Corey_Straker

Been a while since i've posted on here, I have a 2007 TL-S 5at. I acquired the car with 102k miles and it now has 121k. At around 110k I did a 3x3 fluid flush and changed out all 3 pressure switches. The car shifts smooth as butter at low rpms (3200-4,700rpm ish) but whenever it's at lower rpm when driving calm it shifts very violently and sometimes holds a gear for an unusually longer duration than normal (on completely flat road ) before jolting into gear. Normally I have been able to have it shift smooth by doing the shifting in manual mode but recently it has started to kick in manual too. I can handle all this, while extremely annoying to me. Also I have noticed a slight whistle to it that happens in 1st, and the beginning of 2nd sounds like a "whooooooooooo" very soft rpm related sound.

Today I was on my way home from campus and there is a steep 1/4mile hill on the way home that I usually downshift in manual to engine brake. Went from 3rd to 2nd to 1st. Came to a stop, turned left, shifted out of 1st at about 2,000rpm into 2nd gear and once it was in I punched it and it accelerated good until at about 3500rpm the tachometer flew up and the engine revved up to about 6000 before I could let off. The gear display screen said 2nd so I know the car didn't downshift to 1st gear, at least I don't think it did as I felt no slight pause like it normally does before downshifting. But I know at times the car will override your gear to downshift when it thinks it's necessary, which might have happened. So at the next stop sign I tried it again, this time nothing happened.Pulled into my garage, shut it off, and started looking for similar issues and couldn't find anything. The mechanics at Acura whom I am friends with have never seen a Type-S AT go bad before.

So what do you all think? I have a failing transmission and should start saving now or the car did it on it's own?

YeuEmMaiMai

check your fluid levels and also test your shift solenoids.

Soseductivesf

Did you fix the problem?