Vehicle profile
1997 Acura TL 2.5TL/3.2TL
Sedan · Compact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 176 hp
- Cylinders
- 5-cyl
- Displacement
- 2.5L
- Fuel
- Premium gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- FWD
- Body class
- Compact Cars
- Doors
- 4
Federal recall campaigns
2 federal recall campaigns.
How this compares
- vs 1997 Compact Cars
- 0.49× the 4.06 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- POWER TRAIN — 1 of 2 (50%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1997 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
99V227000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. A TRANSMISSION CASE BOLT CAN LOOSEN AND FALL OUT ALLOWING THE TRANSMISSION TO DISENGAGE FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL.
Consequence: 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: DEALERS WILL INSTALL A REDESIGNED BOLT.
19/08/1999
99V069000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINTVEHICLE 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: THIS CONDITION WOULD RESULT IN VEHICLE DECELERATION AND A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. ALSO STEERING CONTROLLABILITY WOULD BE REDUCED.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINTS.
10/05/1999
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"year": 1997,
"make": "Acura",
"model": "TL",
"trim": "2.5TL/3.2TL",
"submodel": "Sedan",
"horsepower": 176,
"cylinders": 5,
"displacement_l": 2.5,
"transmission": "Automatic 4-spd",
"drive_type": "FWD",
"fuel_type": "Premium gasoline",
"body_class": "Compact Cars",
"image_url": "https://vehicle.s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/vehicles/1997/Acura/TL/1997_Acura_TL_1ad9109e_00001_.png",
"image_type": "illustration",
"recall_count": 2
}Compare
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