My fiancee took her TL to John Eagle Acura for years, even for oil changes. Sure, it might be a rip-off, but people do that for peace of mind, knowing that they will do everything by the book. Heh. WRONG!! Not only did they do a transmission power flush (against Honda's recommendations and with a car that already had the 2nd gear oil jet kit recall repair), but they used 5w-30 for three years! A-holes! Anyway, as soon as yours truly took over the maintenance a year ago, I started using the correct oil: 5w-20.

Is that bad? I've been doing it for about three oil changes/1-2 years.

 

different year owner books show 5-20 or 5-30 --mostly based on years when CAFE fuel standards were in use--those say 20

See any of the 100+ oil threads to know either is fine, many prefer 5-30 for more protection of the moving parts

depending on what machine they used- acura has a new way they are changing the fluid
its mostly for the new cars with different type trans than ours- but if they felt it was safe and your trans dies in a month--some goodwill assistance would be in order~

The oil jet recall is a simple install of external line to route oil to 2nd gear shaft thru the normal oil filler hole--bolts right on the outside
Its got nothing to do with the regular clutch wearout we suffer from

anyone concerned with trans fluid condition/trans condition should take a 3 ounce oil sample and send to blackstone labs or similar place for mass-spectro analysis
for 25 bucks they can tell whats loose in the fluid, how much and what metals and materials indicate normal or excess wear on different parts

 

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I run a 5w-30 in all my cars.

 

You'll be fine with either -20 or -30, but the transmission machine flush thing was a huge screwup on the dealer's part.