general problems of the 2018 Acura TLX - part 2

39 problems related to engine and engine cooling have been reported for the 2018 Acura TLX. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2018 Acura TLX based on all problems reported for the 2018 TLX.

36 Engine And Engine Cooling problem

Failure Date: 10/01/2021

The contact owns a 2018 Acura Tlx. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled approximately ten times. The vehicle inadvertently shifted into neutral. The vehicle was restarted after five minutes. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 47,700.

37 Engine And Engine Cooling problem

Failure Date: 02/27/2021

When driving as gear changes while hitting the gas ,my car jults as if gas I ran out of gas and hard enough to make me feel like im getting wiplash and dose it around 25mph and 55-60 mph and rpm wil jump and go back to normal.

38 Engine And Engine Cooling problem

Failure Date: 01/31/2021

The contact owns a 2018 Acura Tlx. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 23v751000 (engine and engine cooling). The contact stated that while driving on several occasions at various speeds and while the vehicle was idling, there was a valve tap coming from the engine compartment, and the vehicle failed to restart. The vehicle was towed to a dealer, where it was diagnosed, and determined that a rod had pushed through the wall of the engine, and the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure reoccurred three years later. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

39 Engine And Engine Cooling problem

Failure Date: 11/04/2017

For the past two days I see the check engine indicator pop up along with two errors. "electric parking brake problem" and "emissions system problem" this happend after driving and parking the car. The next day I turned the car on and saw the errors. Not sure what cpuld be the cause of this. I recently purchased this unit. Had it since July 2017 with only 3228miles. Please advise. Thank you.


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