Gonna buy an early 2003 TL, have a question on transmission
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Gonna buy an early 2003 TL, have a question on transmission
Hi, everybody. I'm gonna buy an early 2003 TL and I know the transmission of this model. Almost 160K on the car and the seller told me there was no transmission replacement history. If so, does this mean the transmission on the car is OK and has no that defect? Thank u all.
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Do a test drive and see for yourself. Just because some trannys were recalled, doesn't mean all models are affected. My brother's CL, my TL didn't have a problem. My sister's V6 Accord needed a new tranny.
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Thank you for the advice. How many miles does your car have? I test drive the car and didn't feel issues like tranny problems.
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I only have about 62,000 miles on my 1999 TL.
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If the car is in very very good condition buy it...you can always fix engine problem with money but you cant fix a loose falling apart riped or stained seats kind car...8 times out of 10 if its in really good shape the owner took care of the car and didn't rabbit drive it...
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If it's the original, I would say it's an extremely fortunate trans to have gone 160K without a major problem.