poway1

Hey all just wanted to let you know of my problem!

Used this site to do research before buying my cg/at tsx. Read info on tranny "recall" actually it was a mandated inspection. I waited to buy my car until I found one outside of the vin range affected. There have been numerous threads about this.

Recently I brought my car in for service because of the alignment. Everything else on the car was fine from what I thought. I did notice a little whinning noise coming from the engine when I pressed on the gas, but really was not bothered by this.

I decided to tell the service department to check out the alignment and the noise because it was in the shop anyway. I got a call the next day that the alignment was fixed and that they were waiting on a "part" to fix the engine whinning or whirring sound.

After wating another day I called them and asked what the hold up was. They said the "part" they were waiting on was a new transmission and that it would be 6 days til they get a new one. I thought wtf?

First off my tranny had no problems I was aware of. No slipping, leaking, or anything. It was smooth and seemed fine. It was out of the affected vin range that I have seen posted on various sites. When asked how they discovered the problem they diagnosed it by putting various transmission sensors on the unit and driving the car. Another tranny bites the dust, so be careful for the rest of you.

I will keep you posted on the outcome and see if I can get an actual answer on what was wrong with the transmission. Crazy! I tell ya.

speedzer

hmmmm......i do hear a whinning noise but i assumed it was the tires.

gonna tell dealer on next oil service

thanks for the heads up

Deelover

I heard a whinning noise in my tsx too... turned out to be my girlfriend.

biker

But seriously, I'm plesantly surprised to hear that a dealer would be so proactive. I would have thought they'd just leave it alone. The dealer could have just said that's normal and let you eat the tranny bill after the warranty ran out and the tranny blew.

tony4311

the same thing just happened to my dads minivan. Whirring noise that came and went when accelerating. Took it in and they replaced the tranny.

TJs TSX

The VIN of my car is in the range, but when I took it back they said never heard anything about TSX trany problems or recalls... d@mn ignorant dealer...

iamhomin

What the....

I hear whining noises on my tranny too!

I don't get it, my vin number is somewhere between 15000~15050.

fast1

TJ,

I'd print out the recall info since it says what VINs are affected and shove it in their face of those idiots. A well written letter to the dealer owner and/or Acura NA would stick it to these people who should know everything about your car and possible problems with it!

rezurex

i'm assuming that these are auto trannies?

i just ordered a 6MT to avoid auto tranny problems (i'm coming from a CL Type S auto). it would really suck to have learned i just jumped into another tranny problem

biker

Yes, the tranny issue is with the AT. There have been some issues with the clutch in the MT but I would chalk most of those up to "non-normal" driving.

rezurex

im probably going to change the clutch to an aftermarket one anyways... i've heard horror stories about the stock acura clutch for their MTs

Dan Martin

Why would you do that? I haven't heard of any problems but even if there were problems I wouldn't change it if everything was working fine.

plutonium239

What the hell is the deal with Acura/Honda and their transmissions???? Hmm,,, NSX, Accords, CL, TL, now TSX? They can do better than this.

gilboman

they get paid by acura for the tranny anyways, and besides if a tranny needs to be replaced at 4000 miles, its not gonna hold up til after the powertrain warranty is over.

euroStyle

Hey Poway, whats your vin # range?

poway1

vin # 029517. The VIN range in question is posted somewhere on this site just need to search.

poway1

here i found the supposed #'s in question.

VIN JH4CL96***C025689 and VIN JH4CL96***C028611

euroStyle

hmm, i hear the noise too. i thought it was from the stereo, but i guess not. i'll have to get it checked too. hope its nothing.

TJs TSX

I don't see any letters nor prints out about this regard direct from Acura, but I did print out the tread that Collin gave us the VIN range and showed them. What they did was login Acura data base site which only accessible to dealer, and show me that their's no recall on my car.. I didn't know what else to do.

My VIN is CO27****, guess I have to wait 'till it smoke..

fast1

Create an account on the Acura Owners Link (http://www.acura.com/owning/owning_index.asp). Here you can register your VIN and 'suppposedly' can check to see the status of any recalls that may affect your car. I'm MT so nothing has shown up on mine but that's one way you might be able to get the proof.

Dan Martin

Even easier: http://www.alldata.com/TSB/01/04013446.html

robert_tsxgeek

FUCK ! my VIN is in fucking range ! ***C026529

what should I do ???

sauceman

Go check with the dealer

gonova

I don't know, I think 4,000,000 miles is pretty good for a tranny!

(sorry, it's the engineer in me)

robert_tsxgeek

Fuck ! Just spoke with the dealer...they NEVER perform the mandated inspection on the car I bought.
(My AT VIN is in the range)
Took delivery 6/4/04...they have what ? 3 months to do it ?
lazy bastards

ClutchPerformer