NHTSA Complaint #10349985 — 2001 ACURA CL

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 ACURA CL TYPE S TO WORK (ABOUT 10 MILES) MY CAR WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 45 MPH, THEN ONLY 30 MPH, BUT WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT INTO THE PARKING LOT. AN HOUR LATER WANTED TO TAKE THE CAR TO AN AUTO SHOP AND ALL SEEMED NORMAL UNTIL ABOUT 6 MILES AFTER WHEN THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER MOVE (ENGINE STILL RUNNING OK). TRIED ALL GEARS BUT TO NO AVAIL. LET THE CAR SIT FOR 10 MINUTES AND CAR WORKED OK AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP. THE NEXT DAY THEY CALLED AND STATED THE TRANSMISSION IS "SHOT". ALL CLUTCHES ARE BAD. THEY INSTALLED A JASPER REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. I WAS TOLD THAT ACURA ONLY USED THIS TRANSMISSION TYPE FOR THE 2001 MODEL. IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR FOR THAT TRANSMISSION AND THE LAST YEAR. I ASSUME THERE WERE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH IT AND ACURA WENT TO A DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION FOR THE 2002 MODEL YEAR. IT COST ME $4500 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD ABOUT 102,000 MILES ON THE CAR AT THE TIME OF THIS FAILURE. NOTE: THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION FROM ACURA AND I DID BRING THE CAR BACK TO ACURA FOR THE RECALL NOTICE. *TR