Faults:

The rubber around the left headlight started to come out around 65,000 miles.

The interior is loud when I am driving on the freeway, but the intensity tends to vary.

Rubber around windshield came undone around 80,000 miles. It was very cheap and easy to fix.

Tail lights kept going out and later found out that the wires to the "trunk open" light were blowing the fuse. It was very cheap and easy to fix.

General Comments:

I have had this car since I was 16 and I absolutely love it!

Other than regular maintenance (oil changes, new brakes, new tires, new muffler) I really haven't had any major problems with it.

The car has a small engine, but once it is going it can pick up speed very well.

Faults:

Gas pedal got stuck twice. Dealer had no clue why this happened. Got re-call notice for the floor mat 2 years later.

Rubber lining around left headlight came loose (70k miles)

Check engine light came on around 75k miles (Car was re-called for some EPA issue)

Once in a great while the engine won't even turn over when I go to start it. However, it does start within 3 minutes after the first attempt.

Driver side window jumped the track. Seems to happen in cold weather.

Both power windows roll up and down slowly in cold weather. Sometimes windows can't roll all the way down.

Recently been hearing the rear springs creaking.

General Comments:

I bought this car new right after I graduated college and have been very pleased with it.

Reliability has been excellent. I have never missed work with this car because the engine has never failed me.

It's not very fast off the line, but it does much better when you are in 3rd or 4th gear. There is some body roll, but you gotta remember that this is no Porche.

My biggest complaint is the interior noise level when riding on the freeway. It can get loud and I have noticed it to be louder as the car has gotten older. It maybe just the cheap tires I put on it, but it's always had a higher degree of road noise than other cars I have ridden in.

I think it is a comfortable ride though. The suspension is not so soft that you feel like a beached whale. It's semi-tight with some roll in tight turns. It's nice if you like having a semi-sporty feel to your daily commute. Ohio roads suck though so I also feel the pot holes!

The gas mileage has been great. I recently adjusted my driving habits so I can get even better gas mileage than what is advertised. I have been averaging 38 mpg in combined 50/50 city/highway.

Interior is well laid out. Typical Japanese philosophy having an ergonomically correct layout.

Exterior paint job has held up awesome through the years. I think it's shinier than some of the newer cars out there. The thin sheet metal does tend to ding up easy though.

I have been considering buying a new car (Pontiac Vibe) but I just can't force myself to get rid of this perfectly good car. I think I will keep it another 2 years and get rid of it when it hits 150,000 miles.

It has served me well and I will miss it when it's time for it to go.

Faults:

The engine knocks loudly. Honda calls this "piston slap" and they say it is normal. It at first sounds like a monkey under the hood with two pipe wrenches. Then, a hollow knock begins, sounding like a two-by-four banged against a wall. Finally, it quiets down after about ten minutes. Sometimes it takes longer to quiet.

The engine computer (electronic control unit) had to be replaced.

General Comments:

Honda is very overrated, and don't believe the hype. A relative owned this car before me for 25K miles, and I was the one who maintained it. The car has been perfectly maintained. I have gone above and beyond regular maintenance, yet at 50K miles or so, the engine developed a knock. Honda calls this "normal." They even have service announcements about it, and a representative read the memo to me over the phone. A local dealer mechanic tells me the engine is shot. Honda knows about this problem and is doing nothing. Check out reviews from Canada. They rate Honda far below what Americans say.