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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
The decode above is what this vehicle is. For what it's been through — accidents, title brands, odometer, theft/total-loss and previous owners — pull a full history report.
NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
JH4DC53062C••••••2002 Acura TL
That is about average for the 2002 Acura TL — 5 complaints per build across 49 builds.
5on this build
269on the model
49builds in total
2involved a crash
1injuries
Most reportedPower Train 2Suspension 1Air Bags 1Engine And Engine Cooling 1
What owners of this build wrote
SuspensioncrashSep 2002
Consumer states that while traveling at 50 mph, another vehicle traveling at 100 mph rear ended consumer and broke axle. Vehicle went into a spend resulting in an accident. Please provide any further information. Mr
Air BagscrashSep 2002
While in motion, consumer was rear ended and by a vehicle traveling 100 mph. The side impact air bags did not deploy. Consumer feels had they gone off it would have prevented the clavicle bone fracture the driver sustained. *jg *jb
Engine And Engine CoolingJul 2002
This is for a 2002 acura rsx; oil consumption issue. Since I've owned the car, it has been using about 1 1/2 quarts of oil each 3,000 miles. I've contacted the local dealership, who is working with me to collect usage data with each oil change and the acura consumer help line.…
Power TrainJul 2001
Get a very bad 'grind' going into 2nd gear, when the transmission is cold. It takes about 25 minutes of driving until it starts to shift smoothly. The colder the weather is outside the worst the problem is. This is not normal behavior, you can feel the gears grinding in the…
Power Train
Check out the following news group on the web for others who are experiencing the same problem: http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1078. No safety defec tlisted
Owner complaints…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN JH4DC53062C025082 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.