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1997 Acura CL air bags problems

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 1997 Acura CL17% of all complaints for this model year.

14
Air Bags complaints
17%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
3 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Airbag recall was issued in march 2020. Honda advises that no replacement parts are available as of 8/14/2020.could be up to a year (from march 2020) before parts are available.

    filed Aug 14, 2020

  • Tl* the contact owns a 1997 acura cl. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 20v026000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact reached out to norris acura (8559 baltimore national pike, ellicott city, md 21043; 443-574-1240) where it…

    filed Jul 10, 2020

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Air Bags problems in other CL years

YearReportsShare
2003 CL912%
2002 CL511%
2001 CL3212%
1999 CL612%
1998 CL815%
CL air bags problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.