1987 Honda Accord Si Hatchback 2.0

Summary:

Very awesome car!!!

Faults:

Well we just bought this car. Drive it home, and park it for the day cause we only got a temp. permit to drive it home. Then we put insurance on it the next day. Take it for a spin. Right away the temperature gauge shoots up to saying that it is going to explode. So we think OK, but be a thermostat. We change that. That does not correct the problem. Then we notice that the radiator has a crack, so we think, OK maybe that is what is wrong with it. We replace it, still not fixing the problem. So we replace the censors, the one on the radiator, and the one on the engine. Still not fixing the problem. People kept telling us, it must be the head gasket or a cracked cylinder head. Didn't listen to them. So we tried one more thing, we went to the auto wreckers and got a new instrument cluster, thinking the problem may be electrical. Bang, now it works perfect. That cost us a dozen doughnuts, cause we know the guy at the auto wreckers.

Next we replaced the brakes, it needed them really bad!!!

We are going to do the top-end in the spring, cause it pushes a little blue when you first start it up. Plus, it has a great body, very little rust and we want to keep the car as long as possible.

General Comments:

This is a great car!! It looks good!! Very sporty!! Man does it want to go... it has mega power!! Then again, I am used to driving a Tracker.

When we get a new paint job for this car. It will be the hottest car in my town!!

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 17th February, 2006

1987 Honda Accord LX-i

Summary:

Cheap extra car that went the distance

Faults:

The car had a broken odometer. all mileage was an estimate.

Transmission was on the way out when I got it, but had quite a long life.

General Comments:

Car didn't want to die.

Very high mileage when I got it.

Car wasnt used much by me, I was going to school and freshmen were not not allowed cars. Only used on weekends or breaks.

Was great for a spare car.

Front seat needed a little more back support, but great for a cheap car.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 3rd January, 2006

1987 Honda Accord LX 2.0

Summary:

She's a Beauty

Faults:

Well the person I bought it from didn't know what he was doing, and he replaced the top half of the carburetor with a domestic carburetor from a small four cylinder. so I had to replace that and that's about all that went wrong.

General Comments:

At first I hesitated on buying an older car, but after the test drive I was hooked.

This car has some serious potential. After replacing the exhaust manifold with 4-2-1 headers, the stock restrictive catalytic converter for a high-flow and th stock exhaust for a MONZA racing one. this car can fly.

All of the modifications I've done have been surprisingly simple. I even changed the automatic trans for a slip-shift semi auto; All done by me. I have also bored out the head and cylinders from a 2.0 to a 2.4 so I'm floating somewhere around 190hp to 205hp. this car can really pull.

One thing I honestly didn't like was the UN-supportive seats. But considering the year I shouldn't expect too much form this 5-seater Sedan.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 6th December, 2005

1987 Honda Accord LX 2.0 Gasoline

Summary:

Great, for not much maintenance in 18 years!

Faults:

Transmission slipping, exhaust system replaced, carburetor rebuilt, p/s pump replaced, a/s compressor replaced.

General Comments:

Dependable, comfortable, car. Previously owned by my mother, therefore not very well maintained.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 23rd September, 2005

1987 Honda Accord LX 4 cylinder

Summary:

Most unreliable car I ever had

Faults:

EVERYTHING... worst car I ever owned.

9 days after I bought it, every hose in the whole engine compartment blew out, stranding me. Wouldn't pass DEQ.

Transmission blew out, stranding me again. Was so bad it couldn't even be towed in neutral, they had to drag it onto a flat bed truck.

Engine had bad seals, leaked oil into the AIR FILTER?!? How does that happen?

Pop-up headlights froze shut.

Power antenna would not lower.

Oil coming out the exhaust.

Oil leaking out the bottom of the car.

Talk about a money pit! And I drove this car gently, I was not abusive in my driving.

General Comments:

Nothing good about this car. I unloaded it at a loss, and then STILL had a $2000 loan for my new transmission to repay after the car was long gone.

I listened to the hype about Honda, ditched my Mercury after someone ran into it.. big mistake. Hondas break like any other car, and when they do, they are more expensive to fix.

I ran back to Ford, and my Mustang has treated me great in 5 years and nearly 100,000 miles.. not a problem yet!

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No

Review Date: 7th September, 2005

8th Sep 2005, 09:28

Oil leaking into the air filter housing is called "blow-by". It's usually indicative of worn piston rings, which would lead to oil consumption. This will eventually lead to an engine rebuild... time to move away from this car.

8th Sep 2005, 15:57

I maintain my cars properly. No $2 part would have helped me, no matter what the Chilton manual you found at Goodwill says. My Honda mechanic told me straight out, you have a bad engine, unload this car. It would have cost a fortune to fix everything. I sold it at a loss, meaning what I owed was more than the value of the car.. not uncommon with any car; that was to point out how desperate I was to unload it. So, you read through all the problems I listed, and decide "it's not the manufacturer's fault?" So all that stuff is EXPECTED to happen under 100,000 miles on a Honda? Boy, I wish people would cut domestic manufacturers that kind of slack. I maintain my Mustang exactly the same way I did that Accord, the difference being I drive my Mustang a lot harder, and not one problem from the pony car yet. It will be at 100,000 miles in a few months. Explain that.