i'm lookin into getting a brand new 2005 acura tl. i used to own a 1999 prelude and remember that the other members who had the sport shift were having a lot of tranny problems. i was wondering if this problem still exists with the new tl's?

i really want to buy another manuel car, but i'm getting old and auto would be nice.

 

^up

 

supposedly, all tranny issues have no been fixed..

supposedly...

 

23 and your getting old ? I wish i was 23 lol

 

I didn't switch to auto till I drove for over 24 years

 

Whattaya mean, old? At 23? C'mon.....ya little whippersnapper j/k

Seriously: first, welcome to the site. Second, the information you seek is in the "3G garage", a stickied thread at the top of the forum page. Third, I'll give you the answer anyway. The 2G TL (1999-2003, and especially 2000-2003) had transmission issues. There was a recall on these, and on early-VIN 2004 TLs, up to approximately 14k. After that, there are theoretically no problelms. I will say that I've had no tranny issues in just over 20k miles with my early-VIN TL.

Long story short, you should be OK.

HTH!

 

thanks to all the replies. i wanted an auto cuz i figured that i'll be having the car for awhile and maybe later on i wouldn't wanna drive a manual.

 

I had a TL-S w/ three tranny failures... however, I settled w/ Acura and received a 2004 TL, and I currently have 13k miles on this car and no issues w/ the tranny. I am much much more confident in this new transmission.