myTaLizaS3.2

Mannn. I think I finally found the problem to my sluggishness. I was driving into a parking structure and noticed my CEL came on. I then parked then the VSA light and ! light came on. Shut off the engine. Restarted it, now the D5 light starts to blink, put it in D5, and it doesnt move forward like normal. Gas it and it doesnt go. Put it tiptronic and still doesn't go. Pull it all the way down to D1and what do you know, it goes.

Had my car towed and now only the CEL is on. NO D5 blinking, VSA and ! didnt light up. My tranny is gone huh?

01tl4tl

doesnt sound good but whats the story on year and miles-warranty still on trans
I asked about trans in your other thread....
My sig is taken from an actual 1st post here!

myTaLizaS3.2

Man! It just hit 100,007 miles. Haha. I was about to celebrate, then I got nice lights. No warranty. I had extended warrenty through my bank, but expired at 95K miles. Ohh man.

01tl4tl

are you past acuras limit on time? 7 years plus 9 months from date of first sale
If you dont know it, call acura 1-800-382-2238 x5 for that info

or are you out of vin range 03?

myTaLizaS3.2

Nope, first thing I checked once on got onto this forum. My vin isn't covered. Time to say goodbye to 2G. 3G here I come!

mike2010

The same thing happened on mine about 6 months ago while driving. It is the transmission and it needs to be replaced. take it to acura as soon as you can.

StonedCL

iTrader: (1)

Acura replaced first under warrenty, second under extended warrenty and 3rd im SOL.... Justr had it rebuilt and souped up for $3200 with 3/46 warrenty.
Acura wanted like $4600 - 10% = $4100...

Acura is not goodwilling anything right now.. They build these ugly ass cars that r not selling and not making money so there not helping no one anymore where a year or 2 ago they would pay for 50% way after the miles or even pay for the trans and customer pays $1000 for install!

myTaLizaS3.2

yikes..

phee

iTrader: (5)

if you are serious about getting a 3g, then i have some parts that i want to buy from you

myTaLizaS3.2

gonna go to the dealer in an hour to look at an 05 TL 6spd. hehehe

01tl4tl

take your buddies car- so they cant run yours around the block without your knowledge

myTaLizaS3.2

I have to say, wasn't that happy with the power of the 05 tl.. didn't pull that hard. My auto tl-s pulled harder when it was at it's prime.

sharp218

What?! I disagree. I own both a 2G and an 3G. My 2G TL is NOTHING compared to my 3G TL 6MT. My girlfriend owns a G35C AT and my 6MT TL ate it last week (she drives it hard too).

myTaLizaS3.2

that makes me wonder then. the car was an 05, 33k miles. car looked clean in and out, but....there was a major issue with how the engine looked. Looked like it was corroded and rust spots. ALL over the engine.. salesman said that the car came from the east coast

myTaLizaS3.2

and is vtec noticeable when it hits? i gunned it, but didn't notice vtec

sharp218

Well, was the car a AT or MT? If it's AT then to be honest a 2G TL-S is just as fast. MT is a different story (I thought you were driving MT, but rereading what you wrote maybe you weren't?)

fsttyms1

There is nothing wrong with the motor in those pics.

myTaLizaS3.2

it was a MT.. the car was at a Honda dealer.. so i'm thinking, if there's something wrong with the motor, then they'd know. But it just doesn't feel like it was up to par.. You're saying it should be night and day comparision from 05MT to 03 TL-S?

myTaLizaS3.2

thanks kris. I may step away from the TL. = / G35. hehe

01tl4tl

quick! go trade it in at the L dealer~

myTaLizaS3.2

haha. i know!

well. i went to the dealer yday, and they offered $1500 for my car...WTF?? and said if the tranny wasn't gone, they'd offer $6000. So pretty much they are compensating for the dead tranny.

My local mechanic said a used tranny installed would be $1400.. I'm thinking i should fix it, and then trade it in... any input?

01tl4tl

if its driving so bad the trans is obvious- then that would be a better deal towards a trade in-
then go to a different dealer for the new car~

What about the car trade in towards more fuel efficient car- $4500 for car that gets 10mpg better than yours- thats not to hard to find!
that would offset your time to deal with a trans you hope works after its been sitting around and moisture could have damaged internals

Or if you still like the TL and want to keep it around- 14 for a used unit- may as well try, at worst you still trade it in

01tl4tl

the sales dept- what scum- quote full price reduction for trans when they get shop internal rate on part and labor- maybe 2000 for the whole job,,,sales dept pockets the profit on resale...look this car has a new trans!!

sharp218

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...t/specs_page_2

Granted, 5.6 for the MT was with an A-Spec package installed but horsepower is NOT changed and weight is only slightly different.

A 2G TL-S should hit 60 in around 6.5, not even close to the 5.6 C&D got with the 3G MT.
Now, I'm not going to say it's night and day (i.e. an M3 to an Accord), but in all honesty it should feel noticably much faster.

A 3G AT will feel almost exactly the same as a 2G TL-S. However, the 6 speed definitely speeds things up.

Sounds like the car you drove had something wrong.

01tl4tl

maybe it needed seafoam~

myTaLizaS3.2

My car's fixed!!!! Only replaced some solenoids in the tranny. Now the car picks up better, no more sluggishness. Ahhhh. Do you guys think this is just a quick fix until it really goes?

01tl4tl

lets hope not!
Several members have been doing the selenoids with success in recent months but not checking back in to report a failure,,,thats good news

Any of those members still on the same trans??

totaledTL

Who fixed it? A shop? Did they mention any clogged screens?

myTaLizaS3.2

I just took the car to my family mechanic. He didn't mention clogged screens, just that the solenoids failed and he replaced three i believe.

jjashaa

iTrader: (23)

hook it up. =]

and 6k for the car huh... hmmm...

StonedCL

iTrader: (1)

Can u ask him what soliniods he replaced, there is quite a few of them on the tranny. Its my freakin luck that it had to be my whole tranny not just the soleniods like I thought at first!?

Why do I always get it in the A#$

myTaLizaS3.2

I'll have to find out and let you know. But the car runs like butter now. Picks up right away. Power's there. I love it. But I'll be car shopping for a 3g though.. trade in! Might as well do it now, while the tranny works and I get better value for my trade in.

myTaLizaS3.2

haha, i can let you know where it's at. In Long Beach. yeah, 6k.. i haven't looked at KBB, but I'm assuming it's about 2 g's more than what they offered??

fsttyms1

Because 99.9% of the time its a very quick short fix. They get clogged from all the wear from the clutch packs. Once the wear gets to the clogging point the damage is usually already done.

Do a search for solenoids. There are a few threads on it and which ones those have replaced. (usually the 99s)

StonedCL

iTrader: (1)

I know I was gonna replace my soleniods cuz i got a P0740 code, but tranny went crazy next day, took to the DLR they said soliniods would not help the torque converter got fried in my case!

StonedCL

iTrader: (1)

So the soliniods are just a QUICK fix?
If the clutch packs are falling apart then unclogging the screens is just a quick fix, no?

fsttyms1

correct. if they are clogged its just a quick fix cleaning them because teh clutchpacks are already worn/wearing.

FoRMuIaz

was this your first or second tranny?

myTaLizaS3.2

yup, first tranny.