I want to love my TLX, and when I'm on a twisty road I do. But after half a year, I still can't get in the car without thinking about the part that I like the least: the transmission.
My TLX completely died (read me every error code in sequence) at 880 miles. Had it towed to the dealer (thanks, AcuraLink...) and it ended up being the transmission, which the dealer eventually replaced after a number of calls with Acura Support. I was happy, because the original trans was very buggy (even with the first updates installed before I got it...) and would take f o r e v e r to shift from R to D. The new trans is worse - sometimes indicating that it's changed from R to D, but actually going into some sort of purgatory that it only leaves when you give it gas. The resulting jerk makes the abrupt shift from 2-3 seem like a minor problem, although it's not something that we should have to put up with in an Acura. Finally, the lag when trying to accelerate is better with this trans versus the first one (which was abysmal), but it's still annoying. All thee problems seem to be consistent for this car/engine/trans combo, although I'm hoping that Acura doesn't just give up and accept them as "normal" - which is my worst fear.
If this car had even an AVERAGE transmission then it would be a winner. As it is, I'm not even sure I would sell it to a private party without feeling like a crook. I honestly hope that Acura gets this fixed or this will be the last time that I feel I'll be able to trust the brand.