Faults:

Slight cracking of leather on center armrest. This was already evident prior to the purchase of the car.

General Comments:

The TL is a powerful, luxury sport car with good handling and a tight suspension. It's perfect for someone looking for something sportier and more luxurious than your standard 4-door sedan. It's not for someone looking for a smooth riding Cadillac or a strict track car, but rather something in between. As a daily driver it's an excellent car that combines sport and luxury perfectly.

The TL can get good mileage if driven conservatively, but has plenty of power to get up if you need to get out of a tight spot. I average 28 MPG per tank with the manual transmission and have gotten over 30 MPG many times, even with city driving, if I don't mash the accelerator.

Faults:

Clutch has been replaced at 13,000 miles (replaced under warranty, but with severe aggravation).

Driver's seat rocks (subject of TSB, but not replaced under warranty).

Difficulty shifting into third gear (TSB, but refused to repair under warranty).

Transmission (second gear) gone at 70,000 miles.

Battery connections corroded and needed replacement.

CV joints needed replacing at 50,000 miles (refused to cover under warranty).

General Comments:

This is a fun car to drive. There is nothing else positive to say about it. Reliability sucks. Honda's known transmission issues are replete. I have owned Hondas/Acuras for the last 15 years. This is the last piece of garbage I will tolerate. People used to rag on American car makers for being laissez faire about consumer complaints, but, after this travesty, and the Toyota issues, one cannot wonder but that the Japanese are worse that American car companies ever were. I never thought I would utter these words, but I will no longer buy Japanese until they reveal themselves worthy of my money (I have never bought anything other than Japanese cars since 1980).

Faults:

Nothing; Someone broke into the car to steal my radar detector, and I took it in to the dealership to replace the window; They did a good job, just forgot to re-attach the link to open the door from inside; Had to take it back to get that fixed.

General Comments:

Car is awesome; I also had an 05 TL, and besides Tire issues that were taken care of by Acura promptly, I had no problems with it; I sold my 05 TL for $28,000.00 a year later and 19kmiles on it; Traded it in for my current car (06 TL), and the dealership gave me $28,000 for it; \

I was expecting good quality going from an accord that had 366,000 miles on it with a replaced clutch and water pump; Accords are great cars as well;

Prevoius cars were two cavaliers, and they broke down at 47 and 55 k miles on them (head gasket and head), would never buy anything else, but Japanese car;

Faults:

I am concerned about my tires. I have 17,000 miles, mostly highway, I think I need to replace them. Is this too soon?

General Comments:

I love my car. I would recommend the TL or any Acura. It is made well and handles well. I love the quickness and features. The tires are the only thing that I'm disappointed with.