Car will not start after I drive it for awhile...see details below. Thanks

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My 2000 TL will not start after I drive it for awhile (it is not overheating by the gauge). I have to wait about 10-15 minutes and it will then start somewhat rough and then it is fine. I have inquired about this with a Acura shop. The replaced the relay but it still happens. Today it did the same thing however something happened a little different. The car stared and then it stopped in gear. Luckily it rolled back in the parking space and now I was scared because I could not move it out of the gear and the car did not crank at all and now I'm really scared. I waited and prayed for about 5 minutes and I turned the key and it started no problem. I arrived home and turned the car off and then turned it on again it started. No one seems to know what is causing this problem. This has been going on for about 2 years off and on. I had a free diagnostic at AutoZone and it said I had a misfire. I wanted to drive home to that is about 450 miles away. Thank you.

My acura 2000 TL in Washington DC

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Dec 18, 2014

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CharlesAutomotiveon Dec 19, 2014

If you had an engine misfire, I would start with new spark plugs and new ignition coil(s). I'm not sure relay was replaced, but usually a relay works or does not. Meaning, if a relay that makes the car start or not, did not work. Car would never start.

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look into possibly crankshaft or camshaft position sensor malfunction

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Tommyguns49on Aug 31, 2015

My Acura 2000 TL 3.2 V6 has been acting the exact same way and usually by the time i get it to my Mechanic to take a look at it, it all the sudden decides to work again and then my Mechanic tells me that its runinng fine and he cant find whats wrong with it. This type of "behavior" has also happened previous times on other system problems on this car such as the Air conditioning system. Either this car has an evil sense of humor or when they designed this car they designed the systems to (fail safe) when they're going out causing the vehicle to run even while the parts are failing. This is just a theroy i thought of because i recently bought a (fail safe) type thermostat which will lock in the open postion if the engine and radiator temperature increase too high.

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