Austin TL

After 8 months of ownership of an 05 TL, I've come to the sad realization that I bought a very mediocre car. Rattles, harsh ride, engine vibration at stop lights, freaky intermittent torque steer, intermittent drive train vibration in the 40-50mph range all add up to a less than satisfying ownership experience. When I complained to the dealer about the engine vibration, the service advisor advised that he couldn't redesign the car and what I was feeling was normal. I wish I could get rid of this thing, but I can't afford the financial hit. I've got to tolerate this pile for two more years, then I'm back in an Infinity.

gt1

You mean you've owned an Infiniti, but don't even know how to spell the brand name?

Austin TL

Please excuse the error, It's hard to type when your eyes are filled with tears. Yes I did own an Infiniti and will own another Infiniti as soon as I can sell this crappy Acurra, oh Sorry I've done it again, Acura, so that I can buy another Infiniti.

levon1830

Is it really THAT serious? If so, I sincerely hope that you can get out of your crappy Acura as soon as possible, and back into an Infiniti. Best of luck to you.

Ken1997TL

I smell troll. Possibly an Infiniti salesman..

Leviathan

Are you really 56? Someone please slap me if I act like this when I am 56.

You sound like a high school punk (no offense to our high-schoolers; I was one this time last year) just trying to start some trouble.

Just leave and act your age. You know no one here is going to agree with you or give three rat shits about your opinion and terrible spelling, so why even bother?

PPLAPW

Can we see pics of your Acura?

massr1

Thats fantastic.

bluenoise

Seems pretty trollish. He lists the most frequently mentioned issues in his post as if he gleaned them from reading this board. It's amazing his car has all of them in one package. And, if my service advisor told me the issues I'm having are due to a crappy design, I'd find a more motivated service advisor.

If you loved your Infiniti so much, why didn't you just get another in the first place? Brand loyalty must not have much power with you.

Luke7

Sound like a scam=everyone I know loves their Acura/haven't found one person yet that didn't.

Ka0tik

errrrrrr, im in high school
hahah jkjk
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now back to the subject. yeah, i have no clue what your talking about
my tl is the nicest car i have had (my parents bought me 2 different crappy ass cars because i got in a fender bender like the 2nd day i had my license..... so i had to wait 6 months till i got my tl), my tl is on par with my moms 540i

Raheel

56 Year old Crying over a car? Damn I hope I dont get emotional like this when I get old and have every single problem mentioned all over the board happen to my one vehicle and than go to a Acura Forum and have my first post about how the car sucks

Brettg

What did you expect at the price of the TL?
Can you point out something that costs the same or less that is better?

I also think the auto trans TL's are nothing special, but you have to step up in price to top one.

Brett

JoganJani

Sorry to hear that. I think you got a lemon. I've my 04 Tl more than two years now and am very happy with it. Wish you all the best in your Infinity.

neuronbob

Sounds like this guy got a lemon. It happens. He's already stated he's going to live with it because he can't afford the hit to get out of it. Leave him alone.

Austin TL, you need to service your car at a different dealer, one who will actually listen to your concerns and (more importantly) at least try to do something about it. You do have options.

Moving to "problems and fixes"....

tims1448

For the price you can get a G35 with that nice cheap interior..... so.... i'll stick with my TL.

Champcar1

He registered on this forum in September 2005 and these are his first posts.
Hmmmm..........

subinf

i dont mind infiniti, just stay the hell away from the new q45...

joed40

I agree with neuronbob. Sounds like you have valid complaints. Take it back to the dealership and insist they take care of the problems. I would think after owning this car for 8 months that you would have already done that and you probably have. You can always try the regional reps, or go to your BBB or consumer protection in your state. There are other avenues, I wouldn't spend much more time here though, since none of us can help you with your complaints. Spend the time trying to fix your problems. Good luck.

trancemission

wouldnt surprise me..

its amazing that hes listed just about every single complaint you can think of with this car. oh wait......he forgot trunk alignment...

gainful

---Why does he have to be a Infi sales?
THe TL problems are so widely spread that a large portion of the cars on the road have them.
---why didn't he buy an infiniti at the beginning?
The TL's styling is good and deceptive. That is the only good thing about it. Rattles, vibs develop over time. THere is no way to find them when test-driving a new car.

BTW, infiniti dealers are 10x better than Acura even when I told them i wasn't gonna buy at the time.

MichaelBenz

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Yep...the obvious 2 post count says it all! Good luck with that Infiniti!

AMIC

Wow, it took 3 days for gainful to find this thread and post his sympathy for someone who is bashing Acura.

ttliang

that's record slow for "painful". he's still in pain. good luck on his new M35. ASAP please.

austin TL, we'd like to see your TL. maybe we can help....

yohan81718

I once read some post from someone who moved on from G35 to TL and how his G35 buddies mocked him for leaving G.. and when he came to our site, everybody was saying how we are friendly and we never mock even when people are leaving TL for other cars.. and wish them best of their luck..

Just leave him alone.. either he just loves the way Infiniti is built or he will later regret his decision... we can let this post go down the list by not posting any replies is another option =)

chill_dog

That story sounds familiar...

trancemission

shut up gainful, I dont even have one ounce of respect for you. you're time with us here is slowly evaporating...

MichaelBenz

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trancemission

I dont even want to see where this threads going.

No Im not censoring the bad.....gainful

We all know the problems. We are not going to get them all out here again. I think the original poster has made his point.. Thanks for playing...