2001 Acura CL: engine stalls while driving

8 of the 271 complaints about the 2001 Acura CL describe engine stalls while driving.

owner complaints: 8
of this car's complaints: 3%
typical mileage: 81,339
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 23 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine stalls while driving by model year

2003
4
2002
2
2001
8
1999
5
1998
6
1997
8

What owners say

Filed Apr 29, 2026 · Electrical · TX

The contact owns a 2001 Acura CL. The contact stated that while driving on the highway at approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled. There was no warning light illuminated. On another occasion, while making a left turn on a city street, the vehicle stalled and experienced a loss of power steering functionality. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was shifted to neutral(N) and restarted. The failure was intermittent. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed with an ignition cylinder failure; however, the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unavailable.

Filed Feb 22, 2019 · Transmission · 157,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 acura cl. When starting the vehicle, it stalled in second gear. The contact had to downshift into d4 to correct the failure. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 157,000. The VIN was invalid.

Filed May 25, 2014 · Transmission · 81,339 miles · SC

Transmission failure. This is a safety hazard as the transmission stalls and then slams into gear. I no longer feel safe to drive this car. I had to pay a great amount of money to fix my defective transmission.

Filed Aug 22, 2011 · Transmission · 100,000 miles · CO

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 acura 3.2 cl. While driving 55 MPH, the contact stated that the vehicle jerked and stalled. A local mechanic diagnosed that the transmission would need to be replaced. The dealer and manufacturer denied any assistance with repairs to the vehicle. The failure was not remedied. The failure and current mileage was 100,000.

Filed Sep 14, 2004 · Transmission · 41,168 miles · TX

The vehicle was taken in for a recall. The repair was made on the transmission. After the repair was completed, the vehicle stalled.

Filed Apr 13, 2004 · Transmission · NY

Bought car in 11/2002, thought I had bought a reliable car and all I have had is trouble, first the car had a ticking noise in motor and had problem with brakes brought it in 2wks after bought car. Brought it to dealership and they adjusted the valves, that was 1/2003,also we had noticed problems with tranny at that time also. Brought car in 4/2003, then brought car in 8/2003 because tranny was still downshifting or not shifting at all besides the ticking of the motor. We brought car in several more times and each time we complained about tranny and ticking of motor they say they can't deplicate the problem or fix the motor. Finally in sept 2003 they fixed the valves , but not tranny. Can't find problem. I know that when u go up and incline the car will be going only 25 MPH and car shakes violently, when I drive car on highway she shakes between 2nd and 3rd gear, also in 4th and 5th gear, the car has even stalled on me so now what? We've asked dealership so many times to fix problems but they have there mechanic drive it and he says there is no problem with tranny or engine and computers in car are fine. One day my wife and I could be seriously hurt, besides other people who will be near us. We even called up headquarters in california, they assigned us a project manager, he said he hasn't heard about the problems we are having, but we called another dealership a bit further from us and they know about the problems with the tranny and valves besides the brakes too. So who is lying to whom??? All I want is my car fixed. I know they aren't honest with paperwork, they use previous paperwork or never give us the paperwork, we have brought this car into the shop over 8 times since 11/2002, its a 2001, my chevy is better then this and its now 11yrs old, go figure! Someone is going to get killed, I know there was a recall that I just found out about in 2002, I was never notified!!!!

Filed Apr 13, 2004 · Transmission · 58,000 miles · NY

Intermittently at any speed transmission slipped from one gear to another. Vehicle cycled through the gears randomly. Also, vehicle vibrated and stalled. Vehicle had been to the dealer eight times, but the problems recurred.

Filed Feb 21, 2003 · Transmission · 42,047 miles · CA

After several abnormal gear-shifting patterns (as was described in a letter from acura that extended powertrain warranty due to such potential transmission problems, affecting only certain car models) being noticed, the car's engine abruptly died while the car was traveling on i5 at about 65 MPH with all warning lights suddenly lit on dash panel. Luckily, there was minimal surrounding traffic at the time and we were able to coast maneuver the car to the right shoulder before it stalled out completely. We feel that acura by extending the warranty was acting responsibly. However, after our harrowing experience, we strongly feel that acura should have taken more initiative in addressing this problem perhaps by doing a full recall so as to prevent such life-threatening situations from occurring. It is irresponsible for anyone to promise a fix after imposing life and death situations onto their consumers.