1999 Acura TL engine problems
17 complaints about engine have been filed for the 1999 Acura TL, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 17 9% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 164,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When engine problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 5 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 11 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 164,000 miles, and 0% were reported before 60,000 miles.
None of the engine complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
While driving down the freeway at 80 MPH engine shut off. Then, after managing to pull to side and checked under the hood, nothing seemed to be wrong. Then, after waiting about 3-4 minutes re-started vehicle, and it started right up. Then on 22 april, vehicle did the same identical thing. Dealer could not find anything wrong with vehicle.
I was driving at approx. 45 MPH when I felt my car die, all my gauges went down and I lost power steering. Luckily I was close to an intersection and pulled to the side of the road. I put the car in park and it started again. Then on the way home, it did the same thing in the middle of a busy road. The car died and I pulled over and tried to start it several times. It finally started and now I am scared to drive it! I looked on the acura forums- [link removed] acura had a recall for the ignition switch.
Other problems reported for the 1999 Acura TL
- Electrical system 60 complaints
- Transmission 29 complaints