The contact owns a 2003 Acura TL. The contact stated that the driver's side headlights failed to illuminate while driving at night. Also, the passenger side headlight assembly retained steam. The vehicle was taken to joe rizza Acura (located at 8150 w 159th St, orland park, il 60462, (708) 403-7770) where it was diagnosed that the headlight units needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired due to the repair fees. The contact stated that the failure intermittently occurred on several occasions. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 76,000.

- Orland Park, IL, USA

Despite replacing very expensive bulb twice, the electrical system burns the lights out within minutes. The electric check revealed that it will cost over $600 to replace this entire light because of the design flaw.

- Los Angeles, CA, USA

!!!warning this is a safety issue and needs to be addressed!!! "cruise control control box defect!" 2003 TL type S automatic 4 door without cruise control on car engine began to rev out of control while driving, tried to apply brakes but engine is too strong, once vehicle hit 80 mph from this on highway I calmly turned ignition off one click so steering wheel would not lock and coasted to safety. I had to detach module as well as speed control wire going to the idle control of engine. If I was inexperienced I could have been killed either by getting into an accident or by my airback being deployed and killed from the takata inflator. "clear coat" 2003 TL type S black clear coat paint flaking off and massively discolored due to the dry winter cold and the uv heat during summer. "instrument panel lighting problem" 2003 TL type S problem with part of instrument panel where odometer is as well as outside temp not illuminating.

- Brunswick, ME, USA

The contact owns a 2003 Acura TL. The contact noticed that water entered into the housing of his headlights, leaked down into the balance and blew the bulb. The contact did not inform the dealer. The manufacturer was contacted but offered no assistance. The current mileage was approximately 200,000. The failure mileage was approximately 13,000. The vehicle was not repaired.

- Henderson, NV, USA

I am a claim representative for nationwide insurance. Our insured, john miholic's son, was driving the 2003 Acura 3.2tl at night. He lost control of the vehicle and struck the right front end of his vehicle. A cause and origin report conducted by lange technical service indicated that due to the impact, the ignition of combustible materials form the high intensity head lamp bulb that was displaced caused the fire which totaled out the vehicle.

- Elmsford, NY, USA

Vehicle's low beams are aimed to low failing to provide illumination. High beams caused reflections high up on vertical objects at the sides of the roads. Dealer stated that was the way the lights were designed and they could not be corrected.

- Bridgewater, NJ, USA