Finally my wife is listening to me and after visiting our local acura dealer and driving a 2014 and 2013 sh awd - i think we found her car. Ive snooped around the site and google to find typical problems i should expect or be aware of before we pull the trigger but havent really found things i would consider chronic or problematic on that model. Before we move forward is there anything we should be aware of?

Ive owner three acuras and 2 tl type s loved them all - i hope this car offers the same satosfaction and enjoyment as the others.

Thanks in advance

 

Congratulations, hope all goes smoothly with the purchase. Does anyone really stop for a minute and appreciate just how nice TLs are inside? Not too flashy, just well put together.

 

thanks - from a lack of response I'll assume that there is nothing out of the ordinary that I need to be aware of. I've read two things, but seem somewhat isolated to a small group of folks the awd shaft and oil consumption.

the hard part now is finding the car my wife wants. SH AWD Advance package black exterior black interior low miles. the local acura dealership tried steering us in another direction as they are apparently hard to come by. I can wait....

 

I don't know.... Autotrader shows over 500 SH-AWDs for sale nationwide, several of them black on black.

 

Excessive oil consumption
Bad torque converter
Blown ELS speakers
Navi rebooting randomly
Steering wheel clicking
Loose driver's seat track
Faulty lumbar support
Broken visor tabs

These are the items that my warranty covered in just the previous year. I'd say the oil consumption and torque converter are the two major items you'd want to consider; they appear more common than I originally thought they were. The speakers are a known issue also but not a major problem. Steering wheel and seat track have TSB's issued, so also known issues. I haven't had the propeller shaft sound but I've heard that quite a bit as well.

 

With the Advance package? Regardless there are many out there I've seen them. Just none at the dealership where we went.

thanks for the updates guys - appreciate it.

 

There is an issue with the 2010 CBP paint...crows feet in base coat. There are several threads on here about it and some have had their car repainted while others have been given the runaround. If you buy that year in that color inspect the paint thoroughly in a well lit area.

Here is my thread on this topic for further details.

 

Same with my area, tons of black on black, and a few with the Advance package...seems like a very popular color combo.

 

I *just* went through this process and bought my black/black.

I couldn't find a clean enough example (low miles, taken care of, etc) that was remotely close to me. I wasn't going to spend 6 hours in a car just to look at a vehicle. I ended up going through Carmax since they had one that met my requirements and even it had to get transported from a state away.