hey guys. i just bought a 04 TL which has about less than 1 year warranty left on it. I was wondering if i still can go buy a extended warranty for it. It has 22k miles. I am really worried about the transmission because i hear a lot of bad stories.


Also! who has an 04 tl w/o navi? Does the passanger side mirror dip down when it goes into reverse? I swore when i test drived it, it went down. Now i have it at home, it doesnt go down!!

 

Warranty - check with dealership or a place online
Mirror - the 'active' mirror is the one that will respond; if you have your mirror switch in the middle position - aka off - the mirror will not lower when put into reverse. Try flipping the switch to L or R and see if it works

 

hey thanks a lot! it works. haha. i just got the car, so im still playing around with it. Hows your transmission going? any problems?

 

welcome to the forums!
~Jason

 

I have an '04, built and purchased in July of that year by me when new. Have never had one iota of a problem with the tranny. Of course, it's a manual so I wouldn't expect any problems anyway.

My other TL is an '05 automatic (the wife's) and it has also been completely trouble free which is a blessing compared to her previous car; a '96 BMW 328i.

Both have Navi.

 

05 TL here- no tranny problems. congrats BTW.

 

04 auto TL (non-navi) here with close to 68,000 miles on it...no tranny problems...

 

oh thanks a lot. you guys make me a lot happier haha. thanks for all the congrats and welcomes. Im sad that I didnt get navi though.

 

04 ssm auto TL (non-navi) here, 40K miles and have had zero problems with the car!!!!!

 

w/o Navi ???

That means the Boogey Man will jump out the dash every time you get lost!

 

I've got a '04 TL w.nav and no prooblems with tranny or nav or anything major. Oh a few rattles but it's a swiss watch of a car.

 

WOW!! i found out that my car was actually an 05!! ahahah funny. Hey guys. i also have another problem. When you hit lock two times on the car, isnt it supposed to make a sound? mine doesnt make a single sound. What could be the cause of this?

 

The sound is optional. RTFM. There are tons of things you can change on this car, and that's one of them

Also, I had almost the exact same experience with the mirrors . So then it was RTFM time for me Even more embarrassing, it was my wife that found it!

 

ohh haha. i remember the first day i got it. it had that sound, but one day it just disapeared. haha Whats RTFM?

 

I hope your joking about RTFM. If not...Read the F@#%ing Manual. It does help.

 

yeah, a little I was at work so I didn't have the manual to refer to, but it's in there!

 

You can set the sound when pressing lock twice in the settings on the monitor in the speedos.

 

04 6MT non-navi TL. 51,000 miles. No tranny problems. Gotta agree with the group here. You need to read the owner's manual to figure out how to make use of all the features. One of the better ones I like is using the key fob to lower the windows. You can also uses the the key itself to open and close all windows and sunroof. ...thus the need to read up. Congrats and happy motoring!

 

What sound are you guys talking about?

 

^^^ when you hit the lock button twice, there is a "beep"

 

I have a 04 with 24k miles. No probs as of yet with tranny. My leather is wearing but that all.

 

So what color did you get? Car is great you will love it!!

 

Waittt..aaa..secc.....you can get the alarm to make noise!????

HOW!????

 

Never mind.....found out how to do it. To bad you cant get it to make noise when unlocking.

 

i got a silver one. Looking for ASpec kit. I am to afraid to clear out the headlights. haha

 

Hello. Today i drove my car without the music on. I seem to hear a whinning sound coming from the car. I have read it on the fourms somewhere about this, i can't seem to find it. What is this whinning? Its not that loud. you have to really listen to it to hear it.

 

damn.....maybe your car came with a supercharger already on it...

 

lol thats the sound of a supercharger?

 

yeah, it makes a whining sound...if you search, you should be able to find some audio clips on here of peoples supercharged TL...