NHTSA Complaint #10392049 — 2000 ACURA TL

2 WEEKS BACK WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, MIL (ENGINE) INDICATOR AND TCS INDICATOR SHOWED YELLOW. THE TRANSMISSION WAS RUNNING SLOW IN SPITE PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, DELAYED GEAR ENGAGEMENT WHILE ACCELERATING, HARSH GEAR SHIFTING NOISE WAS NOTICED. I HAVE BEEN FACING DELAYED TRANSMISSION ISSUES DURING ACCELERATION PREVIOUSLY AND THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL. WHEN CHECKED WITH DEALER (FROM WHOM WE PURCHASED THE CAR AT 93K MILES) THEY HIGHLIGHTED AS FOLLOWS. 124705 FOUND CODE P0740 INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT NEEDED. THE DEALER QUOTED $4000 FOR ASSEMBLING REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION AND ADDITION $1200 MIGHT BE CHARGED IF MY CAR TRANSMISSION CANNOT BE REUSED BY ACURA. I CALLED ACURA THEY TOOK MY CAR AND OWNER INFORMATION. THEY MENTIONED IT HAS CROSSED THE WARRANTY LIMITS AND THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING. LATELY WE CAME TO KNOW ABOUT THE ACURA SEVERE TRANSMISSION ISSUES ON THE WEB. THE CAR WAS SOLD BY THE DEALER TO US IN SPITE KNOWING ABOUT THESE ISSUES. WE HAVE BEEN DOING REGULAR MAINTAINED AND HAVE TO FACE THIS PROBLEM. RECENTLY WE DID CHANGE THE TIMER BELTS AND ENGINE MOUNTS. AS A SINGLE CAR OWNER WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH SAFETY ISSUES IN THE PRODUCT, WASTED TIME SPEND IN UNDERSTANDING THE PRODUCT ISSUE WHICH IS NEVER DECLARED BY ACURA, VISITING DEALER AND MECHANIC SHOPS TO MAKE SENSE ON CHANGING THE TRANSMISSION AND CONTINUE TO SPEND ON MAJOR REWORKS. ACURA HAS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND ADDRESS GENUINE PRODUCT ISSUES WHICH ARE NOTHING TO DO WITH CUSTOMER. I WANT TO ESCALATE THIS ISSUE TO NHTSA FOR THEIR REVIEW. KINDLY DO THE NEEDFUL.