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2010 Acura TL transmission problems

10 complaints (16% of all complaints for this car). Typical mileage when it fails: 80,000. 1 crash reported.

owner complaints
10
of this car's complaints
16%
typical mileage
80,000
crashes
1
recalls
0

Which part fails

  • Manual transmission
    1
  • Automatic transmission
    1

At what mileage

Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.

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Acura TL transmission problems in other years

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Related recalls

No recalls on record for this model year.

What 2010 Acura TL owners say

Most recent owner complaints, unedited.

Filed Feb 10, 2020 · Transmission · 110,000 miles · PA

When parking my vehicle on an incline and placing my manual transmission into first and turning off the car, without applying the parking brake, the car would slowly jerk backwards down the hill.

Filed Jul 13, 2018 · Transmission · 80,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 acura tl. While driving 40 MPH, the vehicle began to shake and jerk. The vehicle also failed to accelerate. A dealer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

Filed Jan 16, 2018 · Airbags, Transmission · 80,000 miles · CA · crash

Takata recall. Car was t-boned by a vehicle pulling out of a driveway in passenger side hard enough to damage both doors needed replacement and caused enough frame damage that caused the frame to be pulled and right rear quarter panel to be replaced from the rocker panel under the right rear door to halfway down the roof however the takata passenger side curtain airbags did not deploy. The vehicle was going 14mph and hit by a car going approx 15-20mph and accelerating.

Filed May 15, 2017 · Transmission · 83,000 miles · CT

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 acura tl. The contact stated that the vehicle shutterred when accelerating from a stop. The dealer diagnosed that the transmission assembly needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was to verify the recommended solution to the dealer to repair the vehicle. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 83,000.

Filed Sep 9, 2016 · Transmission · 118,526 miles · OH

In september 2012, acura issued product update for torque converter saying the transmission software update needed to prevent damage to the transmission. I received the notification on august 2016. This is 6 years after original notification and beyond the extended warranty. I have called acura about the unfairness of their product software update warranty limitations to no avail.

Filed May 4, 2016 · Transmission · CA

The car is making noise when driving, and acceleration is slow

Filed Nov 12, 2015 · Transmission · 46,000 miles · NH

While shifting from 2nd to 3rd gear, the 3rd gear does not fully engage, it pops back into neutral. I then had to shift back to 2nd and back into 3rd gear (which was successful). This happens multiple times a week. This is very dangerous as you are put into neutral in the middle of traffic. Acura has issues a tsb for the previous generation tl, but not this generation even though many customers have had the same issue. Acura refuses to do anything about it until they can replicate it themselves. This is nearly impossible as it is an intermittent issue that does not happen every single time. There are no issues with any other gears.

Filed Feb 23, 2013 · Steering, Transmission · 41,000 miles · GA

Ride rough, switch gears.

Filed Sep 2, 2010 · Transmission · 10,000 miles · IL

I have 2010 tl ah-awt with 6 speed manual. The third gear on this car has being acting up. During a cold start, when the car has being sitting over night, in the morning, then I'm shifting from second gear to third, one of all of the following happens: car doesn't want to shift to 3rd gear. It takes a lot of effort to push it into the 3rd gear. 2. The car shifts into the third gear, by the shift lever, it looks like it has shifted into the third. Once the clutch is let out slowly, the transmission starts to grind. Sometimes, it even pushed the shift lever to neutral. I have about 11,000 miles on my car. I bought this car at the end of december 2009. I took this car to dealer in mcgrath acura, westmont, il to have it checked out. They told me there is nothing wrong with it. The problem with this issue is that it happens randomly. I tried to see when it happens and it has no regular occurrence. I have searched blogs online to see if other people are having the same problem. There are few other people who are seeing the same issue. I hope you are able to help me. Thank you, here is the link to online blog: http://tl.acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=758607&highlight=2010+tl+manual+transmission&page=2. *tr updated ivoq 09/15/11

Filed Apr 7, 2010 · Transmission · 65,000 miles · CA

Transmission slipping in traffic with multiple close calls to accidents from behind. I am original owner and have kept perfect maintenance of auto. Transmission is failing on every shift between 1st 2nd 3rd gears when warm. Safety issue is when people from behind think I am accelerating yet I am stalled. The fix is $4,000+. This is a patterned problem with all 2002 2003 acura tls. Old part can be made available if necessary for the federal safety agency.

Questions about the 2010 Acura TL transmission

Does the 2010 Acura TL have transmission problems?

Owners have filed 10 complaints about the transmission of the 2010 Acura TL, 16% of all its complaints.

At what mileage do 2010 Acura TL transmission problems start?

The typical (median) mileage in owner complaints is 80,000 miles.

Was there a recall on the 2010 Acura TL transmission?

There is no recall for this problem on this model year.

What year does the Acura TL have bad transmission?

The Acura TL model years with the most transmission complaints are 2003 (246 complaints), 2002 (224 complaints) and 2000 (111 complaints).

Other 2010 Acura TL problems

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