Used 2006 Acura TL 4dr Sedan w/Performance Tires, Nav System (3.2L 6cyl 6M) Consumer Reviews
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Great looking car, but pricey & poor fuel economy
Keith Eliot, Laguna Niguel, CA, 11/27/2015
Acura TL 4dr Sedan w/Performance Tires, Nav System (3.2L 6cyl 6M)
22 of 24 people found this review helpful
This is a great looking car with Acura reliability. I have a '97 Acura CL with 223,000 miles and the thing just keeps going. I have owned the 2006 TL for over a year and have enjoyed driving it, but the biggest downer is it comes nowhere near the advertised fuel economy. Check the forums online and you'll see other owners saying the same thing. This is the main reason I'm rating this car 3.5 stars and not 4.5 stars. Its way over 250 hp and with that power and weight you aren't going to get great gas mileage. The quandary here is that similar Accords do get very good mileage, and my TL isn't getting close to what is advertised. I'm getting 16-17 in the city and only 19 combined. If I do take a rare highway trip its around 25mpg, but the downer is the city driving, I feel like it should be at least 20 mpg. Take this into consideration when buying. Acura is one of the only car manufacturers that had a Sirius XM receiver as stock in 2006, this is a huge plus! The stereo is also pretty awesome for stock radio, even includes a subwoofer. If you like keeping your paint perfect, the touch-up paint for the White Pearl model straight from Acura is a complete joke & will drive you nuts fixing little marks & dings. Its not even close to a match due to the two-tone nature of the treatment. You'll be spending hours to get one nick the right color from one or two base coats of white and then a dozen or so of the stupid pearl top coats to get the darkness to match because the base coat is way way too light. What every happened to the simple days or just one coat of paint in a touch-up tube that matched pretty well? The dual climate control works but doesn't work well if the passenger wants it warm and the driver wants it cold, the workaround is you have to turn the temp up really high on the passengers side to get warmer air to come out that side if the driver is pumping the AC. This is true in my car even though both sides have their own digital temperature control. Weird. A final complaint is you can lightly hear the interior creaks and noises when going over speed-bumps doesn't seem quite as solid as you would think from an Acura. You only notice this when driving along in a quiet car with the radio off. Nothing serious, but my 97 CL doesn't have this problem. The real selling point of this car is looks and reliability, if you can do with the weak MPG this might be the car for you. Its fun to drive, will impress the neighbors and is a real rocketship. If you can find a black interior, do it - stays much nicer looking if you have kids.
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Love at first sight but faded after the honeymoon.
Joe, Irvine, CA, 09/09/2016
Acura TL 4dr Sedan w/Performance Tires, Nav System (3.2L 6cyl 6M)
30 of 34 people found this review helpful
This car had everything I wanted but came at a price. Performance, technology, and looked amazing. There are many known problems with this particular generation of the TL. Bluetooth stopped working and the replacement was pretty costly. Cassette adapter for ipod/iphone music got stuck in tape deck. Went through 2 batteries within 3 weeks and Dealership couldn't figure out the problem. Once I was able to pry the cassette adapter out the problem went away. Another known problem is the nav system. The unit in the trunk doesn't last and the replacement is about $300 now from Alpine. Once the trunk unit stops working you lose all the touchscreen capabilities on the display (ie AC control, radio control, settings, etc). You also lose the voice control for the radio unit. Voice control for making phone calls still functions as it is not tied to the trunk unit. Lastly, the dashboard problem. AcuraZine's website lists many people that have reported a cracked dashboard. Mine 1st cracked around the airbag border on the passenger side. At first I thought it was an airbag failure mode but upon research discovered I was seeing what many people were reporting. Shortly after this initial crack I started getting multiple cracks across my whole dashboard. Looks horrible. Exterior paint is still holding up but some of the plastic coating around the window edge is peeling. With all that being said I still enjoy the car but haven't got to utilize a lot of the technology for about 5 years now. I'm looking to get rid of it soon and most likely will not buy another Acura.
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sasha, 09/13/2010
Acura TL 4dr Sedan w/Performance Tires, Nav System (3.2L 6cyl 6M)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
This car has many plus features, very few negatives. However after going from a sport car to a sedan the handling leaves something to be desired. Plenty of power but could use more torque. A little noisy for a high end car. Nav system talks too much and looks very outdated(like something off an old Atari system). Sound system OK. Very spacious and comfortable inside. For the price of the car you certainly get a lot of great features, bluetooth, homelink etc..Have had absolutely no mechanical problems. Would def recommend this car.
Ahead of it's Time...& BMW
Way Ahead of it's Time , Phoenixville, PA, 06/16/2020
Acura TL 4dr Sedan w/Performance Tires, Nav System (3.2L 6cyl 6M)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
My first major purchase after graduating college was a loaded Pearl White 2006 Acura TL 6-Spd MT with 80k miles on the clock. The only prerequisite to finding a vehicle at the time was a manual transmission and <$20k asking price, so the TL fell into my lap by chance and my early 20's impulsive self drove the TL home the next night. Prior to owning the TL I had driven a decent amount of direct competitors such a BMW 3-series, MB C300, Infiniti G35, etc - but the 2006 TL dominated every competitor with ease, yet didn't receive the addoration it deserved at the time. This body style TL can be seen as frequently as Honda Civics in the early 2000's. Acura built these TL's to last generations while rarely looking dated, and the performance TL Type-S have no problem fetching huge asking prices almost two decades later. As for the TL -- one of the most timeless designs in modern sedan history because I can't think of any other mass produced sport sedans from the 2000's that didn't age poorly. The TL was the best looking sedan in production back then and is still more attractive externally than the vast majority of cars built in 2020. The paint and clearcoat was a joy to buff/detail, HID Headlights were brighter than my current vehicle and made driving at night a breeze, body panels and accessories were all flush and made with high quality materials. The interior is starting to look dated now in 2020, but the Front Seats / Steering Wheel / Pedals / Manual Trans combination is still the most comfortable cockpit I've ever driven in. The infotainment screen is definitely outdated but the OEM speaker system was top notch and put up with extensive abuse listening to Death Metal for 5 years. Lastly, I believe the 3.2L V6 paired with 6-spd Manual Transmission in the '06 TL were perfectly cast by Acura. For some reason driving my TL was more enjoyable than anything else I've daily driven. The engine is powerful, smooth, and retains a consistent powerband up to 8k RPM. The 6-spd Manual Trans was definitely buttery smooth at low speeds, but the real joy was how sporty and well it handled sudden (and near-constant) downshifts and acceleration. On top of everything, even the pedals were ideal. Brushed aluminium with grippy material so shoes never slipped off the clutch and spaced apart to my liking with the clutch catch point around 50% compressed (that never changed from when I bought the TL with 80k miles > trading it in with 140k miles years later). Obviously this generation of Acura TL's holds a special place in my heart, but I still find myself searching high and low for an 08 TL Type-S that's been resting in someone's garage for 12 years. One can hope!
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Fun Fun Fun
JAXFLUSA, 05/28/2006
Acura TL 4dr Sedan w/Performance Tires, Nav System (3.2L 6cyl 6M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I love it all. The best value for your money. The interior surpasses all others in its class and the drive is just plain fun. The Navi and handfree are easy to use and the XM is just icing on the cake. The Acura TL is in a class all its own.