GVWR: Class 1C: 4,001 - 5,000 lb (1,814 - 2,268 kg)
Make: ACURA
Manufacturer: HONDA OF AMERICA MFG., INC.
Manufacturer Id: 988
Model: TL
Model Year: 1999
Plant City: Marysville
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Ohio
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 4
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: 3.2
Trim2: BASE
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2000 ACURA TL 3.2 WITH 3 TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS SINCE PURCHASE. ACURA HAS ADMITTED THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WY THE FAILURES CONTINUE AND THAT IS WHY THE HAVE EXTENDED THE WARANTEE TO 100,000 MILES. PROBLEMS STILL EXIST DUE TO THEM REPLACING TRANSMISSIONS EVERY 30,000 MILES OR SO. NOW, AT 119,000 MILES, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ARE RESURFACING AGAIN. MAY OTHER HONDA MADE PRODUCTS SUCH AS ODYSSEY, MDX, HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECALLED FOR SAME PROBLEMS. THESE VEHICLES USE THE SAME TRANSMISSIONS AS THE TL'S IN QUESTION. *AK
1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I OWN A 99 ACURA TL 3.2 WHICH TURNED OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING 35MPH THREE WEEKS AGO. I THEN HAD THE CAR IN THE SHOP TO BE LOOKED AT, AND THEY REPLACED MY CABLES. THEN LAST WEEK I WAS DRIVING 40MPH AND THE CAR TURNED OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT AGAIN! I LUCKILY HAD BEEN IN A LOCAL AREA BOTH TIMES AND MANAGED TO TURN THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD SUCCESSFULLY. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR EVER AGAIN. *TR