2000 Acura TL: engine stalls while driving

Filed Oct 2, 2019 · Driver assistance, Lights · AZ

Gear/transmission lock up while driving. Vehicle stalled and could not switch gear back to drive. Vehicle failed emissions twice but was passed 3rd time without exemption or waiver. This vehicle has been discontinued due to the on going unfixable issues, why wasn't it blacklisted or label a category a car? These acura's are dangerous and shouldn't even be allowed on the road! The federal safety agency doesn't even specify if the vehicle was fixed after the recalls- obviously they weren't because the car was poorly made and is unfixable. We need justice

Filed Jun 7, 2012 · Transmission · 185,000 miles · AL

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 acura tl. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled and would not accelerate above 20 MPH. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who inspected the failure and stated that the transmission needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 185,000.

Filed Mar 3, 2010 · Transmission · 150,000 miles · TX

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 acura tl. The drive gear on the warning panel flashed before the transmission locked and the engine stalled. He did not depress the brakes nor the accelerator pedal to cause the vehicle to skid. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to the dealer who stated that the transmission failed. The torque converter was reconditioned and repairs were made to other elements of the transmission. Later, the contact found a recall campaign similar to the failures he experienced (the federal safety agency campaign id number 04v176000, power train: automatic transmission). The manufacturer was contacted to seek reimbursement, however they stated that they were not liable for the failure or repairs made at the owner's expense because the previous owner already had recall repairs performed on the vehicle. He also stated that intermittently, while placing the vehicle in drive, any low gear or the park position, the gears would flash across the instrument console. The failure mileage was approximately 188,656 and the current mileage was 211,000.

Filed Oct 20, 2008 · Electrical · 113,000 miles · FL

Ignition key switch intermittently works and then does not; causing the car to stall or not start. The car can be induced to start by shaking (vibrating) the keys while the key is in the ignition switch slot. This has the same symptoms as the honda recall of the 1999 acura tl & cl's (along with various other honda models). The symptoms that LED to the previous recall caused the car to stall during operation putting the driver (& passengers) at risk of an accident. My vehicle is a 2000 acura tl and thus not covered by the recall.

Filed Apr 4, 2008 · Transmission · SC

I purchased a 2000 acura 3.2 tl in april 2005. A few months ago, I began noticing my car jerking when I would back up. It was also stalling as I began to accelerate. I decided to do research on the car and I found that the transmissions were faulty. I immediately called the acura company and I was instructed to take my car to a local acura dealership and get a diagnostic check. After the diagnostic check was completed, it was called to my attention that the transmission was slipping. Acura offered to pay 25% of the cost which would have left a balance of $3000 for me to pay. I declined because I felt like they should pay the entire cost being that it was an error on their part. It was explained to me that my extended warranty had ended on the car that stemmed from a class action suit. I told them I was unaware of the suit and they replied that I should have been notified as the owner. I then called the dealership where I purchased the car. The dealership was unaware of the recall and stated they were never contacted about the recall. I called back and was given the "run around". I contacted consumer affairs. I received a letter from consumer affairs. After consumer affairs contacted acura, I received a letter from consumer affairs stating that my car was not serviced because there was another problem other than the transmission. However, this information is false- I have the diagnostic report stating that my transmission was slipping.

Filed Sep 9, 2004 · Transmission · 92,330 miles · LA

I recently bought a 2000 acura 3.2 tl with a 5-speed automatic transmission with 87,000 miles on it. My transmission had a big pause when shifting from reverse to drive, hard, inconsistent shifting, and it would not shift correctly when going between 2nd and 3rd gear (around 25 MPH). When this happened between 2nd and 3rd gears, the car would jerk severly and would only stop if I either braked or pressed on the gas. In heavy traffic 2 weeks ago, my car stalled and the car behind me almost rear-ended my car, however, my car started up again and I brought it into walker acura in metarie, la. They confirmed that my transmission was failing (only 4 months after I had bought the car and with 92,000 miles on it) and that it would be replaced under warranty along with an "axle stuck in the transmission". They have fixed the problem, however, my new transmission has been in my car for about a week now (only 500 miles on it, it's only warrantied for 12,000) and it is already showing signs of failing - pause when shifting from reverse to drive, and the transmission also downshifts into a lower gear (even if it doesn't need to) as soon as I take my foot off of the gas pedal. My new transmission has also made my car alot slower than it was when I first bought it. I am afraid to drive my car, I don't feel safe in it because of my previous transmission malfunction and my beginning problems with my brand-new one. I would have not bought this car if I would have known about the transmission problems, and I would have not known about them if it weren't for an online forum for tl owners. Acura did not send me any type of notification about their transmission inspection before my transmission failed. If acura doesn't do something drastic about this problem soon, fatalities may occur, and regardless, I'm never buying another acura or honda again. I thought I was buying a safe, dependable car, but it looks like that is the farthest thing from what I ended up with.

Filed Aug 31, 2004 · Transmission · 95,000 miles · MD

I have a 2000 acura tl. While driving on the delway memorial bridge doing about 70 MPH I noticed smoke in my rear view mirror, then the car started reving and not going anywhere. I pulled over and noticed tranmission fluid at the side of the car behind the car and underneath the car. I took the car to a gas station only to find out that its a possibility that the torque converter in the transmission must have overheated and exploded because the guy could not find a leak nowhere. When he opened the bolt on the transmission it smelled like something burning and smoke came out. I can recall about 6 months ago I took it into the dealership to have them check out the car because of the drive five light, the hard jerk from park to reverse and the thump from reverse to drive, the engine light was also on. All they did was replace some sensor. Now I brought it back to them and they told me that I have an internal transmission failure. When I bought the car it had 80k miles on it, this was last may. When I took it to acura it had 95k now it has 139k on it and it constantly jumps, jerks, rev's and stalls on a regular basis especially when it gets hot.

Filed Oct 24, 2003 · Transmission · 60,000 miles · GA

Faulty transmission on my 2000 acura 3.2 tl. Grinding sound. Car surges when stopped. Stalls out when stopped. Makes vibrating noise upon acceleration. Down shifts by itself. Sounds like their is a broken part moving around inside the transmission.

Filed Jan 19, 2000 · Fuel system · CO

Defective intake manifold is causing the fuel to boil, resulting in vehicle stalling. Dealer has seen vehicle, and has no solution.