NHTSA Complaint #10850220 — 2015 ACURA TLX

THE ORIGINAL FAILURE WAS SCARY. WE HAD JUST LEFT TEXAS HWY 130 (80 MPH TOLL WAY), WHEN WE SUSTAINED THE ORIGINAL FAILURE. AS IT FAILED, EVERYBODY IN THE CAR THOUGHT I HAD SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES BY THE WAY THE CAR BUCKLED (LIKE A BUCKING HORSE), IT HAD DONE A VIOLENT SUDDEN STOP AND RELEASE; THE CAR WENT TO IDLE AND COASTED FOR A BIT WITHOUT RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE; I STUDIED THE PANEL BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS LIT UP; ONCE I DECIDED THE ENGINE WAS STILL IDLING, I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR SLOWLY UNTIL I DECIDED I HAD SOME CONTROL; CHECKED THE FAILURE MESSAGES; THEN TRIED TO DRIVE THE CAR. THE CAR COULD BE DRIVEN, I DROVE IT SLOWLY WITH THE HAZARD LIGHTS ON, THE CAR BUCKLED EVERY SO OFTEN. SINCE WE WERE CLOSE TO HOME WE WENT THERE. HAD THIS HAPPENED AT 80 MPH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.