A few quick questions... 03 Acura TL. 93k miles.
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A few quick questions... 03 Acura TL. 93k miles.
I searched and could not find conclusive answers on the forums, so I'd appreciate any opinions or feedback on the following:
1) Back lighting on Driver's switches in ArmRest: At night, ours has backlighting on the 4 UP/DOWN window switches, but no backlighting on the nearby mirror controls. Probably just a lil bulb burnt out? Now I just want to confirm that it's supposed to be backlit by its own bulb before I take it apart to replace. Can someone confirm that.
2) Emergency (FOOT) Parking Brake. We have a red light indicator in DASH, but we don't hear a chime when the brake is accidently left on - - is there supposed to be a chime (bell) too?
3) More Cup Holders in Front? Anyone add additional cup holders for driver & passenger? We have re-purposed the centerconsole's OEM cupholder zone for our IPOD adaptor so I want to add new cupholders in front. Ideas? Pictures?
4) Passenger SeatBack heater doesn't work. Switch light works and the Seat Bottom heats. Bottom&Back both work on Driver's side. I've seen DIY's for seat bottoms, but not Seat Backs. Anyone know the common failure locations for failed Seat Back Heaters??? Any DIY's for Seat backs?
5) Hearing some slight clunky sounds at rear suspension when going over slow speed bumps and certain other bumps. The sway bar mounts look fine, and nothing moves or seems loose when I crawl under there and push/pull the components. I think it might be one or both rear Struts (Original, 93k miles, no leaking fluid). Is there anything else I should look at or check in order to isolate the problem?
ANYONE have a similar noise? How did you solve it?
I'm thinking as a final diagnostic I should remove the rear seat and check the top mounts for looseness? If it's gotta be the rear struts I'll probably replace them myself DIY. Two OEM-type replacement cartridges are probably $150 to $200 total, or for daily use should I get Tein Street Basis coil-overs all around (~650) ? The car is "driven" but not raced, but we could live with a lightly lower stance as long as it doesn't hurt the ride quality much.
Any advice from those of you who have had this noise and fixed it? Was it the Struts? Did you go OEM or TEIN? Which OEM-type might be an improvement over stock?
Thanks in advance for any info!
1) Back lighting on Driver's switches in ArmRest: At night, ours has backlighting on the 4 UP/DOWN window switches, but no backlighting on the nearby mirror controls. Probably just a lil bulb burnt out? Now I just want to confirm that it's supposed to be backlit by its own bulb before I take it apart to replace. Can someone confirm that.
2) Emergency (FOOT) Parking Brake. We have a red light indicator in DASH, but we don't hear a chime when the brake is accidently left on - - is there supposed to be a chime (bell) too?
3) More Cup Holders in Front? Anyone add additional cup holders for driver & passenger? We have re-purposed the centerconsole's OEM cupholder zone for our IPOD adaptor so I want to add new cupholders in front. Ideas? Pictures?
4) Passenger SeatBack heater doesn't work. Switch light works and the Seat Bottom heats. Bottom&Back both work on Driver's side. I've seen DIY's for seat bottoms, but not Seat Backs. Anyone know the common failure locations for failed Seat Back Heaters??? Any DIY's for Seat backs?
5) Hearing some slight clunky sounds at rear suspension when going over slow speed bumps and certain other bumps. The sway bar mounts look fine, and nothing moves or seems loose when I crawl under there and push/pull the components. I think it might be one or both rear Struts (Original, 93k miles, no leaking fluid). Is there anything else I should look at or check in order to isolate the problem?
ANYONE have a similar noise? How did you solve it?
I'm thinking as a final diagnostic I should remove the rear seat and check the top mounts for looseness? If it's gotta be the rear struts I'll probably replace them myself DIY. Two OEM-type replacement cartridges are probably $150 to $200 total, or for daily use should I get Tein Street Basis coil-overs all around (~650) ? The car is "driven" but not raced, but we could live with a lightly lower stance as long as it doesn't hurt the ride quality much.
Any advice from those of you who have had this noise and fixed it? Was it the Struts? Did you go OEM or TEIN? Which OEM-type might be an improvement over stock?
Thanks in advance for any info!
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