Vehicle profile
1998 Acura SLX
SUV · Special Purpose Vehicle 4WD
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 215 hp
- Cylinders
- 6-cyl
- Displacement
- 3.5L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- AWD
- Body class
- Special Purpose Vehicle 4WD
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- Most-affected system
- POWER TRAIN — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1998 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
98V180000
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE TRANSFER GEARBOX FLANGE NUTS WERE NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED, CAUSING THE NUTS TO LOOSEN.
Consequence: IF THE FLANGE NUTS LOOSEN, THE PROPELLER SHAFT CAN SEPARATE, RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPEATIVE.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT FRONT AND REAR FLANGE NUTS AND, IF FOUND LOOSE, TIGHTEN TO SPECIFIED TORQUE AND SECURED STAKED AT TWO PLACES.
03/08/1998
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"year": 1998,
"make": "Acura",
"model": "SLX",
"trim": "SLX",
"submodel": "SUV",
"horsepower": 215,
"cylinders": 6,
"displacement_l": 3.5,
"transmission": "Automatic 4-spd",
"drive_type": "AWD",
"fuel_type": "Gasoline",
"body_class": "Special Purpose Vehicle 4WD",
"image_url": "https://vehicle.s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/vehicles/1998/Acura/SLX/1998_Acura_SLX_d2e2895b_00001_.png",
"image_type": "illustration",
"recall_count": 1
}Compare
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