Noises During Shifting problems of the 2000 Acura TL

2 weeks back while driving on highway, mil (engine) indicator and tcs indicator showed yellow. The transmission was running slow in spite pressing the accelerator, delayed gear engagement while accelerating, harsh gear shifting noise was noticed. I have been facing delayed transmission issues during acceleration previously and thought it was normal. When checked with dealer (from whom we purchased the car at 93k miles) they highlighted as follows. €œ124705 found code p0740 internal transmission failure. Transmission replacement neededâ€�. The dealer quoted $4000 for assembling remanufactured transmission and addition $1200 might be charged if my car transmission cannot be reused by Acura. I called Acura they took my car and owner information. They mentioned it has crossed the warranty limits and they cannot do anything. Lately we came to know about the Acura severe transmission issues on the web. The car was sold by the dealer to us in spite knowing about these issues. We have been doing regular maintained and have to face this problem. Recently we did change the timer belts and engine mounts. As a single car owner we have to go through safety issues in the product, wasted time spend in understanding the product issue which is never declared by Acura, visiting dealer and mechanic shops to make sense on changing the transmission and continue to spend on major reworks. Acura has to take responsibility and address genuine product issues which are nothing to do with customer. I want to escalate this issue to NHTSA for their review. Kindly do the needful.

While entering the highway today, I accelerated and my 2000 Acura 3. 2 Tl went from automatic to sport mode. I was terribly frightened and thanked god that my son was not in the car. The d5 and #3 were lit at the same time. Since the shift was in automatic mode, I could not shift to any other gear. I had taken my car to the dealer about a month ago because of a strange noise when my car was in reverse. I told them that I thought it was the transmission. The car was placed on a machine and the dealer told me it was my air conditioner. I found it very strange that I never heard the noise again after that visit. I called the dealer today and he informed me that it sounded like the transmission. I asked him why the last diagnostic test did not find a problem with my transmission (my car had already been sluggish, slow to shift into gear, etc). He informed me that the test would not have found anything if it just happened. I have faithfully kept my car maintained. Now that I am about 15,000 miles over the warranty, I do not think that I should be having this problem. When my car was still under the original warranty, I asked the dealer what would happen if my transmission went out after the extended warranty ran out. He informed me that it would be handled on a case by case basis. I will see tomorrow. Since owners are still having problems with these cars, evidently the extending of the warranty did not help. Peoples' lives are still in danger.

When the consumer started the vehicle and shifted from park to reverse a loud knocking noise was heard from the front of the vehicle. The consumer drove the vehicle to the dealer for inspection. The consumer informed the mechanic that this vehicle was on recall. The mechanic told the consumer the vehicle was not apart of the recall. Please fill in additional information.

Faulty transmission on my 2000 Acura 3. 2 Tl. Grinding sound. Car surges when stopped. Stalls out when stopped. Makes vibrating noise upon acceleration. Down shifts by itself. Sounds like their is a broken part moving around inside the transmission.