Just an update, albeit a little tardy. Thanks for the advice. I took it to the dealer after a call to my regular mechanic indicated it would be 6k to replace. Acura agreed to replace the tranny under a "good will" warranty at no cost since my warranty had just expired 5k miles ago. Now that I read here about the warranty extension I not so sure it was a "good will" warranty extension or the fact they had planned to do it anyway thirty days later. I guess mine wasn't the only one having problems. Ya Think. I'd be curious as to how prevalent this problem is/was. While I'm satisfied with the outcome I'm wondering if they've corrected the problem or just remanufacuring the transmissions and replacing them when neccesary and what that says about the long term life of the vehicle.