Jesstzn

Debadge the back and remove the "A"s front and back and just replace them ( cheap off e-bay ) or spray them. Car looks like a great find.

cjTL

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I think he was implying that because of some 5AT tranny failures that have occurred lately. But that's a whole nother story. It can be avoided for the most part. Search: 3x3 flush and pressure switches.

dinks07

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I seen this for sale on craigslist while i was in florida

dinks07

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here it is pics look the same
http://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/2302220384.html

YeuEmMaiMai

Just a warning.....this forum is FULL of 04 5at failures. they seem to go around 70K miles or so......the trans used in 04-mid 05 cars id IDENTICAL to the one used in the 01-03 cars and we all know how that turned out....I have an 02 CL-S that has 2 failed transmissions within 100K miles......

romankunakhovich

Yea, I dont mind the automatic. I drive it like an old lady and so does my wife... Im really not worried like i said before about the tranny.. I do have a complete 04 TL for parts with good engine and tranny with only 71k miles. full interior as well standing in my garage, just in case something does go wrong with it.. Yea i posted the car up on craigslist... i am in between jobs now and its tough here in fl now so i we decided to post it up.. Plus ive owned manuals all my life.. I had a 2000 Honda S2000 also a 2004 BMW M3 6 speed,, that was before i got married. Now i try to take it easy..

dinks07

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Never mind just read your post

cjTL

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The transmission in the 3G TL (thankfully) hasn't failed nearly as much as the ones in the 2G TL and CL did. The transmission in those cars was unreliable. The 5AT in the 3G TL is reliable, just fussy. Failures are preventable for the most part...there's a huge thread about it.

romankunakhovich

Yea I had 2000 TL a few months back.. Started having issues

johnfilice

Heres a good comparison for you lol

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...5&aff=national

acura_dipset_tl

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^ Damn that's hella miles on that car, and they still want over 12 grand.

cjTL

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250,000 miles? Good luck selling it at that price. Or selling it period.

SimonCL-S6

Look at the bottom of the carfax... they rolled the odometer back to 82k

Jesstzn

Or made a clerical error ( typo) and the milage is 282K, It doesn't say they rolled it back .. they say there is a discrepency to be checked out.

SimonCL-S6

How would the dealer put on 34k in one month

Jesstzn

Point is ... it doesn't say they rolled it back .. it says there is a discerpency ...

ez12a

Someone threw in a different cluster. good luck finding the actual miles now.

BMWs had a little tiny red light that appeared on the cluster if it was not the original. I wonder if Acura implemented a similar feature.

cjTL

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Its a typo...if you guys looked at the rest of the pictures:

justnspace

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is that mmade22?

Jesstzn

Well untill someone actually goes and looks at the cluster ... its all speculation.

ez12a

for the sake of argument, those pictures could've been posted before they took it to the shop for maintenance. It was offered for sale a full month before the latest Carfax record.

YeuEmMaiMai

lol ok whatever you say......got some hard numbers to back that up?

ggesq

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Do you?

Ken1997TL

I'll take the word of two Acura master technicians when they say the problems were greatly reduced in the late '03 TL models and newer.

cjTL

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Its not hard to notice the number of 2G TL trans failures vs. the number of 3G TL failures here on AZ. The failures of the trans in the 2G TL was/is highly publicized.

romankunakhovich

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romankunakhovich

Hey This is the 04 TL i used for parts to get mine one the road.

romankunakhovich

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johnfilice

How much did you get that wrecked TL for if you don't mind me asking?

jhumbo

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I don't have any hard numbers, but here is what I believe based on all the information I have read on this forum:

• There were a lot of transmission failures on 2G TLs. I don't think anyone will deny that.
• There are also lots of transmission issues on 3G TLs.
• The issues with the 3G TLs are preventable by changing out the fluid and the pressure sensors (a.k.a switches). The 3G transmission was redesigned and the clutches in the trans are sufficiently large enough to handle the task so the actual trans design is better. The problem in the 3G is with the fluid and the sensors.
• Even if the above preventative measures (fluid and sensors) are not taken, I believe that there are less 3G trans issues than 2G trans issues. (Again, I do not have hard numbers.)