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Cadenza wins hands down!!! Of course, the Acura is 10 years old, and had a ton of features and packages in a car of that time. It was a great value, at only 32k, it was the first car in it's segment to have bluetooth.
It was a good car and had very little problems until about August of 2012.
I have spent about 5k on it since then. This is why I decided I needed a new car, along with the fact that the trans was on its way out...again!
Here is a list of recent maintenance. I am considered lucky as some people had much more problems, I used to think the car was reliable, because it was a honda, I was dead wrong, and so were hundreds of thousands of others.
Aug 2012 - Master Cylinder and some brake Sensor - Around $500
Nov 2012 - Starter - $500
Dec 2012 - Knocker Sensor - $600
Feb 2013 - Battery - Free (covered under Sears warranty, these cars are know to eat through batteries...that was the 5th one that died, there is some sort of short somewhere i think)
May 2013 - Transmission - $3000
May 2013 - Axles - $500
Jun 2013 - Transmission - Free (Covered under warranty of recent rebuild)
Jun 2013 - Axles - Free (see above)
Aug 2013 - Radiator and hoses and stuff- $500
Aug 2013 - Trans Started Shifting hard and slipping bad, again...
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Total Last Year: $5600 +/- These are rounded number, but pretty close
2 Days after the slipping started, I was on Vacation, the day after I came back, I got a Cadenza!!!
I dont know why my transmission kept going out...after it started slipping, I called the shop, and they said theyll buy the car off me rather than fix it b.c it'll be cheaper for them!!!! lol
This was my horror story with Acura, you can read about many more anywhere, just google Acura TL transmission problems
Acura 3.2 TL - Acura 3.2 TL - transmission problems - 4 transmissions in car in 3 years
This one is especially funny ^ 4th transmission in 3 years!!!
More Advice On Acura TL Transmission Failures And Recall - Topix
It was a good car and had very little problems until about August of 2012.
I have spent about 5k on it since then. This is why I decided I needed a new car, along with the fact that the trans was on its way out...again!
Here is a list of recent maintenance. I am considered lucky as some people had much more problems, I used to think the car was reliable, because it was a honda, I was dead wrong, and so were hundreds of thousands of others.
Aug 2012 - Master Cylinder and some brake Sensor - Around $500
Nov 2012 - Starter - $500
Dec 2012 - Knocker Sensor - $600
Feb 2013 - Battery - Free (covered under Sears warranty, these cars are know to eat through batteries...that was the 5th one that died, there is some sort of short somewhere i think)
May 2013 - Transmission - $3000
May 2013 - Axles - $500
Jun 2013 - Transmission - Free (Covered under warranty of recent rebuild)
Jun 2013 - Axles - Free (see above)
Aug 2013 - Radiator and hoses and stuff- $500
Aug 2013 - Trans Started Shifting hard and slipping bad, again...
____________________
Total Last Year: $5600 +/- These are rounded number, but pretty close
2 Days after the slipping started, I was on Vacation, the day after I came back, I got a Cadenza!!!
I dont know why my transmission kept going out...after it started slipping, I called the shop, and they said theyll buy the car off me rather than fix it b.c it'll be cheaper for them!!!! lol
This was my horror story with Acura, you can read about many more anywhere, just google Acura TL transmission problems
Acura 3.2 TL - Acura 3.2 TL - transmission problems - 4 transmissions in car in 3 years
This one is especially funny ^ 4th transmission in 3 years!!!
More Advice On Acura TL Transmission Failures And Recall - Topix