horsepowercrzy18

Im goin down the highway crusin 70 and all the sudden my tranny jumped into 2nd gear hard out of nowhere. i pulled over and tried to drive but the tranny kept poppin into each gear. finally it got stuck in 3rd gear even when i turned the car off and on. i made it to acura. Sounds like the solinoid to me. opinions please on what you guys think

artbran

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welcome to the second tranny club.

Soccer_playa1579

yup... =)

INSPIRE 32V

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lol

erishe69

Same crazy crap I ran into this week with my '03 CL-S at 72,400 miles.
I lost passing gear, then 4th and 2nd gears, scary driving in rush hour with that crap happening.
They are replacing the tranny under warranty.
Good luck.

dankness

maybe your acura dealership will give you an 08 tl-s as a loaner!
my local dealership gave me the rdx which was cool for the week, but no tl-s

horsepowercrzy18

im efffd. my tranny isnt covered under the warranty extention, a new tranny costs 3800 dollars, i dont wana sell my cl but i dont have the money for a new tranny. i mean i could buy a car with that kinda money. This is not a good day. acura wouldnt even give me a loner. what kind of service is that

Zippee

Did they tell you why it wasn't covered?

dankness

03's werent included in the extended warrenty. but that may not mean your SOL. call acura headquarters, go to a dif acuara dealer. or just drop your pants and take a shit right there in front of the gentleman who denied you.

horsepowercrzy18

they said mine was one of the few not covered. and he said mine was the updated tranny. not to mention i even hava comptech tranny cooler on the car and it still went out

dankness

thats terrible. dont give up. i think you can get something done with that tranny. just exhaust all options. its def worth saving you a couple G's

horsepowercrzy18

if i cant get them to replace it for free or to help me out with the cost then i will put a 6 speed in or sell the car.

underst8

I think it's pretty lame that they didn't include 03's in the recall. I mean did they really change anything major in the tranny?

artbran

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Just talk with the service manager and the owner of that particular dealer (if you can get ahold of him) at the same time. Tell them the situation and that Acura has been having known tranny problems since 97 to 03 and that even though yours is not covered, you want to know what they can do for you. Tell them that you think its not fair that all of the V6 trannies that were made during those years were poorly designed and almost all of them self detonated after some amount of miles.

There have been dealer goodwill replacements so if you try, you might be able to get it done. Try another dealer as said and don't give up. There might be a dealer in your area which will "honor" the original warranty on all 2nd gen CL/TL.

I have found that calling Acura HQ doesn't resolve anything. I tried calling them with some concerns and they just pretty much told me to STFU in not so harsh language. However, see what they can do. Call them up and talk with them. Doesn't hurt to lose 20 min of your life if you are trying to save your hard earned cash money.

If all else fails, sell the car buy a 6mt and live happily ever after.* Or start another class action lawsuit for the 03's that were left out.** Or go crazy and burn down the dealer.***












*less the cost to replace the clutch, flywheel, and pressure plate
**This may become more expensive than just the tranny rebuild
***I DO NOT recommend this at all! Haha


Please dont think that I'm trying to mock you with your misfortune. It happened to me in my 99 3.0CL that I had so I know what you are going through.

BTW, check your pm's in a little bit. You might have a better way out of it.

horsepowercrzy18

went to acura and took you guys advice. i went to another dealer and they gave me a rdx loner and they are paying 75% of the tranny. i am paying 800 which isnt bad.

fuzzy02CLS

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You still should have called Acura directly & complained. You should still do it. And I MEAN COMPLAIN! You really shouldn't have to pay anything. Your 19. The dealers think you don't know anything & screw you.

gc86

FUCK THE DEALERSHIPS, this shit pisses me off so much and they fucking de-tune our cars when they change the transmission. This is bullshit

artbran

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Just call Acura HQ and talk with them. This is their fuck up so they should fix it and pay full cost.

ChrisQ1980

What I don't understand is that the later 03 TL/CL with the "updated" transmissions still fail the exact same way as the transmissions from the 99-02's with the 3rd gear clutch packs failing, or the 2nd gear overheating aren't included in the warranty?

Its the same exact problem happening with EVERY tranny regardless of year. 03 Transmissions still fail, and they fail the same way every other tranny fails on these cars so they should be included.

thevikas87

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wow. i'd take that deal over 3800 bucks anyday...good work man

horsepowercrzy18

it really is bullshit that they arent paying for all of it. They really didnt change anything with the 03 updated tranny accept add a crappy tranny cooler. i added anotherr comptech tranny cooler and the tranny still died. frikin pos tranny. i will call acura HQ tomorrow and complain. they better not detune my frigin car! those aholes proly will and il have to retune it again. ima try my best with Acura HQ and if nothing happens then it wont kill me to pay the 800 although im going to be in debt for thiis stupid pos tranny thats gonna break again. i need the number to acura headquarters... anyone have it?

turbo_911

i guess your looking for this? Acura Toll free: 800-382-2238