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Sedans Acura TL 2007 Acura TL Type S
614 messages, Last post on Nov 17, 2008 at 3:58 PM
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Please help!! I leased a 2007 TL Type-S at the beginning of September and have less than 1,000 miles so far. Unfortunately, about 2 weeks and 300 miles after I got it I noticed gas was pouring out from under the car on day. I had the car towed and the dealership said there was a cut in the high pressure fuel line. They didn't know the cause but replaced the line (or so I am told). Now I go to get in the car yesterday and after starting it up my wife tells me gas is pouring out again. I turn off the car, pull my son out and call Acura TLC to have the car towed again!  At this point I refuse to take back the car. This isn't some silly rattle or door closing problem it is a death risk! Questions for those out there... 1) Have any of you heard of this issue (I assume it is simply a manufacturing flaw...hopefully limited to a couple cars)? 2) Any advice on what to do? One cigarette butt from a neighboring car tossed out the window at a red light and I am dead. I don't know how the lemon laws apply, but I sure as heck am not about to give them a couple more tries with the fear that the next time I don't catch the leak in my driveway. (I just finished the first month of a 36mo lease) I love Acura/Honda, I have a MDX and my previous car was a 2004 TL (and before that an Accord). This event makes me want to run for the hills. Thoughts?
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Replying to: fulerweg (Oct 07, 2007 6:57 pm) That is besides the point though as this is still dangerous. Call up Acura's customer care center or whatever they call it. Tell the person who answers the phone the story and when they try to down play it ask for the highest level person available at the time. Tell them what happened and just keep telling them. We had this happen to a LR3 several years ago and the guy called the fire department to his house. One or two calls to Land Rover and they took the car back very quickly.
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Replying to: fulerweg (Oct 07, 2007 6:57 pm) Define "pouring". I once had a cut/break in my fuel line and it only dripped. And, if I'm not mistaken, the fuel pump had some sort of automatic shutoff in the event a leak was detected. It sounds to me like your dealer blew the original diagnosis and/or did a poor job of fixing it. But I wouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater just yet. If there is a visible leak that is "puring" gas, it should be pretty easy for them to fix or replace the fuel line system completely. |
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Replying to: british_rover (Oct 08, 2007 5:46 am) Really??!  So I should be able to safely ignore all those signs at the gas stations and light one up while I'm re-fueling?
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Replying to: bodble2 (Oct 09, 2007 11:05 am) |
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Replying to: pat (Oct 09, 2007 11:23 am) 
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Replying to: bodble2 (Oct 09, 2007 11:36 am)  No offense br, it just seems like a pretty scary thing to contemplate!
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Replying to: pat (Oct 09, 2007 1:09 pm)
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Replying to: bodble2 (Oct 09, 2007 7:42 pm) My college roommates Uncle, and yes I know that makes it sound like an urban legend, used to do this trick all the time. He was an old school race car driver that raced in the IMCA series and I remember him doing this at his shop quite a few times. They used it as a kind of hazing ritual for the new guys on the team. He said 9 times out of 10 the gasoline would not ignite. Still a 10 percent chance is a 10 percent chance so I wouldn't risk it. I guess the conditions really need to be ideal for the gasoline to ignite.
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Replying to: british_rover (Oct 10, 2007 6:42 am) 
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