2001 Acura Tl

APPROXIMATELY 17 MONTHS AFTER DATE OF PURCHASE, I BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING OUT OF TOWN. THE CAR HAD NO POWER, WHICH EVENTUALLY LEAD TO MY NOT BEING ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, WITHOUT FIRST HAVING SOME SORT OF HESITATION. THE CAR WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE DEALER ON JULY 20TH, AND A REMANUFACTURED TRANSIMSSION WAS INSTALLED IN MY CAR. ON JULY 29TH I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER WITH A COMPLAINT OF A WHISTLING NOISE THAT WAS HEARD UPON EXCELERATION. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR WAS OPERATING TO FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS. I TOOK THE CAR BACK ON AUGUST 5TH, BECAUSE I WAS STILL HEARING THE NOISE UPON EXCELERATION, THE NOISE WAS HEARD THIS TIME BY THE TECHNICIAN, AND A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED THE SECOND TIME. I TOOK THE CAR BACK ON AUGUST 20TH, FOR THE THIRD TIME, BECAUSE THE CAR HAD NO PICK UP POWER UPON EXCELERATION, I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING, AND AN A/B VALVE WAS INSTALLED. I TOOK THE CAR BACK FOR THE FOURTH TIME, BECAUSE I WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN (THE CAR HAD NO PICK UP POWER UPON EXCELERATIONTO), THE DEALER NOTIFIED ME AND SAID THAT IT WAS ONCE AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THE TRANSMISSION. NLM

I TOOK MY 2001 ACURA 3.5 TL TO ACURA OF RIVERSIDE COMPLAINING OF THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. INITIALLY, THEY COULD NOT DOCUMENT BUT TOTALLY POPPED OUT OF GEAR THE FOLLOWING DAY. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A CODE & REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT 12,500 MILES. MY COMPLAINT IS (1)THE DEALER TRIED TO TELL ME THAT THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE & THAT THESE KINDS OF THING HAPPEN TO ALL MAKES OF CARS (2) AFTER ORDERING THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION, THEY TRIED TO GIVE ME BACK THE CAR UNTIL THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION CAME IN. I REFUSED AND TOLD THEM THAT I FELT THE CAR WAS NOT SAFE. AFTER I REFUSED TO TAKE THE CAR BACK UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, THEY DECIDED TO PLACE ME A RENTAL CAR. THEIR DAILY ALLOWANCE FOR THE RENTAL WAS $30 PER DAY WHICH MEANT I HAD TO PAY MORE FOR A BIGGER, SAFER CAR AS THAT AMOUNT WOULD ONLY PAY FOR A SMALL CAR. TODAY IN THE L.A. TIMES IS AN ARTICLE DISCUSSING THE FAILURE OF TRANSMISSIONS ON THE ACURA 3.5 TLS AND THE REFUSAL OF HONDA TO RECALL THESE CARS BECAUSE NO ONE HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED YET. MY CONCERN IS, THAT IN MY SITUATION, THE DEALER WOULD NOT BE HONEST ABOUT THE PROBLEMS HONDA IS EXPERIENCING WITH THESE CARS. MOREOVER, I WAS BASICALLY LIED TOO & TOLD THAT THEY HADN'T HEARD OF ANY OTHER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH 2001 ACURAS. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THEY ALSO TRIED TO GIVE THE CAR BACK, UNREPAIRED, WHILE WAITING FOR A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. I AM EXTREMELY UNHAPPY WITH THE DEALERSHIP & ACURA OVER THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THIS CAR IS LEASED & I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE CAR BACK (ALTHOUGH THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED) AS I DON'T FEEL THAT THE CAR IS THE QUALITY VEHICLE THAT I FELT I WAS PURCHASING. I DO NOT TRUST THE SAFETY OF THE CAR CONSIDERING HOW DANGEROUS THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN HAD I BEEN ON A BUSY S. CALIFORNIA FREEWAY.*AK

I ALSO HAVE HAD SOME MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURES. MY ORGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE FREEWAY WHILE GOING APPRX. 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION APPEARED TO DOWN SHIFT INTO PARK OR FIRST GEAR. THIS PROBLEM CAME WITHOUT ANY WARNING. AT THOSE SPEEDS YOU CAN ONLY EMAGINE WHAT MY BACK AND NECK FELT LIKE, NOT TO MENTION ALL THE CARS THAT WERE SKIDDING BEHIND ME ATTEMPING TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. WHEN THIS FAILURE OCCURS THERE ARE NO BRAKE LIGHTS TO INDICATE YOUR SLOWING DOWN OR STOPPING. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED (NO QUESTIONS ASKED) THAN, AROUND 1200 MILES LATER ANOTHER MASSIVE FAILURE. AGAIN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THEM TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND TRY AGAIN. THIS CAR SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE STREETS AND I SHOULD BE PAID BACK THE MONEY I'VE INVESTED. THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE A HUGE SAFTY PROBLEM. COULD THIS PROBLEM GET ANY WORSE ???????*AK

FIRST NOTICED THE FAILURE AFTER PARKING THE CAR AND THEN PUTTING IT INTO REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. PROCEEDED TO DRIVE NORMALLY, PUT THE CAR IN D5 (AUTOMATIC MODE) AND NOTICED HARD ABRUPT SHIFTS FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR. 3RD GEAR SEEMED LIKE NEUTRAL, CAR JUST REVVED AND THEN CAUGHT 4TH OR 5TH GEAR. ONCE IN HIGH GEAR AND UP TO AROUND 60MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTS TO WHAT SEEMED LIKE 1ST GEAR CAUSING THE TIRES TO LOCK UP FOR ABOUT A SECOND AND THEN WENT BACK INTO 5TH GEAR. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME FOLLOWING TO CLOSELY. CONTINUED TO DRIVE, ONLY SLOWER THIS TIME AND IT DID IT AGAIN AT ABOUT 45 MPH THIS TIME. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP(ACURA OF BATON ROUGE, LA) AND HAD THE CAR DROPPED OFF FOR REPAIRS. SOLENOID REPLACEMENT DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM SO HE INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE IT WITH A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. CAR WOULD BE READY IN ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF.*AK