Transmission Slip Out Of Gear Problems of Acura CL

I bought a used Acura and on the way home on the highway the car suddenly down shifted violently several times causing the car to skid sideways . I pulled over and the car would not shift out of 3rd gear. Eventully I got it to reset and it drove fine for 35 minutes until once again it locked up doing 65mph.

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While driving on the highway at 65mph, my car suddenly slipped out of gear, engine revving and smoke pouring from under the hood. I had gotten no warning at all. The check engine light never came on and the car had no prior instances of gear problems. Had to get it towed home where it sits in my driveway because I can't afford a new transmission.

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Purchased 2001 Acura 3. 2 Cl type-s (replacing my first Acura 3. 2cl that was totaled in a 1/2009 crash) on 3/2009 as second owner from Acura dealership with 35,232 miles. Got all service records for this automobile from dealer including the record dated 9/9/04 (mileage 14,660) for the installation of the oil jet kit during transmission recall. While driving home on the highway this evening, the engine and vehicle stability assist (vsa) system lights came on and stayed on. When I finally stopped at a light and then processed through it at a normal slow speed, the tachometer jumped from 2,000 to 4,000 rpms while in first gear. Luckily, I was within a few blocks of my destination. When I returned to vehicle to drive home, car would not shift out of first gear. I had to park the car on a city street that same night. I hadn't experienced any transmission problems until this one night. Had car towed to my regular mechanic the next day only to be told it was a transmission problem. Contacted local Acura dealer to be told that my vehicle was out of the warranty period and they tentatively offered a good will split of the cost. (I had bought my first new 2001 Acura 3. 2cl from them and they had installed a new transmission during the earlier recall. ) had vehicle towed to a nationwide transmission specialist shop. They determined that transmission had to be completely overhauled. Agreed to have it repaired and they used new factory parts and Honda genuine automatic transmission fluid (atf-z1). After completion and payment, I was advised to drain and refill fluid every 15,000 miles and flush transmission system using atf-z1 every 30,000 miles. I had never been told this transmission servicing schedule by my original local Acura service department consultants. Owner manual states changing the fluid at 45,000 miles or 36 months in their maintenance schedule for driving in normal conditions. Vehicle had 58,300 miles when this problem occurred.

Car suddenly slipping out of gear, revving with no acceleration, 3 days later the engine cut off in the middle of a very busy intersection, simply put I could have died that day. The transmission failed and needed replacing. I paid for a brand new one about 5k.

The automatic transmission fails to shift properly. Would jerk forward as if it was down shifting on its own. Transmission will not shift out of 2nd gear. Also, rpms would run very high. Recently was not able to shift in to reverse. Felt as if the brakes were on. The drive indicator started flashing. Traction light had came on with the engine light and stayed on. Problem had started on 7/7/03. Had taken the vehicle to dealership on 7/11, and had picked up vehicle on 7/18. Mechanic indicated the problem was not able to be duplicated. The problems with the automatic transmission still exists.

Transmission failure, this is the second transmission failure for this vehicle. This first failure was July 3, 2001. First failure vehicle blew smoke. Second failure resulted in transmission slipping out of gear and sudden, hard shifting. Vehicle was in questionable safety condition due to constant slipping out of gear during turns, acceleration.

A 2002 Acura vehicle purchased for approximately $34,000 with a major failure after <30000 miles and <1year on the road. Complete disappointment at news of other owners with similar problem. With no previous warning, transmission slipping out of gear just red-lining when accelerating. Once stopped, car can no longer move and car just rev's as if in neutral.

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The vehicle jumps out of gear, and sometimes sticks. Transmission is defective. Dealer stated that he could not find the problem.

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Automatic transmissin failed to upshift properly while driving. This caused vehicle to jerk forward as if down shifting on its own. Would shift out of 2nd gear with rpms running very high.

While in traffic vehicle came to an abrupt stop without warning. First time this happened, transmission locked up . Had transmission repaired. Second time this happened transmission slipped out of gear. Having transmission replaced again. Dealer can't identify why transmission keep becoming inoperative without warning.