I have an 01 TL , the car is mint except for tranny problems and I would like to keep the car for many more years but realize the the time limit will run out on the warranty before I reach the 100K miles. I had a Dodge Ram in the past with a defective tranny and had it repaired at aamco transmissions and never had another problem with the truck. I called aamco transmissions a few days ago to see if they repair Acura trannys and they claim to repair many accords/TLs etc at a cost of $1400.00 for a complete rebuild. For an extra $1000.00 they will warranty the tranny for life..This is a hell of alot cheaper than getting Acura to put another POS tranny in a "out of warranty" car for $3-4 K. The TL has an awful trade in value and I don't to give it away at a low price. (It's $17K difference to trade for an 04)
I was wondering if anyone out there has had experience with companies like aamco. I still have warranty on the TL but I am looking ahead and trying to decide if I should keep the car and am thinking about future options. . I am sure aamco couldn't be worse than Acura's fu*ked replacement program. aamco's lifetime warranty sounds good.

 

ummm..... acura is replacing blown tranny's for free cus it is their defect.

 

tpatel,
Yes, you are correct acura is replacing defective trannies under warranty but carefully read the post and hopefully understand that I was talking about "out of warranty" cars.

 

Jazzpicker, I agree with you. I have been thinking along the same lines as you. I have had one tranny replaced at 51K I have 55K on the car now and got the recall for jet oil kit. My car is in mint condition too. I do most maintance myself also, just so I have the peace of mind it was done right the first time. I am not a big fan of dealer service departments. I want to keep the car long term too, it my daily driver. Looking to buy a E55 or a new M5 in a 2 years or so. So this would still be my daily driver then too. But I have read on this site that people have been through 3 to 4 tranny with only 60k on the car. I know I can get 200k out of the car easily. But, the last thing I was to do is shell out 3 to 4 grand after 100k to replace the tranny myself for a design mistake by Honda\Acura Motor company. We need a one time fix for this problem.

 

i rebuilt my own tranny for 300$ heres some pics
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wil.../ph//my_photos

but it was alot of work. and i also installed a tranny cooler. helped 1000%.

 

Where did you get the cooler?

Is it meant for a TL?

 

thier universal coolers. i got it at discount autoparts. its like an autozone. i payed 45$ for it and as soon as i started the car u could feel the difference at the cooler. before when i touched the cooler lines it would burn u, but now u can litterally hold on to the cooler and not get burned at all. heres a link on how to install 1 on a 1g cl, should be bout the same.

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...cooler+install