMATLEY $200.
I RECENTLY CAME ACROSS THIS WEBSITE, I HAVE A 1991 ACURA LEGEND, PURCHASED BRAND-NEW. TO DATE I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE SPEED SENSOR, RADIATOR, MASTER CYLINDER, A/C CONDENSER, ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM WORK RANDOMLY AND GOES CRAZY, REAR RIGHT WINDOW DOES NOT WORK MOST OF THE TIME, FACTORY KEYLESS ENTRY HAS FAILED, BOSE AUDIO AMP HAS BLOWN, HAVE NOT REPLACED NOR RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, TAPE DECK OVER HEATS AND TAPES GET STUCK, SWITCHING GEARS THE CAR JUMPS. CANNOT UNLOCK CAR WITH KEYS, HAD TO INSTALL AFTERMARKET KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM.*AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE PRESSURE FAILURE. ALL PRESSURE IN BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. HAD TO PUMP BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES AND APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SLOW VEHICLE TO STOP. I CHECKED MSN WEBSITE FOR USED CAR RESEARCH INFO AND IT STATED THAT FAILURE TO ANTI-LOCK BRAKE PRESSURE SWITCH ON 1991 ACURA LEGEND IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. IF SOMEONE IS TOO CLOSE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE THEN ATTEMPTS TO STOP AND HAS NO PRESSURE IN THERE BRAKING SYSTEM SERIOUS INJURY COULD OCCUR. I ALSO NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR ON THE MSN WEBSITE. MY VEHICLE ALSO HAS THAT PROBLEM WHICH I HAVE A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT FOR ON 08/04/2003. *PH
THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING BY WIFE TO SKID INTO A TRAFFIC SIGN. HEADLIGHTS WHEN TURNED ON THE HIGH BEAM WILL NOT GO OFF UNLESS YOU TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN THE LIGHTS OFF. ALSO, THE CAR IDLES EXTREMELY FAST AND JUMPS OUT OF PARK FREQUENTLY AND THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WILL NOT HOLD FREON DUE TO A LEAK. *AK
WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AT APPROX 45 MPH, GOES TO APPLY BRAKES ,WILL NOT STOP ON TIME. TAKES ABOUT 2 CAR LENGHTS BEFORE IT COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. PEDAL GOES SLOWLY TO THE FLOOR. HAS TO PUMP PEDAL TO GET PRESSURE BACK UP. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. STILL CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. THIS DEFECT IS INTERMITTENT AND CAN RESULT IN ACCIDENT. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT FAILED.
ABS BRAKE FAILURE. ALSO MASTER CYLINDER FAILED/REPLACED. *AK
VEHICLE WAS AT COMPLETE STOP, WENT FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, OPEN THROTTLE POSITION, RPMS UNKNOWN, APPLIED THE BRAKES WHICH HAD NO EFFECT, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, HAD PREVIOUS BRAKE PERFORMED AND PEDAL STILL GOES TO THE FLOOR. TT CONSUMER STATED THAT HE FOUND THAT IF HE HELD THE BRAKES AT A STOP THE PEDAL WOULD GRADULLY GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR, AT ALL TIMES THE BRAKING WAS OTHERWISE NORMAL AND VERY GOOD, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY DEALER THAT A NEW MASTER CYLINDER WAS NEEDED AND WAS ALSO TOLD THAT NEW BRAKES WERE NEEDED.*JB
DURING PANIC STOP AT APPROX. 20MPH EXPERIENCED ABS FAILURE, WHEN ALL WHEELS LOCKED UP. TT
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