2001 Acura TL review from North America

We went on a 1,000 mile road trip to PA, on the way home (at night, in the pouring rain, with a toddler) we lost our transmission. This was on a 65 MPH highway. The tranny slipped from 2000 RPM-5000RPM and back a few times. By the time I could get safely pulled over, the car would not move. We had it towed to a local garage (thankfully, my mother with AAA was with me and we were about 30 miles from home!). They called the next day to tell us that the tranny was gone and they have such a high failure rate that they go for $2000 even at junk yards. They quoted us $3650 for a rebuilt, with a new computer (Acura required) and labor. The kicker is, we had only been over our mileage by 3K. We were at 103K miles when we could no longer move. I cannot believe that Honda/Acura can have the #2 most reliable vehicle reputation. After simply searching for "2001 Acura TL transmissions" there were pages upon pages that have had thier trannys replaced as early as 25K and some have even had two replacements. How is this the #2 most reliable care company? I do not think a tranny should go at 100K, if maintained properly, there is no reason for it.