1999 Acura CL Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“I was driving the car the highway at 55 miles/hour and suddenly the transmission of the car stop for 2 minutes. If another vehicle was following closer to mine, the collision will be inevitable. Then, the car started moving as normal again. Thereafter, the problem resurfaced while I was still on the highway. Finally, I took the closest exit to return home. I still have low mileage on the car and believe also Acura should be able to fix this problem. On july 8, I check with my mechanic who told me it's a transmission problem, that Acura should have placed my model on their recall. …”

“Started to notice a slight slipping of automatic transmission when going from low to high gears. Was infrequent but noticeable. Recently, transmission also began to emit a low and steady humming or droning sound. Alerted my mechanic and had transmission flushed/serviced. He informed me that fluid was very burnt and appeared to him that transmission will require a rebuild (mechanics is honda/Acura certified). I recently set an appointment to have transmission rebuilt. …”

“Early 2005, my vehicle had difficulty shifting from low gears to high. This event occurred for a few months recurring from time to time. Finally, my vehicle could no longer be driven safely due to the inability of the transmission shifting properly. I had to have the transmission replaced. Recently, it was brought to my attention that similar incidences have lead to a recall of acuras under recall # pe0208. My concern is that the 1999 series may have been overlooked for that or a similar recall initiative.”

“I purchased an 99 Acura CL in 2003 from the Acura dealer in charlotte, north carolina, before I had 100,000.00 miles on this car. They have replaced the transmission 3 times. Now I am at 196,000.00 and having transmission problems. The dealership stated that they would not repair my car because they did not keep up with the servicing of my car. It shouldn't matter where I get the service as long as I am getting the car service. It's going to cost me over 3000.00 to get this car fix. This can not be so because no one should replace a transmission this many times.”

“My car started down shifting at inappropriate times and again not accelerating when pressing gas pedal. The transmission is clunking when it downshifts and is not engaging when accelerating.”