2001 Acura TL

May 5, 2012 @ 06:37 AM
trevorsanderson

Post: 261

Join Date: Mar 2012

Location: Sacramento, Ca

going to look at one for my first car tomorrow. anything i should know about them before i go take a look or just advice in general?

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May 5, 2012 @ 08:06 PM
reversal

Post: 716

Join Date: Jul 2010

Make sure transmission isn't going to fuck you over in a couple of years. My friend was always an Acura kind of guy until both his Acura's transmissions failed on him. Now he rules out Acuras all together when he gives advice on buying cars.
May 5, 2012 @ 08:13 PM
Redline

Post: 711

Join Date: May 2007

Location: Canada

YES the transmission on the 2nd gen has a very well know problem
unless the transmission has been swapped or already repaired, i'd gtfo
May 5, 2012 @ 08:30 PM
oldmajor

Post: 52

Join Date: Mar 2012

Location: California

Anything honda/acura is easy to work on man, can't go wrong.

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May 6, 2012 @ 12:48 AM
Redline

Post: 711

Join Date: May 2007

Location: Canada

he's right. pulling the engine out of an nsx takes me 5 mins
May 6, 2012 @ 01:31 AM
overthebuilding

Post: 781

Join Date: Nov 2010

Make sure transmission isn't going to fuck you over in a couple of years. My friend was always an Acura kind of guy until both his Acura's transmissions failed on him. Now he rules out Acuras all together when he gives advice on buying cars.


had an 02 acura tls R.I.P. sad

you WILL have transmission issues, unfortunately.
May 6, 2012 @ 05:07 AM
Trollinator

Post: 5030

Join Date: Jun 2010

Location: Location

he's right. pulling the engine out of an nsx takes me 5 mins

lies

I want to see the world burn

May 6, 2012 @ 05:24 PM
repiks

Post: 11

Join Date: May 2012

Ive replaced the tranny on one before. Total pain and pretty shitty to have to replace one at 70k miles. Comfy cars though.
May 9, 2012 @ 03:11 AM
oldmajor

Post: 52

Join Date: Mar 2012

Location: California

Just realized this is the oddball tl... I thought it was the newer tl's for some reason. The motor/ tranny on this year sucks. Stick with something thats more common and you won't have any problems/ replacement parts will be cheap and easy to maintain down the line. Anything with a B/K series motors and manual of course.

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May 9, 2012 @ 05:42 AM
trevorsanderson

Post: 261

Join Date: Mar 2012

Location: Sacramento, Ca

thanks for the help you guys. i ended up not buying it. the guy was trying to tell me some story about how it was his friend's car but his friend doesn't have the title. the whole thing seemed sketchy.

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May 10, 2012 @ 11:42 AM
&y

Post: 4014

Join Date: Mar 2009

pm a guy on here named "n1njai" he owns that generation tl, knows every issue. he's at 210k miles, only issue is transmission, which is an issue every honda that generation usually has.. accord, tl, prelude, etc. other than that it should be good
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