Good news for the auto trannys: Extended 100k Warranty!
#121
Originally posted by Nashua_Night_Hawk
asking tranny to work hard for 200,000 kmiles at 15 kmiles/year that is 14-15 years.... Sorry I don't need to drive the same car for that long... CL is not a collectible....![Frown](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif)
I will buy a new car!!
asking tranny to work hard for 200,000 kmiles at 15 kmiles/year that is 14-15 years.... Sorry I don't need to drive the same car for that long... CL is not a collectible....
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I will buy a new car!!
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#122
WE WON!!!!!
Finally, we got an acknowledgment from Honda, no more BS. This is great news.
And I dont get you people who are crying about how come its not bumper-to-bumper or how come its not covered for the life of the vehicle.![Roll Eyes](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
Goddam, some people are just never happy.![Mad](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif)
I read this news just now and its deffinetly a welcomed sign.
Dont be greedy and look a gift horse in the mouth.
Finally, we got an acknowledgment from Honda, no more BS. This is great news.
And I dont get you people who are crying about how come its not bumper-to-bumper or how come its not covered for the life of the vehicle.
![Roll Eyes](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
Goddam, some people are just never happy.
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I read this news just now and its deffinetly a welcomed sign.
Dont be greedy and look a gift horse in the mouth.
#123
Originally posted by BigPimp
WE WON!!!!!
Finally, we got an acknowledgment from Honda, no more BS. This is great news.
And I dont get you people who are crying about how come its not bumper-to-bumper or how come its not covered for the life of the vehicle.![Roll Eyes](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
Goddam, some people are just never happy.![Mad](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif)
I read this news just now and its deffinetly a welcomed sign.
Dont be greedy and look a gift horse in the mouth.
WE WON!!!!!
Finally, we got an acknowledgment from Honda, no more BS. This is great news.
And I dont get you people who are crying about how come its not bumper-to-bumper or how come its not covered for the life of the vehicle.
![Roll Eyes](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
Goddam, some people are just never happy.
![Mad](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif)
I read this news just now and its deffinetly a welcomed sign.
Dont be greedy and look a gift horse in the mouth.
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Be glad we are getting this extended-- NO car has a perpetual warranty!!
This <i> is </i> great news!
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I had a long post but I deleted it. ![Frown](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif)
So who was the person who believe that a blown tranny means Honda should make their car payments for them? Who was that?![Confused](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/confused.gif)
Are you in better financial shape now so that you can pay your own car note and don't have to look to Honda to pay off your car AND fix the tranny?
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So who was the person who believe that a blown tranny means Honda should make their car payments for them? Who was that?
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Are you in better financial shape now so that you can pay your own car note and don't have to look to Honda to pay off your car AND fix the tranny?
#125
my transmission stutters once in a while.
Every once in a while my tranny sutters and acts retarded. I have only 6,100 miles on my car. What should I do and should I do it now or wait till the thing craps out?
#127
GOOD
I think I saw a slice of the world when I read all the threads, from retards to geniuses. For the slow readers, here's my 2 cents:
1)Okay, if you put this news with the LA times article and the USA Today article you will realize that, yes, some 2003s have the crappy tranny.
2)A typical automatic tranny lasts an average of 120,000 miles.
3)Only Kia and Hyundai offer longer total warranties. So buy one of those if you want the best warranty.
4)Remember that a company doesn't have to cover a part if they can prove an aftermarket power surge helped break a covered part.
5)I highly doubt this was an overnight decision by Honda. Big corporations cannot make quick decisions that involve millions of dollars. I am betting they, like any big conservatively run company waited until everything was in order before making a decision. They weren't making a cover-up or conspiring against us or trying to screw us. This stuff involves research, investigation, paperwork and corporate approvals.
6)All the letters will take a bit of time to arrive at your door.
7)We do have quality cars that have a deserved reputation for quality. EVERY car manufacturer has made mistakes.
1)Okay, if you put this news with the LA times article and the USA Today article you will realize that, yes, some 2003s have the crappy tranny.
2)A typical automatic tranny lasts an average of 120,000 miles.
3)Only Kia and Hyundai offer longer total warranties. So buy one of those if you want the best warranty.
4)Remember that a company doesn't have to cover a part if they can prove an aftermarket power surge helped break a covered part.
5)I highly doubt this was an overnight decision by Honda. Big corporations cannot make quick decisions that involve millions of dollars. I am betting they, like any big conservatively run company waited until everything was in order before making a decision. They weren't making a cover-up or conspiring against us or trying to screw us. This stuff involves research, investigation, paperwork and corporate approvals.
6)All the letters will take a bit of time to arrive at your door.
7)We do have quality cars that have a deserved reputation for quality. EVERY car manufacturer has made mistakes.
#128
Suzuka Master
Originally posted by ffearless
Take it in now. Don't wait till it leaves you stranded or locks up.
Take it in now. Don't wait till it leaves you stranded or locks up.
6-months ago -- and based on member stories -- you would have probably been told, be the dealer and/or Acura, to wait until your car was stopped by the roadside, or had all of the "I'm 'melting' indicators" flashing at you" before the dealer would have helped you.
Nightwing36, I think Acura will add some "special" additions to the NAVI software and it can eliminate any ambiguities (in the near future), by going into HAL 9000 mode when the transmission "logic" goes "funny"...
Nightwing36: "I'm having trouble with the shifting"
NAVI: "Sorry, Nightwing. I must get you up to 85-mph... you should have been lighter on the throttle…”
Nightwing36: "NAVI! Unlock the car doors and slow down now!"
NAVI: "I'm sorry, Nighwing. I'm afraid I can't do that. I know that you and your dealer were planning to disconnect my transmission circuits and replace the clutch packs... that trailer truck is almost on our tail..."
Nightwing36: "I'm just going to have them check you out..."
NAVI:: "I'm sorry Nighwing, but this conversation can serve no further purpose... it's too late."
Nightwing36: “HEEELLLPPPPPP!!!!!!!”
NAVI: “Would you like to hear me sing Daisy?”
Nightwing36: (thinking to himself) I’m glad they sent me the road anchor and wire cutter “tranny roadside fix kit”…
j/k
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#129
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Re: GOOD
Originally posted by CLSter
[B]I think I saw a slice of the world when I read all the threads, from retards to geniuses. For the slow readers, here's my 2 cents:
[B]I think I saw a slice of the world when I read all the threads, from retards to geniuses. For the slow readers, here's my 2 cents:
1)Okay, if you put this news with the LA times article and the USA Today article you will realize that, yes, some 2003s have the crappy tranny.
2)A typical automatic tranny lasts an average of 120,000 miles.
3)Only Kia and Hyundai offer longer total warranties. So buy one of those if you want the best warranty.
4)Remember that a company doesn't have to cover a part if they can prove an aftermarket power surge helped break a covered part.
I would hope that Acura would make it clear to their dealers and reps that they must not toss out a warranty claim because a car CAN make more power (but in day-to-day driving doesn't use it).
5)I highly doubt this was an overnight decision by Honda. Big corporations cannot make quick decisions that involve millions of dollars. I am betting they, like any big conservatively run company waited until everything was in order before making a decision. They weren't making a cover-up or conspiring against us or trying to screw us. This stuff involves research, investigation, paperwork and corporate approvals.
Any “smart” company has cost analysis in place and up to a point, they could slide by the reliability issue – after all, there were a lot of people that were unhappy, but there weren’t “official” sources to back up all of the transmission horror stories.. With the “steamroller” effect, the PR/marketing issues must have had a dramatic impact on the “marketing” folks. If you know, as a company, that your reputation and sales have taken a nosedive, you have to “deal with it.” IN addition, I would bet that a lot of people realized that the problem was also shared with the TL/TLS and that some “dramatic” confidence building steps would be required to get people to even consider the car in the future (so, perhaps they kill the CL – but, 2004 TL/TLS is already in the works, so…)
6)All the letters will take a bit of time to arrive at your door.
7)We do have quality cars that have a deserved reputation for quality. EVERY car manufacturer has made mistakes.
IMO, Honda/Acura has a huge opportunity here to “blow it” or “get it”. Actions speak louder than words. For example, if Acura spends some time making sure that the replacement transmission that go out, from this point forward, are tested and built to stop the parade of repeat failures that have been reported here and on the other forums, I will simply consider this whole episode to be a bad memory…. They can treat this “problem” as an opportunity or misfortune.
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ok,now as far as i understand this, the extended warranty applies to the transmission. one thing concerns me though, will acura's roadside assitance assist me if and when the tranny fails and leaves me stranded when i pass the conditions of the normal warranty term? i drive cross country a few times a year and damn if i'm gonna get stuck with a whopping towing bill to a dealer. i mean the nearest dealer could be hundreds of miles from the point where i would be stranded.
#131
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If it is known that ALL 2001-2002 CL/TL have this transmission design flaw it means that sooner or later your transmission will die, its only a matter of time! So they think if you go beyond 100K miles and your tranny does not fail it means your transmission does not have this design flaw?
Honda probably did this business cost analysis thing, and determined that it will cost them less money to keep replacing transmissions on a case by case basis instead of recalling all transmissions. Makes sense in terms of business.... but it still leaves owners angre.
Honda probably did this business cost analysis thing, and determined that it will cost them less money to keep replacing transmissions on a case by case basis instead of recalling all transmissions. Makes sense in terms of business.... but it still leaves owners angre.
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what happens when u get a new tranny or so... My dad got his new tranny at 34k miles, my CLS is in the shop still, but it was getting harder shifts between gears.
Does it mean the tranny warranty starts from installation, 7 yrs from that pt, or to 134,000 miles.
Does it mean the tranny warranty starts from installation, 7 yrs from that pt, or to 134,000 miles.
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As far as how long does it take for a Company to make decisions....well it doesn't take that long to make the decision itself. Depending on the size and impact to the Company, it can take a day or two. It's all the study and research and whatever that appears to take so long.
For smaller electronics like cellphones, I can hear about a problem, take 1 day to contact the right parties, they need about a week to study the problem, if detected, I can make a fix in about 2 days and communicate it out in another day. Two weeks total to assist the customer with an answer. Again this varies so for something like a tranny it would be longer, on the order of a few months at most. IMHO
For smaller electronics like cellphones, I can hear about a problem, take 1 day to contact the right parties, they need about a week to study the problem, if detected, I can make a fix in about 2 days and communicate it out in another day. Two weeks total to assist the customer with an answer. Again this varies so for something like a tranny it would be longer, on the order of a few months at most. IMHO
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Does anyone know when the tranny's where fixed?
I got a new on like 2-3 months ago, Did I get the fixed one?
I got a new on like 2-3 months ago, Did I get the fixed one?
#135
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ok... So.. Do we get the FIXED 03 Tranny or they will give us a fuked up one? and um... do we get our tranny replaced even tho it s not fuked up YET?? cuz i dont wanna drive around on the freeway and get into a car accident cuz of this stupid tranny.... i wanna get it fixed PERMANTELY before it has problems again,,, btw: i m on my 2nd tranny.. first one went at 17k and no wi have 22k...
#136
blah blah blah
OKay i'm reading all of this, and it's great news. but it doesn't say anything about the first gen CLs. I have a 99 and I had tranny problems too...i already went through one...do you think i'll get the warrenty too???
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Originally posted by 99CL
OKay i'm reading all of this, and it's great news. but it doesn't say anything about the first gen CLs. I have a 99 and I had tranny problems too...i already went through one...do you think i'll get the warrenty too???
OKay i'm reading all of this, and it's great news. but it doesn't say anything about the first gen CLs. I have a 99 and I had tranny problems too...i already went through one...do you think i'll get the warrenty too???
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does anyone know what 2003 cls are included? The article mentions "some 2003's" are affected. Mine was assembled in June of 2002 and came from the marysville ohio plant.
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Here's food for thought about the quality of our tranny.
About 1 1/2 years ago, I was involved in a serious front end accident with my CLS. Some of you might remember me posting the pics up of the totalled front end of my CLS, Anyways, when I get into a situation I DO NOT LIKE waiting around. So, I drove my cls about 3 miles WITH NO TRANNY FLUID (since it leaked all over the highway) to my local bodyshop. The car would not shift into 2'nd gear until like 6500 RPM, and the engine temp was through the roof. (since my radiator fluid was also gone)
Now remember, the tranny fluid is cooled through the radiator (that is how I lost the fluid)
Well, It's over a year now, and the only thing they did was replaced a valve of some type, fill the fluid, and it STILL is working STRONG to this day. And I have a '01 CLS with the bad tranny design.
So, You would think from all that my tranny would be subjected to die ASAP after the repairs. But is has not.
About 1 1/2 years ago, I was involved in a serious front end accident with my CLS. Some of you might remember me posting the pics up of the totalled front end of my CLS, Anyways, when I get into a situation I DO NOT LIKE waiting around. So, I drove my cls about 3 miles WITH NO TRANNY FLUID (since it leaked all over the highway) to my local bodyshop. The car would not shift into 2'nd gear until like 6500 RPM, and the engine temp was through the roof. (since my radiator fluid was also gone)
Now remember, the tranny fluid is cooled through the radiator (that is how I lost the fluid)
Well, It's over a year now, and the only thing they did was replaced a valve of some type, fill the fluid, and it STILL is working STRONG to this day. And I have a '01 CLS with the bad tranny design.
So, You would think from all that my tranny would be subjected to die ASAP after the repairs. But is has not.
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Well i took in my CL on Monday becasue my was vibrating a little at stoplights, and sometimes the green around the D5 on the dash was fading in and out! They called me 2day and said that it is the begining of a tranny problem, and that they would change the tranny for me.
It will be about a week to get cause of the backorder, but oh well I get my self a Ford Focus the cruise in to get some honeys!
Least it I wont go w/o my car for a month like some of u other guys.
It will be about a week to get cause of the backorder, but oh well I get my self a Ford Focus the cruise in to get some honeys!
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Least it I wont go w/o my car for a month like some of u other guys.
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i heard that if you go over a month without your car, it's declared a lemon or something, and you can get your money back...has that particular situation happened to anyone at this site???
#144
Originally posted by SicK TypeS
so are you trying to say that the CL-s auto has a strong tranny???
so are you trying to say that the CL-s auto has a strong tranny???
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I was simply stating a fucking fact about my situation with my transmission.
Is there an IGNORE feature for certain members on this board?
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how can they not warranty the 99 cl it has bad bad tranny problems and is dangerous ive already changed my tranny twice and its acting up again! this is horse shit
#147
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Originally posted by cl-assic
how can they not warranty the 99 cl it has bad bad tranny problems and is dangerous ive already changed my tranny twice and its acting up again! this is horse shit
how can they not warranty the 99 cl it has bad bad tranny problems and is dangerous ive already changed my tranny twice and its acting up again! this is horse shit
Friend at work has 99 CL with 90k miles, he only changed tranny fluid at 60k miles and his tranny still feels strong.
So things are not as bad for 99 as you say.
#149
Originally posted by cl-assic
how can they not warranty the 99 cl it has bad bad tranny problems and is dangerous ive already changed my tranny twice and its acting up again! this is horse shit
how can they not warranty the 99 cl it has bad bad tranny problems and is dangerous ive already changed my tranny twice and its acting up again! this is horse shit
horseshit? hahaah, you country ass hick.
#150
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Originally posted by BBsAcuraRacing
I smoked 2 trannies really bad in the 3 year 45000 mile lease i had in my 98 3.0 CL.
I smoked 2 trannies really bad in the 3 year 45000 mile lease i had in my 98 3.0 CL.
u race too much, boy
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#151
Originally posted by gsrblack
I still feel the 6-speeds should be offered a warranty too....like I posted in another thread...what discrimination! Anyways, I wonder what they meant by saying "some" '03 CL/TL's...I was also under the impression they fixed this problem on the '03s.
I still feel the 6-speeds should be offered a warranty too....like I posted in another thread...what discrimination! Anyways, I wonder what they meant by saying "some" '03 CL/TL's...I was also under the impression they fixed this problem on the '03s.
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Originally posted by cl-assic
how can they not warranty the 99 cl it has bad bad tranny problems and is dangerous ive already changed my tranny twice and its acting up again! this is horse shit
how can they not warranty the 99 cl it has bad bad tranny problems and is dangerous ive already changed my tranny twice and its acting up again! this is horse shit
#154
Still trolling
WEll, I am glad I bought used. Paying $350 for a certified Acura got me 7 years/100k mile powertrain warranty and 1 year/12k mile bumper to bumper on top of the exsisting factory warranty. So I have 30k miles on my 99 3.0 CL now, and am covered until 5 years/ 62k miles, and 7/100 powertrain.
http://www.acura.com/preowned/pre_pro_index.asp
http://www.acura.com/preowned/pre_pro_index.asp
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I checked on the member-link website, and it stated my 2003 was not on the list of affected trannys? not sure if I believe that or not, I guess I will have to wait and see. If you go to the webpage, you may see if your car is on the list.