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Hello,

I have a '96 TL 3.2 that I bought last month with 113K. I am having three
(minor?) problems:

1. When I start the car, I get a weird noise, almost like a horn, that
goes away after 3-4 seconds. I have no idea where it is coming from, except
behind the dash?? It does not seem to be causing any other problems, any
ideas?

2. When I turn the car off, almost every time, the fan runs for sometimes
10 mins after - is this normal? It seems like the fan is just doing it's
job, but I have not had another vehicle do that.

3. Shifting is not as "soft" as I would like. I just had the trans oil
flushed and refilled with Acura/Honda ATF. It is especially noticable
down-shifting, when I am slowing down for a stop sign or light. If I give
the throttle hell, it shifts nice and smooth and at the right time. Should
I be concerned?

Thanks,
Mike

> I have a '96 TL 3.2 that I bought last month with 113K. I am having three
> (minor?) problems:
>
> 1. When I start the car, I get a weird noise, almost like a horn, that
> goes away after 3-4 seconds. I have no idea where it is coming from,
except
> behind the dash?? It does not seem to be causing any other problems, any
> ideas?
>
> 2. When I turn the car off, almost every time, the fan runs for
sometimes
> 10 mins after - is this normal? It seems like the fan is just doing it's
> job, but I have not had another vehicle do that.
>
> 3. Shifting is not as "soft" as I would like. I just had the trans oil
> flushed and refilled with Acura/Honda ATF. It is especially noticable
> down-shifting, when I am slowing down for a stop sign or light. If I give
> the throttle hell, it shifts nice and smooth and at the right time.
Should
> I be concerned?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>


1. sure its not a slipping belt?

2. Sounds normal (wierd) but I've seen cars that do that.

3. My '99 TL refused to downshift smoothly.

"Mike" <mikebegin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Rqq7b.40843$Nc.9729222@news1.news.adelphia.ne t...
> Hello,
>
> I have a '96 TL 3.2 that I bought last month with 113K. I am having three
> (minor?) problems:
>
> 1. When I start the car, I get a weird noise, almost like a horn, that
> goes away after 3-4 seconds. I have no idea where it is coming from,
except
> behind the dash?? It does not seem to be causing any other problems, any
> ideas?
>
> 2. When I turn the car off, almost every time, the fan runs for
sometimes
> 10 mins after - is this normal? It seems like the fan is just doing it's
> job, but I have not had another vehicle do that.
>
> 3. Shifting is not as "soft" as I would like. I just had the trans oil
> flushed and refilled with Acura/Honda ATF. It is especially noticable
> down-shifting, when I am slowing down for a stop sign or light. If I give
> the throttle hell, it shifts nice and smooth and at the right time.
Should
> I be concerned?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>

The fan thing is normal. Not sure about the other items.
Where's Acura God?

Gabriel Afana wrote:

>>I have a '96 TL 3.2 that I bought last month with 113K. I am having three
>>(minor?) problems:
>>
>>1. When I start the car, I get a weird noise, almost like a horn, that
>>goes away after 3-4 seconds. I have no idea where it is coming from,
>
> except
>
>>behind the dash?? It does not seem to be causing any other problems, any
>>ideas?
>>
>>2. When I turn the car off, almost every time, the fan runs for
>
> sometimes
>
>>10 mins after - is this normal? It seems like the fan is just doing it's
>>job, but I have not had another vehicle do that.
>>
>>3. Shifting is not as "soft" as I would like. I just had the trans oil
>>flushed and refilled with Acura/Honda ATF. It is especially noticable
>>down-shifting, when I am slowing down for a stop sign or light. If I give
>>the throttle hell, it shifts nice and smooth and at the right time.
>
> Should
>
>>I be concerned?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Mike
>>
>>
>
>
>
> 1. sure its not a slipping belt?
>
> 2. Sounds normal (wierd) but I've seen cars that do that.
>
> 3. My '99 TL refused to downshift smoothly.
>
>
>

My mother's 98 3.2TL seems like the fans run FOREVER. But they don't
kill the battery and it can't be bad to cool down the engine. I suspect
it's related the auto climate control running the a/c all(most) the
time, thus telling the computer to operate the fans even after shut off.

Have you changed tranny fluid recently? Her car will buck and go! But
shifts really smooth the rest of the time.

I think she's got 60k on it.

> The fan thing is normal. Not sure about the other items.
> Where's Acura God?
>
Kissing Tojo's ass??

In article <Rqq7b.40843$Nc.9729222@news1.news.adelphia.net> ,
"Mike" <mikebegin@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 1. When I start the car, I get a weird noise, almost like a horn, that
> goes away after 3-4 seconds. I have no idea where it is coming from, except
> behind the dash?? It does not seem to be causing any other problems, any
> ideas?

I'm not sure if the 96 TL has ABS brake system but I think it does.
I've got a 96 RL. If so, what you are probably hearing is the charging
of the ABS system which is normal. Even better, is the fact that you
say that it lasts 3-4 seconds. That is normal. If it lasts as long as
10 seconds, you could possibly have an accumulator or modulator problem.

Cheers