2002 Acura CL: complete transmission failure

Filed Mar 16, 2010 · Transmission · 45,500 miles · DE

Transmission failure car has only 45k on it. Minor trans repair by prior owner under warranty. Class action applied but past time limit. Acura offered 50% of repair cost not 100%. I believe time limit inappropriate. Time does not damage trans.

Filed Jan 18, 2008 · Transmission · 103,000 miles · IL

2002 acura 3.2cl with defective transmissions. Consumer states that her 1st transmission failed while driving 50 MPH. Dealer informed her that they knew the transmissions were bad. *kb the first time the transmission failed, it would not go into reverse. Now, it is 2 years later and the transmission is slipping. The dealer stated there was an internal failure.

Filed May 6, 2005 · Acceleration, Body · 41,000 miles · FL

Since the second day of having my car, my car has been continuously plagued with problems. I have taken my car in for repair over 10 times for various and sometimes repeating problems. This all has occurred within a three year period. I have never had a vehicle that has had so many problems. Some of the problems have been so severe that I no longer feel safe driving my car. One of these problems was my transmission spontaneously downshifting from 5th gear to 2nd gear at highway speeds. This caused a tremendous decrease of speed. Had someone been in back of me, I would have been seriously injured. The transmission was replaced, but it continues to act spontaneously. After making complaints directly to acura of america, I feel snubbed by them in that they have not sought to assist me other than warranty repairs.

Filed May 5, 2004 · Transmission · 38,000 miles · CA

The transmission in my acura cl-s locked up for approximately 2 seconds while traveling on the freeway. It locked up again while trying to move to the shoulder. The transmission was subsequently replaced. The replacement transmission failed approximately 800 miles later. I am now on my third, which is beginning to show signs of inevitable failure.

Filed May 12, 2003 · Transmission · 12,000 miles · NC

I own a 2002 acura cl type s. Since purchasing the car I have had nothing but trouble with the transmission. After only 12,000 miles, my transmission was replaced. After the replacement, the transmission still had problems and was slipping but my dealership told me that there were no issues with it when I knew that there definitely was. After going the winter with a slipping transmission, it's now summer and it is getting worst every day. I took the car to my dealership today and once again I'm faced with first a transmission flush then another replacement transmission. I feel acura, not the dealership, has shown that a great reputation can be dissolved quickly by poor customer service, slow reaction to problems, and not fixing a clear problem. Acura has extended the warranties to 100k on their transmissions but this does me no good. This is a business car and I do not have time for the headache of taking my car in constantly for service. I bought my acura because of their reputation and because of owning a great honda automobile in the past. I will now never buy another honda/acura product and they have lost a good customer.

Filed Feb 18, 2003 · Transmission · 24,000 miles · CA

2002 acura cl 3.2 type s transmission problem. I have about 24k miles and recently my transmission slipped. While going 30mph with the 3rd gear, if you accelerate so that the second gear kicks in, in kicks in very sharply, creating an unbearing jerk that is very obstrusive inside the cabin. Honda should place a recall on this model. Dealer was willing to replace it but I'm not sure if new transmission will be better than the old one.

Filed Feb 3, 2003 · Transmission · CA

I have had transmission problems with my 02 cl for about 4 months now. I have gone to my dealer, metro acura, several times and they have done nothing. I have even been pulled over by the police due to the fact that the car downshifts at highway speeds causing the car to immediately slow down. Finally my dealer has agreed to replace the transmission with a "rebuilt" one. Since this is a safety issue, I believe that acura should take this much more seriously.

Filed Jan 18, 2003 · Transmission · 13,300 miles · TX

Automatic transmission failure. Cars transmissions for 6 months has been shifting erratic, hard, surging, downshifting without notice at highway speeds, and slipping. Car only has 13k of miles and now is in at the dealer for a new tranny. There are many reports of this failure and a few fatalities it seems. This issue needs to be resolved fast. I plan to ditch this car in the next 6 months because it just doesn't feel safe anymore to drive. Even the replacement trannys are dieing.

Filed Sep 25, 2002 · Electrical, Transmission · 28,350 miles · CA

Consumer states transmission has failed 2x while driving since vehicle purchased. First incident was on 7/5/02. Transmission was replaced by dlr on 7/15/02, but then failed again on 7/21/02 while driving 30mph. Consumer states was almost rear-ended in the during the last incident. Mr there was clunking/grinding noise and the brakes felt as if they were depressed. The dealer stated that they could not remedy. The vehicle veered into another lane during a rain storm. The dealer stated that the problem was traction control device. Scc

Filed Sep 6, 2002 · Transmission · GA

I was on my way home from an out of town trip when the car started shifting extremely hard as I was driving. I called a local acura dealership, in augusta ga, and told them what was happening. They could not see me until the next day, which was 9/6/2002. I had to stop and get a hotel room in augusta and as I was going to the hotel the car got stuck in 5th gear. The next morning I drove the car, in 5th gear, to the local dealership so they could evaluate the car. They thought it was the transmission, which is covered under warranty, it was replaced and the car continues to get stuck. I was told, by the dealership, that it is now stuck in 2nd gear with the new transmission. I was also told they dont know what the problem is and they dont know how long they will have my car. Acura claims that when something like this happens the owner of the vehicle will get a loaner car comparable to what they are driving. This is a false statement and false advertising. I am very dissatisfied with acura, the quality of its vehicles, and the false advertising about the loaner car. I have also read several other complaints, from 3.2 tl acura owners, of something similar happening after about a year of ownership. There is definitely some type of defect with their product and this issue needs to be addressed by acura.

Filed Sep 6, 2002 · Engine, Transmission · FL

Vehicle displayed hesitation at 15 MPH numerous times, when accelerating from a stop vehicle would not accelerate. On 25 june 2002, dealer replaced transmission, no problems so far.*akthe vehicle would not accelerate at times when stopped at a traffic light. The transmission would go out of gear. The new transmission has noise problems. The check engine light illuminated. Consumer requests that the dealer repurchase the vehicle.