Have you only spoken with a dealer? If you have, try speaking directly with Acura Client Services (the number is on
Acura.com or Google it). Because it's out of warranty the dealer won't get reimbursed by Acura for the repair if they do it on their own. Normally a (good) dealer will try and go to bat for you, but it sounds like they're not doing that so you'll need to do it yourself. Since 9K isn't really that far over the warranty and you've already been through one replacement, they might be swayed to take care of it. Or at the very least split the cost with you. They know the car has a history of severe transmission problems so hopefully they will eat this one and take care of it.