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2006 TSX .. at highway speeds the tire 'rumble' is so loud that the radio
and CD is almost useless and I need to raise my voice significantly to
converse with my passenger. Totally unacceptable!

All my pre-purchase testing was done around town on rather smooth roads ..
sounded fine .. but at 120 k. on a concrete roadway it is deafening beyond
belief.

Dealer says the setup that I boaght is absolutely standard delivery and they
claim that only 'old ladies' complain about the noise.

I will be dumping my TSX as fast as possible.

Pity. the rest of the package is really nice....

David

David Vincent-Jones wrote:
> 2006 TSX .. at highway speeds the tire 'rumble' is so loud that the radio
> and CD is almost useless and I need to raise my voice significantly to
> converse with my passenger. Totally unacceptable!
>
> All my pre-purchase testing was done around town on rather smooth roads ..
> sounded fine .. but at 120 k. on a concrete roadway it is deafening beyond
> belief.
>
> Dealer says the setup that I boaght is absolutely standard delivery and they
> claim that only 'old ladies' complain about the noise.
>
> I will be dumping my TSX as fast as possible.
>
> Pity. the rest of the package is really nice....
>
> David
>
>

Hmmm, I have not had any problem of the sort with my '06 TSX. Freeway
speeds around here range from 65-85 mph, well in the ~75 mph range
suggested by what I assume is your 120 kph number. I've put about 5,500
miles on the car and have not found the road noise to be anything
objectionable at all. No need to talk loudly to passenger and no
trouble using the hand-free cell phone link.

I wonder if your car has some bad tires on it or something. Can you get
your dealer to lend you another copy of the TSX to do a back-to-back
test drive comparison? When I had a minor problem with my car one of
the first things the tech did was to drive mine and a TSX loaner car
back to back with me along to see what was different.

John

"David Vincent-Jones" <davidvj@verizon.net> wrote in
news:17NFg.2325$Te.841@trnddc07:

> 2006 TSX .. at highway speeds the tire 'rumble' is so loud that the
> radio and CD is almost useless and I need to raise my voice
> significantly to converse with my passenger. Totally unacceptable!
>
> All my pre-purchase testing was done around town on rather smooth
> roads .. sounded fine .. but at 120 k. on a concrete roadway it is
> deafening beyond belief.
>
> Dealer says the setup that I boaght is absolutely standard delivery
> and they claim that only 'old ladies' complain about the noise.
>
> I will be dumping my TSX as fast as possible.
>
> Pity. the rest of the package is really nice....
>
> David
>
>

Follow the steps in the manual. Go up the management chain at the
dealership, then to Acura, then to the BBB. The BBB will have a
independent tech drive the car.

The absolute first thing you should do is comparison drives with the
service manager. I suspect you're looking at a bad tire.

David Vincent-Jones wrote:
> 2006 TSX .. at highway speeds the tire 'rumble' is so loud that the radio
> and CD is almost useless and I need to raise my voice significantly to
> converse with my passenger. Totally unacceptable!
>
> All my pre-purchase testing was done around town on rather smooth roads ..
> sounded fine .. but at 120 k. on a concrete roadway it is deafening beyond
> belief.
>
> Dealer says the setup that I boaght is absolutely standard delivery and they
> claim that only 'old ladies' complain about the noise.
>
> I will be dumping my TSX as fast as possible.
>
> Pity. the rest of the package is really nice....
>
> David

It's unlikely it's specifically the car. It is most likely one of
the tires. I've driven at least three of the TSX's and they are all
pretty quiet. I've also owned two TL's and now own an RL. All have
been extremely well made vehicles.

Take it to your dealer and have them check out the tires. It isn't
something that you should live with. They'll make it right.

What I would suggest is asking, are the tires you have from the
dealership specific to your area in the country. I know for example
there are two set ups that my dealership uses one for all season
conditions that ride well all around but might be considered a bit loud
on the highway, or a sport wheel designed specifically for ideal
driving conditions and are just about silent at speed. I would check
into that if that were the case, ask that the dealership do something
to reimburse you for the mismatched tires.
David Vincent-Jones wrote:
> 2006 TSX .. at highway speeds the tire 'rumble' is so loud that the radio
> and CD is almost useless and I need to raise my voice significantly to
> converse with my passenger. Totally unacceptable!
>
> All my pre-purchase testing was done around town on rather smooth roads ..
> sounded fine .. but at 120 k. on a concrete roadway it is deafening beyond
> belief.
>
> Dealer says the setup that I boaght is absolutely standard delivery and they
> claim that only 'old ladies' complain about the noise.
>
> I will be dumping my TSX as fast as possible.
>
> Pity. the rest of the package is really nice....
>
> David

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 23:26:53 GMT, "David Vincent-Jones"
<davidvj@verizon.net> wrote:
>2006 TSX .. at highway speeds the tire 'rumble' is so loud that the radio
>and CD is almost useless and I need to raise my voice significantly to
>converse with my passenger. Totally unacceptable!
>
>All my pre-purchase testing was done around town on rather smooth roads ..
>sounded fine .. but at 120 k. on a concrete roadway it is deafening beyond
>belief.

Have you been on that road in other cars? Some aggressively surfaced
concrete roads do cause a lot of noise, but it's going to be present
on anything this side of a Rolls Royce. Though, I suppose you could
buy softer tires (Dunlop used to be famous for such), at some cost to
either or both handling or durability.

Is the car OK on those old smooth roads?

J.

"David Vincent-Jones" <davidvj@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:17NFg.2325$Te.841@trnddc07...
> 2006 TSX .. at highway speeds the tire 'rumble' is so loud that the radio
> and CD is almost useless and I need to raise my voice significantly to
> converse with my passenger. Totally unacceptable!
>
> All my pre-purchase testing was done around town on rather smooth roads ..
> sounded fine .. but at 120 k. on a concrete roadway it is deafening beyond
> belief.
>
> Dealer says the setup that I boaght is absolutely standard delivery and
they
> claim that only 'old ladies' complain about the noise.
>
> I will be dumping my TSX as fast as possible.
>
> Pity. the rest of the package is really nice....
>
> David
>
>
You may find yourself replacing the tires yourself the best option rather
than dumping the car. Sounds like your dealer is not interested in solving
the problem, so a letter to Acura might help. When I tested 06 Accords, I
found that the first one I drove the noise was quite high. On testing
another with the same tire the level was a lot lower.

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:19:35 -0400, tww said:

>
>"David Vincent-Jones" <davidvj@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:17NFg.2325$Te.841@trnddc07...
>> 2006 TSX .. at highway speeds the tire 'rumble' is so loud that the radio
>> and CD is almost useless and I need to raise my voice significantly to
>> converse with my passenger. Totally unacceptable!
>>
>> All my pre-purchase testing was done around town on rather smooth roads ..
>> sounded fine .. but at 120 k. on a concrete roadway it is deafening beyond
>> belief.
>>
>> Dealer says the setup that I boaght is absolutely standard delivery and
>they
>> claim that only 'old ladies' complain about the noise.
>>
>> I will be dumping my TSX as fast as possible.
>>
>> Pity. the rest of the package is really nice....
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>You may find yourself replacing the tires yourself the best option rather
>than dumping the car. Sounds like your dealer is not interested in solving
>the problem, so a letter to Acura might help. When I tested 06 Accords, I
>found that the first one I drove the noise was quite high. On testing
>another with the same tire the level was a lot lower.
>
Acura seems to put a lot of crap tires on their cars as OEM. The
stupid Micheline MVX4 come to mind. It's a touring tire! I couldn't
wait to get rid of those. My TripleTred are great.

Then there was the whole Turanza fiasco. For the money you pay, you
think they'd put something decent on there.

--
"What, me worry?" - Alfred E. Neuman

"Venture Rider" <dontbother@bogus.dom> wrote in message
news:44eba33f$0$9841$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:19:35 -0400, tww said:
>
> >
> >"David Vincent-Jones" <davidvj@verizon.net> wrote in message
> >news:17NFg.2325$Te.841@trnddc07...
> >> 2006 TSX .. at highway speeds the tire 'rumble' is so loud that the
radio
> >> and CD is almost useless and I need to raise my voice significantly to
> >> converse with my passenger. Totally unacceptable!
> >>
> >> All my pre-purchase testing was done around town on rather smooth roads
...
> >> sounded fine .. but at 120 k. on a concrete roadway it is deafening
beyond
> >> belief.
> >>
> >> Dealer says the setup that I boaght is absolutely standard delivery and
> >they
> >> claim that only 'old ladies' complain about the noise.
> >>
> >> I will be dumping my TSX as fast as possible.
> >>
> >> Pity. the rest of the package is really nice....
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >>
> >You may find yourself replacing the tires yourself the best option rather
> >than dumping the car. Sounds like your dealer is not interested in
solving
> >the problem, so a letter to Acura might help. When I tested 06 Accords, I
> >found that the first one I drove the noise was quite high. On testing
> >another with the same tire the level was a lot lower.
> >
> Acura seems to put a lot of crap tires on their cars as OEM. The
> stupid Micheline MVX4 come to mind. It's a touring tire! I couldn't
> wait to get rid of those. My TripleTred are great.
>
> Then there was the whole Turanza fiasco. For the money you pay, you
> think they'd put something decent on there.
>
> --
Concur. Honda does the same. Some years ago I bought a Civic for one of my
kids. The OEM Firestones were awful -- out of balance from day one.
Firestone dealer tried a balance but it did not help much. Honda referred
me to Firestone --- and so forth. Wound up replacing the tires out of
frustration at about 1000 miles -- and solved the problem. The OEM RE 92s
on my Prelude were also crap. But. you would think Acura would do better.
The original poster would lose too much if he sold or traded off just for
tires. Spend $500-600 or so and it would be worth the money for decent
replacements.

> "What, me worry?" - Alfred E. Neuman

tww wrote:

> Concur. Honda does the same. Some years ago I bought a Civic for one of my
> kids. The OEM Firestones were awful -- out of balance from day one.
> Firestone dealer tried a balance but it did not help much. Honda referred
> me to Firestone --- and so forth. Wound up replacing the tires out of
> frustration at about 1000 miles -- and solved the problem. The OEM RE 92s
> on my Prelude were also crap. But. you would think Acura would do better.
> The original poster would lose too much if he sold or traded off just for
> tires. Spend $500-600 or so and it would be worth the money for decent
> replacements.
>


Maybe the OP was simply trolling. He/she/it has never responded to this
thread once it started. The Michelins on my TSX are excellent tires for
all around use and certainly aren't noisy.

John