hey guys, you konw when you are at a stop (like when it's raining/snowing) and then you sorta accelerate too fast and you slip and tcs kicks in and the dashes/front end of the car rattles/vibrates a little bit? (hopefully this is normal when tcs kicks in!) well, i get the same feeling now when i accelerate slowly from a stop from about 25-35mph the car feels like it's stuttering(dunno if that's the right word) ... sometimes when i accelerate normally to. but it's happeing more often. it happened beofre i just didn't think anything of it.. but now that its more often its starting to bother me, cause i know it' there. so wondering what it could be? and if anyone has this problem? and i know it's not tcs working cause the light does'nt flash and it's just impossible to slip sometimes considering dry pavment and it's just cold weather going 30mph.

i was seeing if i could make the "stutter" happen everytime i want to, but it doesn't. and i was seeing when it does come on, if i could like hold it but it comes and then goes. stutters for like 2 seconds. when the stutter happens, the car is still moving forward (no jerk or anything), just that when you're inside (me & my gf noticed) the front end vibrates like tcs is working..

 

Is it more of a vibration, or does the dashboard (or something inside) rattle?

Something could be loose under the dash if there's a rattle sound. It's happen to a couple of my cars in the past. No real fix other than taking out the dashboard and tightening everything down.

If it's more of a vibration, then there could be something bad with your drivetrain. I really can't narrow it down any further since it's hard to diagnose a problem like this online.

 

My Car Is Having The Same Thing I Notice When I Dont Give It Alotta Gas Cause I Try To Make It Happen To It Stutter At Around 30 - 40 Mph But As U Said It Comes And Goals Im Going In A Few Days To My Acura Dealer To Changed The Brakes Im Gonna Tell Them About My Problem And Get It Looked At ......ill Tell U Wats Up Or If They Find Something Wrong ....botheres The Hell Out Of Me 2

 

it's more of of the whole front end vibrateing. no distinctive rattleing sound like something is loose.. it's like driving... and you go over some 'rough' parts of the road... ie cracks, pebbles, just uneven road surface, and teh car vibrates, like that, but happening in the front end only.

freak2215 keep me updated.. hopefully its fixable and not to expensive. Mabye a tranny issue??? hopefullly!!! i'm at 90K now, only 10K left...

 

Im At 52k I Hate When It Happens Feels Like The Car Is Just Gonna Take A Shyt And Die W.e Ill Let You Knw Thrus I Was Thinking It Might Have Something To Do With The Intake Im Not Sure If U Had One But That Would Mean Everyone Else Would Have One It Feels Like Ur Hitting The Rev Limiter At Low Rpms W.e Ill Be Sure To Let You Knw..peace

 

im getting a lot of rattles in front too, it might be now that its cold everythings not expanding from the heat and now some minor stuff is lose, theres a bulliten for that. Also yea its normal for the car to have a little vibration when the tcs kicks in because its using your ABS.

 

It Happened When It Was Hot Also And It Does It Regardless If The Tcs Is On Or Not It Doesnt Feel Like Its Not Getting Grip It Feels Like A Stuttering Like Theres Somethign Clogged

 

Errrr... transmission, anyone?

Knowing TLs, this is probably what's wrong. I'm just not sure your description was enough to get this reaction from other members. My 99 Accord has an automatic and it sometimes feels similar to your description, but only briefly, and it is clearly the transmission.

Anyone else agree?

 

Just Dropped Off My Car At The Acura Dealer They Say It May Either Be An Engine Mount Bracket Or The Transmission Is Going Bad And If It Is It Takes 1 Week To Replace...yikes.... I Dropped It Off At 12 So I Should Be Getting A Call Anytime Now

 

Freak2215 good luck let's hope it's not the transmission. Just before Christmas too, man, hopefully you'll get it back in time.

 

Yea I Knw And I Have Christmas Formal For My School Tomorrow.....but If Anything My Boy Is Gonna Lend Me His Saleen....not A Bad Ride To Drive Into A Formal With Either Lol Thnx

 

Have a good time, don't beat up that Saleen too much or you'll never see your TL again!

 

from the info given id say engine mount, or tranny. but typically the people who have had the failures here havent descrbed any shuttering while taking off.
are the wheels hopping while spinning while taking off in wet weather? ive noticed mine doing it more now and i know my struts are getting worn out and thats a symptom also, it may be that

 

Nah It Only Stutters It Comes And Goes No Matter What Weather .....i Dunno They Test Drove It But It Wasnt A Technian She Just Test Drove To See More Or Less Ill Post Sumtihng As Soon As I Find Out It Feels Like Ur Driving Over A Shyt Load Of Huge Rocks Its Hard To Explain

 

I Got Bad News......possibly I Have To Change The Transmission Luckly Is Still Under Warranty But Im Gonna Be Left Without A Car For A Week So Yea. I Wont Find Out Till Tomorrow Now Cause They Were Testing It All Day And Need To Finish Tomorrow So Ill Let U Knw Tomorrow Im As Dissappointed As U Are....peace...

 

Its Official... I Have To Change The Tranny And The Engine Mount Brackets Yep Said To Say But Im Out Of A Car For A Week And My Mom Wont Let Me Drive The Loaner Cause Im 16 She Prolly Jsut Wants It Cause Its A Nicer Car Than Hers Well W.e Good Luck With Your Problem Hope Urs Isnt As Bad ...late...

 

Sorry to hear about it!

 

exactly how it feels like for me... when they were "testing it out" to find the problem did they charge you at all?? did you have to pay for anything, i know the tranny is covered but any stuff they're gonna bill you for?

 

Nah They Didnt Charge At All To Test Drive It... She Even Said(the Girl Helping) That She Was Gonna Test Drive To Come With Her If I Wanted And Yea She Felt The Problem And Noticed Other Things So Yea Hope U Dont Get It As Bad