2000 Acura TL Exterior lighting Problems

“While driving at speeds of 5 - 70 MPH the headlights will shut off. Most frequently the passenger side shuts off, on occasion both lights will shut off unexpectedly. Using the turn signal stalk switch and rapidly turning on and off will typically reset the lights. On one occasion this did not work even after 20+ tries. During these occasions the high beams will function properly. I have tried to duplicate this problem and have been unable to do so. It is a completely intermittent problem. Other manufactures have had to issue recalls due to this problem. …”

“Consumer was driving on highway preparing to exit, with the cruise control engaged depressed brake pedal to disengage cruise control while on exit ramp and vehicle began accelerating back to cruise control speed once pedal was released, almost resulting in a collision. Upon inspection, consumer discovered that the rear brake lights had failed. Prior to, was not able to move gear from park with brake depressed. Dealer diagnosed problem as brake switch failure.”

“The contact owns a 2000 Acura TL. While driving approximately 25 MPH with the headlights activated, the passenger side headlight suddenly failed to illuminate. The contact maneuvered to the side of the road and after turning the headlight control device several times, the passenger side headlight began to illuminate. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where both headlights were replaced. The failure recurred after the repair was performed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who informed the contact that the headlight control module would need to be replaced. …”

“Gear/transmission lock up while driving. Vehicle stalled and could not switch gear back to drive. Vehicle failed emissions twice but was passed 3rd time without exemption or waiver. This vehicle has been discontinued due to the on going unfixable issues, why wasn't it blacklisted or label a category a car? These Acura's are dangerous and shouldn't even be allowed on the road! Nhtsa doesn't even specify if the vehicle was fixed after the recalls- obviously they weren't because the car was poorly made and is unfixable. We need justice”

“2000 Acura TL. Consumer writes in regards to intermittent headlight outages the consumer stated the headlights have been going out for more than a year. The consumer stated if she flipped the headlights on and off, they passenger headlight would come back on. The passenger headlight assembly was replaced. Not long after the replacement, the driver side light followed the same pattern. In december while driving, both low beams headlights failed. They did not come back on, when she tried to flip them on and off. She then discovered the high beams still worked.”