Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1997 Acura RL

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
19
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
70
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

19 filed
2
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER Ball Joint
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    2
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    2
  • Unknown OR Other
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    1
  • FUEL/PROPULSION System
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    1
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
99V227000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1999-08-19

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. A TRANSMISSION CASE BOLT CAN LOOSEN AND FALL OUT ALLOWING THE TRANSMISSION TO DISENGAGE FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL.

RiskTHE VEHICLE COULD LOSE POWER TO THE DRIVE WHEELS WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION INTO THE PARK POSITION WOULD NOT LOCK THE WHEELS, AND A PARKED VEHICLE COULD MOVE UNEXPECTEDLY IF THE PARKING BRAKE IS NOT SET.

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL A REDESIGNED BOLT.

99V069000·SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT1999-05-10

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. CERTAIN VEHICLES WERE MANUFACTURED WITH BALL JOINTS THAT CAN PREMATURELY WEAR OUT AND, IN THE WORSE CASE, THE BALL JOINT WOULD SEPARATE CAUSING THE FRONT SUSPENSION TO COLLAPSE.

RiskTHIS CONDITION WOULD RESULT IN VEHICLE DECELERATION AND A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. ALSO STEERING CONTROLLABILITY WOULD BE REDUCED.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINTS.

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