2002 ACURA TL Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 ACURA TL TYPE S FAILED THIS WEEK. FROM OTHER SOURCES, THIS APPEARS TO HAVE HAPPENED WITH MANY MORE OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE MODEL. I THINK A RECALL SHOULD BE STARTED TO FIX ALL THE MODELS CONTAINING THIS TRANSMISSION AND REPLACE IT WITH A BETTER DESIGN.

I AM ONE OF THOUSANDS OF OWNERS OF AN ACURA 3.2 TL WITH THE 5 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHO HAS HAD HIS SUDDENLY FAIL ON THEM WHILE DRIVING. WHILE DRIVING,THE CAR WITHOUT WARNING SLIPPED INTO A LOWER GEAR, AND IT IS NOW CONSISTENTLY SLIPPING WHILE CHANGING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEARS. WITHIN THE LAST WEEK, HONDA OF AMERICA HAS RECALLED OVER 600,000 5 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS IN THEIR HONDA PILOT, ACURA ODYSSEY, AND ACURA MDX MODELS BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE SAFETY HAZARD. THE TRANSMISSION FOUND IN THE ACURA CL/TL MODEL IS THE EXACT SAME TRANSMISSION, AND CLEARLY SUFFERS FROM THE SAME DEFECT. IT IS AS MUCH A SAFETY ISSUE IN THE CL/TL, AND OTHER MODEL LINES AS WELL, AND THERE ARE OVER 2000 PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY AND SIGNED THIS ONLINE PETITION HTTP://WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/ACURA/PETITION.HTML MY ONLY SAVING GRACE WAS THAT NO ONE WAS ON THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY BEHIND ME DURING THIS EPISODE, OR ELSE I MIGHT HAD TO REPORT A CRASH WITH AN INJURY OR FATALITY. *JB

THE AUTO TRANSMISSION SLIPS FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. THE CAR DID NOT ACCELLERATE IN HIGHWAY. CHECK ENGINE, VSA, AND TRACTION LIGHTS WENT ON. THE D5 BLINKING. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING IN 2-3RD GEARS ONLY. DROVE TO THE ACURA DEALER. THEY ARE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW.

AT APPROXIMATELY 35,000 MY 2002 ACURA TL 3.2 TYPE S EXPERIENCED MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE - COMPLETE LOSS OF THIRD GEAR. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE BOUGHT THE CAR REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION WITH A "NEW" UNIT. I SPECIFICALLY ASKED IF THE UNIT WAS NEW AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS INDEED. AFTER ONE WEEK, THE SHIFT PATTERN WAS STILL QUITE ROUGH AND WE SMELLED BURNT TRANSMISSION FLUID. WE RETURNED THE CAR TOT HE DEALERSHIP FOR EVALUATION - THEY DISCOVERED METAL PARTICLE CONTAMINATION IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER ADVISED US THAT THE CAR NEEDED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION - THIS TIME I VERIFIED THAT THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION WAS NOT NEW, BUT A REMANUFACTURED UNIT (THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS REPLACEMENT). OUR VEHICLE HAD THE THIRD TRANSMISSION INSTALLED - HOWEVER, I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE DISPLAYED BY ACURA AND ITS REPRESENTATIVES. *AK

BRAKES FAIL EVERY 15,000 MILES ACCORDING TO HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE THIS IS A NORMAL CONDITION. *AK

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT WHEN THE VEHICAL FLOORED IT OWN GAS PEDDAL. I WAS ABLE TO STOP BY BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE, BUT ENGINE CONTINUED FULL ACCELERATION. TRYING TO GET HOME USING HEAVY BREAK PRESSURE THE GAS PEDDEL RELEASED (FIVE MINUTES LATTER).*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK WHEN THE CONSUMER PUT THE SHIFTER INTO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. *NM

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM. DEFECTIVE ROTORS ARE CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHIMMY.*AK THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED NO NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT REPAIR OR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. *NM

I OWN A 2002 ACURA 3.2 TL THAT WAS BROUGHT IN TO THE DEALER YESTERDAY DUE TO SOME PROBLEMS I WAS EXPERIENCING WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION BUT THEY WOULDN'T EXPLAIN WHY. IT IS ASTOUNDING THAT A CAR THIS YOUNG WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND I AM FRUSTRATED WITH THE PERSISTANT PROMBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. THIS IS ONE OF MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN UNDER THE WARRANTY BUT IT IS EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE TO KEEP BRINGING IT IN.

TRANSMISSION WENT 2X IN VEHICLE BEFORE A YEAR PASSED. FIRST TIME FEB 2003 & SECOND TIME JAN 2004. ACURA DO NOT WANT TO GIVE ME ANOTHER VEHICLE OR END MY LEASE. THEY JUST WANT TO KEEP FIXING THIS CAR. I AM STRESSSSING OUT OVER THIS.*AK I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW HOW ACURA TREATS THEIR CUSTOMER.