sidemarker

I always hoped my tranny would hold up but the cl-s tranny is starting to slip between 2nd and 3rd. It happen twice today so does that=dead tranny?

I called the dealership and the wait list for a loaner is booked all the way to feb 12

I wish there was another ACURA dealership in San Antonio!

sidemarker

AK_MOBBER

consider your tranny toast....

Owning a TL left a bad taste in my mouth. If it wasn't for the tranny and rotors and rattles and cdplayer not playing burned cd's I would have bought another acura but the tranny was the last draw.

Acura's handling of the tranny situation is very poor and they have basically lost me as a customer for life.

BTW I now roll a 98 honda accord

Red-CL

Sorry to hear.

I sure hope mine holds up.

sidemarker

I dont get it???? the 6 gen accord is just as worse if compare to the tl/cl

i have both cars and even though they share a lot of things the 6 gen accord has more rattles and other problems. It also is prone to tranny problems too!

sidemarker

Habiib

To those who have had the tranny problem, does it start of like this:
1-2 Shift OK
2-3 Shift feels like it goes in neutral and the revs go up really quick, then it shifts to 3rd???

mc222

A little hesitation is what I am getting now (on my 2nd Tranny) when going into or out of 3rd...

On the first Tranny, right before it shit the bed, it was doing as Habiib says above

YuppieCL

it is what it is... i'm just thankful i have a warranty on it till 100k.

i'm embarrassed to say i'm on tranny #2... #1 died at 40k, #2 died at 60k..... eh...

love everything about my car minus the fucked up tranny problems...

sidemarker

oh yeah i currently have 41000 miles too

ill see how she will hold up for the next few days

hopefully she does not die on the highway!!!!

sidemarker

Chaptorial

Well if your tranny does die hopefully you'll get a new one and that will be the last time you'll have to deal with this shit.

Scrib

Did you ask your dealer for a rental? No way in hell I'd be driving around with a tranny I knew was bad.

I'd call and ask to be put in a rental. Even if it's a POS rental. You'll be a hell of a lot safer.

tankmonkey

you couldn't play burned cd's on your cd player?

sidemarker

IF my tranny goes out i dont know if i can feel the same about the car again. I mean there are people on this board with multiple tranny replacements. IF my tranny does go out I will offically believe that EVERYONES TRANNY WILL GO OUT SOONER OR LATER...

sidemarker

sidemarker

they will provide a rental from HERTZ

but i wouldnt mine taking out a TSX to see what fuss is about with that car...

Maybe I can convince them to take out the 04 TL 6mt

sidemarker

juniorbean

iTrader: (5)

NO worries, you'll feel the same. My tranny went out around 40k. No biggie.. brought it to PAA, got a loaner, 4 days later picked it up, and it runs like new. All cars have problems, that's what the warranty is for

BTW, not everyone's tranny will die. Acura's numbers say around 2%, but I think it's closer to 5%.... however, i know a TON of people with TLs and CLs between 2001 and 2003. Honestly... probably about 15 or so people (not counting board members of course)... and only two went... mine and my parent's neighbor's... and some of them have more miles then I do. If you do the math it rounds to 1.3% (2 divided by 16).... so I think most people will be fine.. however, a bunch of us will fail. Now... keeping the car over 100k miles... that's another issue and I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

evilstorm

Anyone know what the percentage of tranny's that they are saying will fail?

evilstorm

dammit didnt refresh before i posted a reply, disregard

evilstorm

also, 2/16 is not 1.3% it is 12.5%

mc222

Outside of this board I know 3 people w/ a CL - 2 of the 3 have failed (mine has also failed)

blader

outside of board I know 1 tranny failure. and right after he got the car back from new tranny he installed a dry NOS 50 shot. He's been going 25,000mi with NOS and has not had a tranny problem since

diori

Tranny #1 dead at 30,000 miles
Tranny #2 dead at 40,000 miles as of 1/26.
Only good thing is I was able to get a TSX loaner for a week or so.

I wonder if the Lemon Law kicks in if this next tranny goes out.