a) On how I knew there was a problem, and
b) How did I know where the problem was originating?

Props to the board from Gary Force Acura in Nashville.

The service guys thanked me because they had never heard of it before, but they said they will be sure to check any others coming in.

Thanks to those who discovered it! You really do lose alot of power in the upper rpm band when it's not working, so check your's now!

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'01 CLS #4055 Red/Parchment-all the goodies

 

That just amazes me! How can people be in the Acura (car) business and not know about that. It is one of the things that differentiates a Type S for gods sake.

 

Exactly, seems like the people at this dealer weren't acting ignorant and giving you the run around, but actually are ignorant idiots. You'd expect the ACURA dealer to know more about your Acura than anyone else.

 

i had the same problem but doug from rick case knew all about and fixed it

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2001 3.5 cl type s,custom voltage blue paint job, comptech headers, 18 inch ssr agle strusse rims(painted voltage blue with chrome lip), greddy evo exhaust, cross drilled rotors, pioneer avx 7000 tv, playstation2, aem cold air intake,nos fuel pressure regulator, piaa ion yellow fog lights, slammed on nex suspension (level ten torque converter, dommed topped pistons, mdx crankshaft, rods , bearings, heads ported and polished,s-afc,
INFECTED WITH POST WHORE SYNDROME

 

You have to realize that not every Dealership has someone who checks or reads the net. The actuator problem is not widespread given the # of cars out there. It is quite possible that many, many dealers have not seen this problem, nor had any complaints about it. given that they don't read these boards, they really wouldn't know. Thats why its always good to give your advisor any info you may have- but don't try to diagnose the problem yourself- just say "hey- I read about this and think it may apply to this paroblem- can you check it out?" A good Service Advisor should be glad to if he can.

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Wayne Gruen
Service Manager
Park Ave Acura
*** The opinions expressed above are my own and I in no way speak for American Honda or Acura. ***

2002 TL-S Black on Black
Factory Body Kit, Factory Spoiler, Comptech Springs, Comptech Sways, Comptech Headers, Comptech Exhaust, Xephyr CAI
Tuning by Jens

 

Good advice. When I talked to my S.A., I told him I had heard of this problem so I checked and my actuator wasn't turning. I popped the hood and pointed to where it was, I also had some pictures I printed out that showed it opened and closed. They troubleshot it for about 3 hours until they found a bad solenoid as the culprit.

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'01 CLS #4055 Red/Parchment-all the goodies

[This message has been edited by davo-cls (edited 06-21-2001).]

 

About how many people would you say have had problems with their Actuator? and what production dates seemed to have the most problems?

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2001 CL-S, Navigation, Spoiler, Remote Start

 

True true, Wayne.

And fellas... let's not forget that probably 80% of the people buying this car wouldn't have a clue if their actuator wasn't working. I kinda doubt that many of the 60 yo ladies I've seen driving this car are taking it past 3500rpm on a regular basis.

As much as it sucks... we on this board are the exception, not the rule....



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2001 Acura 3.2CL Type S
Comptech Springs, Sway Bars & Headers
PIAA 19169
# 1681 -- DOM 02/2000
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GoldTypeS - Squashing the voice of the post-whore

 

OK, so mhow do we check the actuator? Which actuator; there must be several in the car. Al

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Searoar

 

Check the FAQ or do a search. I believe chodthewhacko also has a very well maintained FAQ on his site.



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Frank
01-S White/Parchment
Comptech Sways & Springs

 

Look on the back of the engine for this.



Behind it is the actuator that controls the dual stage intake.



In park, rev the engine up past 3800 rpm. At 3800 it should visually rotate. If it doesn't, it ain't workin'.


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'01 CLS #4055 Red/Parchment-all the goodies

 

I worked for two years as a consultant at Toyota Motor Sales implementing the system that they currently use for gathering technical information about problems in cars from their network of dealers. This system also disseminated information to the dealers (TSB's) once the same information they had initially reported was recognized as a problem.

Does Acura/Honda have something like this internally?

For what I see in this forum, many Acura dealers seem very ignorant of seemingly frequent problems. (rattles, steering wheel vibration during braking, dead actuator and others)
...or maybe they are just pretending to be ignorant.



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2001 Silver CL-S

 

do you need two people to see if the actuator is working..?? like i mean one at the driver seat and pressing the acc.. and the other looking..?? or once it gets over 3800 it just pops out.??

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ACURA 3.2 CL TYPE S
-BLACK/BLACK
-NAVISYSTEM
-SPOILER
-MUD GUARDS
-V1
-TINTS TO GET IN WEEKEND

 

It's best to have two people, You can't really see it from inside the car.


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'01 CLS #4055 Red/Parchment-all the goodies

 

I did it myself.

Stand on the driver's side with the door open, foot on the accelerator and rev the engine while looking at the actuator.



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2001 Silver CL-S

 

Or just manually rotate the throttle with your hand. The downside is that you can't verify the RPM, but you can see it is working.

 

mine doesnt work, and dealer wont fix it either.... -count me in...

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www.mp3.com/djjdize
Ride: Silver '01 CL-S
Mods: springs, AEM CAI (Red)
Exterior: 18'' Giovanna's wearing Toyo T1-s 225/40/18 - PIAA 169's - Platinum Plus Tint
Interior: Blue Bulbs (doors, dome light)

 

What is the dealer's objection? I need to know all the angles, mine is going in on Tuesday...