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 2012 Acura TSX submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
Traction control didn’t work, and the large OEM seats did not hug my body as advertised, causing bodily injury when struck by another vehicle, “t-bone” on passenger side.
I purchased new 2012, for the first time after 10 years, the car is unsafe, brake pedal becomes hard after start up cold - noticed if outside weather between 30-25 degrees brake pedal becomes hard for the first 2-3 times and car will not stop, if the weather below 16 degrees it will take 9-10 times - if you push and pump the brake pedal the brake pedal power comes back to normal but not the first or 2nd time and also has something to do with weather. car was purchased in VIRGINIA and stayed in VIRGINIA last 10 years and this is the FIRST winter this happen.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 ACURA TSX. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN COLD CLIMATE, THE VEHICLE BRAKE FAILED TO ENGAGE AND THE CONTACT HAD TO ENGAGE THE BRAKE WITH FORCE TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR MECHANIC TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.
A CAR STOP IN FRONT OF ME QUICKLY SO I PUSH THE BRAKE HARD TO STOP AND I HEARD THE ABS GRINDING, SO EVERYTHING FINE, I CONTINUE DRIVING THEN I WANT TO STOP ON THE STOP SIGN AND I FOUND THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT NORMAL I HAVE TO PUSH IT COMPLETELY DOWN FEELS LIKE NO BRAKES I TOOK IT TO ACURA DEALER AND THEY FLASH THE BRAKE OIL, AND I TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED THEY SAID NO AIR IN THE ABS OR THE SYSTEM AND ITS NORMAL BUT IF IT HAPPEN AGAIN YOU NEED ABS CONTROL MODULE THE CAR MILEAGE IS 109000 AND ITS ALL HIGHWAY MILES. NOW WHEN I PUSH ON THE PEDAL IT FEELS SPONGY AND IT GOES TO THE FLOOR. ITS KINDA SCARY TO DRIVE AND THE COST OF THIS PART INSTALLED $4000. FOR THIS MILEAGE AND THIS CAR I THINK SOMETHING WRONG GOING ON..
IN COLD WEATHER THE BRAKES FEEL 'FROZEN' OR 'WOODEN', AND DO NOT PERFORM CORRECTLY. THE CAR WILL NOT STOP. AFTER USING THEM A FEW TIMES IN A ROW THEY SEEM TO RETURN TO WARM WEATHER PERFORMANCE. IT HAPPENS AGAIN EVERY TIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN IN COLD WEATHER' NOT EXTREME COLD, BUT JUST NEAR FREEZING. IT SEEMS TO HAVE STARTED EARLY THIS YEAR. SERVICE PEOPLE CANNOT SEE A CAUSE.
I LOST POWER STEERING DRIVING TO WORK AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS ROUTE TO WORK FOR MANY YEARS AND THIS EXPERIENCE STARTLED ME. THIS SITUATION COULD HAVE BECOME FATAL VERY QUICKLY WITH A LESS EXPERIENCED DRIVER.THE REPLACEMENT COST IS EXPENSIVE AND THE EPS MODULE NEEDED FOR REPAIR IS NOT EASY TO FIND. NONE OF THE LOCAL ACURA DEALERS WILL WORK WITH ME SO MY CAR IS SITTING IN A STORAGE YARD WHILE I TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. AS A RESULT, I AM WITHOUT A CAR TO GET TO WORK EVERYDAY. TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, I JUST GOT THE CAR OUT OF THE SHOP FOR A "SOFT PEDAL" BRAKE FAILURE, THAT HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS TOO. THIS ISSUE ALSO COULD HAVE ENDED VERY DIFFERENTLY WITH LESS EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE WHEEL. THAT REPAIR WAS EXPENSIVE AND IT DID NOT RESTORE THE BRAKING SYSTEM TO ORIGINAL FEEL. THE CAR STOPS BETTER BUT JUST NOT AS WELL AS IT DID BEFORE. LET ME REITERATE, THE CAR DOES NOT HAVE THAT MANY MILES ON IT. I MIGHT EXPECT THESE PROBLEMS FROM A VEHICLE WITH TWICE THIS MILEAGE,BUT NOT FROM A CAR WITH LESS THAN 100, 000 MILES.
POWER BRAKE BOOSTER CHECK VALVE STICKS IN COLD WEATHER NEGATING POWER ASSISTANCE. THIS CAME TO MY ATTENTION WITH SEATTLE'S RECENT COLD SPELL (FEB 2019). CHECK VALVE LOCATED WITHIN MASTER TUBE ASSEMBLY (46402-TL2-A11) WHICH IS ON BACKORDER ACROSS ALL STATES THAT EXPERIENCE WINTER WEATHER. I'VE SPOKEN TO NUMEROUS DEALERS AND SCOURING THE INTERNET, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. ADDITIONALLY, I CONTACTED ACURA TWICE AND WAS TOLD FOLLOW UP WOULD BE IMMEDIATE, WITH ZERO RESPONSE TO DATE.
FIRST THING IN THE COLD MORNING MY BRAKE PEDAL WAS SOLID, NO MOVEMENT WHEN I PRESS IT, AND THUS NO BRAKES. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME, BUT THE FIRST TIME (A WEEK AGO) I THOUGHT I DID SOMETHING WRONG BECAUSE IT WENT AWAY QUICKLY. THIS MORNING I ALMOST DROVE INTO TRAFFIC. AND AFTER I ENTERED THE ROAD, IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE BRAKES RETURNED TO NORMAL. I'M GUESSING THERE IS SOME MOISTURE IN THE BRAKE LINE THAT IS FROZEN AND EVENTUALLY IT THAWS AND THE BRAKES RETURN. *TR
I WAS TOLD I NEED TO REPLACE MY BRAKES. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH 2012 TSX AT 28K MILES? *TR
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