carcaze

With all the problem on the transmission on our car, does anyone still consider keeping the car once the car past that 100K mark? I would love to keep my car longer but with the warrantty expire at 100K, it's scare me a bit.

fsttyms1

ive got 108000 on my 00' and plan on keeping it for quite a while yet

2007AcuraRL

Toss the car, no doubt about it. I bought my TL as opposed to leasing it because i drive alot and i was expecting to get a trouble free 150-175k miles out of the car - after all it IS a Honda which is supposed to have a reputable for reliability.
Well my car barely made it past the one year mark, and this week at 30k miles the tranny has crapped out. (I posted about it under the "Why TL" thread yesterday).
Given the recent warranty extension on the tranny, maybe Acura thinks that is good enough to keep its customers happy. I say forget it. First of all, heaven help anyone who keeps their car past the 7 year/100k warranty extension and HASN'T had the tanny fail by then. From all the posts on this subject prior to the warranty announcement, it seems like a tranny replacement was costing owners $3500-4000. By the time the car gets to that mileage or age, I cant imagine having to plunk down that much for a repair. One other thing to think about, resale on the TL is going to go way down too as the car gets older due to this problem.
The only lucky TL owners are the ones that are leasing. They dont have to worry much about any of it, just so long as they dont get hurt when the tanny fails. The car lurches hard when it fails and I can tell you first hand its not a pleasant experience while driving 65MPH on the highway and suddenly the car goes into 2nd gear by itself.

99LagunaTL

I plan on keeping mine past 100K (hopefully nothing will happen). If it does, then I lose out.

this is me

i'm planning to keep the car too unless the tranny start to go out the door.
My first car and i want to keep it for a very long time.

russianDude

If everything (financially) stay the same, I plan to get rid of it at around 100K miles.
I had many other things to go wrong in 2 years, my transmission is fine ....

randomwalk101

I'll dump the damn car at around 95K or so...Unless Acura is coming out with a permanent fix the damn tranny...which is wishful thinking. I'm moving on to Lexus...I'm soooo done with Acura/Honda automatic tranny.

edgalang

I'm a member of the hopefully "100+K mile ownership" club too. That's why I use nothing but sunthetics to keep the engine healthy and check the tranny fluid every 15,000 miles.

VTEC Animal

Mine is going back to Honda at the end of the lease unless I can sell it for my lease buyoff figure before then..... I'd trade it in at the dealer in a heartbeat (have tried) but since it's been in a major accident I can't get anyone to come within' 60% of wholesale blue book. Before the accident I planned on keeping it for 200k+ even knowing the transmittion problem was out there.

2007AcuraRL

RANDOMWALK101 there IS a fix for the tranny because mine went into Acura today after the tranny crapped out on my 2002 TL at 30k miles. The fix is a redisgned 3rd gear clutch assembly and they also change out the electronic transmission control module in favor of a revised version which presumably fixes the tranny's programming in the previous version which always tended to upshift for maximum fuel economy at the expense of under reving the engine. I noticed this phenomenon the first week i had my TL and to compensate for it, i always put the gear selector into 4th rather than 5th gear unless i was riding on the highway (or using SS).

The problem for you is that unless your tranny failure occurs during the first 7 years or 100k miles, you will be stuck paying for the repair out of your own pocket, which repairs i understand run between $3500-4000. Imagine shelling out that kind of money when your car has that much mileage or age under its belt. Not a pretty prospect.

That is the whole reason Acura's warranty extension program is a chicken sh|t approach. They know there is a problem and have even come up with a redesign, yet they wont make it available as a preventative measure. Instead its a total crap shoot, and thats no way to run a psuedo luxury nameplate.

Acura blows.

russianDude

I wonder if I should drive my car more agressive to make transmission blow before 7yr/100K miles... I am being very gentle on it... try to keep it bellow 2.5-3K RPM

SamirJP

Even though I haven't had any problems, I'm trading in......G35...that's all I have to say. I still love the TL though.

Eternal TL2k3

i havent had any problems with my ride and i love it... but i know that if the tranny dies on me even one time, im getting rid of the car. ill take a ton of pics but its going. i dont fall under the extended warranty for some reason and the last thing i need is to have it fail 2miles over the warranty

2007AcuraRL

Is your car a 2003? Depending when it was built, it may already have the redesigned clutch pack and electronic tranny control module. Otherwise it should be within the warranty extension.

Like you, i want to get rid of my TL when i get it back, but frankly selling the car during the first 3 years is when you take the biggest depreciation hit. So i may hang onto it until year 3, when i will be up near 100k miles and then get rid of it then. Defintely not a long term 'keeper' of a car. Very disappointing to say the least. And financially, the TL was a bad choice. I noticed that resale prices are already down on the car. When i bought mine in 2002, a 1 year old TL with low mileage was selling for only 2k less than a new one. If you look around, you will see that 2002 TL type S is getting around $25-24k, which is WAY more than the $2k discount....