my g/f just purchased an 01 3.2tl. it has approx 66k on the clock. it has (obviously) the wretched automatic trans that everyone has problems with. i have called acura service and found that the original purchase date was Oct 24th, 2000. they also said that the transmission was never replaced under warranty. well i see this as a good thing BUT, soon it will not be replaceable under warranty. is there any surefire way to kill this tranny so i can get a new one that wont die on its own as soon as this warranty expires? can i just bring it in to acura and say its acting up or do they have to find something wrong with it to replace it? i know that the previous owner took good care of this car but i dont want it to fail on me (or my g/f). what should i do? TIA

 

Well if they cant duplicate the problem they are not going to fix it. If you really want it to die I guess drain out all the tranny fuild and drive for a bit with that and I promise it will die soon enough. Just make sure to put it back in before you bring it complain its dead.

 

never thought of that.....couldn't bring myself to do it though. maybe bring it to the track and run it back to back to back......

 

See that might be a bad idea because then you could put wear and strain on it but it might still last untill after the warranty period. Then you would be stuck with a bill that you were trying to avoid.

 

No!