Techniques

well today my tranny just pooped on me. a lot of smoke came out all the lights were on. good thing i was only like 1mile away from home. i barely made it up my drive way. so what should i do sell it. fix it? i love the car is just hate this tranny. how much does a tranny go for anyways?

LIPPSTUH

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are you still covered by warranty? i understand not everyone wants a manual, but for the defective auto tranny, i'd be best to buy a manual. just my .02 cents.

anyways that's totally up to you, i can understand that people would part with the cl just because of the autotragic tranny, but if you really like the cl, get a 6-speed or even do a swap.

anyways hopefully you're still covered.

Techniques

well i found a 03 red navi 6speed for 11500 which is very cheap for me. but i dont know if my parents would fix my car and sell it and get another car just like it. its basically up to them cause they bought the car. this is a love and hate relaionship with this car. and no i dont have anymore warranty

fuzzy02CLS

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You sure? You past 110K miles & 7 years?

Techniques

it was passed when i got the car. im at 145xxx

fuzzy02CLS

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oh, in that case sell the thing. No reason to keep any car past 150K miles.

NSXNEXT

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Talk to the Service Manager at you local dealer and see if they'll do anything for you.

underst8

doubt it but maybe worth a try. Trannys can go at 150k normally if you drive hard. My dad's bmw tranny went at 165,000 and he doesn't drive like an animal or anything. I say either sell it or manual swap.

Joe5.0

thats not true at all.

The only way to ever get back the money lost on such a bad investment (owning a car) is to keep it a LONG time.

I plan on being payment free for 3-4 years and hopefully get close to 200k miles out of it without major issue.

Techniques

should i sell it as is? i highly doubt it if i do imma lose a lot of money. like i said i did find a 6speed navi for 11500. which i think is cheap. but i dont know if my parent would want to buy the same car

Techniques

ps how much would a swap be

fuzzy02CLS

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Cars are bad financially anyway. Any car I had approaching 150K miles had major problems that required $ to fix. Trans, engine, AC (you know a complete AC job is $500 min now days on most cars?)
Unless you drive a whole lot it will take you 10 years to get to 150+K miles. That's a long time to sit in 1 car & pray there won't be any problems with it.
And by the time you hit that mileage & the age of the car it won't be worth much anyway.

There are exceptions I know, but with the price of cars today I don't see the need to stretch out a car to last 10+ years.

Techniques

well good news. my friend that works at acura said that the manager would help me out if i can provide papers from the previous owner if he had service done at acura if so all i have to pay for is just labor fee

BigLizard

lol...don't go that route unless you're dedicated to do the swap...and have the cash...a 6 speed swap can cost 6K easily, that's not including install by a primo shop.

fuzzy02CLS

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Good to hear, hope it works out for you.

AC-knowledgedis

Whats The Warranty On Our Tranny? 2003 Acura ?

stic2it

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109k if your car is covered or not, only some of the '03's were covered. Check your vin number.


I just went through the whole tranny problems, I didn't show any proof of service or not. Bring the car into all the local dealerships, get a free loaner for a day until you find one that will do the fix for free. Or you can find a cute service person and tell her "I love you" That's what I did...LMAO!