is my tranny bound to fail?
05-28-2003 | 11:09 PM
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is my tranny bound to fail?
is my tranny bound to fail?...am i just waiting for the inevitable...cause arent all i trannies the same so the only reason mine hasnt failed is cause whatever goes wrong ahsnt happened yet...the new trans that everyone gets is differnt right?..they say they fixed the problem?..so that means the iold one has a problem?...and unless they made them differnetly everyone would have the problem right?...so bassscially..am i just waiting for the inevitable?
05-28-2003 | 11:29 PM
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I personally beleive its inevitable. The defect is in the 3rd gear clutch pak. when it fails, it shreds and the pieces fly out all over the inside of the tranny, killing it. There are a few people that may never experience the failure, either because they put very few miles on the car, or they just get lucky. My 2002 tranny failed at 30k miles, and most of the driving was highway miles, and I never abused the car, so there is no truth to the notion that if you baby the car and change the tranny fluid every 10k miles that you can prevent the failure. I had my fluid changed twice along the way, hoping that would keep it from going, but it made no difference. Again, the defect is the clutch pak. Clean or "dirty" fluid isnt going to keep it from crapping out on you. Just be sure to sell your TL before you hit 100k miles or 7 years when the warranty extension runs out.
05-28-2003 | 11:34 PM
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Originally posted by 2002acuraTL
I personally beleive its inevitable. The defect is in the 3rd gear clutch pak. when it fails, it shreds and the pieces fly out all over the inside of the tranny, killing it. There are a few people that may never experience the failure, either because they put very few miles on the car, or they just get lucky. My 2002 tranny failed at 30k miles, and most of the driving was highway miles, and I never abused the car, so there is no truth to the notion that if you baby the car and change the tranny fluid every 10k miles that you can prevent the failure. I had my fluid changed twice along the way, hoping that would keep it from going, but it made no difference. Again, the defect is the clutch pak. Clean or "dirty" fluid isnt going to keep it from crapping out on you. Just be sure to sell your TL before you hit 100k miles or 7 years when the warranty extension runs out.
I personally beleive its inevitable. The defect is in the 3rd gear clutch pak. when it fails, it shreds and the pieces fly out all over the inside of the tranny, killing it. There are a few people that may never experience the failure, either because they put very few miles on the car, or they just get lucky. My 2002 tranny failed at 30k miles, and most of the driving was highway miles, and I never abused the car, so there is no truth to the notion that if you baby the car and change the tranny fluid every 10k miles that you can prevent the failure. I had my fluid changed twice along the way, hoping that would keep it from going, but it made no difference. Again, the defect is the clutch pak. Clean or "dirty" fluid isnt going to keep it from crapping out on you. Just be sure to sell your TL before you hit 100k miles or 7 years when the warranty extension runs out.
05-28-2003 | 11:38 PM
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Acura finally figured out the problem around Sept-Oct 2002. If you have an early 2003, you are in the same boat as everyone else. If your 2003 was made after Oct. 2002, you should already have the redesigned clutch pack.
05-29-2003 | 12:36 AM
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My friend has a 99 tl with 150,000 miles on it. The tranny finally failed monday on his way into work, luckily as he was pulling into the parking lot. Let me tell you, he drove that car very hard for those 150,000 miles. He called acura and they said they would assign a case worker and help him out in some way. When i find out what the "help" is, ill let everyone know. But 150,000 very hard miles is pretty good for any tranns..
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05-29-2003 | 09:17 AM
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Originally posted by cofidis2
My friend has a 99 tl with 150,000 miles on it. The tranny finally failed monday on his way into work, luckily as he was pulling into the parking lot. Let me tell you, he drove that car very hard for those 150,000 miles. He called acura and they said they would assign a case worker and help him out in some way. When i find out what the "help" is, ill let everyone know. But 150,000 very hard miles is pretty good for any tranns..
My friend has a 99 tl with 150,000 miles on it. The tranny finally failed monday on his way into work, luckily as he was pulling into the parking lot. Let me tell you, he drove that car very hard for those 150,000 miles. He called acura and they said they would assign a case worker and help him out in some way. When i find out what the "help" is, ill let everyone know. But 150,000 very hard miles is pretty good for any tranns..
Although I had about 140k on my Chevy Berretta when I got rid of it. The Tranny still shifted perfectly and I never replaced the fluid.
05-29-2003 | 01:03 PM
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Well, when I bought my accord (95) first ever last august, the first day I had it the tranny started slippin real bad. LOL... had just over 80K on it. Now my TL's tranny at 80K is solid as a rock, knock on wood though... but I have no worries right now.
05-29-2003 | 09:20 PM
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Originally posted by cofidis2
My friend has a 99 tl with 150,000 miles on it. The tranny finally failed monday on his way into work, luckily as he was pulling into the parking lot. Let me tell you, he drove that car very hard for those 150,000 miles. He called acura and they said they would assign a case worker and help him out in some way. When i find out what the "help" is, ill let everyone know. But 150,000 very hard miles is pretty good for any tranns..
My friend has a 99 tl with 150,000 miles on it. The tranny finally failed monday on his way into work, luckily as he was pulling into the parking lot. Let me tell you, he drove that car very hard for those 150,000 miles. He called acura and they said they would assign a case worker and help him out in some way. When i find out what the "help" is, ill let everyone know. But 150,000 very hard miles is pretty good for any tranns..
If the new transmission is indeed fixed, it might be a good investment to pay 3-4K for a replacement to keep a car for another 100K miles.
05-31-2003 | 10:12 PM
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I'm at 151K miles still on tranny #1, so far so good, '00 TL-P. If it goes I'll let you know. Another salesman at my work has a low life Taurus with 256K miles on it, same tranny!!! Hasn't died yet.
06-04-2003 | 12:16 AM
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ok guys and gals, i told you i'd let you know about my friends tranny...Acura refused to help (in any way) my friend out, even thought they originally said they would help in some way. he's a little bummed...
06-04-2003 | 01:24 AM
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Log onto www.acura.com. Plug in your VIN # and it will tell you if your tranny is included in the warranty extention. If it is..you are covered for 7yrs or 100,000 miles. Should be enough time to fail if it is going to.
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