ratpack

I bought my TLS in July 01 and have 24,000 miles on it. A few weeks ago I noticed a rough shift between 2-3 gear. I thought I was imagining it and then when I was in NYC, it hesitated and searched for a gear at 30mph. I carefully drove it back to Maryland with it in 5th gear using the sportshift. I thought that leaving it in the sportshift would prevent it from coming out of gear. Any thoughts?

Well I dropped it off at the dealership and they called me today. They said that they reproduced the shifting problems and ordered a new tranny. Overall the same M.O. that everyone else has had.

My question is: Are the new transmissions better? I hear some are on their 3rd.

Thanks

fuggedaboutid

at the point of being on a 2nd or 3rd tranny, I"d have begged Honda to put the $value toward the 6spd manual CL-S tranny and then I'd pay any difference in price.

ferizzo

Supposedly honda/acura have figured out the tranny defect and fixed it. There's plenty of info you can read up on so try doing a search. Also try the sticky at the top of the thread list that talks about the extended warranty.

roadman

Ratpack,

I am on my third, when first installed they all performed flawlessly. Is that your question? The units that Acura puts in are rebuilt units.

pianoman41

I just got my TL-S back with my new tranny. Spoke at length with the service manager at Acura of Avon in CT. He seemed very knowledgeable about the status of the trannies and said to date Acura has not advised them of the problem with the trannies. He said the one going back in my car, albeit rebuilt, is exactly the same as the one that came out of it. He says Acura is pretty good about telling them what the problem is when they find the source of a component failure, but they have yet to do that with the tranny issue.

#3_Forever

Is it even possible to have a 6-speed CL-S tranny retrofitted into a TL-S. I would guess not.

typeSmaximum

Another one!! Ughh! I just got my car back early this week. The tranny package said updated, so this is supposed to be the new tranny is what the service manager said. They have talked to phoenix, which seemed to go through more trannys last year, and the word is back then, the same trannys were going in, and now they are modified and different from the one it replaces some how, but who knows.

roadman

Your answer is YES (in theory). The basic cars are the same as are the engine and frame. Is it practical, NO. You would need a boat load of parts, and someone to put it all together. What would the gain be ?

BlueXTC

DO IT! DO IT! DO IT!

2K2SilverTL-S

All the replaced trannies (Including mine at 22,000 miles) are REBUILT TRANNIES.....NOT NEW ONES. So I don't know if any issues have infact been resolved.

copland007

ratpack:
In short answer to your question: NO!

I am heading for my 4th tranny now :yack: :yack:

roadman

I could not agree more, Tranny number three has only been in for about a week and it already has started to act up, bet this one goes in a month.

typeSmaximum

crap. Well, I'm going to wait for the 6spd G35 4 door or something else then, ugh! Dealer has been really nice, and said, well your covered for 100K now on the tranny, so I wouldn't worry about it, but I'm not sure anymore. It would be had enough if we all just needed a replacement once, but several times!? This is one of the few cars that didn't grow old with me real quick, and I had planned on at least 4 years. Its fun to drive when the wife isn't, and I got the Comptech power adders on.

pianoman41

Matt, you gotta be $hitting me--you're on number 4?? What happened this time? I really love my car, even after the transplant, but I can tell you right now that if I was looking at tranny #4, Acura would be looking at my car in their lot with a For Sale sign on it.

eggbert

Well, I guess what I and everyone else wants to know....

Will there ever be a really fixed tranny?

Or will they always replace them with fixed ones that will still have the original problem/flaw?

Mine is doing a nasty little slip thing from time to time





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copland007

pianoman41:
Yah, it's pretty pathetic isn't it? It started acting up exactly like the first tranny the night before I almost died on the highway because of its failure. That's why it is sitting at the dealership now for who knows how many days. I don't feel safe driving my car. I refuse to drive a time bomb

eggbert:
The most I could get out of Acura was that they have updated the third gear clutch pack and torque converter to prevent them from failing. Doesn't seem to be working :flamer:

ratpack

I got the car back after 4 days. I dropped it off Tuesday morning and got it back Friday after work. It seems to be okay. But if I am not mistaken it seems less smooth on the shifts then before. But it is a very minor difference and worth it if the tranny last.

I am sorry to hear the is someone on their fourth. Have mercy!

james

copland007

Yup, 4th sucked. It's no longer my problem, car has been lemoned

ratpack

Copland, what did you get for you car? Did they give you bluebook? What are you getting now?

thanks

BLEXV6

I think Copland is just getting Acura to replace the car. Is that right? Whats the deal Copland?

copland007

Yup, I couldn't justify taking a hit on getting a new car just yet. I want to see what manufacturers do in '04 models. I plan on keeping miles low on this one.

It'll be a 2003TLs. I think I want to get anthracite.

fuggedaboutid

Noo way!! Beg them to give you a 2004 or maybe pay the difference btwn an '03 and '04?

'04 is supposed to be redesigned.

copland007

How can they give me an '04 now

I will cross the bridge when the '04 models come out.