Axxie01TypeS

I have an 01 CL-S, if u accelerate anything other than very lightly there's a jerk. Acura just checked out my transmission said it looks great & also told me that they've never replaced motor mounts on a 00 & up CL or TL... I hate it cuz I like taking off briskly but dont because of that jerk. It never jerks shifting or any other time tho. Help me plz

All Mine

I don't seem to have that problem.

Stealth CL

u still under 100k?

Axxie01TypeS

I have 128,000 runs flawlessly otherwise

TallyCL-S

Do you hear a noise or is it just a jerk? They are most likely bullshitting you about the motor mounts.

Axxie01TypeS

No noise @ all, just a jerk

All Mine

Torque converter going bad?

Axxie01TypeS

Never thought abt the torque converter, I just dont know if thats what it is or not. Acura said it doesn't jerk, I told him it does again but I didn't feel like arguing. Someone told me motor mounts & I guess it would make sense but I just dont know. The guy @ Acura wouldn't even quote me cuz he said they just dont go bad. Errr. I say I should've thrown a tomato @ him ! hehe

tankmonkey

he's blowing sunshine up your butt. I had the front motor mount on my '01 replaced under warranty. I could hear and feel it clunking when I accelerated briskly or went up a steep driveway (in a parking garage, for instance).

haven't run into this problem yet on my '03 6mt.

pits200

Check the throttle cable, if your the second owner, someone might have taken all the slack out of the throttle cable as to make it more touchy. Cause I know there is suppose to be some play in the cable.

TallyCL-S

If it is the front motor mount, look down at it under the hood and see if you see a brownish fluid leaking. If you have ramps you can roll the car up and look from the bottom, you will see the fluid dripping down the engine cradle from the mount. The front mount is a hydraulic one and in my last CL it went out fairly early. If you have another person you can watch the way the engine moves to see if a mount is busted.
You said you don't hear anything though, when my mount went bad I heard a deep resonating sound in the low rpms.

iisylentii

my car jerks too when i floor it from a stop. If i have the VSA off my wheels just burn out.

Lord Helmet

I don't have a "jerk" per say but I've always thought it's difficult to start from a stop smoothly in this car. The car just seems to want to take off. Then again, I've always had a bit of a lead foot from a stand-still so it might be ME with the problem, not the car.

unlemming

I had the motor mounts replaced on both my TLs..one was an 00 and the other had a blown tranny so that didn't help the mounts.

pits200

Its not the mounts, if it were the mounts, he would feel it when he was shifting from Park to Drive. Like I said, its probably the throttle cable, its just tightened too much and is causing the slightest tap to make the car takeoff.

phipark

It's possible that it's the motor mounts or TC. I would go to a different dealer because they don't sound like they know what they are talking about. Also, how did they check out the tranny? They will not open it up.

Allout

Not true. When my mounts went, the problem came to light on take off, not dropping it into gear.

Have you had your mounts replace pitts?

pits200

On this car, No. But on other cars when my mounts went, it was bad when I was reving or going from Drive to park. I still think its the throttle cable

Axxie01TypeS

I messed w/ the throttle cable & it didn't do anything except put slack in my gas pedal...

Titand19

the title faked me out, thought it should go in D&R, didn't process the "taking"

pits200

Well it depends on which side you put slack on. Does your gas pedal feel touchy, or is it soft at the apex. I cant fully explain the throttle cable adjustment, but there is actually a plate on the back where the throttle lever hits, it should be against this and not away. Maybe someone has a diagram to show you what I mean.

Lord Helmet

I'm having the same issue every time I look at the 2nd Gen discussion forum.

RaviNJCLs

iTrader: (4)

I was having the same problem before I had my tranny replaced. They also changed the motor mounts at the same time and that solved the problem.

Same here.

Gregory_20706

Yep they replaced my motormount as well when thy changed the transmission. I don't know what that guy told you (some BS), "talkin bout they don't change the motormounts on 00's and up".

Allout

Known Problem on this car.

Axxie01TypeS

Well I called and priced motormounts & it turns out theres 3 for the motor & 1 for the transmission. So if it doesn't jerk in reverse just forward I should just get the back one is that right ???

Lord Helmet

I think you need to find out if it's the mounts for sure before you buy them IMHO.

If they are busted, I think rather than replacing them with another set of stupid hydraulic m/m's that will break again, you should consider doing this... https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ht=motor+mount

Axxie01TypeS

Thanks for the info, think i'll just do that if it's the mounts

Lord Helmet