2001 Acura CL Reviews - Page 4 of 6

Rotors constantly warping.

Inner axle joints worn makes the floor shake between 40mph-60mph.

Drivers seat leather waring really fast.

Rear view mirror auto dark feature went bad/ the fluid leaked out causing a air bubble.

New tires at 40,000 miles.

It's a good car, comfortable and has nice cruising power, but its slow to accelerate and does not feel agile even for a two door.

I have been using red line oil in the motor and its keeping it nice and clean, it working good.

The trans gets a fluid changed once a year and so far no problems with the transmission (using only Honda fluid).

It seems to be loosing its pep, when it was new it was much better. Next car will be a manual not an automatic.

Transmission replaced at 44,000 miles, 72,000 miles and again at 97,000 miles. Acura did cover the replacement costs.

I'm on my 4th transmission at 97K and Acura only covers up to 100K. Since I won't pay for the next one, I'll get rid of the car and never buy another. What a shame Acura does not stand by their product.

Replaced transmission at 94,000-free of charge from dealer- Transmission has a 100,000 mile warranty. Replaced ball joints in the front suspension at 132,000 miles. Had front end alignment done at the same time. Replaced ABS sensor on front right wheel at 120,000. Got timing belt and water pump done at 130,000 miles. Also had tensioner done at same time. The timing is a fiber glass reinforced unit so it can well over 100,000 and will not break. Left headlight went out at 140,000. Bulb was fine, but something called an inverter was bad and had to be replaced.

The car is relatively reliable and very comfortable and very smooth. Handling is not that great; what with about 61% of cars weight on front wheels.

The front brakes warped at 34000. Dealer resurfaced, and they of course warped again at 39000. New rotors under warranty, which warped at 67000. Will get new OEM size Brembos in a few weeks. Is it really such a big deal when a performance-oriented car company can't put decent brake rotors on a car, year after year, model after model?

Plenty of rattles, which I fixed myself, with some direction from the Acura-cl.com forums.

And of course, the ticking time bomb auto tranny, which was replaced at 49000. Dealer just installed some kind of jet fix kit at 69000, but this made it feel worse. Hope nobody gets killed rear-ending me when it suddenly decides to shift from 5th to 2nd. Remarkably, this is an epidemic for 99-03 Honda V6s pushing automatic 5-speeds: Accord, CL/TL, Odyssey, MDX. How is it kept so quiet? They even squirmed out from under a NHTSA investigation with some bogus technical mumbo-jumbo...

I hope I didn't hammer in the last nail in the resale value coffin. On the other hand, I don't care: I really do love this car. It's roomy and comfy, agile, tasteful, solid, relaxed yet responsive. I plan to keep it for 244000 miles, which is the distance to the moon...