Hey guys, ive been on the market for a tl and have been doin some research on them as well. It looks like the main issue that keeps comin up with these is of course the transmission failing. I have managed to find a tl literally down the street from me at a very reputable dealership. the only problem of course is they say it WILL need a new transmission.

As it sits they want 9500 with 80,000 miles and I was told they had a quote from the tranny shop thats its going to be another 2800 to replace the tranny. I see alot of "is it worth it threads anbd i guess this is another one. I have only ever had the older hondas and nothing this new so im not sure what to expect

 

If the cost of the car plus the cost of the rebuild doesn't exceed buying one that doesn't need a transmission it's a good deal.

 

Stay away from automatic TL's. Find an 04-08 6mt. Don't even consider the 99-03 Auto.

 

Why?
I have an 07 Type-S AUTO with close to 70000 miles now. Owned it since new and have had no problems. I have also owned an 05 6MT, that had a couple quirks but nothing I would get rid of the car over. To me buying a used car is a roll of the dice if you do not know the cars history personally. I can say none of my local TL owners that are on the AZ forums have had trans issue's. Now the 99-03 did have a ton of issues, But from my understanding those issues don't relate to the 3rd Gen models. If anything the 3rd Gen had more MT issues than the Auto's do.

 

I don't know about the statement regarding MT having more issues then AT. Although I do know a lot of them shift roughly into third I think the AT have cause more catastrophic failures then the MT.

I would say if you could pickup the car for 9k that would be a good deal. Does it have navi? If you look on ebay for a while it isn't hard to find a tranny with under 20k for under a grand... it can't be that hard to swap the tranny. I am sure you could find someone to do it for around a grand.

 

doesnt seem like a bad deal. if the car was perfect a 06 TL with those miles would usually sell for about 14k..so u would have his done at about 12500 so thats fair.

to be honest you can get a used tranny from a junkyard for about 1100 with low miles..its weird because its usually the 04's with the trans problems.

but anyways good luck with your purchase. if it was me i'd offer 9 and then throw in a used tranny and be done at about 10500.

 

we own an 06 5sp auto with 109k and no transmission problems what so ever.