Automatic Transmission Torque Converter problems of the 2012 Acura TL

There is some jerkiness when car switches gears. Read it could be the torque converter or be fixed with a software update. I had the software update already.

2012 Acura Tl. Consumer writes in regards to unsatisfactory customer service with recall 16v-061 and torque converter service bulletin repairs. The consumer also sent in a recall letter for the air bag.

I have recieved recall on torque converter . So I took in for service but all they(Acura service)did was flush transmission . My car running horible it had no power had no acceleration it judder between 35-45mph noise on bumpy road not safe if you try to pass other. I have taken in for service 5 times two differrent dralership90.

Torque converter failure. Stall when passing at 35-40 mph. Widespread problem.

There has to be a recall on 4th generation Acura Tl's with the 6 speed auto transmission (mine is a 2012 sh-awd tech package). My car produces the tachometer jumping approximately 300-500 rpm when cruising in 5th gear around 35-45 mph. The tach jump is so large I actually have looked at it while driving, it's distracting and needs to be fixed, I am willing to bet it¿s the torque converter. Car is going to Acura dealer on 12/3/2015 for "diagnostic testing:". Below is a link to a youtube video which is almost identical to the video on my cell phone that the service manager will see this coming Thursday (around 19 seconds in, the car is in fifth gear and does exactly what mine does). Read the Acurazine. Com forums, this is a huge problem and Acura is hoping their customers ignore it or just plain don¿t notice it. . Read more...

This is a *well documented* problem with Acura torque converters affecting the 4th generation Tl with the 5-speed auto--so much so that a TSB letter was sent out. When leisurely accelerating (light throttle application), the vehicle exhibits a characteristic "low growl" and sort of rhythmically surges forward as power is alternately applied and reduced by the torque converter; this symptom is also visible on the tachometer, as the revs oscillate up and down a couple hundred rpm. On my 2012 Tl, this mostly occurs between 1st/2nd gear (this is the 6-speed auto), but also between 2nd/3rd. Based on only cursory searching of owner forums, this is also becoming commonplace on the 2012 models. Failing torque converters in these cases have also led to failures in the transmission itself, a much costlier repair. . Read more...

I have been complaining to Acura about the transmission "tach hunting" and car vibrations since the car was between 1-2 years old. No one could figure out the problem. They did find and repair a leak on the drive shaft that they said might have been the cause of my complaints. That did not fix it and I was told that Honda/Acura transmissions were abrupt in their changes, and tended to favor lower gears, as a method of increasing fuel economy. Progressively the problem has gotten worse and now the Acura dealer is telling me that the problem is the torque converter.