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Transmission Class Action Settlement Website - Transmission Letter

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NighthawkBlue on 11-07-2006

05-12-2016 10:16 AM
by Tom Blasing

141

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06033, 16740pgka01rb, 2001, 2003, acura, auto, cl, cls, converter, extension, torque, transmission, tsb, type, warranty

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Good news for the auto trannys: Extended 100k Warranty!

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Water-S on 09-20-2002

01-02-2013 06:49 PM
by McMelrose35

252

74,729

03, 2003, 6spd, acura, cl, code, control, durability, engine, flare, kick, mdx, obd2, p725, sensor

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Summary (VERY LONG) of what's wrong with auto tranny

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EricL on 05-30-2003

12-31-2013 12:12 AM
by McMelrose35

77

71,865

120k, 2002, 30, aamco, acura, cl, dealer, downshifts, goodwill, hard, mdx, tl, transmission, type, types

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100K + goodwill Dealer replacement or not.

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NighthawkBlue on 10-04-2006

12-31-2013 08:26 PM
by Rob7886

138

47,855

2001, 2nd, 32, accord, acura, cl, fill, gear, honda, pcm, plug, prices, replace, replacement, transmission, type

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Latest updated replacement tranny (the one with the PCM change)

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EricL on 01-15-2004

05-10-2012 09:14 PM
by 4791InitialPrelude

160

44,911

1999, 2003, 2004, acura, automatic, band, converter, honda, kevlar, mdx, ownerlink, problem, recall, saturn, tl, torque, transmission, vue

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Check your owner's link. Here is the "official" recall news.

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EricL on 07-03-2004

07-23-2018 05:11 PM
by loliwin

49

34,454

accord, b7xa, blown, doctor, dr, evel, evil, honda, inc, rebuilt, tranny, transmission, transmissions, transmisson, transmition

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Dr. Evil Transmission failed, please sticky*

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CleanCL on 01-03-2007

09-27-2008 03:00 PM
by poisx7

61

23,153

19992003, acura, cl, claims, constant, failure, flushing, gearbox, nhtsa, pdf, recall, scott, stop, tl, transmission, yon

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NHTSA Investigation Into Tranny Closed!

EricL on 03-11-2003

08-27-2011 10:27 PM
by ariellito

28

19,967

052005, acura, aid, band, cl, fix, fixes, kmusiccom, rdx, survey, tl, trannnnny, trans, transmission, transmissions, trnsmission, type

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Band-aid tranny fix survey/poll -- please add your input

EricL on 06-02-2005

07-17-2013 03:19 PM
by Rockals

29

13,643

05, 2000, accord, acurazine, benefits, comptech, cooler, installation, instructions, mdx, problem, tl, tranny, transmission

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Transmission Problems link center (Polls, cooler, etc)

EricL on 07-09-2002

07-09-2002 05:05 AM
by EricL

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13,276

02027, 2003, acura, bulletiin, claim, cover, documentation, extension, failure, kumho, nhtsa, pe, respond, service, summary, tl, trannt, warranty

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NHTSA case summary (PE 02-081)

EricL on 03-22-2003

12-24-2008 12:37 AM
by YeuEmMaiMai

9

10,703

Normal Threads

2000, acura, cl, d5, flashes, flashing, fluid, gear, light, mdx, sensor, shift, temperature, tl, transmission

D5 Flashing...

Diablo2233 on 09-04-2005

01-13-2018 07:12 PM
by Eic0826

21

54,439

2003, 20901, 32cl, acura, ashabran, dokk, dudayev, fort, houmpavlis, jason, michal, nikodem, russell, spiro, type, worth, zotz

Could we get a list of YourName, Town, State from people who've had trans replaced?

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JRock on 02-03-2003

07-18-2013 12:08 PM
by byRatify

363

40,379

2001, acura, bgfa, cl, comptech, cooler, mgfa, oil, rebilt, rebuild, rebuilt, tl, tranmisson, tranny, transmission

Just got my car back with a REBUILT transmission and have some questions and comments

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StonedCL on 07-23-2009

01-25-2010 01:44 PM
by JRoc99Cl

62

24,742

01, 03, 2012, acura, acuracltypestransmissionproblem, acurazine, check, cl, d5, engin, flashing, forum, issues, problems, swap, tanny, tranny, transmission, type

03 Cl Type S Tranny problems and ideas

jpsnunya on 01-03-2012

11-02-2015 02:01 PM
by 01acls

13

22,662

2001, 2002, acura, cl, humming, ma, mdx, noise, rebuilt, sound, tranny, transmission, transmissions, type, western, whining

Rebuilt Transmission That Makes A Whining / Humming Noise

Dustin_RENAMED on 09-05-2002

10-11-2002 06:46 PM
by Dustin_RENAMED

21

22,294

action, acura, alfalffverizonnet, axod, bbb, class, complaints, failure, lawsuits, motorworld, pa, symptoms, taurus, transmission, upshift, wont

UPDATE!! Lawsuit Against ACURA - TRANSMISSION FAILURE #2

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jjc001 on 12-18-2001

10-14-2004 12:52 PM
by F900

100

13,380

2318666, 619, action, carquest, class, diego, honda, intranet, link, matthew, nugent, p, pls, san, suit

So the Honda/Acura transmission lawsuit continues...

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edgalang on 06-21-2004

11-07-2006 10:34 AM
by Doobieman

59

8,708

action, acura, class, issues, law, lawsuit, mdx, suit, tranny

Possible Class Action Lawsuit for Tranny Problems!!

ssk0771 on 03-13-2002

09-16-2019 11:38 PM
by pkCL

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action, acura, acurahonda, class, honda, hondatransmissionsettlement, hondatransmissionsettlementcom, httpwwwhondatransmissionsettlementcom, lawsuit, lawsuite, link, settlementcom, transmission, work, wwwhondatransmissionsettlementcom

hondatransmissionsettlement.com is gone. Need Documentation on Class Action

glide on 07-27-2010

01-31-2011 05:57 AM
by americannegr0

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Who still is on their first tranny???

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darrinb on 02-15-2004

05-16-2005 10:15 AM
by UNCTYPE-S

150

7,541

acura, acurazine, cl, oddesey, odessy, odyssey, swap, tl, tranny, transmission

odyssey transmission swap does it really last

JAYROCK on 08-08-2013

12-14-2013 07:33 PM
by Protokletos

5

7,521

2nd, 75, acura, assistance, extended, fro, generation, good, goodwill, honda, lawsuit, pays, repair, tl, transmission, warranty

Help with Acura Goodwill transmission warranty

stoke on 11-12-2008

01-07-2009 10:06 PM
by smooth CL-in

17

7,410

Just found out that Acura is issueing a recall for Tranny and ECU!!

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SilverBullet_RENAMED on 12-26-2002

09-28-2004 10:43 PM
by Shawn S

97

7,315

2001, 2004, 2023666761, acura, cl, control, losing, murano, nhtsa, nissan, scott, swerves, tls, transmission, yon

The NHTSA is NOT on the case :(

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copland007 on 11-12-2002

03-18-2003 05:04 AM
by EricL

87

7,294

Transmission Recall

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LatinSmoke 01CL on 06-30-2004

07-27-2004 08:27 AM
by AmooManiaK

161

7,174

55, 60, aamco, acura, broward, cl, driving, expensive, jerks, nightmare, ny, place, rebuild, street, tranny, type

Tranny Nightmare!!! Please READ 1st!!!

REDmanCL-S on 09-19-2009

04-04-2011 08:21 PM
by YeuEmMaiMai

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7,161

2003, 2007, acura, acurazine, cl, cls, fail, failure, model, problems, signs, tl, tranny, transmission, transmissions

Will all CLs experiance transmission failure?

codeblue3194 on 08-06-2011

05-26-2012 01:25 AM
by YeuEmMaiMai

13

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Poll

Mileage on car when transmission needed replacement…

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EricL on 03-02-2002

05-11-2006 12:16 AM
by F900

46

6,727

acurazine, bounce, car, cars, cl, gear, gears, hard, mdx, reverse, shift, shifting, slam, slams, transmissoin

Car slams into reverse; other problems

Shadzilla on 12-27-2004

01-06-2005 11:09 PM
by brianlin87

5

6,565

2nd, 32, acura, acurazine, cl, cooler, external, generation, issue, located, rdx, rebuilding, tl, tranny, transmission

Transmission rebuild with external transmission cooler

tommyt1777 on 12-05-2009

12-25-2009 08:38 AM
by russianDude

3

6,217

2001, acura, cl, settlement, transmission

Settlement issues- Lawsuit Against ACURA - TRANSMISSION FAILURE #2

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jjc001 on 02-25-2002

05-08-2002 02:42 AM
by calimike20

75

6,053

acura, boobs, car, cl, exhaust, exhust, idle, manual, sale, shakes, shaking, smoke, smokes, smoking, type

Car Shaking and Smoking from Exhaust

hafez khalili on 02-18-2012

05-26-2012 01:28 AM
by YeuEmMaiMai

4

5,761

03, acura, blinking, cl, code, d5, light, p0730, p0740, remove, sensor, temperature, tl, tps, transmission, type

Tranny took a sh!t?

ThaTRUF on 11-06-2010

09-14-2011 08:11 PM
by richardparker

17

5,496

How many of u guys have the good ( stock ) tranny? (Survey)

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Type S on 12-12-2001

02-17-2008 05:07 PM
by Sideswipe

102

5,285

auto, fit, j32a2, manual, transmission, transmissions

J32a2 auto to manual help!

blackack320 on 09-02-2013

12-12-2013 09:26 AM
by underst8

2

5,230

Poll

Cls Tranny Check-in (all Owners – Please Respond!)

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EricL on 07-09-2002

10-20-2004 05:14 PM
by That Girl

74

5,146

atf, atf4, automatic, bioling, boiling, burning, dwi, evapoate, fluid, freezing, honda, point, points, pt, temp, transmission

What is the evaporating point of ATF?

[DWI] on 02-22-2004

02-26-2004 12:40 PM
by EricL

3

5,141

LA Times: Honda's Unexpected Gear Shift

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soopa on 09-11-2002

10-02-2002 02:03 AM
by nate'sCLS

78

5,083

Don't flush the 5AT trannies

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AKuRaTeK on 10-25-2003

06-17-2004 08:15 PM
by EricL

71

4,972

1pgf62, 2001, 2002, 32, 32s, acura, bgfa, cl, diagrams, left, problems, removal, rod, tie, transmission

Received an Answer from Acura on Transmission Problems!

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Buffa on 10-17-2001

07-03-2006 07:04 AM
by GreenMonster

42

4,688

cls, made, speed, thesasquashhotmailcom, tls, transmission

Poll

Failure by year and model (CL/CLS/TLS)

EricL on 05-07-2002

11-08-2006 05:22 AM
by YeuEmMaiMai

12

4,526

2003, 97, accord, action, aprrove, case, class, exhaust, headlight, honda, lawsuit, number, proposed, rg03099677, settlement, transmission, warranty

Honda class action suit... settlement read

That Girl on 10-25-2006

11-05-2006 04:57 AM
by Chief F1 Fan

33

4,248

1999, 2001, 3rd, 4th, acura, acurazine, car, cl, downshift, failure, gear, patek007, patek007yahoocom, tl, wont, wwwfackjobscom

'01 CL-S spec failure to downshift from 4th to 3rd !!

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patek007 on 02-17-2004

02-11-2007 01:35 AM
by type_speed

91

4,132

RWD swap

arizonacl on 02-09-2012

08-02-2012 02:23 PM
by jptypeS

6

4,129

2001, 99, acceptable, accord, acura, clno, coasting, gearbox, light, noise, rl, transmission, transmissions, whine, whing, whining

Anyone get a whining with their new tranny?

4pumpedCL on 05-10-2002

06-06-2002 10:03 AM
by sorenson997

8

4,128

acura, adding, atf, exchange, fix, fluid, flush, lube, lucas, mdx, mr, oil, tls, transmission, vtm

Transmission fluid exchange at Mr. Lube

msvara on 03-13-2006

04-01-2006 09:45 AM
by msvara

6

4,012

01, 2001, acura, cl, fail, rebuild, recall, transmission, type, uild

HELP 2001 type S failed transmission, any other options?

BAMF840 on 02-23-2012

08-21-2013 01:44 PM
by Hamblaster

2

3,945

acura, ecu, fcc, indiana, jet, kit, ocr, oil, recall, sensor, shift, shut, symptoms, trans, transmission, tsx

Has anyone had their transmission replaced after the recall?

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htown on 08-18-2004

06-09-2005 04:37 PM
by djarovsky

71

3,915

2000, 740, acura, check, circuit, clutch, code, converter, engine, honda, malfunction, p0740, solutions, tl, torque

'98 CL transmission code: PO-740???

MP Schmidt on 06-11-2004

04-02-2005 07:56 PM
by vkilmor

2

3,760

6th, accord, acura, appletonwi, cl, cost, difference, drain, draining, fluid, flush, flushing, gen, refill, transmission

Drain refill and flush difference?

jctzin on 02-26-2008

12-15-2009 11:18 AM
by Izzy-Type-S

23

3,717

Transmission Worries

doskoch10 on 12-15-2012

01-04-2013 01:29 AM
by crosswisconson

1

3,675

1996, 2cl, acura, fluid, problems, windshield, wiper

IMPORTANT: Transmission Maintenance

Mint Julip on 10-07-2001

07-31-2003 10:16 AM
by connectr

36

3,661

2001, 2003, acruzine, acura, acurazine, bullshit, cl, manual, point, points, rl, shift, tiptronic

Shift Points

MrDan on 05-02-2005

07-10-2005 12:13 AM
by doublern2003

13

3,631

2001, acura, cl, converter, d3, d4, d5, jerk, long, problems, till, tl, torque, transmission, type

Torque Converter

cnatra on 06-11-2002

06-18-2002 10:44 PM
by EricL

8

3,622

There is a DEFINITE solution to the tranny problem

AcuraguyOH on 04-19-2002

08-04-2002 07:53 PM
by EricL

24

3,571

2003 Acura CL Type-S questions need answered!!!

FlowLikeH2o on 03-10-2014

12-09-2015 10:48 PM
by 01acls

2

3,543

FAWK, i think my tranny went, i dunno HELP

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darrinb on 09-13-2003

09-18-2003 07:11 AM
by RUF87

92

3,539

2003, 2003cl, acura, acurazine, automatic, buy, cl, issues, problem, repair, trans, transmission

Should I buy a 2003 CL w/ auto trans?

LeeJay on 11-06-2011

01-16-2012 03:03 PM
by 01RedCLS

7

3,535

How to F*ck the Tranny

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goldmember on 03-15-2004

11-08-2004 01:30 AM
by EricL

75

3,527

accelerating, accerating, acura, car, engine, hear, makes, noise, siteacuratsxcom, sound, transmission, tsx, whines, zing, zinging, zings

"Zing" noise when accelerating

Chopsie on 10-21-2003

11-03-2003 09:02 PM
by Chopsie

2

3,517