Spare tire optional for 2015 Acura TLX

Baloney! I had three flats last winter alone - sidewall damage from mammoth potholes. Lots of people I have spoken to have the same issue. THe writer must be from Southern California or Hawaii. Waiting on a lonely road for service at midnight is a major issue. My Avalon has a full size spare on an aluminum wheel. Since I have a type of Continental tire not often stocked, I have the capability of driving normal speeds until I can replace one. THe better way to save gas is to put drivers on a diet - most are overweight to start with!

You article feels like it was written by Acura rationalizing their decision. I have owned 3 Acura Tls. I decided not to buy the TLX because of it lacking a spare tire. I have had to use my spare on roads and can't imagine sitting in an off the beaten road in in winter at -30 with a can of sealant that may or not work and hope that my tire problem (hole) is not so large that the sealant will work. A spare tire is like insurance on your house. We hope we will never use it but, when we have big problems its nice to know there is a remedy (spare tire) to get us out of the problem. This is in the penny wise pound foolish category... After 3 Acura TLs I have purchased another vehicle (with a spare tire)... I believe you will loose sales because of your decision... A spare tire should come standard!!!.

This is the worst crap i ever experienced. Stuck on the highway with a blow out. Waited 3 hours for acura roadside assistance, they couldn't come on the restricted highway that i was on so i had to spend extra money for the nj turnpike authority to tow me off the highway then wait for roadside assistance to pick me up. All of this could've been avoided if i had a spare tire.

I just purchased an Acura MDX ( $ $50,000 ). No Spare Tire came with it. That is just plain Sorry on Acura's part so they could save money and make more money by selling the spare tire to it's loyal customers. It is just another excuse for Acura to Ripoff the customer. I am very disappointed and will not buy this unsafe product again.

I have a tlx an bought a full size spare and rim for 200. The tire Sticks up a bit in the trunk but I dont care because when you get a blowout with no spare you are screwed.

This is the second flat tire in 6 months. this one had a 2hr wait for a tow truck after hours and a flat bed because the left rear side wall flat couldn't be towed and that was in town. then the tire shop didn't have the tire until the next day. wonderfull 83rd birthday dinner for my father-in-law. not having a spare is just stupid especially in the north west where phone service can be spotty in the mountains.300.00$ is rediculus

This is the second flat tire I've had in the last year. I call Roadside Assistance thinking may as well use them since I pay for it in my Acura payments. They come and, guess what, NO SPARE TIRE. There's nothing they can do to help out except tow my TLX to an Acura which I'm not going to do. I just hope the sealant and pump contraption works. I've always been impressed by the Acura brand but this just sucks on their part.

My daughter bought a 2016 TLX at the time I was not there with her the sales man didnt not even bother to explain that there was no spare tire kit in the car its bad enought to sell a car without a spare the sales man was worstless in comunicating with customers I request to speak to sales manager and for what he was just as bad will never buy a car without a spare tire especially for my daughter women drivers should know and have a spare.

I was not told the spare was not include in my TLX. I called the dealer in East Brunswick, NJ, and he said 99% of all the flats Acura studied could be fixed with the foam canister to seal the hole and the air pump to re-inflate tire. Guess what? The foam came pouring out of the puncture. Had to wait an hour to get a truck to get me back to my mechanic. I was told that the foam ruins the tire pressure sensor and do not use it. Send 3 emails to dealer saying I wanted a spare. They offered to sell me one. Told them this is the 6th Honda/Acura car that my family has owned and will be the last. Cant wait to scan a copy of the next car purchase. My 2 sons are starting to look for new cars this spring. I'm Irish. I carry a grudge forever.

I’d like to add that lat night (Jan 12, 2019) I was on a 60 mile trip home on an Interstate in snowy, freezing weather. My tire pressure alarm came on, and I watched my right front pressure drop steadily from 26 to 15 before I could exit and find a gas station. No air hoses were working due to the cold, so it was me and the kit. I plugged it into the power source, screwed it in the valve, turned it on and crossed my fingers. I sat in the car and watched my pressure slowly rise to 31. I was able to make it home at 50 mph. I have to say, this was better than changing a tire at midnight.

Brian,
Good news. Glad it worked. Changing tires in the cold is brutal. I wish I was that lucky. The foam provided in the kit poured out of the puncture in the tire. I like to have options and since the foam didn't work, I needed the spare.

I have had 2 major sidewall blowouts in the last six months, if I did not have a real spare, I would have been stranded both times with my family.
I drive 20,000 miles per year. If you drive as much as I do, there is not a substitute for a real spare tire.

I did not know my 2017 TLX did not have a spare until last night after some tire damage driving south on I95 in CT. Fortunately, I was near an exit and was able to drive to a safe location. Not having a spare is one thing. There are solutions for that. Not being told by the dealer that the car does not include a spare is terrible. I'm not saying they intentionally avoided telling me, but they certainly did not go out of their way to tell me. Very disappointed...

I agree with the majority of the other customers above. I have had 2 flats due to multiple subdivision home construction going on in my line of travel to work each day. I barely made it home one of the times and when I did the tire was completely flat. When my husband opened the truck to remove the spare so we could drive the car 30 miles to the dealership, there was NO TIRE or JACK! We thought someone had stole the items. So I called the dealership and ask them to check their cameras, thinking someone there must have removed the tire/jack, because the tires had only been mounted a couple of months ago. The manager didn't even mention that 2015 Acura didn't have either a spare of a jack when I bought it brand new, off the showroom floor, nor did the serviceman I spoke with on the phone. And he still hasn't called me back! This is not the kind of service I am accustomed to from Acura. Only when I went on line to see how much a spare tire and jack cost, did I run across this article. I am so glad, being a woman, that I didn't get stranded out in the middle of nowhere with no spare!

This article caters to the Acura owner drives very short distances. I have sustained 3 flats over the life of my 2015, 1st no problem repair kit/ air compressor solved it. Second event called Acura roadside assistance and was told I was no longer covered as I went past 50k miles, had to pay tow / repair. Third time drove over a pothole and sustained serious damage and had the car towed. Moving forward I will have a spare, jack, and repair kit.

I agree. Had to purchase a spare kit. Will never make that mistake again. The first thing is to open the truck and see the spare. Still surprised at the poor Acura customer service. Will never look there again.

Sure, the owner might not want to do this, BUT it would be nice to have a spare when your auto club shows up to change the tire INSTEAD of having to tow the vehicle to a tire shop.

Why was I not told there was no spare tire by the dealer. Holiday weekend. Will never buy another Acura . Stuck along the side of the road . Where do I tow it too?

LOL, whoever wrote this is foolish. Acura did this to save money on production costs and have the car weigh less and have better emissions and mpg. these sealant they give instead of spares never work. huge backlash for acura.