Five problems related to transmission not go into gear have been reported for the 2001 Acura CL. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Acura CL based on all problems reported for the 2001 CL.
: the contact stated the vehicle was taken to the service dealer for a transmission recall 04v176000 in December 2004. The service dealer greased the transmission and performed no other work to the transmission as described in the recall. One week ago, while accelerating the vehicle, the transmission would not switch gears. The service dealer stated the transmission needed to be replaced and the contact expressed as part of the recall, the transmission should be replaced. The dealer told the consumer gear 3 and 4 were inoperable not gear 2 as stated in the recall. Updated 11/21/06.
While driving 20 to 40 mph transmission failed. As a result, vehicle will not shift gears.
Acura-cl type s transmission problems at 30000 miles. Transmission started slipping and engaged at random points. Accelerated to 60 miles per hour, at which the transmission down shifted abruptly without warning causing the tires to chirp. Warning lights came on after down shift in the form of a blinking d5 light, check transmission light, vsa light on with exclamation point. Would not shift out of gear until car was turned off and restarted.
Failure of automatic transmission in 2001 Acura Cl type s. I understand the sudden downshifting has been determined to not be a safety hazard, but in this case the transmission would not engage any gear while shifting between second and third. The resulting sudden loss of drive power almost caused the car behind me to hit me. The 2-3 shift is almost always under heavy acceleration away from a dead stop, to deem this not a safety hazard is absurd. If I were not able to pull to the shoulder of the road I would have been hit. Acura dealers have denied knowledge of this issue until the transmission actually fails. I tolerated 20,000 miles of erratic shifting before mine died completely. I now have 4,000 on the new transmission and it has been exhibiting the same behavior the original did, always between the 2-3 shift.
Transmission will slip and fail to shift into gear. Dealership is aware of problem.