Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1996 Acura TL

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
26
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
23
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

26 filed
3
Crashes
0
Fires
2
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER Ball Joint
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL Pipe
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    2
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    2
  • Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
    1
  • FUEL/PROPULSION System
    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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