Focal271

Has any one else had there auto trans fail with under 65000 miles. If you did what route did you take and how much money did it cost. Thanks the car is a 05 5AT with 61xxx miles.

pohljm

06 failed at 69K replaced under warranty

3GTLCHICK

Failed at just under 50k. Warranty.

Byruns

Fuhhh just had the same problem right now! Glad to know it's still under warranty.

Byruns

Was this under the regular or extended warranty?

bobsogood

Mine failed at 37000 mile....they warrantied the repair. 2006 tl ...they told me it would have been over $5000 to repair. 50000 mile no problems.

rp0617

Im new to this site did acura do an extended warranty on the trannys? If so till what year and mileage?

Patsfreak1281

Sounds like no matter what year i get from 04-07..it's could very well have a trans problem...may want to think about a different car after seeing all these threads

LIL_KHOA

I got 90k on my 05 tl and the trans cost $3,500+ to replace.

pohljm

06 is under warranty till 70K I rolled in with less than 600 miles left. Replaced under warranty at a random dealer 100+ miles from home. Excellent service. Unfortunatly the unit they installed failed within 2K miles. replaced again under warranty and working fine. sitting just over 80K at the moment

kingkong_dav

wat r u guys doing to ur trans...geeez

lilsid112

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Driving them!

05 failed at 71k, and had acura goodwill 75% of it. Currently sitting at 85k with no issues.

kingkong_dav

what fluid are you guys putting in it??? i hope you guys are using proper fluid and not over filling them

Focal271

Hey lilsid112 how did you get them to do a goodwill on it and what part of floirda are you in

pohljm

Z-1, redline type F, and now DW-1

CubanLynx84

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2008 46k failed replaced under warranty. Threw a code for torque convertor solenoid so they just decided to change it. I was running z1 when I bought it new then switched to redline to which I did a 3x3 with it and also changed the pressure switches. I started experiencing flaring, where the tranny would randomly rev up or kick in slow on a shift. No problems with the new tranny and running dw1 and its gonna stay like that.

alex7

Are you guys using the tiptronic and shifting yourselves, or are you just driving normal and allowing the ecu to shift ?

AMSMiTH

Were you using only redline racing type f?

Focal271

Normal driving letting the ecu shift and gave me no warning

CubanLynx84

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I was using the lightweight racing ATF. And I would also use SS mostly on the highway. Inaccurate was experiencing the same flaring issue and traced it to running straight lightweight racing fluid. He since then posted in that thread the mixture percentages for using lightweight and D4 ATF together. My car threw a code P0741 which was for the torque converter solenoid. Dealer protocol is to change the solenoid and if that doesn't work then change the tranny altogether. They opted on changing it out for a new one. Remember the service guys in the dealerships are code readers not real diagnostic mechanics. They change fuses and relays and such and swap parts. They won't really get to the root of a problem.

Red89gt

I have 62k miles on mine now and something is acting up. What route did you end up taking?

Mine is starting to intermittently slam a downshift and the other day I started it, put in drive, gave it gas to pull away and it just rev'd. Thought I might have shifted to neutral by mistake and looked down to verify it was in drive. Then it pulled away.

Pretty upset because it is most likely starting to fail. I changed the atf with redline d4 at 52k miles and it looked pretty dark. That was a precursor of things to come I guess. Car is never beat on, I am the only driver, and it has a majority of highway miles, not exactly a rough life.

pohljm

mine failed at 69K miles and was replaced under warranty.

TLTrance

Mine failed at 106k.. ONE thousand miles after warranty (extended) had expired. Acura goodwilled 83% of it for me. That said, I still am upset at the whole situation since:

1. MID code #3 never appeared, even though this is supposed to signal a need to change the ATF.
2. Despite no code, I changed the fluid 3 times (3x3, 3x3, then 1x3) within the last 20K miles. Probably too late. I even told Acura that i was concerned about my tranny 30-40k miles before it failed. They claimed that the fluid was FINE. Obviously NOT fine. Z1 was used in all drain and refills. Ugh.
3. I got a rebuilt tranny in Sping 2011 and I have 10K miles on it so far. Just did a 1x3 with Redline D4. Things going well so far. I'll do another 1x3 two more times within the next two oil changes.

Elegant TYPE S

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What did you end up paying out of pocket after their 83%...if you dont mind sharing?

lilsid112

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Sorry I just saw this now. Usually I jump around from Gainesville and Orlando. I basically called up corp and complained about the car. I was firm and yet polite. They wanted me to fax them all my service records I had. As well I told them that I was the first one in the family to branch out and get an Acura because I thought they were reliable quality cars and shouldn't have a trans give out at 71k. I ended up at about $1200 all said and done. I traded in the car almost two weeks ago at 98k and still no issues with the second trans.

TLTrance

I paid $891. The end cost without any goodwill would have been over $5000 from Acura.