2000 Acura TL: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Dec 8, 2020 · Airbags, Transmission · CA

Airbag sign is on . And transmission is seems like it gets stuck in gear

Filed Jul 29, 2015 · Transmission · 138,000 miles · OH

While driving on the highway the vehicle wouldnt shift. Luckily I was able to pull to the side to prevent an accident being that I had my three year old in the car.

Filed Jul 18, 2006 · Transmission · CA

Acura 3.2 tl 2000 was purchased in 2000; the first transmission went out sometime within that first year. Dealer replaced the transmission. The second transmission went out in same manner in 2003; the dealer replaced that transmission. The recall on the transmission was done in 2004; I took my car to dealer in response to recall; the work was done in july or august of that year. Recently, was driving my car and it began to exhibit same problems I have had with the transmission each time car became inoperable. The car goes to 2 RPM and then gives a jerk; it will shift and then go to 4 RPM where it gets stuck and will have larger jerk (very unnerving). Then the car will not shift at all and moves very slowly. I had a line of cars moving behind me on the last occurrence and I also had to cross some very busy streets. This model is very unsafe and I don't believe it can be repaired as this has happened for the fourth time -- even after the recall and the parts were installed to make it safe. The first occurrence was about seven to ten months after original purchase (january to may, 2001). The second occurrence was september, 2003. Now the last occurrence in july, 2006. How many times does a transmission have to be repaired, replaced, recalled before it is safe to operate.

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 May 19, 2003 · Transmission · CA

While driving on city streets, the traffic in front of the consumer came to a stop, when the consumer applied the brakes the vehicle did not shift to a lower gear and the vehicle finally fish tailed to a stop. *ak