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Used 2002 Acura TL 3.2 Type-S Consumer Reviews

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5 out of 5 stars

Fast pass

Greenmachine, 08/01/2003
2002 Acura TL 3.2 Type-S 4dr Sedan (3.2L 6cyl 5A)
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Acura TL S is the best buy for the money out there. It combines speed, comfort, quality and reliability at a very reasonable price. You do not pay for the car twice as you might with German or American cars. It could shed some weight to sharpen the handling even more and please add another hook for clothes Acura. Lose the wood trim inside for a titanium look or charge a few more dollars and make it real wood. This is a car that is ready when you are and nothing seems to ever go wrong with it.

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4.5 out of 5 stars

Needs better rubber

RJ, 03/04/2002
2002 Acura TL 3.2 Type-S 4dr Sedan (3.2L 6cyl 5A)
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Edmunds reviews list a 0-60 6.6s.To get this out of the engine VSA needs to be turned off, so the tires spin.Normal people dont drive like that.Unless you are a person who likes to here the sound of rubber being laid down on pavement and the VSA warning flashing, 6.6 may not be right.My first experience was on a freshly paved road with VSA on, making me loose to an A4 CVT with FrontTrakk (6.9s).The next time I turned VSA off, let the tires spin, and got great acceleartion.

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4.63 out of 5 stars

Great car & great price

Tls driver, 08/12/2002
2002 Acura TL 3.2 Type-S 4dr Sedan (3.2L 6cyl 5A)
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The tl s type at 29k is a great buy. It's a dream to drive

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2.63 out of 5 stars

My Last Acura

Jeff C., 07/20/2003
2002 Acura TL 3.2 Type-S 4dr Sedan (3.2L 6cyl 5A)
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I have now owned two TL's - 1999 and 2002. 1999 had share of problems. This 2002 has been a constant problem. If I didn't know better, I would think I have a 1980 jaguar. The rotors constantly warp - replace 3 times and turned twice. Transmission replaced once. CDR's with labels will get stuck in CD-player. Navigation screen replaced once. And the best part of this horrible car - The dealerships take at least 3 to 5 times to get anything fixed. I will be in a German car for 2004.

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3.88 out of 5 stars

Great car but where is the Honda reliability

Honda owner, 12/02/2004
2002 Acura TL 3.2 Type-S 4dr Sedan (3.2L 6cyl 5A)
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This is a great car with some quality control issues. Transmission is not the greatist thing, mine is starting to slip and car only has 22k on it. Other problems is it took the dealer four tries to figure out why my sunroof was rattling, finally they replaced the entire thing, no problems since. Engine is excellent. Comfort is great. Gas mileage could be better. I get around 19 in the city. I wish the car was rear wheel drive because there is occasionally too much torque steer. Otherwise great car.

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