CarComplaints.com Notes: The automatic transmission on the 2nd generation CL (2001-2003) is a downshifting mess. According to reports it slips, flares, and eventually fails --- sometimes around 40,000 miles.
The troubled transmission got an extended warranty for some CL owners that was later extended even further thanks to a class-action lawsuit in the United States. But even with the extended warranty, the transmission in this car is well known for overheating and locking up suddenly and without warning.
Two tires had bubbles and were replaced with 5,000 miles on the car: now, one year later car has 12,000 miles and, again, two tires have bubbles. It has been suggested that the Michelin tires on the car are wrong for city driving. I have bought four tires in the two years I have the car and have only 12,000 miles on the car
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Two tires had bubbles and were replaced with 5,000 miles on the car: now, one year later car has 12,000 miles and, again, two tires have bubbles. It has been suggested that the Michelin tires on the car are wrong for city driving. I have bought four tires in the two years I have the car and have only 12,000 miles on the car
- Dale K., New York, NY, US