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1997 Acura RL Engine problems

Owners have filed 3 complaints about the 1997 Acura RL's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 16% of all its complaints, most recently on May 22, 2012. They describe 1 crash, 0 fires and 0 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
3
Recalls
0
Crashes
1
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Driver assistanceEngine & coolingFuel system

On-board diagnostic (obd) system is detecting 5 codes p1304-p1305-p1306-p1300-p1399 and I dont think they are the right codes. *Tt

Filed Incident Electronic stability control (ESC) · Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 10459211
Engine & cooling

Car will not crank every time. We thought it was the battery and put a new battery in and it worked fine for about a week and then started all over again. I talked with acura of memphis and they said it could not be fixed. They said that the 97 3.5 Rl does that sometime and that it has not happened to any other acura vehicle. They said not to worry about it. It may not crank at first, but it will always crank eventually. That is one hell of a way to depend on your car. I put up with it for several months...

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after this until one day my wife got stranded for a long time and was very upset. So after about an hour the car finally cranked and she got home. This is very unsatisfactory. I called the service manager at acura of memphis and told him what the mechanic had told me about it not being able to be fixed and he said that was not right. He knew they could fix it. So, I took my wife's car to them and they kept it for three weeks. After three weeks, they called and said they tried it every day and it cranked fine every time. We asked if they drove it around because it looked to us as if it had not been moved. They said yes, but we did not really believe it. My wife picked the car up yesterday, left memphis and drove to a shop in bartlett. When she came out, it would not crank. Finally after about 10 minutes, it cranked. What if someone had been trying to assault her and she could not get the car cranked to get away. This is not acceptable in our minds. We have driven acura's for over 15 years and have sent many customers to buy acuras because of our satisfaction with the vehicles. Please do the right thing and either fix this car or give my wife a new car that works. I know that may sound ridiculous, but I can promise you that this small expenditure on acuras part will serve you much better than the bad press we will give about acura and its failure to be able to live up to its word that the car can be fixed. Thank you very much for your time. *Tr

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10247205
Engine & coolingCrash

Consumer states that while vehicle was stopped at an intersection, it was hit from the rear.The vehicle suddenly accelerated with driver feet on the brakes. Vehicle was stopped when it impacted a house, and the engine was still revving. Ts

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 8021521

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