2001 Acura CL Brakes Problems

“The vehicle was involved in fatality which was my brother, they cannot explain why the vehicle entered into a skid on a pretty straight part of the highway not sure if it was a powertrain issue as I did see a recall after I did some research following the accident. The other issue is the mechanism on how the driver safety belt attaches to the frame as that was damaged on first impact which caused my brother to be ejected. Something as important as a safety should not be compromised so easily.”

“I purchased my 2001 Acura new in july of 2000. Over its life time of three years & 37k miles its had the brakes worked on four times. *break pads replace four times *rotors machined down twice *rotors replaced twice basically during normal rapid braking the CL's steering wheel shakes rapidly. Acura had stood behind there product and replaced the rotors and pads at no charge. One major safety problem early on, is there was a problem with the brakes. The brakes just didn't feel like they could stop the car. …”

“Acura 2001 was parked on the 3rd floor of a parking structure. Owner(driver) backed car out of its parking spot at 5:00 p,m, when the temp. Was 13 degrees above zero. At first owner was unable to get any acceleration when stepping on the gas pedal to go forward in drive, gear 5. Tapped on gas pedal for accelerating and the car lurched forward with engine racing at a high rate of speed. Driver was trying to decelerate the car while steering car through the descending levels of the ramp. Slammed on the brakes and they did not hold the car tried throwing it into reverse and nothing changed. …”

“There was a pulsation in the steering wheel, when the brakes were depressed, due to a faulty brake/rotor system. The parts had been cut and replaced several times, however the problem continued.”

“Brake rotors were severly warped. This is normally a wear and tear item and is expected to require replacement; however, Acura knows of a manufacturing defect with the brakes on at least the 2001 3.2 CL and 1999-2001 tl vehicles as evidenced by TSB 01-017. This is the second time I've required the rotors to be replaced (not just resurfaced) in 45,000 miles. First time at around 25,000, second now at 45,000. There is no reason the rotors should have warped a second time since the TSB was addressed and the new pads and rotors should have prevented the heat issue that leads to warping. …”