I bought this car as a certified pre-owned Acura from the dealer with somewhere around 50K miles in 2003. It was a lease return at the end of a 36-month lease. So I have owned it for about 21-years.
@@JohnsGarage Hey man I was your 1000th subscriber, it was at 999 and with mine it changed to 1K. Do I get a prize? 😂 I have a 2000 TL with 182K miles by the way. Hope mine will last even half as long as yours.
The blinks are telling you the diagnostic code for a transmission problem. You need to count the blinks. A short blink followed by a pause, then repeats, equals code 1. Two short blinks, followed by a pause, then repeats, equals code 2. This is the same up to the code number 9. A long solid blink followed by a pause, equals code 10. A long solid blink, followed by five short blinks, then repeats, equals code 15. Once you know the code number, that will tell you the problem with your transmission as the code number can be looked up. Also, with the engine off, check the transmission fluid on the dip stick to ensure you are not low on Honda transmission fluid or that it is not a dark burned color. A regular inexpensive engine only OBD-II code reader cannot read transmission codes. There are high-end code readers available that can read air bag codes, transmission codes, ABS brakes codes, in addition to engine trouble codes, but Honda is providing you the code number via the blinking light so you don't have to have an expensive code reader.
Thank you for your content you’ve been keeping my 03 Acura tl alive it’s got 260x miles.
If you take care of it, you should have a lot of life still left in it.
thanks bro
Would pulling the fuel pump fuse in the inside left fuse panel when you open the drivers door do the same thing?
I would assume so. The goal is to prevent gasoline from the fuel injectors from washing down the cylinder walls while cranking.
Never seen a gas engine car with that high iof mileage. How is the rest of the car holding up like interior plastic etc.?
How many miles did this car have on it when you bought it? And how many years have you had it?
I bought this car as a certified pre-owned Acura from the dealer with somewhere around 50K miles in 2003. It was a lease return at the end of a 36-month lease. So I have owned it for about 21-years.
@@JohnsGarage Hey man I was your 1000th subscriber, it was at 999 and with mine it changed to 1K. Do I get a prize? 😂
I have a 2000 TL with 182K miles by the way. Hope mine will last even half as long as yours.
My transmission is blinking in drive 5
The blinks are telling you the diagnostic code for a transmission problem. You need to count the blinks. A short blink followed by a pause, then repeats, equals code 1. Two short blinks, followed by a pause, then repeats, equals code 2. This is the same up to the code number 9. A long solid blink followed by a pause, equals code 10. A long solid blink, followed by five short blinks, then repeats, equals code 15. Once you know the code number, that will tell you the problem with your transmission as the code number can be looked up. Also, with the engine off, check the transmission fluid on the dip stick to ensure you are not low on Honda transmission fluid or that it is not a dark burned color. A regular inexpensive engine only OBD-II code reader cannot read transmission codes. There are high-end code readers available that can read air bag codes, transmission codes, ABS brakes codes, in addition to engine trouble codes, but Honda is providing you the code number via the blinking light so you don't have to have an expensive code reader.