2004 Acura TSX Air Bags & Restraints Problems

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. THESE CREATED THE LOUDEST NOISE I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. I QUICKLY PUT THE CAR BACK IN PARK AND JUMPED OUT AS THE CAR WAS FILLED WITH A DUSTY CLOUD. THIS CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED AT AN ACURA DEALERSHIP EVERY 5,000 - 6,000 MILES SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT.

MY SAFETY RESTRAINT LIGHT STAYS ON AT 155,000 MILES. FOR AIRBAGS

DRIVING UP TO ORLANDO AT PROBABLY 80 MPG AND PASSENGER CURTAIN AND PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG DEPLOYED BY ITSELF ......IT REALLY SCARED ME BUT THER WAS NO DAMAGE TO EXTERIOR BUT THE INSIDE ROOF AND LEATHER SEAT WHERE DAMAGED.....

TAKATA RECALL UPON GETTING IN THE VEHICLE I SIMPLY SAT IN THE DRIVER SEAT, AND CLOSED THE DOOR. AS SOON AS THE DOOR SHUT CLOSED, THE DRIVER SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG DEPLOYED HITTING ME IN THE HEAD NECK AND SHOULDER AREA. TRIGGERING ME TO HAVE MUSCLE SPASMS IN MY BACK, SEVERE HEAD ACHE, AND TO BE DISORIENTED AFTER BEING STRUCK SO ABRUPTLY AND WITH OUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL PARKED, I HAD NOT EVEN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, IR ANY REASON FOR THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS MANUFACTURER DEFFECT FIXED. AT THE DEALER I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WILL NOT COVER IT AS A MANUFACTURER DEFFECT, AND WILL COST ME $3100.00 TO FIX. THE DEALERS WORDS TO ME WERE, "AIR BAGS DO NOT JUST DEPLOY ON THEIR OWN." UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF MY OWN IVE FOUND AT LEAST 25 OTHER COMPLAINTS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MAKE AND YEAR MODEL WITH SIMILAR AIR BAG ISSUES.

TAKATA AIRBAG: THE 2004 TSX ACURA SIDE AIRBAG INFLATED WHILE THE CAR PARKED. AS SOON AS MY SON ENTERED THE CAR HE SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE THREW A BRICK AT THE WINDOW. AND THEN THE AIRBAG DEFLATED HITTING HIM ON THE SIDE OF HIS FACE. IT FRIGHTENED HIM. HE DROVE IT TO KAREN RADLEY ACURA DEALERS AND THEY TOLD HIM IT WAS NOT A DEFECT. I SPOKE TO THE GENTLEMAN AND SAID IT HAD TO BE A DEFECT BECAUSE NOTHING CAUSED IT TO DEFLATE. I HAVE PICTURES TO SHOW THERE WAS NO IMPACT. THE DEALERSHIP WANT TO CHARGE ME $3100 FOR THE REPAIR WORK.

THE AIRBAG OR SRS LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON INDICATING THAT IT WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPENS AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE. THE REASON APPEARS TO BE A FAILED ELECTRICAL COMPONENT IN THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT IS AND HAS BEEN FACED BY A LOT OF TSX OWNERS. CONTACTED ACURA BUT THEY WILL NOT COVER ANYTHING, EITHER TO REPLACE THE COMPONENT OR EVEN TO DIAGNOSE THE EXACT ISSUE. THEIR POSITION IS: SEAT BELTS STILL WORK AND SO IT IS NOT A DEFECT. NOTE THAT THE AIRBAGS STILL WON'T DEPLOY WITH THIS PARTS DEFECT. THE DEALER CONCURS WITH ACURA. SINCE THIS IS A KNOWN AND WIDESPREAD REPORTED SAFETY ISSUE, ACURA SHOULD BE ASKED TO ISSUE A RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TSX. WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

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 AVOIDED ANY ACCIDENTS. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, I WAS LUCKY; THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. *TR

PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 35 MPH

SLID ON GRAVELS IN THE ROAD HIT A FENCE FRONT END DAMAGE REPLACE BUMPER HEADLIGHT HOOD AND DRIVER PANEL REPLACED UNDERNEATH PROTECTIONS IN FRONT END OF CAR AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON CONTINUALLY CALLED DEALER SHIP SAID WAS NOT A RECALL ON THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 45MPH AND HIT A POT WHOLE, INSTANTLY MY DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN MY SEAT AND SIDE WINDOW PANEL. *TR

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY INDICATING SIDE AIR BAG. DOES NOT INDICATE WHICH SIDE. HAPPENS WITH OR WITHOUT PASSENGER. INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED SEVERAL MENTIONS OF THE SAME. THERE ARE NO TSBS. *TR

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. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN FROM A COMPLETE STOP. NO EVIDENCE OF IMPACT OR DAMAGE ANYWHERE ON VEHICLE TO INCLUDE UNDERCARRIAGE. SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON NHTSA AND ON THE INTERNET FOR THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. *LN

I WAS INVOLVED IN A SIX VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN WHICH I REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE GOING AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 55 MPH, I HAD MAJOR FRONT END DAMAGE WHICH LED TO MY CAR BEING TOTALED. DURING THE ACCIDENT, MY PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG DEPLOYED (WITH NO ONE SITTING IN THE SEAT) AND MY DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE SEAT BELT EXTENDED SO FAR THAT I HIT MY CHEST AGAINST THE STEERING, WHICH TELLS ME IT DID NOT LOCK. I NOTIFIED HONDA CONCERNING THIS ISSUE, THEY HAD AN INSPECTOR COME OUT, JUST TO TELL ME THAT MY CAR WAS "SMART, BUT STUPID" THAT IT IS NOT UP TO SAFETY CODE FOR TODAY, BUT IT WAS AT THE TIME IT WAS RELEASED IN 2004! THIS IS COMPLETELY ABSURD TO ME. I'VE OBTAIN OTHER OPINIONS IN THE MATTER AND THEY AGREE AS WELL. AFTER READING OTHER COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM, I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED FURTHER. NOT SIMPLY SWEPT UNDER THE RUG OR THE STATEMENT MADE "THE CAR DID WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSE TO DO". OBVIOUSLY IT DID NOT. PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. AND I WILL BE GOING FURTHER WITH MY COMPLAINT.

AT 5:00 PM, MAY 2, 2010, WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE 5 FREEWAY (NORTH BOUND) IN LOS ANGLES AREA, THE DRIVER-SIDE SIDE-AIRBAG, CURTAIN-AIRBAG, AND SEATBELT PRE-TENSIONER WAS DEPLOYED WITH NO REASON. LIGHT TRAFFIC AND CLEAR WEATHER. THERE WAS NO INJURY OR ACCIDENT INVOLVED. THE CAR IS 2004 ACURA TSX MODEL AND MILEAGE IS ABOUT 108,000 MILES. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO GLENDALE ACURA AND CONTACTED ACURA CUSTOMER SERVICE. THE DEALERSHIP SENT PICTURES TO ACURA CUSTOMER SERVICE. ACURA CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS THAT THEIR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DETERMINED (BASED ON THE PICTURE THE DEALERSHIP PROVIDED) THAT IS ROAD DAMAGE (SCRATCHES AND DENTS) UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR AND THE SENSOR MAY REACTED DUE TO THE DAMAGE. THEREFORE ACURA WILL NOT FIX THE DAMAGE (REPLACE AIRBAG...) AND WILL NOT RELEASE THE PICTURE. *TR

I WAS ON A HEAD ON COLLISION IN MY 2004 ACURA TSX AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT GO OFF. I (THE DRIVER) WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE CAR. SOMEHOW THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT NOT THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG, THE REASON FOR CONCERN ARE TWO, FIRST WITH NOT ENOUGH WEIGHT ON THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE AIRBAG SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE OFF, (WHAT IF THERE WAS A SMALL CHILD SEATING THERE), AND ALSO THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE GONE OFF. ALSO THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT DID NOT PROTECT ME AND IT FAILED TO PROVIDE ANY RESTRAINT AND NOW IS BROKEN. *TR

IN A LIGHT FRONTAL COLLISION THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ALONG AND HIT A PIECE OF METAL ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAD A BLOW OUT BUT MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG AND PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG BOTH DEPLOYED. *NM

1) ON 10/21/05, I WAS DRIVING ON THE FWY AT APPROX. 65 MPH AND MY SIDE CURTAIN & DRIVER SEAT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. 2) I DID NOT SEE ANY DEBRIS ON THE ROAD OR FEEL ANYTHING HIT MY CAR UNDERNEATH THE FRAME, HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO ACURA AND AMERICAN HONDA, A FREQUENCY SENSOR DETECTED A LOUD NOISE THAT CAUSED THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY. IT IS OBVIOUS THERE IS A DEFECT WITH EITHER THE AIRBAG ITSELF OR THE SENSORS. 3) TUSTIN ACURA (IN TUSTIN, CA) REFUSED TO COVER MY AIRBAGS UNDER MY WARRANTY AND MADE ME GO THROUGH MY INSURANCE TO GET IT FIXED. IT IS NOW BEING CONSIDERED AN AT FAULT "COLLISION" WHEN I DIDN'T SEE WHAT THEY SAY I MUST HAVE HIT AND I DID NOT FEEL OR HEAR ANY IMPACT. THE SENSOR IS OBVIOUSLY TOO SENSITIVE AND THEREFORE IT SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT, BUT STILL AMERICAN HONDA REFUSES TO COVER IT. *NM

AIR BAGS DEPLOY BECAUSE A PIECE OF WOOD HIT UNDER THE CAR, OIL LEAK