AcuraTL99

iTrader: (5)

Hey everyone. Did anyone take their car in to have the dealer check your tranny?

redbaronace

mines fine at 82,000. but my friend just had his tranny fail at 95,000 miles on his 1999 tl.

hope your tranny fails before 100,000 miles so that you can get a replacement. it would be a bummer to have it fail just after the 100k mark.

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redbaronace

i did however take it into the dealership at 79,000 miles to check the tranny. they told me that it was fine and normal. i will be watching it closely from here to 100k

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tfinsel

Can anything be done to help the tranny fail by 100k (and still be warrantable)???

jogi95

Isn't the extended transmission warranty for 7 years or 100,000 miles? If so, then there's probably a lot of low mileage 1999 TL's that are facing expired tranny waranties in the next year or so. Including me. I have a 1999 TL that was first purchased in September of 1998 (when they first came out). And it currently has only 31,000 miles on it (it was my dad's up until a few months ago, and he didn't drive it much).

So far, no tranny problems, but I'd hate to think I may have problems in the future when it won't be covered under warranty!

Rusky

I was told by my dealer that the 99 is not affected by the recall. From what I understand, the problem was introduced in '00. Additionally, TL (non S type) don't punish the tranny nearly as hard.

BTW, cars wear out. If you get much over 100,000 miles, stuff is going to need replacing. Hopefully not the tranny but you have to be realistic. Get a newer tl when yours flips the od

giovanni

I have 187k on mine.....so far so good

BdasAcuraTL

don't forget to change your tranny oil like every 30k to keep it in good shape...

redbaronace

the 1999 tl "IS" covered under the warranty. it originally was the 2000 model year and up. it was later modified to include the 1999 as well.

i took mine to the dealership to see if i had any problems. none so far. i am hoping that i can go till 150,000 miles. currently i have 82.000.

with the mods im doing, im hoping to drive/enjoy the car for at least couple years.

next car might be the g35

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etxxz

just did 75k service and no tranny problems here...i also take very good care of it (driving style, maintenace, warm up, etc)

does the 99 tranny warranty go up to 7/100000 or 5/100000...'cause my car's been rollin' since sep 99

subtledreamer

45k miles right now, havent taken the car in for a check but so far so good. although i think i'll take it in just before the 7-year warrenty is over just in case.

MADCAT

Correct. They are and I even got a letter in the mail too.

Mine is fine too. I think the later models have the tarnny failures. Ours is good.

etxxz

75k,mi and no prob even though...When the car is cold and i drop it into reverse to get out of the driveway, it goes in so hard the car jumps and a loud HIINCH screams from the tranny.

i still have another 2years/25000 on the tranny warranty hopefully it'll go before then, or last a long time after that!

Street Spirit

'99s are not involved in the oil jet recall (four speed as opposed to the five speed tranny). However, they are covered under the extended tranny warranty.

Madcat -- you have a '99 and got a letter in the mail from Acura? What did it say?

pugh01

Mine has 127000 and still goin strong but mine also goes into reverse kinda hard when cold. I have not heard of many people having problems with the 99's.

AcuraTL99

iTrader: (5)

Yea i got the letter also saying that it extended to 7yrs/100,000.
Then it said some crap like if your car is running under these conditions, then take it in to the dealer.

pimpravi

mine died at 74k and got a new tranny running strong now... i broke it in for 1k miles and i havnt had a problem.. next oil change imma go back and see if they can check it out again just to make sure nothings goin on in there...

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[QUOTE=Street Spirit]'99s are not involved in the oil jet recall (four speed as opposed to the five speed tranny). However, they are covered under the extended tranny warranty.

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correct, I got my tranny flushed at the dealer a few months ago...all good. I just went over 80,000 this week.

TLHottie

Happens to me, too, when I reverse.
I've got 102K, though, and no problems.

deye

Mine is going strong at 132k miles. Does anyone know when the 5 speed tranny came out 00 or 01?

redbaronace

came out in 00

they get better gas mileage then our 1999's. the highway gearing is slightly better.

ours do pretty poorly in my opinion. the best gas mileage is ever gotten is around 21.6 mpg.

i even changed the tire pressure, spark plugs, intake and now im doing headers in hopes of increasing the mileage by few MPG.

i was hoping for around 24mpg.

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sbuswell

I have a 99 w/96k miles and tranny is strong. I get really good gas mileage 26-27mpg if not more. I even need a tuneup and I don't have CAI yet. I'm going to just get a K&N filter and NGK iridium sparkplugs plus some long due maintainence. After I get a tranny flush, new tires and fuel cleaning service I should be getting close to 30mpg. I drive mostly highway but do a fair amount of city driving too. You shouldn't be getting 21.6mpg, that is awful! I only use 93 octane and ocasionally I will pour some octane booster and try to remember to get fuel injector cleaner after every oil change. It must make a difference because I have always gotten good mpg.