The Lemon Index$4,000 middle bill · most between $3,700 and $5,000
Lower than the $4,500 middle bill owners of all 175 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 101,000 miles (28 reports).
Acura TL owners reported paying a median of $4,000 for a transmission replacement, with the middle half of bills between $3,700 and $5,000. That's from 30 owner reports (30 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,50010%
- $2,500–$5,00063%
- $5,000 and up27%
Share of the 30 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2000 Acura TL3$4,000 middle bill
- 2001 Acura TL4$5,000 middle bill
- 2002 Acura TL6$4,700 middle bill
- 2003 Acura TL15$4,000 middle bill
- 2006 Acura TL2too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2003 Acura TL108 complaints name it28% of that year's complaints
- 2002 Acura TL93 complaints name it28% of that year's complaints
- 2001 Acura TL46 complaints name it31% of that year's complaints
- 2000 Acura TL37 complaints name it15% of that year's complaints
- 2005 Acura TL8 complaints name it2% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a transmission failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0700 P0730 P0715 P0720 P0731 P0732 P0733 P0734. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Acura TL reliability by year
- Transmission replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11062992, 10693500, 10682950, 10633829, 10562118, 10553729, 10514419, 10456373, 10443019, 10401471, 10392049, 10385228 and more.
Quick answers
How much does transmission replacement cost on a Acura TL?
Acura TL owners reported a median of $4,000, and the middle half paid $3,700 to $5,000, from 30 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Acura TL transmission replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Acura TL middle bill of $4,000 is lower than the $4,500 owners of all 175 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Acura TL repair costs come from?
From 30 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Acura TL years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2003 (108), 2002 (93), 2001 (46) Acura TL named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.