Anyone ever have a transmission leak in their 3g? I've had my car for about 6 years and haven't had many issues with it. When i first bought it i did replace the ATF with redline. Along with a 3x3 change. Leaving work i noticed it was very sensitive to the gas peddle and the RPM's would stay high and not want to shift. Pulled back into work and noticed i had a small puddle of tranny fluid under the car. Anyone else have problems with leaking transmissions on their TL? Crossing my fingers its a simple fix.

 

Like always with that stuff : clean, add fluid, check where it leaks from

I would check trans cooler lines first, as they are exposed.

 

I had one of the half shafts pop out and dumped fluid down the highway until I looked in rearview. Acura replace twice with after market until I insisted on OEM half shaft. Also insisted that they document in their system so that if I had a transmission failure that we had a record. That was about 100,000 miles ago, so no long term.

Find the source of the leak and check the axles.

 

Thanks guys, will update tom. Hoping it's nothing major.

 

I second this possibility. When I bought my 08 TL last year, I did the 3X3 transmission fluid change and replaced the three transmission position switches. Shortly thereafter I noticed fluid leaking from under the front of the car, which turned out to be transmission fluid. Luckily the leak wasn't major, and I was able to get it to a transmission shop. They diagnosed the leak as coming from one the of transmission cooler lines going into the bottom of the radiator. They were able to re-secure the fitting that was leaking, and so far so good. I did buy a replacement Denso radiator from RockAuto to have on hand just in case the leak reappears. From what research I did last year when the leak showed up, this seems to be a common issue with the TL's.

 

Little update, the problem was at the bottom of the radiator where the line goes in. Pulled lightly and it came right out. Going to get a replacement at auto zone in an hour. Hope to have it done by tomorrow.

 

Acurazine detectives for the win!