NHTSA Complaint #10249112 — 2001 ACURA CL

I OWN A 2001 ACURA CL. I WAS DRIVING IN TO THE DRIVEWAY, WHEN WITHOUT WARNING, THE TRANSMISSION ACCELERATED, BRAKES WOULD NOT OPERATE NORMALLY AND THE CAR HIT THE DRIVEWAY WALL VIOLENTLY WITH CONCOMITANT ABNORMAL SPEED. I CHALKED IT UP TO A ONE TIME EVENT. THE CAR SUSTAINED $6,000 IN FRONT DAMAGE. TODAY, LIKEWISE, AS I WAS DRIVING IN TO THE DRIVEWAY, THE CAR AGAIN STARTED ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN AND I ALMOST RAMMED IN TO THE NEIGHBORS ADJOINING FENCE/TREE. UPON REVIEW OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS LODGED AGAINST ACURA FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL, I CAME TO REALIZE THAT THE VEHICLE IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE IN NORMAL TRANSMISSION OPERATION. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY THE DEALER TO HAVE THE CAR CHECKED DUE TO EFFECTIVE RECALL ON TRANSMISSION FAILURES/OPERATION. MY ATTORNEY ADVISES ME TO PROCEED WITH LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. OBVIOUSLY, ACURA SHOULD BE NOTIFIED OF HORRIFIC CONSEQUENCES OF PERSONAL INJURIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGES THAT A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION NECESSARILY ENTAILS UNDER OTHERWISE NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. *TR