Clutch Broken problems of the 2003 Acura TL

With 2 year old son and 4 year old son in car, the tcs (traction control system) light turned on and engine revved but car slowed. Went from 40mph down to 30mph. Continued down road and engine continued to not respond. Had to hazard and barely made it off road. Most dangerous position I put my kids in. Went to dealer and got told flare in shifting. They ran full diagnosis and retrieved code p0730 incorrect gear ratio and code p0740 tc clutch failure. Told needed to replace transmission for $5k. Ask to escalate to factory district rep of Acura who agreed to pay half out of good will and total cost around $1. 85k. Not in list of original VIN numbers who got automatic powertrain extension to 100,000 miles. From class action lawsuit, sounds like Acura/Honda gave judge empirical data that showed they had "fixed" the transmission problem and our vehicles don't need to be included. Given my transmission failed and looks like a few others, I think we should have been included. Nhtsa should monitor these transmission failures because we are 6-7 years in vehicle life and at 10,000 miles per year, if trend holds. . . Quite a few transmission mind die in next year. Very dangerous. Created a yahoo newsgroup and alias for owners with VIN numbers not included in warranty extension. . Read more...

The contact owns a 2003 Acura 3. 2tl. The contact stated that the transmission's third gear clutch pack has failed. The transmission slips out of third gear before reaching 40 mph. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that she would have received a deduction on the repair cost if her vehicle had been serviced by Acura. The manufacturer stated that the VIN was excluded from NHTSA campaign id number 04v176000 (power train:automatic transmission). The failure mileage was 66,000.

I bought a 2003 Acura 3. 2tl approximately 2 months ago from a small used car dealer (k&s auto sales, 600 w. St. Georges Ave. , linden, NJ 07036; 908-925-4411). They represented this car as being in excellent condition with no problems whatsoever. We paid $10,270. Cash for this vehicle. Not even 5 weeks after the purchase, the transmission went on the car. When approached to look into the necessary repairs to the car, they vehemently denied any wrong doing and refused to even look at the car. They would only honor new jerseys 30 day warranty that they must do anyway. They never mentioned any trouble with the trans nor the fact that the car had been in an accident prior to us purchasing the car and front fender, door, etc has been replaced. It has now been 4 weeks that the car has been in a transmission repair shop as Honda/Acura keeps sending the shop the wrong parts to fix the problems (clutch pack failure, 2nd gear shaft locking up, I don't know what else they have to repair) since there was a recall on this vehicle for the same transmission problems, is the car still covered? I don't know if the car was repaired when the recall was first initiated, and even if it was, it is now a recurring problem. It took all the money we had to pay for the car in the first place, now we have had to rent a car for 3-4 weeks while the car is being repaired, and it is supposed to cost anywhere from $2500-$3500 to repair. Is there any way that Honda/Acura of America can help with the cost of the repairs/replacement since this was a NHTSA recall that was obviously not fixed properly in the first place, if at all. I feel the dealer knew there was a problem, but being a mother/daughter buyer, was just interested in the sale. Not honesty. Please, is there anything you can do to help defray the costs we are now faced with? any help your corporation can give at this point would be a huge help as I feel the huge expense to repair this car should not have to be paid by us. Thank you.