ferrari527

Engine An occasional problem on this vehicle is failure of the Evaporative Emissions Bypass Solenoid. Failure of the Evaporative Emissions Bypass Solenoid will cause the check engine light to illuminate. The cost to replace the Evaporative Emissions Bypass Solenoid is estimated at $52.52 for parts and $32.50 for labor. All prices are estimates based on $65 per flat rate hour and do not include diagnostic time or any applicable sales tax.
Transmission & Driveline An occasional problem on this vehicle is failure of the Automatic Transmission. The cost to repair the Automatic Transmission is estimated at $3000.00 for a remanufactured automatic transmission and $533.00 for labor. Acura has extended the warranty on the automatic transmission and torque converter to 7 years or 100,000 miles. All prices are estimates based on $65 per flat rate hour and do not include diagnostic time or any applicable sales tax.
Steering & Suspension Infrequent problems reported, all with low repair costs.
Brakes Infrequent problems reported, all with low repair costs.
Heating & Air Conditioning Infrequent problems reported, all with low repair costs.
Starting & Charging Infrequent problems reported, all with low repair costs.
Accessories Infrequent problems reported, all with low repair costs.
Overall 4 out of 5


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urrr...i did not expect this when i bought the car

Ken1997TL

Not surprising.

The 1st generation TL's have their problems too. My folks have an '03 TL and I have a '97 TL w/ premium package. They've had more problems with theirs than mine.

I've had to deal with a bad starter, but that affected all the Legends and 1st gen 6 cylinders.

As for my Dad's TL, he's had a bad transmission ( He was told that his late year VIN would NOT be affected, turns out later not to be the case)

He's had some squeaks and annoying rattles and has only 15,000 miles on it. I have nearly 113,000 miles on mine and only my glovebox rattles (I have since fixed it).



Now this is just food for thought, I CANNOT judge ALL TL's from these two examples but it makes me wonder sometimes.

rvl123

Only the 02 got that rating.

None of the other second gen TLs have the same issues...

hzm82

Like rvl123 said. Only the 2002 TL got 4 out of 5. The rest of the 2nd gen TL has 5 out of 5. So it would be wrong to say "The second gen TL is the only TL to not recieve 5 star rel........."

TommiGSR

iTrader: (1)

i got an 02

mrsteve

iTrader: (1)

The transmission problem affects all 2nd gen CLs and TLs regardless of the model year.

VTEC11

probably because that's when the Type S came out. Reading the posts on the forum, it seems the typeS trannies break down more often than the TL-p's. Not a big surprise since the type has extra horsepower/torque.

indoMFP

I am not surprised at all... my car has started to surge in low gears... it has me worried, I am thinking tranny failure....