Acura TL Change Vehicle

"transmission slipping. dealer recommended replacement"

"Transmission has begun to slip again but is now out of warrenty"

"I am embarrassed to say that we are on our third transmission, I wish I could confess it was abused, but the original transmission had a defective 2nd gear. The following two transmissions have a difficult time finding the right gear at low speeds"

"erratic shifting, leaking,"

"Gears were slipping, need a new transmission"

"Transmission failed at 150,000 of light driving. $5,500.00 repair"

"Transmission overheated on a prolonged summer coast to coast round trip, due to inadequate original design of heat transfer mechanism."

"Had to replace transmission gears shifting"

"Transmission stated to fail but was able to drive it to repair shop."

"bought this used car on based on ratings from consumer car guide when transmission went out mechanic said this was typical for this model and year. maybe you should be getting repair info from small certified car repair shops. don't have much faith in your car guides after this."

"Needed a new transmission in late 2018"

"At approximately 134000 miles, the transmission sporadically shuttered when it shifted from 2 to 3 and 3 to 4. We took it to a dealer and then an independent shop. The dealer wanted around $8000 for the installation of a rebuilt transmission and the independent shop wanted approximately $4000. We had the independent shop do the work."

"Transmission quit working and I had the repair done at the Dealer. $5000!"

"I had the transmission rebuilt and all is fine so far. The transmission burned out from a clogged filter screen I think."

"Transmission failed requiring major rebuild"

"TRANS WENT OUT AT 35000 MILES"

"Transmission just died requiring replacement"

"Complete transmission failure"

"Would not shift out of 1st gear"

"Stopped workin!"

"Cottman re-built trans 4 times. they now tell me it is typical and working as it should. whole process took almost 3 years"

"Needs further rebuilding"

"Replaced old transmission with a rebuilt transmission at a new car dealer"

"Transmission was slipping had to be rebuilt. This is a common problem with 2003 Acura. 3 2003 Acura's in my family had to be rebuilt"

"Transmission quit"

"there was a recall but no problem at that time ,problem occured 1 yr later"

"Transmission required replacement. Including original transmission, this was the SECOND replacement. Traded car due to value of car and cost to replace transmission once again"

"these car along with the compatible Honda line have a lot of trans failure"

"Transmission failed. This was the second rebuild I have had on this car in the last 4 years"

"needed factory rebuilt transmission at 85,000 miles"

"Lost shifting and power over 15 mile period. Car had to towed to shop"

"Original transmission was rebuilt twice. Additionally, a remanufactured transmission was installed twice. The transmission was rebuilt at 117,000 miles and again at 137,000 miles. The transmission was replaced with a remanufactured transmission had about 222,000 miles and again at about 226,000 miles ."

"The transmission went at 42000 and was covered by a recall by Acura. It went again last year at 109000 miles and was not covered. The car was always driven by one adult person and wasn't abused"

"Left rear lighting module filled with water after being washed (at dealership!). Apparent defect in initial factory installation. On the upside, the repair was relatively easy (unlike the front headlamp fiasco)"

"Due to an apparent manufacturers defect, the ballast in the drivers side headlight assembly got wet and needs to be replaced. This repair will cost more than the car is worth so it won't be repaired. I've been driving with only one low beam headlight for several years"

"Had ballast and bulb replaced on drivers side before for about 900.00 and two years later passenger side needs to be replaced"

"Headlight developed leak which caused moisture to short out 3 ballast. mechanic and seller of ballast both stated that this was a common problem with headlight assembly on 2003 Acura TL's"

"headlights out; igniter failure"

"Moisture got into the housing. A used replaced housing was $700"

"I have had the two headlights go out. to have the dealer install new ones it is $900 each time. It can be the bulb, ballast, igniter. One has to take the bumper off to get at it. The whole process is ridiculous. It cost me $9 to replace the bulb in my Suzuki"

"Left headlight low beam bulb failed 2x in 6 months at $99.00 per bulb"

"One headlight stopped working and could not be fixed except by repairing it’s electr system. Prohibitively expensive."

"They wanted $500 to replace a headlight!"

"Headlight failure required the replacement of a transformer for $800"

"IT cost 560 dollars to fix the driver side headlight"

"Seal on headlights leaks moisture and then bulb goes out - very, very expensive problem"

"headlight went out, turned out to be an extremely expensive, $600, Xenon Ballast. Luckily, I found on internet for $200 and another $200 for installation"

"the replacement t was costly"

"The high intensity power unit went bad"

"Had to replace both headlights and power supplies. Spent $1500"

"The cost to replace a burned out left headlamp was $770 at dealership, because of need to remove front bumper. Cost of the light itself was $120. The design is clearly intended to soak the owner, in the event that it must be repaired/replaced"

"The high intensity igniter and control unit stopped working. The cost of these two parts was $243 and $277. After labor, it was almost $800 to get the one headlight working again. Cost of parts seems exorbitant"

"HID ballast on one light needed replacement"

"headlights have a bulb controller that burns out and is pretty expensive to fix"

"The headlight on the passengers side burned out"

"One of the headlights burned out, no mechanic could fix it (we tried several, they replaced fuses, the lense, tried other fixes) but in the end, only the dealer could fix it. Turned out to be a very, very costly endeavor, involving two days in the shop and $1600, the headlight is now working. The entire electrical system for that light had to be worked on, and only a dealer could access and repair it. In nearly 20 years of owning this car, it is the only repair that I felt was way too expensive, but I had no choice as to where I could get it repaired."

"The gear box doesn't light up during the night when the headlight is on"

"Brakes have been deteriorating for several months. The warning light in the dashboard is intermittent. The would expect that if there was a problem the warning light would stay on. It instead came and went, likely causing me to put off getting my brakes checked out longer than was prudent"

"Wiper didn't respond to working right away when water was on the windshield"

"Player will not eject disc."

"Unreliable CD player out of service prior to 60,000 mile maintenance. Dealer unable to repair and radio/cd system had to be removed and sent to California for repair at a minimum cost of $400.00. Elected to not repair."

"cd player /radio/speaker system Infinity - trouble right after warranty expired."

"The cd’s would get stuck in player, if you had more than 3 loaded, suppose to hold 6 cd’s."

"Cd’s get hung up and will not play or eject."

"CD will not eject. making unit unusable. Cost to repair is prohibibitave"

"CD player stopped working & will no longer accept CDs"

"6 changer cd got jammed. Also, the radio never ever had good reception"

"A CD became stuck in the CD player and the unit had to be replaced"

"CD changer did not work. CD got trapped inside"

"I purchased the car used at 60,000km - the CD player did not work properly & eventually stopped working"

"The CD player would not eject CDs."

"Player does not eject the disc, Too expensive to repair."

"There is no in dash GPS system and I would have liked to have one. I use my phone or my iPad"

"Evidently the in-dash nav. system ($2000) came with a cheap clock as part of it. The GPS clock stopped showing the time and shows only zeros (00:00). The garage at the dealer (Duncan Auto.) said they could not fix it and that it needs to be replaced to have a clock. The GPS works fine otherwise. Can no longer get updates."

"The digital clock in the GPS display stopped working (shows all zeroes). The dealer repair shop said I would need to replace the GPS ($2000 GPS for a $50 clock). The GPS still works."

"The clock stopped working (would only show 0:00) starting in August 2017. Acura and Alpine had a fix ready (software update disc) in November 2017, but Acura sent the wrong disc so the GPS stopped working entirely. Acura finally resolved by having dealer service department remove the GPS unit and send it to Alpine for repair. This was completed in April 2018."

"Screen needs is worn out and needs to be replaced"

"Slow system to begin with, and now the touch screen is not working intermittently"

"The volume control on the radio is not working as it should"

"They only work sometimes. Too expensive/not worth it to diagnose. Only for the radio"

"Coil behind the steering wheel has deteriorated to the point that steering wheel controls (cruise/radio) do not work, and horn does not work. Unsure of air bag"

"sound system sttoppped working had to replace, transmission had to replace with a new replacement for about $3000 miles"