What are some common problems on a 04 TL? My friend is looking to buy one and wondering what should we look for besides the basics? Are the transmissions known to have problems? And does the TL have a timing belt or chain?

 

timing belt. and if it's 04-06 auto it MIGHT fail. forum will make you feel like every single auto will fail but most dont....... (if i'm not horribly wrong)

 

i had an 05 tl before and i drive a n 08tl-s now..the only problems i can encountered was the power steering pump o-ring and a window motor problem. all of them are common on tl/tl-s i checked on acurazine..nothing major...yet

 

it will blow up, killing puppies and burn school buses

 

Transmission failure
Window regulators
Radio code
EGR flow insufficient

 

blue tooth
timing belt
rear/front/passenger side motor mount
throttle body bypass sensor
both axle seal
intermediate shaft seal
auto shift sensor
bent wheels
valve adjustment
spark plug seal
power steering hose recall
power steering o-ring
rack and pinon
lower ball joint
front struts
rear main seal
I work at acura dealership and these are the common things on tl.

 

Cracked dash boards...all of them, if haven't been replaced yet.

 

Compliance bushings, mirror actuators, power steering hose leak(recall)rear calipers. I work at an Acura dealer and these are the common problems I see.

 

I know that my stock 17"s got some pretty bad bends but that may be because of the terrible boston roads

 

take this from the guy who lives in hawai :p up here in the north no cracked dashboard. If you live anywhere but the northern most states get a sun shade if you use that all the time and crack windows, plus only clean your dashboard with water you should be fine. My understanding is this comes from the extreme heat a black dashboard gets. When the dashboard cools it develops the cracks. On a hot day no joke you could prly cook eggs on them. So you need to keep it from getting too hot. The other thing is according to honda almost all the interior products at stores essentially clog the pores in the plastic. The plastic is designed to expand and has tiny pores to allow expansion. When you use products to clean the dash eventually these holes fill with the product and won't expand. Even the products that claim they help will actually hurt.

Other than that like they said the only other major issue to worry about is the transmission, they don't all fail and there are ways you can greatly reduce your chances but if you want to be safe don't get an 04 and try to get newer than 06