NHTSA Complaint #10335083 — 2009 ACURA TSX

THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO A 2009 ACURA TSX W/TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE RADIO SYSTEM WOULDN'T NORMALLY BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT THE LOUDNESS AND SEVERITY OF NOISE DURING THE EVENT COULD STARTLE SOMEONE TO ERRATIC STEERING MOMENTARILY. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE LAST SATURDAY, 05 JUNE 2010, WHEN A CALL CAME IN TO MY PHONE (HANDS-FREE LINK) THE RADION BEGAN TO MUTE AND THEN THE RADIO BEGAN SCREECHING AT VERY HIGH VOLUME. I COULD NOT TURN IT OFF BY PRESSING THE ON/OFF BUTTON ON THE RADIO AND I COULD NOT DECREASE THE VOLUME. I HAD TO PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY AND TURN THE MOTOR OFF. ONCE OFF, I RESTARTED THE CAR AND TRIED TO INITIATE A HANDS-FREE CALL AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. AND AGAIN, I HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF TO STOP THE NOISE. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT SORT OF DAMAGE THIS MIGHT HAVE DONE TO THE SPEAKERS OR RADIO/AMPLIFIER. I CALLED THE DEALER TODAY AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID HE HAD HEARD NOTHING ABOUT SUCH A PROBLEM, BUT WOULD CHECK INTO DATA BASES AND GET BACK WITH ME. HAS ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM LIKE THIS? *TR