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1997 Acura CL electrical system problems

17 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 1997 Acura CL, which is 16% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
17 16% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

Horn button is too small, making it diffcult to locate in case of an emergency situation , which has already resulted in 2 accidents.

January 2000 Crash

Tl* the contact owns a 1997 acura 3.0 cl. The contact stated that the key could not be removed from the ignition while in park or drive. The contact noticed NHTSA campaign id number: 02v120000 (electrical system:ignition:switch) but was advised by the manufacturer that his VIN was not included in the recall campaign. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 152,072.

Reported at 152,072 miles, September 2010

Other problems reported for the 1997 Acura CL

Electrical system problems in other years

  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001
  • 1999
  • 1998
  • 1997

Electrical system problems across all Acura models