2004 Acura Tl

ONE OF THE FRONT AXLES SHEARED (BROKE IN HALF). THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR STARTED MOVING FORWARD WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. AN ACCIDENT DIDN'T RESULT BUT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD. THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED THE AXLE WAS MADE WITH WEAK METAL. THE CAR HAD 122,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS SINCE BEEN SOLD TO CARMAX. THE OTHER FRONT AXLE HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED BUT LIKELY IS MADE OF THE SAME WEAK METAL. I HAVE THE BROKEN AXLE AND WILL SAVE IT FOR ANOTHER MONTH.

I BOUGHT A USED 2004 ACURA TL THAT HAS RUN FINE FOR 6 MONTHS SO FAR. JUST LAST NIGHT, WHEN STATIONARY AND TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING, STALLING OUT AND RAMPING UP TO 5000 RPM. AFTER A GREEN LIGHT WITH CARS BEHIND ME AND I CAN'T MOVE AN INCH. I TAKE MY CAR TO A TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALIST TO LEARN THAT THERE IS COOLANT MIXING WITH MY TRANSMISSION FLUID. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL ON THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS FOR ACURA TL'S IN 2004. RECALL NUMBER 04V176000 . THE TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALIST SAID THAT IN 23 YEARS WORKING HE COULDN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME HE SAW THIS PROBLEM IN A HONDA, HE THOUGHT THEY CALLED BACK THOSE COOLERS. ANYWAY, CALLING MY LOCAL ACURA DEALER, THEY JUST LOOKED UP MY VIN AND TOLD ME THERE IS NO RECALL ASSIGNED TO MY CAR, AND THEREFORE THEY CAN'T DO THE RECALL WORK. YET I HAVE THE EXACT PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL! I READ THAT MANUFACTURERS ARE ONLY REQUIRED TO DO RECALL WORK FOR 10 YEARS BUT THEY MIGHT DO OLDER WORK (14 YRS) IN THIS CASE SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY OLD CARS STILL ON THE ROAD, OR IF IT POSES A RISK TO THE ROAD (WHICH IN THIS CASE IT CERTAINLY DOES). I'M LOOKING AT A $2600 FIX THAT I FEEL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND I'M BEING BLOWN OFF. 'ON SOME VEHICLES, CERTAIN OPERATING CONDITIONS CAN RESULT IN HEAT BUILD-UP BETWEEN THE COUNTERSHAFT AND SECONDARY SHAFT SECOND GEARS IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EVENTUALLY LEADING TO GEAR TOOTH CHIPPING OR GEAR BREAKAGE.'

PREVIOUS RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING HOSE LEAKING, MINE IS LEAKING WHEN IN MOTION AND STATIONARY, PREVIOUS RECALL ON INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAULT, PREVIOUS RECALL ON WIPER MOTOR HOUSING, CURRENT RECALL ON BALL JOINTS, WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC I HAVE A BALL JOINT PROBLEM, CURRENT PROBLEM WITH PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT GOING OUT. REPLACED BALLAST WITH NEW ONE AND HEAD LIGHT WORKED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WENT OUT AGAIN, NOTICE WHILE IN MOTION AND STATIONARY.

MY 2004 ACURA TL IS EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN SLIPPING GEARS. THE ENGINE WOULD REV WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS, HOWEVER, THE CAR WAS ACTING LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC SO THIS COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY CAUSED A CRASH. I AM THANKFUL THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY JUST MOMENTS BEFORE THE PROBLEM STARTED HAPPENING. I WAS ABLE TO STEER THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PUT IT INTO PARK. THE CAR WOULD NOT PROPERLY SHIFT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. I HAD TO GET MY CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC. HE STATED THAT SOMETHING IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHEATING AND THAT SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT I AM EXPERIENCING ARE IDENTICAL TO THE PROBLEMS OUTLINED IN RECALL #04V176000.

BOUGHT USED ON 1/1 /2018,DROVE FINE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THEN IT FELT LIKE CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. WE WERE ABOUT AN HOUR FROM MY HOUSE FROM WHERE WE BOUGHT CAR. WE THEN HAD TO PULL OVER ,SHUT THE CAR OFF , WAIT 5 MINUTES AND START CAR FOR IT NOT EVEN GO A MILE AND WE WOULD HAVE TO REPEAT. WE WERE TRAVELING ON BUSY PARKWAY AND THIS BECAME A TRAFFIC HAZARD DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.THE CAR WILL SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR AND HAS 130,000 MILES ON IT.

RECALL NUMBER 04V176000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION I HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU TYPE IN YOUR MAKE AND MODEL THIS IS THE RECALL THAT SHOWS UP, BUT WHEN I USE MY VIN IT DOES NOT SHOW THIS RECALL BUT IT SHOWS THE SAME SYMPTOMS/ ISSUES THAT ARE ON THIS RECALL. MY CAR WHINES AFTER CERTAIN RPM. I CALLED ACURA AND EXPLAINED THE SAME AND THEY SAID IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO MY VIN. I ASKED A DEALER AND THE EMPLOYEE EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS COMMON AND PEOPLE HAVE DRIVEN THEIR CARS WITH SAME ISSUES UP TO 400K MILES. IS THIS SAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE WHEN I KNOW THE PROBLEM EXISTS. HOW CAN THE MANUFACTURER GET AWAY NOT HONOR WHEN THE EXACT PROBLEM EXISTS. I HAVE READ A FEW COMPLAINS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED ON THE WEB. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO SO ACURA CAN HONOR THIS ISSUE?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ACURA TL. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFTER TOOTH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER TOOTH FRACTURED AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.