list of stuff i had to fix over the miles

two sets of axles and wheel bearings
4set of rotors and many pads
rear and frt ball joints worn out at 250 to 350
motor mounts worn out at 300
battery
tires michelins last about 100k for me
clean my k&n alot (but im getting close to my million mile warranty lol)
heater motor (3min fix)
wiper motor/transmision about 300k

stuff that doesnt work

rear view mirror foggy
steering rack leaks
heated driver seat dead at 70k
cd player inop
cass inop
but i have xm so it doesnt matter
alarm goes off at odd times
nav system sometimes boots odd or not at all untill i clean the disk (new issue but my wife and daughter drive the car now so ill get to it when its warmer )

thats all i can think of

i am decent but not anal about maintance and only time car has seen the dealer is for warranty work ( two trannys) and the rear ball joints as it was too cold for me to do in driveway

 

Nice work. Surprised your tranny didn't fail more often

 

this tranny has 200k on it and i almost forgot i change the trans fluid every 30k

 

whats the brand of window tint you had on the tl? i really like the color of the tint.... i am getting a tint job done on the car in a week or so.... i saw few tinted cars the tint colors are different....

 

i had a local company do it and they are doing my 07 next week . they are tnt window tinting in madison wi . it is the tint that is legal for rear windows and illegal for the frts in wi but i did all 4 the same tint. one step above legal in my state

 

how did you get a tranny warranty at 175?

 

worked at dealer in 80s and still friends with service manager and i had another 02 tl-s non-navi before this car that was totalled at 100k and that went thru three trans in 100k
so i have done five tranys in two cars in like three years so they had a heart i guess

 

man. at 180k and i hate my shit

 

i cant wait to get rid of mine. its become a money pit

 

nice photoshop! jk jk! that's insane! lol

 

hey thanks for the great post about your car. Its so awesome that you have 400miles on a 02 TL. This improves the the reliability image for this model which receives a lot of flak on daily basis lol. I must ask what engine oils have you been using? trany fluid? any special work on the car? So far mine only has 40 miles on it and its showing signs of age.

 

I have 400 or so on my 00, Cant show a beautiful pic like that as i swapped to a different cluster for my 6 speed conversion. I would probably have 500 on it if it hadnt spent so much down time for blown auto trans (5 of them)

 

What flak does it receive on a daily basis for reliability? Trans are the only thing they arent known for being reliable. Every thing else that is starting to pop up no is mostly due to these cars being up to 11 years old now.


Any quality oil will allow the motor to achieve this.

 

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im sorry but where does this post answer my question about the engine oil used? or the type of transmission fluid used?

 

Holly sh*t.... thats crazy.... im getting scared at 127K even though I'm running strong still. I just dont want my tranny to give out. I try and do my tranny fluid every 50k....

Looks good still... especially for a snow car TL with 400k on it..

 

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i still cannot find his answer.

 

300K on original engine mounts? Wow, that's gotta be a record.

 

his answer is that ANY good quality oil will be fine.

 

dam 400,000 miles?

salute to you sir

 

Holy shit. I hope my TL lasts that long.

 

wow. thats' A LOT of miles. props to you cuz the car is still running. lol

 

i... feel nervous. 220K on the origional transmission. scared to change the fluid because im not the origional owner. runs smoothly, but in D5 the car kind of hesitates (for lack of a better word) when going up a hill, so i switch it to D4 and it takes care of that.

 

Impressive.

Looks (a lot) better than mine and I'm under 100k.

But I did get a new timing belt.

 

I used synthetic oil at first but switched to oreily brand cheap stuff arround 300k and no issues . I only had dealer change trans fluid as if they do it at teh scheduled times they cant throw it in my face if another trans went out . I am going to do the same with my 07 . And for anybody that thinks the odometer is photoshoped either stop by my house or call zimbrick acura and ask for dan in service an he will tell you the miles are real and accurate

 

Oh yeah i am on second set of motor mounts

 

x___x i believe we've found ourselves a winner

 

Shit thats epic! I thought 215k was a lot to have on my 99 but yours puts it to shame. But the new TL is sick man congrats i bet youll have fun with that one!

 

403k is pretty amazing on any car but on a 2nd gen TL.... god damn

 

awesome i have never used synthetic in mine... always 5w-20 dealer oil. recently changed to 5w-30 castrol high mileage.

 

wowww, hopefully mine will last as long

 

Wow! Over 403k!! And in a snow-belt region of the country nonetheless..
..Amazing! My 2002 TL S will be 99k soon.

 

good lord... over 400k miles!?!?!? shit, i just broke 167k on my TL-P... well, at least i have hope that my car can live forever!!!! lol

 

wow, thats amazing, I can only do my regular maintenance and pray my hondas will last that long.

 

Amazing!!

 

This is crazy i'm at 135k miles and my car has been the most unreliable car I've ever owned!! I swear I should have just bought a Hyundai brand new. Here's what I went through in 8 years of owning this fine vehicle! (2003 TL-S)

4 Transmission
Heater Blower Motor
AC Compressor
2 ABS sensors
10 Front Rotors
Flex Pipe Rotted
Rear Exhaust corroded and needed replacement (Good reason to get Tsudo's)!!
EGR valve
Ball Joint
Tables
Link Kit
2 Shock Absorbers
RPM gauge cluster
Oil Pressure switch
Tensioner Pulley
TPS sensor
Heated seat stop working
HID ballast went out recently
FUEL lines corroded and needed replacing!
and the list goes on... the only reason I still have it is cus it still puts a smile to my face when I look back at the parking lot!

 

MOBB, sounds like you live in a place where they use salt on the roads in the winter??

 

no T belt when technically you should have replaced it 4 times at this point..costing over 4k dollars if you were to use the dealership...oil changes at double what most people do..using oreillys oil and god knows whats in that oil..
not only is his car running at 400k plus miles..but the paint on that thing looks fucking phenomenal...and for so much driving you would think it would look a lot more rough

congrats man that is pretty cool...good acura commercial.

 

How about looking at this milestone another way, that the OP didn't wreck the car or get hit by someone else in all those miles. Poof of driving skill in my book.