NHTSA Complaint #10562118 — 2003 ACURA TL

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR ALMOST STOPPED. IT WAS LIKE I HAD PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND HELD IT. IT THEN WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO GEAR AND THE RPM WENT UP TO 6000. IT IS NOW UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS IT DOESN'T SHIFT INTO GEAR AND "BUCKS" AS I TRY TO GO DOWN THE ROAD. I WENT TO AN ACURA DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ME $4500 TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT SO THEY ARE VERY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I CALLED ANOTHER DEALER AND LEFT MESSAGE AND THEY NEVER CALLED ME BACK. IN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE I FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE EXACT ISSUE I WAS HAVING. MY CAR DID HAVE THE SO CALLED "FIX" COMPLETED IN 2004. I TOOK GREAT CARE OF THIS CAR AND CHANGED MY TRANSMISSION FLUID APPROXIMATELY EVERY 30000 MILES. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY AND THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED BY THE SAME DEALER WHO QUOTED ME $4500 WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT OR THE DEALER WHO NEVER CALLED ME BACK. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH MY MODEL TRANSMISSION AND THE FACT THAT I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BECAUSE MY CAR BASICALLY STOPPED IS UNACCEPTABLE. IT'S SAD THAT HONDA WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. AMERICAN HONDA HAS CHOSEN PROFIT OVER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND SAFETY. *TR