As the car is downshifting and coming to a stop the transmission jerks forward just as the car is coming to a complete stop or immediately after it stops. Does this every so often and the dealer did reset the transmission for it to relearn but still does it since and because they can't drive it enough to duplicate it there has been nothing they can do to resolve it.
2015 Acura TLX transmission complaints
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The transmission shift from 2-3 gear gives a jerk to the whole vehicle. This is usually problematic while accelerating specially in heavy/busy traffic or at traffic signals. I believe this could be a threat to public safety. The service center claims the "intelligent car" will learn my driving habits and adapt. However, this has been happening since I bough the vehicle and multiple visits to acura service center has not resolved the issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 acura tlx. While drving various speeds, the vehicle shifted between gears very roughly. Additionally, the vehicle took an excessively long time to stop after applying the brake pedal. While the contact's son was driving 15 MPH, the driver applied the brakes; however, the vehicle failed to stop. As a result, the driver crashed into a pole. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to a body shop where the cosmetic damage was repaired, but the cause of the failure was not diagnosed. On another occasion, while the contact's son was driving 10 MPH, the driver applied the brakes, but the vehicle failed to stop again. As a result, the driver struck the preceding vehicle. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to dch montclair acura (100 bloomfield ave, verona, nj 07044) where the cosmetic damage was repaired; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed. The failure continued to recur and the vehicle was taken to ramsey acura (65 nj-17, ramsey, nj 07446) where the dealer updated unspecified software on the vehicle, but the failure continued. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and suggested a different dealer. The approximate failure mileage was 7,500. *bf updated 8/3/18
Transmission is skipping. I notified the dealer and they have not completed the transmission assembly replacement. I bought this to the attention of the dealer and the salesperson. The skip is happening between the first and second gear change; jerking between the two. This issue has been reported to all 2015 tlx owners. I am reaching out for your support to get this resolved. They seem to be avoiding responsibility to do these repairs. Any re?commend dealers to complete the repairs
Harsh shift from 2nd to 3rd gear.
Vehicle shifted into park while driving between 35-40 miles per hour.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 acura tlx. While the vehicle was stopped in traffic, several warning indicators illuminated. In addition, the emergency parking indicator began to flash and the brake lights constantly illuminated. The contact pulled over, shut off the vehicle, activated the emergency parking brake, and restarted the vehicle, but the failure recurred. The contact repeated the process and received the same results. The contact informed the dealer who had the contact reset the vehicle, but the failure remained. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer stated that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v779000 (power train). The approximate failure mileage was 61,185.
After driving on freeway about 5 hours transmission suddenly went into neutral and a transmission warning light displayed on the dashboard. Numerous big rigs were around me at the time that came close to colliding with my vehicle.
Vehicle purchase made on 2/28/2016. I have been to the dealership numerous times for various issues since then, mostly for transmission issue. The issues include jerky shifting from 1st to 2nd, and 2nd to 3rd. Acura client relations decided to replace the transmission on my fourth visit/complaint. The rough shifting has somewhat improved, but it is still there. My last visit at the dealership and a test drive with district manager(dm) yielded: a) this is perfectly normal characteristic of the new 9-speed transmission. A feature that comes with wonderful fuel economy. B) vibration from vcm (variable cylinder management). I have never had this issue until the transmission replacement. Yet again, dealership states it is perfectly normal to show this 'characteristic'. Dm's response to my question, "how/why did I not experience this issue on my first full year?" was, "what gas do you put in? Costco? They got less additives. There's carbon buildup forming in the engine". That was the response on a 13-month old vehicle. C) chirping noise from engine room. From research, it may be related to 'high pressure fuel pump' or 'insufficient belt placement', which acura has tsb out for servicing. But, dealership claims they cannot duplicate the noise, even with a recording of the sound. (it has to be audible during the test drive, they say)
New car purchased in 2015. Currently has about 23k miles. Error lights flash on dash including "transmission system problems, blind spot info system problems, vehicle stability assist problem, all wheel steering problem, forward collision warning problem, lane departure waring problem". This is the third time that it has happened. First time, no video evidence of it but we did take it in to acura to look. No issue found. Second time we had a video, they did a software upgrade. Now again. Along with this, car had a transmission replaced, steering rack and pinion, sub frame, power steering assembly, list goes on.
Powertrain: in 19 months of ownership, my 2015 acura tlx's transmission has failed twice. The first time it failed (10 months), it would not enter into reverse, drive or neutral upon starting. It took special towing too. The second time it failed (19 months, 22k miles), I was driving in rural texas at 70 MPH and the transmission switched into neutral, warning lights exploded and I had to safely work my way to an exit ramp and onto the frontage road. I then had to wait for 2.5 hours for a tow truck which then resulted in a 2 hour ride in a tow truck to bring it to the dealer. Suspension: within a week or two of buying the acura tlx, the car began to develop a vibration that I could feel through the accelerator and steering wheel. I could visually see it in the passenger seat as it would shake substantially (nearly violently). On a drive, the car shifted violently and momentarily in a lateral motion at 80 MPH while passing another car which scared the wits out of my passenger and me. Dealer changed the tires, investigated the passenger seat and the shudder/vibration would not go away. I got sick of taking it into the dealer only for it to return to me in the same condition. After 1 year, the road noise in the cabin grew and my passengers would complain. Finally the dealer identified that the right rear wheel bearing was bad. Once replaced, the road noise and vibration improved considerably. However, when I drive a loaner from the dealership, it drives much smoother than my car so the problem is still not fully fixed. Other: in the first 2 weeks, I noticed that a torrent of water would run down the inside of my rear window and into my back speaker compartment after a heavy rain. It turned out that the back window was not properly installed. A brand new car that has numerous significant manufacturing and quality problems! Unacceptable!!!
The transmission is extremely jumpy, all of the warning lights come on and flash, along with the engine will power down temporarily. For example one time I was going approx 50mph and it powered down to about 30 MPH on the freeway. All of the warning lights start flashing, I pulled over turned the car off and then restarted it. The warning lights remained flashing but the engine functioned but the transmission still was jerky. This was happened at least 5 separate times and we have had it in service with acura several times and each time they try to fix the same complaints with a different fix. Most recently we had it in for repair for a week, we got it back, drove it 200 miles and the same error happened. Acura finally agreed to replace the transmission and I just picked it back up on 1/6/17 and the same error and transmission issue occurred today. We have notified the dealership, the nmvb, acura customer relations, and now we are reaching out to the federal safety agency. We do not feel safe in this vehicle and we are afraid that the transmission will idle down again on the freeway but maybe in a lane that we cannot immediately pull over safely.
I have been to the dealer 2 times for transmission problems. The car has poor acceleration and hesitates shifting. When ur trying to speed up it has a delay which has gotten me very close to 2 accidents. Shifting is also very rough, it kicks in hard. The dealer did a transmission update and the problem persists. Took it back again they scanned for codes and said they can't find any issue. I feel this car is dangerous and the transmission needs to be replaced before an accident occurs.
My name is [xxx] , in 2014 I walked into marin acura (located in marin, california) and leased a 2015 acura tlx. This was especially an exciting model due to it redesign. Within the first year of my lease I received a recall letter in the mail stating that their was a defect in regards to the transmission. I brought the vehicle to the dealer and they "fixed" it and sent me on my way. One year later, again, I received a letter in the mail from the automobile devision located at your corporate headquarters at 1919 torrance blvd, ca (the federal safety agency recall # 16v‑640). The letter clearly states ?if this malfunction were to occur, it could result in an unexpected loss of motor power, which could reduce vehicle control and increases the risk of a crash?. It also states that the ?fix? Will become available december 2016, todays date is november 7th, 2016. I have been driving this vehicle for 2 out of my 3 year lease and the transmission has been recalled twice consistently every year. I have put my two children and wife into this vehicle now knowing that the car could have possibly put my family and myself in physical danger and even death. Not because driving is dangerous but because there have been manufacturing defects with the transmission of this acura model and year. I cannot describe what it feels like to have that on the mind of a parent. I see this being handled in one way. Acura takes away the car and refunds me my total vehicle lease investment along with my down payment. Please take this matter into serious consideration as I am fully prepared to legally escalate this matter beyond the consumer-company level. I can't imagine how many acura 2015 tlxs there are nation wide. This experience has been a disaster financially, emotionally and according to acura potentially physically. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
I feel my safety is in jeopardy when I drive this vehicle. Any time the tlx's brakes are applied and the accelerator is immediately pressed, the vehicle stalls and I have to let off of the accelerator for the transmission to catch and then the car will go. This is especially true at stop signs. This is what has almost gotten me killed multiple times. In one instance, I stopped at a stop sign, I pressed the gas to go because I had enough time to go before the oncoming car got to me, however the vehicle wouldn't go, so I floored the accelerator twice and nothing happened. The third time the vehicle horribly jerked and threw me out into traffic in front of the oncoming vehicle. After backing up, another problem, the vehicle continues to go in reverse for an additional 12 inches. 12 inches that should not be necessary when switching driving directions. This can be noticed on incline and no incline.
Extremely inconsistent operation of 9 speed zf transmision. Have taken to dealer numerous times where they admitted the rough shift but said it was performing properly. Issues with transmision are as follows. Lags when up shifting in first two gears before neck snapping up shift to next gear. In midrange gears vibratatin can be felt while up shifting. Transmission is slow in down shifting, sometime starting off in second gear. Car drifts back a foot in park.
With only 12000 miles and less than a year of having the brand new vehicle, the transmission went out completely and left me stranded. It was acting a bit funny that morning driving, when I went to start it again, all warnings went off and I was unable to put the car in gear.
Please investigate acura on their 8 and 9 speed transmission. The transmission hesitates and jerks between shifts, is unresponsive to downshifts (unless it is in sport mode), reluctant to up shift at times, grinds at certain speeds and you can move the car a half foot in park. Most time, this is frustrating and upsetting for an upmarket vehicle, some times it is concerning as you feel you cannot control the car and could cause an accident. I have taken it back to acura 5 times and despite software updates and a "new" transmission, nothing has changed. I met with the acura mid-atlantic rep and he said this is the way the transmissions behave so honda can meet the government fuel economy requirements. I had a high-gear transmission before this car and never had these issues. I have read about the same problem on other sites and in car magazines yet honda/acura is doing nothing about it besides "software updates." this transmission, produced by zf and installed in other vehicles such as chrysler/fiat has the similar issues. What can be done about a product that is clearly faulty? Thank you.
Hi, I have a problem with my transmission and I can push the car a feet or so when the car is in park. Or if parked in an incline I the car moves back atleast one fourth to half tire rotation. I saw a recall the federal safety agency recall no. : 14v‑779 that had VIN ranges from begin :[xxx] end :[xxx] my VIN number is well within this range and neither dealership or acura has any knowledge of the recall applied. I also don't see any recalls listed in safecar.gov as for this car as well. Need assistance is making sure either the recall is applicable or if its done already need necessary documentation. 'information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
My 2015 acura tlx hesitates when changing gears, does not accelerate when gas pedal is pushed and the shifting out of parking position is noisy and harsh. Acura has provided a defect code for my complaints (03214) and software updates (operation number 1255a2 and 1255c9), which have been performed on my vehicle. None of these have fixed the problem. Lemon law favored in the manufacturer's side and the arbitrators say it is not a nonconformity. Honda's lawyer says that I did not take it in enough times and that hesitation for a moment is not a concern. Acura says they would not change my car because they all drive the same and that I am just not used to driving a vehicle like this one. The biggest problem with the car is that as it comes to a stop at an intersection or traffic light, it lurches forward extremely harshly as if I was hit by another vehicle in the rear. This is so bad that I have been experiencing lower back pain and have to take pain killers at times. And of course, I have to take this into account every time I have to brake, in order to avoid an accident. You must know how frustrating it is to have to worry about this each and every time I am reaching a stop sign or traffic light.. The car does it sometimes and others it doesn't, so I have to try and predict how it is driving that particular day. This takes away from me the ability to control my car in an emergency situation.also, there was one time when I needed to make a left turn and my car felt as if it were in neutral, did not accelerate and then after a moment decided to drive forward. Thankfully no car was coming, if not it would have been an accident. I have to now make sure that cars are far enough so that if it does hesitate again I won't be putting my family and I at risk. I hate having to drive my vehicle because it is unpredictable and I feel very unsafe.
Can you please investigate the 2015 acura tlx with the 9sp transmission? There is unintended acceleration when slowing down, unanticipated surging, and unexpected hesitation when attempting to accelerate. This is a known issue within honda but there has been no recall or public fix from honda. I included the purchase date of the car but the above happens at various times. Http://acurazine.com/forums/5g-tlx-problems-fixes-420/9at-hard-shift-1-2-2-3-a-919230
I have a 2015 acura tlx 4cyl. It is a very nice looking car however there is something wrong with the transmission. I have taken it into the acura dealership and they have confirmed that there is something wrong however they are not sure what. All they tell me is that there are no codes coming up telling them what it is. They just tell me that everything is documented so if and when there is a recall I have proof that it has been ongoing. When you are stopped and then proceed to go the car will jerk and hesitate to shift to next gear. This can happen while you are driving also, if you have to brake and then start again. Its very upsetting I have owned acuras before, the acura tl and the acura integra, both cars had a high performance. This car not so much. When is acura going to do something about this?? There hasn't been just one episode this is an everyday occurrence.
I own a 2015 tlx v4 tech and there seems to be an obvious problem, which the dealerships seems to neglect, with the transmission. I've had my vehicle checked out 2 times since I first purchased it back in july of 2015, and the dealership tech. Specialists know it is there but they aren't able to resolve the problem even through a "software update". The problem is that the vehicle jerks forward, sometime when making a stop it launches forward- as if someone had rear-ended me. The secondary problem is that when I merge onto the freeway there is a major lag and the transmission fails to shift. Takes about 3 seconds to engage to full speed which in terms it's extremely hazardous because of of other vehicles that cease to slowdown and give me the right-of-way. I demand the manufacturer be aware of this issues that I contemplate on a daily basis before something tragic happens to me or my fellow tlx drivers.
Car has 15k miles-from the time of purchase of my 2015 tlx shawd, vehicle exhibits ( 1)rough shifting, (2) unpredictable transmission response on downshifts on highway affecting the throttle and (3) freefall feel when downshifting on downhill. Issue (1):service bulletin done to "fix" the shifting, and although better, still exhibits the rough shift. Brought the car 3 times to acura and response is "working within spec" even when the tech noticed the hard shift and compared it to a 2016 model with no shifting issue. Now every time I know the 2-3 shift is coming, I anticipate a hard shift and have to tighten my neck muscles just in case it jerks and could cause a whiplash feel. Issue (2): when stepping on the gas pedal to make a pass on the freeway, transmission reaction time is unpredictable when at times, nothing will happen for 2 seconds, then the car will surge. This poses a safety issue due to: a. Not being able to keep up with the speed of incoming traffic due to delayed reaction and, b. The sudden surge after the 2 second delayed-reaction could result in hitting the car in front. Acura released tsb 16-012 to fix this issue but does not cover earlier VIN, which include mine. Issue (3):when going downhill and car downshifts, whether manually or automatically, car surges forward giving a freefall feel before it slows down. Again tsb 16-012 was supposed to fix this but does not cover early VIN ranges. Acura continues to insist that the transmission is within spec and yet, the 2016's have a different part number for their transmission. The fact that it performs differently also proves otherwise that the early versions are faulty.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 acura tlx. While stopped at an intersection, the vehicle jerked and stalled. The contact had to depress the accelerator pedal to get the vehicle to move. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 21,000.
E-shift provides no feedback when shifting to p or d (only when shifting to r). E-shift often fails to engage. On one occasion, while reversing, I attempted to engage p, but it did not engage, and car rolled back into an object, causing damage. E-shift also requires excessively deliberate inputs, which has caused difficulty executing 3-point turns in traffic.
Transmission issue as follows: shifts abruptly in 2 and 3rd gears. Car seems to shift up when braking then shifting down so it seems the car speeds up when it should be shifting down to slow down. When putting the car in park, the car rolls back abruptly.
Acura tlx hesitates 1-2 second when turning left, right, making u turns and switching lanes on the highway. The response of the car is unpredictable and I will not let other family members drive it due to safety concerns. The shifts from second to third gear are overly harsh. I have taken the car to the dealer three times but the dealer states that the car is operating normally.
Car shifts roughly when accelerating, just one of the lower gears, at around 10-15 MPH. Jerks noticeably all the time, whether car is warm or cold. I did not say anything to see if it was as bad as I thought, and a frequent passenger finally noticed and asked me about it. Car does not take off quickly like I am used to. Feels very slow and heavy. Not sure if this problem will get worse with age/mileage, but I'm just hoping it won't become a safety issue.
While driving ~40 MPH on an expressway the car started flashing all these warnings on the dashboard including pull over and check transmission. Looking down I saw that the car was automatically put in neutral and the gas pedal wasn't working. I maneuvered the car to the shoulder and since it wouldn't shift into park I pressed the parking brake. If the road was any more crowded we could have been killed.
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