Acura CL 2002–2008 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 08-018 · NHTSA communication 10026204 · issued Jul 18, 2008
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2002–2008
model years
11
vehicle entries
Official summary
Acura: 6 speed manual transmission grinds when shifting into 3rd gear, pops out of 3rd gear, or is hard to shift into 3rd gear. Transmission has a faulty 3rd gear synchronizer or 3-4 shift sleeve. *pe
Vehicles covered
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.