Four problems related to transmission slip out of gear have been reported for the 2002 Acura TL. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Acura TL based on all problems reported for the 2002 TL.
Vehical slips out of gears while driving on the hwy also feels like the car wheels or maybe even the transmission locks up while on the hwy . A very bad jerk , it seems like the gears are locking up for a quick second after the jerk it will proceed on . The jerks. These jerks are starting to damage my suspension and also my gears. . There was asafety recall for the transmissoion gears . I have taken my vhical to Acura of cerrittos and they refused to inspect and notify me of my vehical transmission gears status they said there was a oil line that was added but they cant show me where the work was done. While driving my vehical home from the dealership Acura of cerritos this transmission gears started locking up so bad that the jerks injured me my girlfriend and 3 of our kids and damaged my steering and suspension. Please help.
The contact owns a 2002 Acura Tl. The contact stated that the automatic transmission slipped out of third gear into second or fourth gear while driving 45 mph. He had to manually shift the vehicle into the correct gear whenever it shifted into third gear. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that there were no failures. He also stated that after the warranty expired the dealer confirmed that there was a problem with the transmission. The contact was advised that he would be responsible for paying the repair cost. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 95,000. Updated 05/12/10 the consumer stated the vehicle only slips in 3rd gear. Updated 05/14/10. Updated 07/08/10 updated 07/09/10.
The transmission in my Acura 2002 Tl type s has been found defective 2 times. I am currently having a third transmission installed after almost crashing the car. The first time my transmission was replaced it had about 6k miles. It was an intermittent problem where it would slip in and out of gear. I had to carry it to the dealer several times before they kept it for a week before they finally found that the transmission was defective. This was dangerous because when I was at a stop, and hit the gas to accelerate it would jump into gear after a few seconds and sometimes when I was driving it would slip out of gear no matter the speed I was driving. The second time my transmission was replaced the car had 32k miles. This time I lost control of the car as the transmission abruptly dropped into a lower gear and my speed went from 75mph too less than 10 mph. I ran off the road and was lifted out of the seat because of the force from the car slowing down so quickly. This is a major safety issue because I had no control of the car as this happened and if there were a car or truck next to me I would have gotten into a accident because I was forced to swing the car toward middle lane on a 3 lane highway. The dealer has explained the problem to me with these transmissions and if I kids or currently pregnant wife in the car and crashed or perhaps the force from the seatbelt jerking them back into the seat caused physical damage to them will Acura be liable? this car is unsafe and I can and will no longer feel safe driving it. Acura has had my car for over 2 weeks and they have not been keeping in touch with me about my car.
Transmission will start to slip out of gear, starting from 2 to 5th. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing to do anything. *akdealer told consumer to bring vehicle in. After inspection, it was determined the transmission needed replacing. A rebuilt transmission was put into vehicle.