Acura CL 1999–2002 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin 502 · NHTSA communication 638045 · issued May 16, 2002

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Power Train

component

1999–2002

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

Concerns with automatic transmission fluid leak at axle seals, roaring noise, erratic shifting. *tt

Vehicles covered

2001 Acura CL
2002 Acura CL
1999 Acura TL
2000 Acura TL
2001 Acura TL
2002 Acura TL

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.