Acura SLX
Registered from 1996 to 1999.
Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 15.7 L/100km (EPA) · 18.1 L/100km city · 13.1 motorway |
| 1998 | 15.7 L/100km (EPA) · 18.1 L/100km city · 13.1 motorway |
| 1997 | 16.8 L/100km (EPA) · 18.1 L/100km city · 13.8 motorway |
| 1996 | 16.8 L/100km (EPA) · 18.1 L/100km city · 13.8 motorway |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Risk of rollover
Defect petition, opened August 1996, still open.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Acura filed 10 bulletins about the 1999 SLX.
- Power train: 3
- Electrical system: 2
- Engine and engine cooling: 2
- Equipment: 1
- Service brakes, hydraulic: 1
- Tires: 1
- Sending vehicle data to tech line. · May 2021
- Service bulletin - The MIL comes on and DTC P1441 (EVAP system flow during non-purge) is set. The PCM software does not compensate for signal variation in the fuel tank pressure sensor when fuel… · February 2018
- Acura: there are guidelines for various situations and procedures including: tire pressure valve stem installation, trailer stability malfunction light is on, engine oil application guide, new… · May 2011
- Clearing antilock braking system diagnostic trouble codes. october tech line information. *tt · September 2004
- Shift solenoid identification. *tt · January 2004
- Subject regarding replacement top piston ring marking. *tt · December 2002
- This article mentions there is no t on replacement top piston rings. *tt · November 2002
- Subject regarding transmission drain plug leaking automatic transmission fluid. *jg · April 2002
2 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.