acura_service

thought something was up with it for the last few weeks, then while driving around 65 it locked up for a second and laid a patch on the road, well anyway i got it replaced, had a tsx for a loaner, tsx is a nice car, but i think i'll stick with the cl for a short while longer, i have one more lease payment left on the car. hopefully i'll get a new TL next month

Zapata

sorry to hear....yea only thing abot the TSX is the diff in power from that and the CLS....big difference. If you can get used to it's great...

lead_sled_dog

Same thing happened to me a 3 weeks ago. Not exactly a "fun" experience ... especially when you consider the people behind you have no idea why you are slowing down. We're both lucky we weren't rear-ended.

tmk70

Damn...that tranny issue is such a downer. I loved that car until my tranny went.

Chaptorial

Considering you work at an Acura dealership i'm sure it was no problem getting this replaced.

Sorry to hear it went out on you though.

BC2G

i had a tsx loaner, really slow, felt like a grandpa on the road, but after like two days in it i really started to enjoy the smooth ride and the lack of power that i'm used to in the cl, the mileage was insanely great compared to my 240miles on a full tank in my CL. Sorry bout ur tranny...

TypeSKid

Join the club.

I'm on my third transmission now. Seems to be the best one yet.

Gilgamesh

I hear ya...I loved my TL. But I just couldn't take it anymore.

ruski_RENAMED

Your Acura tranny blew up and you still want more? (going for another Acura product?)

acura_service

yeah why not? - shit all cars are mechanical and anything CAN & WILL happen,

ghost_masterCL

Third times the charm .

randomwalk101

He works for Acura and probably gets a hefty discount...why not?

acura_service

that really didn't matter, i work at a 12 franchise automall so there was selection, i just like the new TL and acura products in general i got my standard employee discount, but i could have gotten that on a bunch of other cars also where i work

mattdaddyz

I can't believe someone hasn't died because of this tranny issue. I know in Atlanta traffic, if my transmission died out I-75 in rush hour, my ass would cause a 20 car pile up. That's insane. I'm just hoping my doesn't go out like that and if it does, it goes out while I'm going a nice 35 or 40 with no one behind me. :-)

ruski_RENAMED

yeah but with the Acura you can almost predict that the tranny will fail.

acura_service

i work in a service department, i have never seen any car that has not had a transmission failure

EricL

Yes, I'm quite sure of that *and* some pretty good makers of cars do some pretty stupid stuff that eventually gets corrected. And, anything can "fail." IMO, it just depends on how often and why...

BMW used to put mild steel rockers on aluminum rockers on mild steel shafts in their 1600s and 2002s. They used to wear out in less than 10K miles if the engine did high revs. They continued with this stupid design for over 5-years. They knew there was a problem, but didn't fix it. The engine's oil pressure would go way down, the engine would fill up with aluminum crud, and the clatter from the rockers was horrible and they needed adjustments about every other month.

I ended up finding a couple of not-too-worn shafts, and had them hard chromed with oiling rings and chamfered holes. The rockers got bronze bushings. Tell me the engineers didn't know that aluminum rubbing on mild steel == bad mix.

The best part: one of the guys doing my shafts had parts being hard chromed for the local BMW importer. They drove the same cars, and got fed up with the same old crap. A year or two later the problem was fixed. The factory-supplied rockers had bronze bearings and shafts were made of harder steel.

So, maybe an Acura bigwig driving a CL/TL will have a "special" 5th-to-2nd-downshift experience, wet his pants, and contact the right people at the factory.

Hope for the best *and* plan for the worst.

BTW, one look at the diagrams for the current auto transmission should be enough "input" to determine that KISS (keep it simple stupid) is better than overcomplicated slushbox designs.

duckman2000

These are the facts:

1. Acura CL/CLS transmissions have a higher than normal failure rate.

2. Acura knows what the problem is (could be more than one problem).

3. Acura knows what it would take to fix it.

4. There are siginifcant failure rates but not enough to recall.

5. It is a cost vs. benefits issue. It's less expensive for them to extend the warranty and fix-as-needed rather than do a major re-design and voluntary replacement program.

Yes, it would be great if they would make the modifications/re-design that would correct the problem(s). The one thing that concerns me is the high-speed downshift possibilty that could cause a major accident. Fortunately, most of the failures are not at high speeds. Unfortunately, until a few major accidents happen, not much will be done.

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