carbngrytl

After a few months of my car shuddering in 3rd gear, I finally took my car to the dealership today. The service tech went out on a test drive with me and luckily he felt the shuddering. I am happy to find out they will be replacing my transmission under the factory warranty. Kudos to Jones Acura in Lancaster, PA.

guitarplayer16

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Lucky

Inb4 bro story cool

carbngrytl

I only have about 9,000 miles until the factory powertrain warranty expires.

P_R_N_D

OMG dude that's great news
It's nice when things actually work out for a change
People are always like "My dealership screwed me on...."
That's some peace-of-mind I wish I could get, a brand new tranny. Beautiful

CLtotheTL32

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Glad to hear they are taking care of you. I'm far past my warranty

TheChamp531

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Make sure they install new 3/4th gear solenoids.

You need to replace them every 60k and use a ATF that doesn't contain a lot of FM.

Cause the next time this happens, you will have to pay everything out of pocket.

carbngrytl

I actually have the sensors. I'll have them install the new ones if they aren't goig to replace them. I have them do all my scheduled service.

barryb97

Nice. Glad to hear it.

Steven Bell

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Good to hear Carbn. That warranty just paid for itself!

lilsid112

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Thats great news! Whats the yr and milage of your car?

carbngrytl

It's an 07 with almost 61,000 miles. =)

rhafikjaan

I'm having the same problem but its really small to feel. Happens between 25-30mph. Someone told me its not possible on our cars because the transmission for the Type S is off the RL. I had this same exact symptom in my Base 2000 Acura 3.2TL

lilsid112

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OEM fluid?

carbngrytl

I had the transmission fluid changed when I bought the car at 50,000 miles. I have the Acura dealership do all of my maintenance. The shudder on mine occurs around 25-30 mph also. When I took the technician for a ride, the shudder was very subtle. But it was there and he felt it. That's all he needed to authorize a transmission replacement.

ASASN21

Can you describe this shudder a little bit? I've been having this weird shaking feeling going thru 3rd gear as well but I didn't really think anything of it.

carbngrytl

Mine does it under light acceleration around 25-30 mph. It feels like your going over rumble strips. That's exactly how my Acura dealership described it. Sometimes the shudder will be very subtle, other times it will be very noticeable.

rhafikjaan

^ mine is exactly like that!!

RaviNJCLs

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Cool. Jones hooked me up as well. I was very impressed with their service.

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/great-dealership-customer-service-826733/

jokerman826

you lucked out. I did the same think with an Acura Dealer up here in N. Chicago. Went for a test drive with a tech, he admitted that he felt it shudder, but he said that he wouldnt get paid for the diagnostic so he wasnt going to do it. I should have called Acura care after that, but I was dealing with family issues at the time as well. Out of the 6 or so dealers i have been to, There are only two that i know would have done something. Rick Case in S. Florida and Hall Acura in Va. Beach. Once i get a few bucks, I will be ordering the pressure switches and replacing them myself.

carbngrytl

So far I am very happy with jones. They have always treated me very well there.

ohsixMTee

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Jones Acura FTW. I've used them several times as well and will whenever I do not feel comfortable doing something myself.

carbngrytl

Just got my car back. They replaced the torque converter and not the transmission. I didnt feel any shuddering on my way home. I guess time will tell if it took care of the problem.

swoosh

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WOW...i hope you still have couple thousand miles before the warranty expires....

am glad the Dealership took care of u.....

cokorote

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Oh please god no..... Dont tell me that the shudder is under light acceleration around 25-30 mph indicate that the transmission is failing. NO F#$ING WAY.

I just discovered this shudder couple day ago. I did change the 3/4th gear solenoids and went to redline at. WTF!!! My car mileage is not even 60k.

RaviNJCLs

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Take it to the dealer and have them check it out.

cjTL

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Glad they're replacing it for you. FWIW, I had the same exact issue and Redline D4 fluid completely fixed it. I've only done a 1x3 fluid change so far. So even with just 1/3 of Redline fluid in the transmission, it stopped the shuddering. Only thing I sometimes notice are sloppy down shifts when the car is still cold. I plan on doing another ATF change soon. Replacing the pressure switches really didn't do much for me. Guess its a good measure to take though.

Anyway, dump the Z1 or whatever OEM fluid they put in it when you get the chance.

carbngrytl

I asked them about replacing the pressure sensors. They said they don't normally need replaced and it's not nessesary.

cokorote

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I did 3x3 with redline D4 and its still shuddering. I thinking to trade my TL before it completely fail on me.

carbngrytl

If you still have a warranty, have them check it out.

cokorote

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My warranty is long gone.