Thanks on the tranny
03-11-2003, 02:35 PM
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Thanks on the tranny
Just a quick thanks for the heads up the group gave me on the tranny. I was hoping to avoid the tranny issue, but it didn't avoid me it seems.
45k miles the Red 2001 Acura CL-S tranny will be replaced. Expect the part to get in in a week.
In my case, no super weird shifting, just a mistimed shift once in a while and the car felt VERY sluggish at speed, even crusing in top gear.
That was odd, because the car usually just glides along without a car, and it felt yoked to something, like a chute had deployed or the parking brake was partially engaged.
Anyway, just thanks to the forum for keeping me educated so I didn't just "live with it". The car is still drivable, but looking very forward to the new tranny (HOPEFULLY redesigned and not the same issues waiting to happen again) and getting the old girl back and purring again.
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45k miles the Red 2001 Acura CL-S tranny will be replaced. Expect the part to get in in a week.
In my case, no super weird shifting, just a mistimed shift once in a while and the car felt VERY sluggish at speed, even crusing in top gear.
That was odd, because the car usually just glides along without a car, and it felt yoked to something, like a chute had deployed or the parking brake was partially engaged.
Anyway, just thanks to the forum for keeping me educated so I didn't just "live with it". The car is still drivable, but looking very forward to the new tranny (HOPEFULLY redesigned and not the same issues waiting to happen again) and getting the old girl back and purring again.
Posting similar to "tranny issues" group.
03-11-2003, 02:53 PM
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Oh no! My 01 San Marino red CL-S has 47,500 miles on it! I was wondering what the most miles anyone made it to the first failure. I drive it pretty easy and wonder if that is helping extend its life. With my luck it will fail at 100,500 miles. How do you drive yours?
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Originally posted by dgracer
Oh no! My 01 San Marino red CL-S has 47,500 miles on it! I was wondering what the most miles anyone made it to the first failure. I drive it pretty easy and wonder if that is helping extend its life. With my luck it will fail at 100,500 miles. How do you drive yours?
Oh no! My 01 San Marino red CL-S has 47,500 miles on it! I was wondering what the most miles anyone made it to the first failure. I drive it pretty easy and wonder if that is helping extend its life. With my luck it will fail at 100,500 miles. How do you drive yours?
03-11-2003, 04:57 PM
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Traded my early (purchased in May 2000) 2001 CLS in for a 2003 CLS 6speed. Had 31k on it, but started to notice some occational jerky shifting with the slush box. I guess got out when the getting was good.
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One guy posted (I think in the tranny problem group) that he has like 94k on his original tranny. Seems like there are a few 6-sigma cases out there.
The tranny was just plain and simple an Acura screw up. The design is incorrect and flawed. Driving style may speed up the tranny failure process, but it doesn't avoid it by driving like grandma, for example.
My experience has been it seems that safe, careful, "underpowered" drivers may still dump the tranny at like 10k miles when a "bat out of hell" may have his tranny last quite a bit longer.
My driving style on mixed highway and city goes from very spirited to quite docile. Depends on the day and mood. But spiritied shouldn't be construed as stupid or abusive.
It's a 300HP car. Once in a while, I'm entitled to drive it as such. That is why a Kia is $10k and the mighty CL-S is over $30k.
Best of luck to others with CLs. I hope your tranny lives long and prospers. Just don't bet on it.
The tranny was just plain and simple an Acura screw up. The design is incorrect and flawed. Driving style may speed up the tranny failure process, but it doesn't avoid it by driving like grandma, for example.
My experience has been it seems that safe, careful, "underpowered" drivers may still dump the tranny at like 10k miles when a "bat out of hell" may have his tranny last quite a bit longer.
My driving style on mixed highway and city goes from very spirited to quite docile. Depends on the day and mood. But spiritied shouldn't be construed as stupid or abusive.
It's a 300HP car. Once in a while, I'm entitled to drive it as such. That is why a Kia is $10k and the mighty CL-S is over $30k.
Best of luck to others with CLs. I hope your tranny lives long and prospers. Just don't bet on it.
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03-12-2003, 12:09 AM
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After one year of buying a used cl-s with only 33,000 miles on it and the f'ing transmission goes out on me with 54,000 miles on it yesterday ain't that a BYTCH
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