1997 Acura Integra problems
Owners have filed 25 complaints with NHTSA about the 1997 Acura Integra. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 24% of complaints. Next are electrical system (24%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (16%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 25 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 24% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 5 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 89% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1997 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Acura Integra with enough data (10 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Winston tire co. Replaced brake pads and completed brake maintenance on 7/6/98. We have been advised that a faulty brake pad became separated from its metal backing, jamming into the rotor which shattered and resulted in a loss of steering, causing the vehicle to "360" and slam into a curb.
Consumer was involved in two collisions in which driver/or passenger's air bags did not deploy. Please give any further details.
Tl*- the contact's son was driving the 1997 acura integra in the evening hours going around the off ramp of the expressway. The driver stated that the steering wheel locked and he was not able to control, and the vehicle and hit an embankment off the expressway. The contact was concerned that the air bags didn't deploy. The vehicle was traveling at 25 MPH which was the speed limit, and that it had drizzled.
Gas tank of our 1997 acura integra developed a leak at the seam. No corrosion noted. No damage to tank had occurred. The car is in overall good condition. There are no pending recalls or complaints for this make/model that we could locate. This seems like an unusual and unsafe occurrence. We have no options (according to the dealer or acura's national office) but to replace the tank at a cost of $900 plus.
I am a 78 year old woman dealing with males at acura/honda who have done nothing but run around and stall. I have had two terrible incidents of unintended acceleration, the first one at 70 miles an hour on a crowded freeway, the car jumped to 80 MPH and continued to accelerate, I took out 200' of shrubs along the freeway & was lucky I could get off the freeway and standing on the brake the car finally went to idle. The auto shop cleaned the throttle.