Transmission failed while driving up a hill. Caused car to lose acceleration, nearly got rear ended while pulling off the road to safety. Initial transmission failed at 23,000 miles. This is the 2nd transmission failing with only 116,000 miles on it. Defective transmission.

- Hillsborough, NJ, USA

Information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) Acura 2003 3.2tl common transmission failure codes PO740 and PO730. Shifts erratically like millions of others. VIN # is not on the list. We have learned this is the 2nd time in. Honda city in Wisconsin - dealer scammed us. Carfax did not list the repair!!! dealer is telling us to drive it in and risk our lives!!! !!! the dealer should drive it himself. Honda corporate is not taking any action. 1-800-422-2872 amanda case # [xxx]. why is the government not taking action !!!

- Mukwonago, WI, USA

Was traveling on I-20 with family and transmission in 2003 Acura type S just blew out with no warning traveling seventy miles an hour. Coasted to side of interstate and had to get out and push car further out of harms way. Hot transmission fluid created smoke from engine compartment and left us stranded sixty miles from home. New transmission was installed in this vehicle in 2007 at dealership with 50,000 miles on it and now it goes out again with about 50,000 miles on it. Dealer would only give ten percent towards goodwill fix paid thirty two hundred out of pocket. This year and model was involved in a lawsuit in California but the VIN number on my car as well as numerous others was not included but should well have been. Acura service manager told me this is a weak product but that was putting it mildly after getting on the internet and reading all the consumer complaints on this exact model and year across the country. These transmissions are still defective and should be replace by Honda for free. Consumers are trading and getting rid of the cars because they feel they are a safety threat to their family. My daughter was driving us to a graduation when this happened and it scared her to death happening at that speed on the interstate. This product is well documented as being a piece of crap but consumers like me have no recourse but suffer the loss and hope for the best out of the next transmission. When people have to put three and four transmissions in a car with a hundred thousand miles on it somebody needs to step in and protect the consumers. I would like to know what difference was made during the VIN number on my car and same models before it that were covered under the lawsuit. Evidently the same transmission problems still existed in all these models. Just read all the threads on www.carsurvey.org/reviews/Acura/TL/R71264/comments.

- Augusta, GA, USA

I was driving from ossining, NY to takoma park, md, 260 miles on I95 when at 70 mph smoke started coming out of the exhaust and the engine compartment. The tachometer went up to 7000 rpms. I was using cruise control. I immediately touched the brake pedal to release the cruise control. However, I had no power from the transmission. I was fortunately able to coast to the right side shoulder from the left most lane of the highway and call onstar. Apparently the transmission had blown, and all the transmission fluid was all over the highway and the shoulder where I eventually stopped. The transmission was replaced at no cost to me. However, I was 160 miles from home. This was the second new transmission that has been replaced in this vehicle- once at 77000 miles and now at 10700 miles.

- Ossining, NY, USA

2003 Acura TL type-S, 36960 miles: Recurring transmission slippage when shifting between 2nd and 3rd gear (automatic 5-speed transmission) and nearly caused car crash when driving on highway during rush hour traffic three times. Currently driving a rental waiting to have replacement transmission installed. ("oil jet kit" was installed by dealer 2 months ago in response to recent recall by Acura.)

- Charleston, SC, USA