2002 ACURA TL Complaints

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF GEAR. STARTED IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN ON A WINDY BACK ROAD... THEN IT HAD A HARD TIME GETTING UP A SMALL HILL. PROBLEM STOPPED FOR 5 MINUETS THEN CAME BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, I NEARLY CAUSED 3 ACCIDENTS. - VERY DANGERIOUS

I OWN A 2002 ACURA TL TYPE S, PURCHASED APRIL 24, 2001. I NOW HAVE APPROXIMATELY 44,600 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE (2) TRANSMISSION FAILURES THAT DID NOT RESULT IN ANY COLLISIONS OR INJURIES. HOWEVER, I FEEL LUCKY THAT NO SUCH INCIDENTS OCCURED AS THE CAR DID DECELERATE RAPIDLY, WITHOUT WARNING WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE CAR ALSO DID NOT ACCELERATE AS IT SHOULD WHEN PULLING OUT INTO BUSY INTERSECTIONS. DRIVING DURING THESE EPISODES OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS QUITE FRIGHTENING. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT ABOUT 8500 MILES AND ABOUT 26000 MILES.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60-70 MPH MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CAR DOWNSHIFTED FROM 5TH GEAR TO 2ND. THIS CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY STOP. LUCKILY THE CAR BEHIND ME HAD ENOUGH TIME TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. I HAVE BEEN HEARING OF THIS PROBLEM WITH MY MODEL. ACURA IS REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION, BUT I HEAR THE REPLACEMENTS ARE FAILING ALSO. ACURA WON'T RECALL THE CAR BECAUSE THEY SAY NOT ENOUGH HAVE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND SOMEONE WILL DIE SOONER OR LATER FROM THIS. DRIVING A CAR THAT CAN SUDDENLY STOP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IS A DANGER TO THE OWNER OF THE CAR AND EVERYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD. ACURA IS REPLACING MY TRANSMISSION BUT THE PROBLEM IS LIKELY TO OCCUR AGAIN. THIS SHOULD BE STOPPED. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE WITH THESE CARS ON THE ROAD. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF I COULD BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE. I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONE'S TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS BUT SOMEONE ELSE WON'T BE. DT

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND REPORTED AT 14823 DEALER SAID THAT THEY DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM, ROTORS WARPED AT 14823 MILES REPLACED PADS AND RESURFACED ROTORS, CD PLAYER REPLACED AT 14823 MILES, SQUEAK IN REAR SUSPENTION DUE TO A LEAK IN THE REAR RIGHT STRUT AT 18933 MILES, BOTH FRONT SEAT BACKPANELS LOOSE, TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 20322 MILES CAR WAS AT THE DEALER FOR 25 DAYS, VSA AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON AFTER TRANSMISSION REPLACED. REPLACED LOCK UPSHIFT SOLENOID VALVED ECU RESET, TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY AND SLIPS AT 23583 MILES, DOOR FRAME PEELING AT 23583 MILES REPLACED DOOR FRAME. CRUISE CONTROL NOT WORKING AT 23700 MILES, FONT SUSPENTION OR STEERING COLUMN MAKING SQUEAKY NOISES AT 23700 MILES. DT

AT FIRST THE SHIFTING ON THE CAR WAS VERY SMOOTH, AND CAR WOULD JURK AND IT WOULD TRY TO SHIFT. AND LATER ON, ON THE FREEWAY TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT. DT

I CALLED ACURA CUSTOMER SERVICE TO EXPLAIN THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS ACTING UP, AND THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE IT OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM. THE SAME WAS TRUE OF MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, DAVID MCDAVID ACURA OF AUSTIN. ONLY WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR DOWNSHIFTED FROM 3RD TO 2ND GEAR, CAUSING ME TO QUICKLY DECELERATE, AND CAUSING THE PERSON BEHIND ME TO ALMOST HIT ME, DID THEY REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS EVEN AFTER ONE TECH AT KING ACURA OF BIRMINGHAM FELT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. DT

WITH NO PRIOR WARNING, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY AND TOTALLY FAILED WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 50 MPH ON PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE AT 11:30 PM IN SNOW ON 11/26/02. ALTHOUGH ON AN INCLINE, I WAS JUST ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE LINE OF TRAFFIC INTO THE BREAK DOWN LANE. TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR TOTAL FAILURE. MANUFACTURER REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. DT

CONSUMER VEHICLE IS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. CONSUMER STATES' THAT WHEN TRAVELING BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR THE VEHICLE VIBRATES. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION. TS

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE VEHICLE UNDER POWER. TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN 3RD GEAR AND CAUSES UNEXPECTED LOSS OF FORWARD MOTION. TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP 10/05/2002. CONTINUED TO GET WORSE UNTIL DEALER DETERMINED REPLACEMENT NECESSARY ON 11/01/2002. DT

WHILE SITTING IN VEHICLE WITH ENGINE RUNNING, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, GEAR LIGHTS STARTED TO FLASH, VEHICLE WAS MAKING A HIGH GRINDING SOUND. VEHICLE ALSO WAS NOT ACCELERATING. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS *DT