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1999 Acura RL Engine problems

Owners have filed 2 complaints about the 1999 Acura RL's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 5% of all its complaints, most recently on February 28, 2001. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

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Engine complaints

Engine & coolingEquipment & accessories

Radiator got punctured by a less than a dime-sized object, through the lower front grill. The air conditioning parts were narrowly missed. There should be a better design to protect the radiator from punctures from road debris. Fortunately, we made it home without overheating, since it apparently occured just before we came back home, without completely losing coolant. Acura refused to cover it under warrantee, claiming the radiator was not defective. But it got punctured because of poor defective design of...

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protecting it from ordinary road debris of normal highway driving on paved highways! The resultant failure of the radiator from road debris puncture because of inadequate protective design, should be covered under warrantee. Replacing the radiator, does not guarantee that it won't happen again!*Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · EquipmentNHTSA 741697
Engine & cooling

Car serviced regularly by dealership. Dealership solution for emissions test failure unhelpfull: filled tank with gas additive and high octane gas, run untill empty and then get emissions tested again.

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 716677

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