Vehicle Speed Control Related Problems of the 1997 Acura RL

Table 1 shows one common vehicle speed control related problems of the 1997 Acura RL.

Table 1. Vehicle Speed Control related problems of Acura RL

Problem Category Number of Problems
Car Accelerates On Its Own problems
1

Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

The contact owns a 1997 Acura Rl. While pulling into a parking space at approximately 5 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into four parked vehicles. There were no injuries. The insurance company stated that the vehicle was destroyed; however, they did not investigate the failure. The acceleration failure also occurred with the contacts 1986 Acura legend, which was caused by a stuck butterfly valve. Police report number 08-007317 was filed. The current and failure mileages were 104,000. Updated 02-19-08 updated 02/19/08.


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