no, this is not even a mod...it's there and some of you might not even know it. I was surprised when i found out.

the TL-S starts regardless of how you turn the key on it...even the shortest touch in the start position is enough, the car will keep cranking itself automatically until it starts, you don't have to hold the key in the start position until it actually starts.

one of my friends has a 07 TL-S and when i saw how he started it i looked at him like , then i went and tried it in my 06 6MT and it just did a little click...so it dont work on 04-06 TLs i'm guessing but it works with 07+ TL-Ss and mabe even 07 TL-Ps.

 

Yep... They call it one touch starting.

I got used to it and now when I go to start my wife's car I have to remind myself to hold the key until it starts..

 

i love that feature, not that i have it

 

I don't think it works on manual transmissions...?

I have an '07 TL-S, with a 6 speed stick, and I read about this before, but it doesn't work on my car.

Anyone else with a stick shift get this to work?


Jimmy

 

Haha, I do the same at work.
I work at Volkswagen and I sometimes forget I'm not in the TL-S so I have to hold the key.

 

I forget I'm not in my TL and I try to do one touch on my work truck!!! Lol... Now does it hurt anything when u do a full crank, b/c my girl can't seem to grasp to concept of one touch... one of these days maybe but just not yet!!!

 

haha yea its a pretty neat feature.. just like some of you have said same happens with me, ill go to start somebody elses car and i dont hold the key in the start position lol..

btw it works on all 07+ including base.. idk about manual though

 

no harm caused since it actually doesn't let you do anything... try it once the car is started... nothing happens so it has a safety/dummy feature imbedded

 

It doesn't seem to work on my 6MT either! Oh well.......

 

^^ its probably a safety so that if someone were to leave it in gear, it wouldnt keep cranking... im pretty sure its happened with people lol

 

I'd call it a seudo-one-touch feature .. LOL ... not the same as the bimmer's one-touch though ...

 

thanks!! i know about this feature now

 

when i first figured it out, i was soo impressed too ... but now i wish they had a push button starter, thatd be siiick

 

it's like a push start button, except it's not a button it's a turning switch

so the 6mts don't have that huh? that's odd since it makes no sence except that it needs the clutch override.

it would be wierd if the system malfunctions, or lets say u run out of gas....it would prolly crank for about 4-5 seconds and give up if it don't start by then

 

I think its pretty clear that Acura is behind the game in some areas such as cooled seats, auto start...heck they only came out with the "auto" feature on the TL in their 07 models while others like lexus had it since 2000

Acura has to get their act together and be ahead of the technology game

 

As previously mentioned it's only a feature on automatic transmission equipped TLs.

I would prefer not to have it on my manual, anyway, due to safety.

 

Hey have seat Air-conditioning seats in the RL.
You'd think that way until you see the technology in the RL!

 

Granted the RL has it...all I'm saying is "in general" they're behind the game...the MDX is probably the most up to par / competitive and yet though it was just released as a redesigned as an 07 model , they still don't add some of those nice to have features/options such as push button start and even having corner illuminating fog lamps, and don't have the swivel xenons if I'm correct? etc.

Technology wise Lexus ES > TL
GS is probably even with the RL
RX is behind the MDX, but it's also a 5 year old model etc.

It'd just be nice to have Acura's be more innovative etc.

 

Or what about the moving projectors. But still, I think the things the TL has now is probably enough. The push start and etc. are just little for fun stuff that makes the car all fancy.

 

You guys also have to think.. the TL is also a 4 year old car. If the new TLs dont have this stuff then theres a problem with Acura.

When the TLs first came out im pretty sure they were equipped with everything and more than the rest in that model class (I think its a Entry level luxury sedan class??)

 

how come it doesn't work on mine =( help me please

 

Stick or Auto?

 

So it doesn't work in 6MT? Cool...that way I don't have to feel bad about my 06 not doing it!

 

my 6mt doesn't do this as well. Damn, I feel left out

 

iT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR THE NEW REMAKE OF THE tL. The mdx is a new model and it does not have the push start botton. I think honda itself is trailing, nissan and toyota have bluetooth and pushstart in their cars, but honda has yet to put in any of their cars . Honda needs to stop playib=ng around

 

They did ok in late 03, early 04 with the 3G TL. Everyone else stepped up their game afterwards. Let's wait and see what the 4G has in store tech wise.

 

Thats funny cause I didnt realize about this feature until one day that i went to start the car and it didnt start and it kept cranking itself til it actually did ever since that i've been loving that feature even though I still think we shouldve gotten push button like nissan and lexus have....but oh well beggers cant be choosers....i still luv my baby....

 

how hard is it to get one button start... not that hard people...

me I am a friggin ass so I would probably want a pilot switch for the engine on heheheh (evil grin)