2004 Acura TSX Recalls, Problems & Maintenance

“POWER DRIVER'S SEAT SHIFTS DURING HARD BREAKING/ACCELERATION. SEAT SHIFTS FORWARD AND BACK LESS THAN AN INCH. THIS CAN BE TROUBLESOME WHEN ACCELERATING AND IT CAUSES MY FOOT TO SLIP OFF OF THE CLUTCH AND JUMP SUDDENLY. COULD CAUSE ME TO INVOLUNTARILY SLAM INTO THE CAR IN FRONT”

“DRIVER'S SEAT MOVES FORWARD AND BACKWARD DURING ACCELERATION AND BRAKING. ALSO, MOVES FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE CORNERING. DEALER NOTED THE FOLLOWING "TEST DROVE VEHICLE. DUPLICATED CONCERN. AS OF THIS MOMENT, ACURA IS STILL WORKING ON SOLUTION TO CONCERN. NO CORRECTIONS MADE AT”

“DRIVERS SEAT MOVES/SLIDS WHEN BRAKING AND TURNING CORNERS. VERY ANNOYING, UNCOMFORTABLE AND HAD A NEAR ACCIDENT”

“THERE IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH ACURA 2004 TSX A/C COMPRESSOR GRENADING AND CONTAMINATING THE COMPLETE A/C SYSTEM. THERE ARE NO REAL EVENTS THAT LEAD UP TO THE FAILURE, YOU WILL SUDDENLY HEAR A GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE A/C THEN IT GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING”

“2004 ACURA TSX 61K MILES, COOLING SYSTEM FAILED COMPLETELY. I WAS JUST DRIVING LOCALLY WHEN I NOTICED A RATTLING NOISE. ON SOME INVESTIGATION I FOUND OUT THAT THE NOISE COMES ONLY WHEN THE A/C IS TURNED ON”

“THERE IS A DEFECT WITH A/C COMPRESSORS ON 2004 ACURA TSXS. A PIECE OF THE COMPRESSOR, WHICH HOLDS THE COMPRESSOR CLUTCH, IS BREAKING OFF, RESULTING IN DEBRIS BEING SHOT THROUGH THE A/C SYSTEM, OR FALLING OFF COMPLETELY”

“BACKLIGHTING OF RADIO AND HVAC BUTTONS NO LONGER WORKS. THIS ACTUALLY BECAME AN ISSUE AND WAS CHECKED/DIAGNOSED BY THE ACURA DEALER ON MARCH 4, 2006. AT THAT TIME THEY INDICATED IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY (MILEAGE=65,693) AND THE OWNER CHOSE NOT TO HAVE THE REPAIR DONE SINCE IT WAS”

“CENTER STACK LIGHTS OUT (RADIO, HEATER/AC UNIT) ACCORDING TO INTERNET RESEARCH MANY OTHER 2004 AND 2005 TSX OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH ACURA HAD ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN, AND SUPPOSEDLY INCREASED WARRANTY PERIOD TO 100K OR 7 YEARS, THERE WAS NO NOTIFICATION”

“AS MANY HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT. CENTRE STACK LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT AND I AM NOT UNDER WARRANTY!”

“ACURA TSX MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 56K. THE PROBLEM CAUSED A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION CASE WHILE IN GEAR. NOISE GOES AWAY WHEN CLUTCH IS PRESSED IN”

“AT ABOUT 19,000 MILES, MY CLUTCH BEGAN SLIPPING. I NOTICED BEFORE THIS THAT IT WAS OCCASIONALLY DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE FIRST GEAR, AND OFTEN THE TRANSMISSION WOULD GRIND WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE”

“3 WEEKS AGO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SHIFT ROUGH. THE FLUIDS AND FILTER WERE REPLACED AT 60000 MILES SO ITS NOT THE FLUID THATS DIRTY”

“2004 ACURA TSX: I SAT IN MY CAR IDLE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO EAT. WHEN I PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPOT, THE PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN AND SEAT AIRBAGS SUDDENLY DEPLOYED. WITHIN 5 SECONDS THE DRIVER SIDE DEPLOYED”

“I WAS DRIVING DOWN A NORMAL STREET AT 5:00PM WITH THE FRONT WINDOWS DOWN. WITH NO PRIOR INDICATION OR WARNINGS THE SIDE IMPACT AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITH A DISORIENTING "POP", VIOLENTLY PUNCHING ME IN THE LEFT ARM. THIS CAUSED MY CAR TO SWERVE, BUT I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND”

“2004 ACURA TSX PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN AND SEAT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITH NO COLLISION OR CONTACT, BOTH ACURA DEALERSHIP, INDEPENDENT DEALER AND USAA INSURANCE VERIFIED YET NEITHER ACURA OR INSURANCE WILL PAY FOR REPAIRS”

“MY 2004 ACURA TSX AND I WERE INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION (THE FRONT OF MY CAR HIT THE REAR END OF A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF MY TSX STRUCK THE RIGHT REAR SIDE OF A LATE MODEL CHEVY IMPALA. THE IMPACT SET OFF MY PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG, BUT NOT MY DRIVER SIDE”

“REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 25 MPH AND MY PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT ANYONE BEING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. MY AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. I SUFFERED A WHIPLASH AS A RESULT. THE COLLISION WAS HEAD ON AND I FEEL MY AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED”

“IN A LIGHT FRONTAL COLLISION THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE BAG DID NOT DEPLOY”

“WHILE DRIVING I NOTICE THAT THE POWER STEERING STARTED TO GET STIFF. WHILE DRIVING FURTHER THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING AT ALL. TURNING WAS EXTREMELY HARD. THE HOSE WAS JUST REPLACED DUE TO A RECALL, 3 MONTHS LATER POWER STEERING PUMP WAS SEALED DUE TO A LEAK, A MONTH LATER POWER”

“They power steering is leaking badly onto exhaust pipe and not holding any fluid in the Reservoir I do not know when problem began the car had one owner prior to me , I would like to just get the recall situated and fixed if possible”

“THE POWER STEERING HOSE HAS A LEAK. THE POWER STEERING FLUID IS DRIPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE. I CAN SMELL BURNING OIL EVERYTIME I STOP. LAST TIME I SAW SMOKE. THE SMOKE WAS FROM THE POWER STEERING FLUID DRIPPING ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD”

“ON 11/14/2019 TOOK MY CAR INTO BRADSHAW ACURA DEALER SHIP FOR THE ECM/ PCM CORROSIN RECALL #13-014 AND THEY REFUSE TO DUE THE RECALL EVEN THO MY ECU HAS CORROSIN ON IT AND EXPLAINED TO THE SERVICE ADVISOR CORY THAT I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND IT STALLED OUT”

“The contact owns a 2004 Acura TSX. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle made an abnormal clicking sound that was coming from the instrument cluster. The contact stated that upon decelerating to come to a stop, the vehicle stalled”

“WAS DRIVING AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE SHUT OFF, HAD TO COAST TO SIDE OF 4 LANE ROAD, AND WON'T RESTART, HAD TOWED TO BIG AL'S @ 1408 N GEORGE WASHINGTON HWY”