hemants

Just curious

LiQiCE

There's a thread on the same topic just a little ways down...

http://www.acura-tl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83254

yield2s

Staight from American Honda, the tranny problem is most noticed on car that sustain long high speed trips ie. freeway driving
This was noted on the massive recall on the other Honda cars that use the same tranny as ours and are also losing the 3rd gear, but "our problem is differant" YA RIGHT!!!!

Oh ya my car should be back to me this Friday w/ tranny #5 in it, and ya i drive atleast 600 freeway miles a week. And for the na sayers out there who have never had a problem w/ their low mileage TL's and are sayin "you must be racing it if you have tranny probs" ponder this cuizin speed for me is about 70-80mph (thats nothin in so cal even bumper-to-bumper) A race starting from thoughs speed would quickly take me to triple digits where, if caught is an arrestable offence. How often do you think I could get away with that?

vandy786

My TL doesn't have low mileage and almost 80% of the mileage it does have is highway mileage. I'm still waiting for my first tranny to go out so I can have one of those rumored "newly redesigned" and bulletproof Honda trannies. Also, I use SS 85% of the time or more. If anything, I think tranny failures probably occur more in cars that are driven in D5 almost all the time.

LiQiCE

Ummmm, MDX trannies are different than the TL tranny ... they might be similar or have similar parts, but they're not the same. You couldn't take an MDX tranny and put it in your TL-S and expect it to work. For one the gear ratios are completely different, and another if you read the recall it says the problem is with the 2nd gear not the third gear and that Acura techs can widen the inlets for tranny fluid into the 2nd gear to prevent the problem which as far as I'm aware is not possible for an Acura tech to do on our trannies... In fact unless the policy has changed when our trannies fail, Acura techs are not allowed to open the tranny casing and instead are instructed to send the entire thing back to Acura w/o opening it.

I have no doubts that you have problems with your tranny without you actually driving abnormally... However, more than likely your transmission problems are a result of numerous up/downshifts into 3rd gear from bumper to bumper traffic rather than from cruising at highway speeds ... Think about it, if you're driving at a constant speed then your transmission isn't shifting at all, and you're probably not putting any strain on the 3rd gear at a constant 70-80mph which would put you in 5th gear not 3rd gear unless you're holding 3rd gear with SS.

Read the report to NHSTA that I linked in the thread I linked to above and see what Acura themselves found out about the tranny problem on our actual cars. It should shed some light on the problem.

Faizalstar

I just got a '00 TL with 68K miles. Is there any possible way of finding out if the tranny has been replaced on it already? Or would a mechanic be able to tell me?

yield2s

look for blue paint on the tranny bolts or call 1(800)382-2238 w/ your VIN and ask them.

Faizalstar

THANKS!! I called them and found out it was replaced @ 33,800 miles! Thats not good but at least I know now!

TLS RULZ

hey...
You know I drive 110kms every day right... and I don't use sport shift that much ...
I got mine replaced at 65,000km...

It does not have anything to do with sport shift... jst a matter of time until the 3rd gear clutch wears out.

bigman

if its gonna go its gonna go. I have had 4 trannies replaced and they all went bad regardless of using ss or auto.

fsttyms1

YUP it doesnt matter how you drive or what you drive in. if the part is bad its gonna die on you eventually