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 2004 Acura TSX submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
CAR LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID AND SMOKING UNDERNEATH ENGINE, KEEP HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND I SAW RECALLS ON 2004 -2008 MODELS AND AIR BAG ICON ALWAYS ON
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TSX. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED MULTIPLE TIMES IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.
IT WAS 930 AT NIGHT I WAS DRIVING MY CAR HOME TO DROP OFF GOING ON VACATION ..MY CAR STARTED STALLING OUT AND ALL LIGHTS WENT OUT.. AS I BRAKE MY CAR JUMPED 3 TO 5 FEET.. IT WAS LIKE THE BRAKES SURGED .. LIGHTS FLASHING .. VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IF I WOULD OF BEEN ON MY WAY TO WORK ON FREEWAY I COULD OF BEEN IN A DANGEROUS ACCIDENT.. THE CAR DID NOT STOP WHEN APPLIED THE BRAKE INSTEAD IT ACTED LIKE I WAS PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR... I HAD TO SHUT CAR OUT PUT IN NEUTRAL AND HAVE IT PUSHED IN MY GARAGE TO PREVENT GOING THROUGH WALL... I NEVER HEARD OF A ALTERNATOR DOING THIS.. MY CAR WAS JUST AT DEALERSHIP APROX 3 WKS BEFORE THAT FOR A RECALL .. (STALLING ) THEY SAID IT WAS NOT RELATED TO THAT... *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TSX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VSA WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED WHICH MADE THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGE ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES BUT IT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 101,274.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TSX. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO CHANGE THE ROTORS DUE TO WARPING. THE CONTACT HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ROTORS HAD BECOME WARPED AGAIN. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED HER THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS FAILING. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 81,000.
ACURA 2004 TSX OWNER. JUST RECENTLY DISCOVERED THIS SITE; BUT AS WITH THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCE THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE/SHIMMY WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. I HAVE TAKEN THIS TO THE DEALER, 1ST WHEN I HAD 12,000 MILES, AND BEING A NAIVE 1ST TIME CAR OWNER, I HAD TO PAY TO REPLACE THE BRAKES (APPRX. $300.00) FOR A BRAND NEW CAR! I THEN EXPERIENCED THIS AT APPROX. 25,000 MILES, AND AGAIN HAD TO PAY $300.00 FOR A NEW SET OF BRAKES. THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH ACURA - AND AS STATED BY OTHERS ON THIS DATABASE, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO POSSIBLE INJURY DUE TO BRAKE MALFUNCTION. *TR
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THEY TRAVEL LOWER AND FEEL SOFTER THAN NORMAL AND ARE NOT RESPONSIVE. BRAKES WILL LOSE TRACTION, CAUSING THE CAR TO ROLL WHEN STOPPED. AT A NATIONAL BRAKE REPAIR SERVICE PROVIDER, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD FLUSH THE BRAKE SYSTEM (WHICH TEMPORARILY IMPROVED THE ISSUE FOR ABOUT A WEEK), BUT AIR WAS GETTING INTO THE BRAKE SYSTEM DUE TO A FAULTY VSA MODULATOR. ACURA DOES NOT ALLOW SELL THESE PARTS OUTSIDE OF THEIR OWN SERVICE PROVIDERS AND HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. I AM SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT IN HOPES THAT THIS COULD PREVENT ANY FUTURE ACCIDENTS. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TSX. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE VEHICLE DROVE TO THE LEFT LANE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE 50,000. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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