zipfly

I own a 2012 Acura TL(AWD Tech Auto) since October last year. A month ago, the car was involved in a rear end collision where this Cadillac Escalade rear ended at a speed of about 15 miles/hr. I was at a complete stop, with brakes engaged and transmission in Drive mode when the collision happened. Luckily I was not hurt, although the impact of the hit sent a jolt down my spine with all that kinetic energy traveling from the rear.

Later, I got my car repaired at a collision center in my area. Been driving the car for a few days now, and I am beginning to get this very slow vibration/murmur from the gas pedal and the foot rest to the left of the gas pedal at low speeds and also in top gear(approx near 60 miles/hr). The tire pressure was 30F and 29R when I took delivery of the car from the body shop. Later I bumped up the pressure to 33F and 32R to see if the vibration goes away, but that didn't help anyways! This is a brand new car with close to about 2000 miles on it. I haven't driven the car that much but I am certain this is something I didn't notice prior to the collision. On that note, I am having the worst of fears concerning what if something got damaged though the car was hit in the rear and only the rear panel/reinforcement and other bumper related parts needed replacement?

I was wondering if anyone here was aware of any case studies available from Acura on such rear end collision incidents that would help determine what are the common elements that get affected as a result of a hit? Also, it'll be nice if you could share your thoughts on this and comment on what you feel could be causing this vibration from driver side floor. I hope to find the root cause of this and have it resolved at the earliest, before the situation aggravates and I find myself later getting my fingers burned paying the expenses for something that happened as a result of no fault of my own!

Any help, comments and guidance regarding this is really appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

KarKraze

This is probably not going to help much but i will mention that several TL owners complained about having this issue with their vehicle and they have not been involved in a collision.I think that one member had to replace his car as a result of this,there is a thread here but i will have to search for it when i have some more time.

rick_d

I feel the same in my 2012 TL FWD Tech and I has never been involved in an accident. My car has only 2200 miles right know. Probably the thread that KarKraze mentioned is this one:
https://acurazine.com/forums/4g-tl-problems-fixes-297/vibration-grinding-1600-1800-rpms-792305/

I was reading it but the apparent solution is the Torque Converter replacement for models prior to 2012. There is actually a recall for the Torque Converter but it doesn't include the 2012.