FFWDGRAPHX

I currently have about 78,000 miles on my car and I know Acura has extended their warranty to 100,000 miles on my '99 TL. Will they change the transmission even though the transmission if fine at the moment or will they deny it? I just don't want to get into a situation where my transmission dies right after the warranty.

Also, if they do proceed with it, are Acura dealer required to give out loaners?

Thanks,

JQ.

MegaKillTron

i doubt they will change it if anything is wrong, and with the warrnaty they should give out a loaner

mickey3c

I sold my car with the 3rd tranny in it at 83000 miles. I did not want to deal with a new 5000 tranny, the 105,000 service, and new brakes all around within a year so I traded it in.

I would say to make sure you have the tranny checkedout before the warranty is up and then cross your fingers. I would have run my acura to the gound, but the idea of putting in over 6000 into it did not sit well with me...

JimmyTLS

They won't be able to replace it under warranty if nothing is wrong with the transmission. I work at a dealership so I ran into customers asking for the same thing regarding honda accords and odysseys. The reason being is that each transmission replaced will need to returned to American Honda for analysis and if they find out nothing is wrong with the transmission, the dealership won't get paid for it so they won't replace it because you ask them too. Its a lot of paper work too.

Liftedoff420

im at 97k....i love my car and want to keep it but theres seems to be a SHITLOAD of money to be dropped at 105k

optomos

4 speed trannys on the 99's dont have the problems that the 5 speed on the 00 & up have. Very , very few had issues. The likely hood of the tranny going in your 99 is very slim.

JnC

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I bought my 02 TL-S with 70K miles on it back in Nov 04, right now the odo reads 96K. I love the car but am thinking about either selling it or trading it in for another beater . For now i am thinking either a 04 Maxima, my last 98 maxima had 250K miles before it got totalled, Infiniti G35, or the new IS350, lets see what happens. Man i love this car but hate to let it go just because of the freaking tranny .

progz

Don't forget it's 100K or 7 yrs whichever comes first. I have a 99TL myself and the warranty should expire sometime next year regardless if I reach 100K miles. Currently, I have 92k and so far so good (knock on wood )

SeCsTaC

Damn... how much does a new tranny cost including labor? And also whats at the 105,000 mile service? And how much does that cost?

99bluetlwtt

I'd say tranny with labor about 3 Grand.

fsttyms1

your looking at about 4500 to 5000 for the tranny and install if you have to pay for it

benzo555

Not very slim.. Over the years the 99 has been increasing as well. Mine has been replaced.. as I also know 5 previous owners that had 99's that have been replaced. I admit I loved my 99 to death.. but the resale value and cust service in Acura sucks and they dont give a crap about you.... It doesnt matter to me.. I left acura anyways.

MikePA

Sigh. This has been discussed to death. Some Acura dealers are bad, some are good, just like any other brand. Several people have had transmissions replaced after the 100,000 mile limit.

fsttyms1

agreed, its not acura but the dealers you deal with. many are very good. i know for 1 that teh acura dealer i go to treats you better and works harder at a resolution to your problem than our local Lexus dealer does for its customers. and lexus is supposed to be the bench mark for service!