Bad Bearing In The Driveshaft, Loud Whistling Noise

CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2012 Acura TL is showing an early trend of suspension problems, with owners reporting clunking or grinding sounds.

8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
77,700 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. replace driveshaft (1 reports)
2012 Acura TL drivetrain problems

drivetrain problem

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2012 Acura TL Owner Comments

problem #1

Apr 012018

TL SH-AWD V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 77,671 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Honda is aware of this issue and it's been well-documented all over the internet. Many people are having this issue, but a few know where it's coming from. I brought it up with my service tech and they knew exactly what it was immediately. After further research, it's pretty clear that this is an issue for a lot of people, and Honda/Acura acknowledged this by creating a new drive-shaft that started showing up in 2013 models.

Sounds like a kettle whistling when you reach 20 km/h and gets louder until you're over 60 km/h or road noise takes over. This continues until you slow down below 20km/h. I contacted Honda Canada and they offered to pay for half the cost of the replacement, which was still over $700. I left it since it just makes Acura look bad when their cars drive past making that much noise.

- Matt V., YYC, AB, Canada

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