I recently had my new TL in to get the infamous rear deck rattle fixed, and today when I detailed my car, I noticed that there appears to be some fasteners or something missing from the interior covers on the C pillars of the car.

It's along the line where the bottom of the C pillar meets the rear deck, where the shape C pillar panel has a little gap in it. Well, I can see an exposed hole where it looks like a fastener goes, on both the left and right C pillar right at this spot. The top of the C pillar seems to be anchored in well, but it looks like there's obviously something missing here...

I looked at www.acuraoemparts.com, and found this link:

Parts drawing and listing

It looks like I'm missing parts 24, 14 / 20 pictured in the top right corner of the picture. Can someone take a picture of their car at this spot and post it, so I know what it's supposed to look like?

I guess I'll be calling Acura tomorrow to tell them that they messed up the reassembly....Arg...

Mechanic: "What are these extra parts? Hmm...oh well...I guess they're not important..." (Throws them into the trash)

-Nate

 

Dang I can't believe they left that out

 

I think that happens far far more than dealers would like to admit.

 

probably