A great value in basic transportation
Automatic seatbelts intermittently fail to come on. exhaust system rusted out (after 15 years) CV joint boots rotted out (after 15 years) Paint job is beginning to fade (after 17 years in the florida sun)
Unbelievably reliable. very economical. very easy to find spare parts.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 28th June, 2007
Reliable to the bone
EGR vacuum solenoid problem at around 200K miles, Needed new exhaust system at around 240K miles, needed outer CV boots at 250K miles, and a valve cover gasket at 260K miles. Not bad at all for the amount of miles it has went.
I bought this car for my wife with 167,000 miles after we were sorely disappointed by our Ford Windstar, we've driven the wheels off of it and it keeps on going and going. It is roomy and comfortable, has a lots of get up and go and handles excellent.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 24th April, 2007
Reliability/Durability overrated for every component of the car other than the engine
Automatic Transmission replaced @ ~170K ($1200)
CV axles replaced @ 175k, both needed to be replaced again by 200K ($200 * 4 = $800)
Entire front suspension other than shocks and struts, which are currently starting to go, replaced between 180k and 200k ($1600)
2 out of 4 calipers, all four rotors, and all four sets of pads replaced between 180K and 195K ($1100)
Two out of four power windows non-functional, one window has 1/2 inch gap from seal when fully raised, other is very weak and slow.
Repeated, trivial brake light problems.
Entire exhaust replaced between 180K and 200K ($600)
Battery replaced @ 167K.
No matter how many times car is aligned, it pulls noticeably to one side or the other.
ABS non-functional, estimated cost of repair $1200.
Brakes ephemerally pulse, and always have.
Car shimmies between 50-60 mph (started around 190K).
Paint is fading.
They say Hondas run forever. They do. However, despite their resplendent motors, beware being nickeled and dimed by these great cars when they get higher mileage.
I had a civic before this, bought when it was 5 years old with 67K. By the time I got rid of it at ~210K, there was nothing other than the motor worth anything on that car. Most of the problems (suspension (both steering and ride), clutch, windows off track, paint fading, exhaust, etc., etc., etc.) began around 150K, were addressed, and returned before I got rid of the car. Guess it could be the servicers I was using in for both this and my accord.
Regardless, my accord is still a very comfortable car, and runs better (smoother, less laboriously) now than the 2004 Ford Focus that I had did in 2005.
Also, considering that of the nearly 200K I've put on my Hondas, about 150K of it was in pizza delivery in Chicago suburbs and on a college campus, they both held up well.
That being said, the maintenance of this accord has been outlandish. Bought for 3500, put at least that much into it. Not at all worth it.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 26th March, 2007
As great as Honda's are, they're still a machine, and machines need maintenance. Since you got the car at 167,000, you probably inherited all of the smaller maintenance issues that were never done before then.
Yeah, I know it's expensive when you have to make all of those repairs in a short period of time, but don't say that it's not worth it.
That car might very well give you another 200,000 miles if you want to keep it. Some people just drive them, don't worry about any maintenance at all, and just unload them when all of the small things start to go wrong due to lack of proper care. Sounds like that's what you have. Don't blame the vehicle.
20th Nov 2016, 00:31
Update: Our Honda lasted to just over 300,000 miles and the camshaft seal blew out, but it still ran. I started to take it apart to fix it and realized it was too deteriorated body wise from Michigan salt so I sold it for parts. Still was well worth what I paid for it.