1998 Acura RL - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

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Have you checked to see if your fuses are good ? If they are, you may want to check power at the switch and then at the relay. Might have a pinched wiring somewhere.

Garages can check this also. Or anyone that owns a scanner. I have 2.

if the car requires a fob key then you will need a fob key to operate the immobilizer

Depends on the vehicle , could be under dash by steering column. Newer vehicles have fuse box location .

Look in all the paperwork for the code. If that does not pan out, contact the dealer that originally sold this car as they may have the code stored on their computer system. Lastly.Go here: http://owners.acura.com/ Register your Acura and the follow the directions to acquire the radio code from Acura.

Distributer has nothing to do with cranking. Sounds like starter, tap on starter while someone holds key in start position. Make sure your battery cables are good, too.

check the fuse box for water ingress , this is a particular fault with this model ,if the fuse box is dry and shoes no sign of having water in it have the OBD codes read as will tell you which sensor is at fault

to turn horn off, remove the horn fuse and or relay.

most cars are same, and very hard. no steering wheel pull this time...cool. the FSM covers it. the alldata.com does too. its mounted with security screws on most cars, (headless) 10 steps remove only. and air bags are mech, killers, heed it.

1. Disable the air bag system, as outlined in Section 6 of this manual.
2. Remove the lower panel of the dashboard.
3. Remove the knee bolster.
4. Remove the steering column upper and lower covers.
5. Unplug the connectors from the ignition switch.
6. Remove the steering column mounting nuts.
7. Lower the steering column.
8. Center punch the shear bolts.
9. Use a 3/16" (5mm) drill bit to drill out the heads of the bolts.
10. Remove the shear bolts, then remove the lock cylinder assembly.

You have to replace the assembly if you can't pull the end of the key out. That is done by removing the steering column shroud and chisseling or drilling off the captive bolts which clasp the lock assembly to the column. Then refit the new assembly and tighten and snap off the new captive bolt heads.

There is a plastic button on the brake pedal petal arm directly behind the brake light switch. It is broken and missing, the part costs less than $2 at you local Acura dealer.

Look on bottom side of cylinder housing ther is a small round hole with a pin in it with lock cylinder in lock position press on pin and slowly turn cylinder to start position once pin moves inward around the on position pull on cylinder it should come out.

I could be wrong but I am pretty sure there are a few (3, I think) screws on the bottom side of the steering column. You remove those screws and take the plastic off from around the steering column, top and bottom. There are two 8 mm bolts on the top of the column holding down the ignition switch. The cylinder is on the bottom side of the column and should now come off.

if its not getting power it should close no problem, the trunk releases when power is supplied by the remote release switch, check for the latch if its stuck open, you could have a broken spring or something causing it to stick open

cars do start in neutral. and park so that's ok. cranks but no start is lost spark. did you check spark? move steering wheel away from the curb and tranny will then go to park.

locking down. i dont know what that means. what is locking?

find the leak, dont drive until found. if the oil pan is cracked, you can kiss of engine or trans. brown oil is engine pink tranny. find it.

replace the crankshaft oil seal behind the harmonic balancer. Check that the sump gasket is in good condition and the bolts are tight

replace the sump as you probably have cracked it. check the condition of the oil pump pick up as it may be bent and cracked . Best to have the job done by an accredited mechanic as there may be suspension damage as well