Recall Register

1997 Acura RL: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1997 Acura RL. The newest campaign is 99V227000. NHTSA received the report on 19 Aug 1999. The NHTSA record gives the component Power Train / Automatic Transmission. NHTSA has 17 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 99V227000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will install a redesigned bolt.
NHTSA VIN lookup

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 221,393 units in total.

  1. 99V227000Received . 96,518 units.

    Power Train / Automatic Transmission

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. A transmission case bolt can loosen and fall out allowing the transmission to disengage from the differential.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The 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.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will install a redesigned bolt.

    Report filed by AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.. Manufacturer campaign number K68. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 99V069000Received . 124,875 units.

    Suspension / Front / Control Arm / Lower Ball Joint

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    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.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This condition would result in vehicle deceleration and a sudden loss of power. Also steering controllability would be reduced.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the front suspension lower ball joints.

    Report filed by AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Complaints by component

17 complaints, 20 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1997 Acura RL: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Power Train4
Electrical System4
Suspension4
Service Brakes, Hydraulic2
Tires2
Engine and Engine Cooling2
Unknown or Other1
Vehicle Speed Control1
Complaints that report a crash
2
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
1
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
4 Sep 2009

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1997 Acura RL, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2002, with 5 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19962
  2. 19972
  3. 19983
  4. 19992
  5. 20004
  6. 20012
  7. 20022
  8. 20031
  9. 20040
  10. 200511
  11. 20068
  12. 20077
  13. 20086
  14. 20096
  15. 20107
  16. 20116
  17. 20126

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1997 Acura RL: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/acura/rl/1997/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1997 Acura RL?
221,393 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Acura RL have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 20 recall campaigns for the Acura RL, model years 1996 to 2012. 2 of them name the 1997 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1997 Acura RL name most often?
Power Train: 4 of 20 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1997 Acura RL open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.