2000 Acura TL Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“My car was parked in the sun at which time the automatic rear view mirror proceeded to leak caustic fluid from the photo cell unto the middle of my car's interior console especially all over the gear shifter area. This fluid was corrosive to the point that it melted a hole in the bottom of my rearview mirror and damaged the plastic pieces in the center of the console including the gear indicator and its trim ring. The rearview mirror is now cloudy and somewhat damaged. …”

“Yesterday, 8/18/13, our auto darkening rear view mirror leaked a black liquid that melted the plastic console under it. The liquid could not have been on the console for more than 45 minutes as the rear view mirror went from being clear when we arrived to a shopping center, to a distorted view when we were leaving. Searching google, ??2000 Acura TL rear view mirror leak,?? I found many instances of this happening to others. I also found that the substance is toxic (perhaps as many as 6 compounds including mercury). …”

“My 2000 Acura 3.2 TL has a failing rear view mirror, leaking fluid into the interior of the car. From searching I understand that this is a common problem with the auto dimming mirrors manufactured by magna donnelly corp installed on various makes and models of cars. It also appears that the chemicals leaking may be toxic, though the manufacturer has not released the ingredient contents publicly. If you search google for leaking rear view mirror you can see this is a fairly common problem. …”

“The rearview mirror in my 2000 Acura TL exploded and a black liquid sprayed throughout the interior of my car. It corroded a large hole through my center console (which was replaced by Acura/honda at no charge), damaged my leather seats and carpet (which Acura/honda refused to replace, but did perform a thorough cleaning of both...the dealer invoice stated mercury leak), and also prompted the replacement of my rearview mirror (which was also replaced by Acura/honda at no charge). …”

“I took my 2000 Acura TL into the dealership to have the transmission replaced under the extended warranty. When I picked it up from the dealership 3 days later there was a dividing line in the top of the mirror. Above the line and the mirror is clear, below the line the mirror is tinted. There appears to be fluid that has leaked out from in between two pieces of glass (one being the actually mirror glass and the other being a second layer a glass that traps this fluid. …”