I was wondering if anyone has heard about the life span of the 2nd gen replacement trannys.

I had my original tranny replaced in February 2006 @ 72k. I now have 84k and no signs of this tranny going bad , so far.

When I got my replacement tranny in February, they told me that I was getting the second generation of replacements and this one should not have the same clutch pack problem that the original ones have.

Has anyone had any issues with the new 2nd gen trannys?

Just wondering if i'll need to trade it in before I loose my warranty @ 100k.

 

It seems like the jury is still out on the reliability of the latest replacement transmissions.

"So far, so good" seems to be the most common assessment.

Read the "Tranny Failure Thread" for some reports on the replacement transmissions:

https://acurazine.com/forums/wash-wax-23/leather-conditioner-help-106818/

Bob

 

lifespan for mine was 3000 miles lol i just had my 3rd one installed

 

Acura doesn't even know.

 

We dont know about the latedt revisions, but so far they seem to be working as we havent had failures of them, its still fairly early, but normally we should have been seeing some by now. NO one can answer this cause its too early

 

Had my original tranny replaced at 75,000...I'm now at 87,000 and its startin to slip again.

 

when did this latest revision come?

 

got mine done at 75,000KM.... i'm up at 103,000KM and it's i don't know how the hell to tell .hahahhahahahaa..for me.. it's all peace of mind...........i just don't care anymore.

 

Yeah... Mine is getting replaced as we chat.. I may have the same state of mind!!!

 

february 2005. the mean time to failure is around 45k miles. the 2/05 revision has had no reported failures though, but like fsttyms said, it's still early. i'm still keeping my fingers crossed on the dr. evil tranny but no one has been talking about the 5 speed and how it's holding up. i only hear about the 4sp, which does us no good.

SSTS

 

Yes, it's still early. Since most people drive less than 20,000 miles a year, it may be a year or two before people reach 45,000 miles on the latest revision.

Bob

 

It may be early, but we should have been seeing some by now. I mean for the longest time we would see replacements dying leaving the parking lot or 3-10 k later, and its been over a year now with out any.. Hopefully its a good sign

 

yeah that's true. there were ALOT of infant mortalities from these trannies. i have the pre-2/05 revision and i'm praying it either takes a crap before my warranty is up or that the dr. evil 5AT bears fruit and i can get one later on. i've got 45k on my second tranny now and it only drives so-so, although it doesn't seem to be near a failure yet.

SSTS

 

hate to jinx myself but over 76,000 on the original still driving hard and no signs of any tranny problems!!!

 

Mine 1st tranny went out around 45K miles. I'm on my 2nd one now and it was great at first, now starting to get a hesitation while driving downhill or sometimes when just driving in a straight line less than 5 minutes. It immediately goes away and doesn't always do it.

Now in the city, I use D4 and go to D5 if I will have open highway or above 50mph for a long time. Seemed to stop the problem.....we'll see...sigh

 

My first died at 79k

 

any day now...

 

I knew I could count on you chris, jackass just kidding

 

My 2003tls died @ 25k, now I'm @ 64k on the 2nd tranny, with a partial christmas tree, but no signs of tranny problems. my wifes 2000tl has 62k on her without having any tranny problems. We need hers to die prior to 100k. If she gets to 90k with still no problems, we will trade rides for the last 10k, I'll get her to blow up.

 

My dad's friend's TL ran up to 240k with no problems at all. Still running fine!

 

what year? not all years are afflicted with this curse.

SSTS

 

Had my first tranny die at 39k miles in June 2004 and dealer replaced it. The car just turned 81k miles this month and the trans seems to be holding. I did have some hesitation issues but had my trans fluid flushed/filled and the problem hasn't happened again yet. I'm hoping if it does go it happens in the next 20k miles.

 

lets see tho, do you think that me driving in D4, and shifting to D5 after like 60-65 would help prevent tranny failure?? ive been doing this since i got mine

 

i have a feeling that it won't do you any good.

SSTS

 

No - that won't help.

 

I swear this Jinxing Yourself shit works. I posted in a thread like this a couple of months ago and BOOM, my tranny died last week!

I will NEVER post a bragging comment again! It only comes back around to slap you in the back of the head!

 

i hate hearin comments like this....our tranny's are doomed its the luck of the draw get is straight

 

I just noticed my Tranny died 2weeks ago Last year
hahaha happy anni for that. lol

 

I have an 03 TL-S and mine was replaced at 40,000, the second one has 42,000 on it. Since I bought the extended warrenty (100,000 miles) I am going to have it checked out at around 95,000 just to be safe and then just hope for the best.

 

Not really since mine ran fine for the first 137k!!! Replacement tranny has run flawlessly for the first 500 miles, only 136,500 more to go!

 

Of course, you have the gererally more reliable four speed transmission used in the 1999 TLs. And hey, you may even make it further than 137,000 miles. The original transmission in my 1999 TL made to about 173,000 miles.

Bob

 

I change out my tranny when i had 60K just cause Acura said i should do it. Well i have two set of gauge 1 TL-p an 1 Type S. When i bought my Type S guages it reading 30K. Now that i look at both my gauges it read 110K on TL-P and 100 on TL-S. So i can say my tranny still feel strong as the day they change it out. If you think about my TL really have over 180K now with no problem with the 2nd tranny.

 

THATS whats up!!!!

 

18K on tranny one...26500 on tranny 2 so far, tho it acts weird sometimes

 

The original had 96K when it got the oil jet, then was replaced at 98K when it started acting a little strange. Now I have 131k with only rare spots of strange behavior.