2003 Acura TL from North America - Comments

Rock hit windshield at 11,750 miles. $500 OEM replacement was needed.

Steering wheel paint chipped at 12,000 miles. Acura dealership gave a hard time in repairing the problem and claimed that it may not be covered in the warranty.

Plastic hood piece that attaches on to the clamp that locks hood is cracked. Not covered under warranty at approximately 14,000 miles.

Alignment was needed at approximately 14,000 miles.

Realignment was again needed one week after first alignment due to poor alignment job made by dealership. I personally had a better alignment job at my local Honda dealership than my local Acura dealership.

Rattling was apparent in the center dashboard area at approximately 15,000 miles. Took this problem to the Acura (CA) dealership for repair; they failed to properly eliminate the noise. Will bring back at a later time...

Transmission was recalled. I was unaware of this notification until I was told by Scottsdale Acura.

Found a particular Acura (Thomas) (Covina, CA) dealership to have extremely poor service. Oil changes take three hours when they say half an hour. Had an appointment at 7:00 AM and waited one and a half hours until the employees finally appeared.

Found Scottsdale Acura to have better service (I go to school in AZ).

Car handles well.

Seems like the car is falling apart fairly quickly despite my effort to take great care of it.

Interior is very subjective to weather damage when subjected to cold weather.

Exterior seems to be very subjective to damage during desert driving.

Ticking noise is now heard when car is at idle.

A rock hitting your windshield is not a problem with THE vehicle..

I would have to disagree with the comment posted above. A rock hitting a windshield may be a problem of the vehicle due to the fact that the windshield is weak and susceptible to minute debris. It would depend on the size of the rock! If it was small and you were traveling at a relatively slow speed, then it is a DESIGN FLAW!

My opinion on most of those comments is sometimes you just don't get a good dealer. The right answer is to use another dealer. And the car is already ticking? Most of the cars today that you hear ticking are driven by high/college students. (meaning they are pounding on the engine)