fsttyms1

yup it happened! the dash lit up like a freaking xmas tree and teh car doesnt want to move.

Tranny 4 has officially Bit the dust!

joseph_99tl

sorry to hear..

SK2003TypeS

Sorry to hear it Kris. I guess you're doing the conversion

1st timer

have they changed the ecm?

fsttyms1

we will see. im leaning towards defecting to the Caddy CTS

i had that changed on the 2nd failure

bkzjimmy

wow that sux!!
i dont blame you, that car is sick

brakejob

achtung! Tranny Failure In Progress!

progz

What is the record for most tranny replaced? The record holder deserves a medal for loyalty

hardrock32tls

Yeah.... maybe Acura could work something out with you, like a Gen 3 TL for 50% off or something.... or better yet, FREE.... kind of a loyal customer thing!!

Bareback

That sucks the big one actually the forth one!

fsttyms1

yup sucks big time.

Im going to call acura customer services and just let them know of the 4th failure and how dissapoimted i am in their car/tranny (granted i dont expect them to blink) but im going to let them know non the less

whatwasthat

tell us how it goes..

Chet03TL-S

I am not sure how you put up with this. After the 3rd Tranny I would have tried to get Acra/Honda to buy my car back and purchase a 3rd Gen TL.

SK2003TypeS

Even with 4 trannies, I think you got your money's worth with the amount of miles you put on the car.
Good Luck with your decisions !

PenancE

lol well if u get the cts, can i buy ur comptech exhaust off u? state an offer

Pure Adrenaline

iTrader: (2)

That's shitty, Kris. Sorry to hear that. But I'm glad that it didn't happen while you were on the highway or anything.

Are you going to sell the TL now, then? Or are you still thinking about doing the transmission change?

PenancE

lol a 5th tranny, and BAM

that would be the day.....even tho i love tls so much, and i bet urs is sick, id say its time to let it go, fix the tranny and sell it to some stupid kid, rip his punk ass off lol

Pure Adrenaline

iTrader: (2)

I'm pretty sure your perspective will change drastically if you were that kid in the scenario.

fsttyms1

i might keep them and figure out a way to put them on it??? (thats if i get the cts) ill let every one know my decision soon

i kinda wish it was on the hwy, maybe then it could have gotten totaled out

not sure, still contimplating on what to do. id like to do the conversion but im not sure??

progz

I just read from the tranny failure thread of an owner with 10x tranny replaced.

fsttyms1

i saw that and find that kinda hard to believe

SSMTL01

fstty- what were the mileage increments that you had the trannies changed? I'm still on my orginial :knock on wood: at 117k

fsttyms1

79k(warranty), 115k(warranty), 159k, 185k

goldendragon576

53,863 miles and I will be getting my 5th tranny put in at the end of this month! I'll be in GA for 2 weeks so I'm leaving the car with them so they don't have to rush getting it in. Tranny 1 - 27,000 miles (done at Park Ave)
Tranny 2 - 23,000 miles (done at Park Ave)
Tranny 3 - 1,100 miles (done at Acura of Ramsey)
Tranny 4 - about 3000 miles (done at Acura of Ramsey)
Tranny 5 - ??? (will be done at Park Ave)

SSMTL01

so is it safe to assume that i'll probably be ok if it's made it this long?

SmokeTL

Did you have this car from the begining? (0-10 mi)

goldendragon576

yup...couldn't file a Lemon Law. Past the mileage and time.

fsttyms1

are you sure? youve had so many in such a short period of time. you should contact honda about it and see if you could work something out

scottiew

Damn that sucks Makes me want to get rid of mine but I don't want to spend more $$$. dilemmas.

Caddy CTS. Vspec? You sure you won't have it in the shop once a month? It is GM.

patrick

Sorry to hear Kris. Have you considered getting the Lexus IS250/350 that's coming out later this year? Or perhaps the G35 coupe/sedan?

fsttyms1

well from reading the caddy forums (and having had one for a total of a month on different times renting) they are a great car with very few issues.

havent looked at it, but with GM.s employee pricing i couldnt get any where near the car for what i can get in the cts. G35 i personally think is ugly and doesnt have the head and legroom i want

Bareback

Not sure if you said - are you still covered under some sort of warranty with the third one? Are you beating the crap out of your TL? Using he SS mode a lot? Not saying you are doing something to your TL to cause this - just in case you are doing something that may "add" to the already failing Acura tranny.

yunginTL

i think ur retarded...haha

fsttyms1

no warranyt (185,000 miles) driving style doesnt matter there are people who have never used SS mode and that baby their car and had them fail way before mine have

Liftedoff420

how ddi you get replaced at 115k

im at 97k, had my original fixed at 92k, and i can already feel it acting fishing, 2nd to 3rd is feeling rough...but im about to pay 130$ to get it checked out only for the stealership to say nothings wrong

scottiew

I wish the statistic percentage of failures was publically available. I want to get a used car but rather pay this off. However the inconvenience of a recurring transmission failure scares me.

Though I should admit that I've only had 1 fail at 26k. So we'll see how we are at 52k.

Bareback

Great response you should be proud of yourself. MORON!

Bareback

That's really a shame - it really is disappointing you are experiencing this many issues with the (four) trannies.

goldendragon576

I use SS mode all the time but I really don't think that's what's killing the engine. I baby my car but I guess at the same time I do drive a little hard. Either way, I could probably drive any other car and the tranny would still hold up. I don't do the 5-3 drop on highways, just a normal shift. I called Honda, they said there was nothing they could do. That was at about 40,000 miles. I'm going to get this tranny changed and keep it as long as I can. I get a company car soon (Chevy Malibu...bleh) so I'll probably keep this car for the weekends. If tranny #5 fails, I'm definitely going to be getting a new car. I just love not having any car payments though. I'm planning on trading my 02 MDX for the new 07 MDX so I'm hoping to hold this car till 2010 so the MDX will be paid off, if not at least where I won't have to have to 2 car payments again.

SK2003TypeS

It is available in the NHTSA report. I'm not sure if they listed the actual percentage, but basically, there weren't enough cases to force Acura to do something about it. It's like a 15 MB PDF file from what I recall. Scanned in and tough to read certain sections. Interesting read though....
Looking for the link......