Faults:

I bought the car for $2500 in November of 2002 with no second gear, and by December I had completely destroyed the transmission.

Water pump went out two weeks after the new transmission was in.

General Comments:

If cheap speed is what you are looking for then here it is. These cars are fast four cylinders! having the turbo is great for racing at any speed or just passing that semi on the freeway. All Wheel Drive is awesome, nobody can out launch this car. Rev it to red-line, dump the clutch, and all grip no slip. so if your into import tuning, forget all the stuff you saw in Fast and the Furious. Honda's are nothing to these D.S.M.s (Diamond Star Motors).

But these car are not for families at all the back seats shouldn't be called seats, maybe luggage spots. The back seats are small and uncomfortable, The front seats are fine without rear passengers.

My point: this car is made for one thing only... being fast!

Faults:

Heads and gaskets blew at 117,000 miles.

Timing and cam shaft belt blew at 117,000 miles.

Motor mounts went at 117,000 miles. OEM only cost over $500 alone.

Breaks went at 115,000 miles.

Tire rods went at 115,000 miles.

CV shafts went at 113,000 miles.

Cam shafts had to be replaced at 117,000 miles.

Several other things had to be replaced too many to list.

General Comments:

This car is great fun to drive.

It also handles very well.

Would never buy one again, but it's been fun while it lasted.

Really good looking car, I've had a plenty of complements on it.

Faults:

Timing belt needs too much attention.

Several oil leaks since date of purchase.

Transmission synchronizers are poorly made.

Back seats are a joke.

General Comments:

Accelerates like a sports car should.

Plenty of power from the turbo.

I will never make fun of a four cylinder again.

A simple performance spring change made it handle like an Indy car.

The car is well balanced and has plenty of potential to be a high performance beast.

Faults:

Burns oil. After rebuilding the engine and driving it for 1700 miles, it started to burn oil while idling. Only while idling.

General Comments:

Car runs strong like nothing is wrong, only the oil burning while idling is causing me some grief. I have found at least 5 other owners that had the same problem with this engine, both Non Turbos and Turbos. I don't believe it is a turbo problem.

Car handles like a champ. I have owned 4 and now I am down to 3. I am currently rebuilding the engine in a Turbo AWD.

Faults:

Massive oil leak when I first got the car, due to a cracked valve cover.

Clutch went at the same time.

Rear brakes went.Replaced pads calipers and rotors.

Started overheating pretty bad. Replaced two heater hoses.

Windows are a little bit sticky.

General Comments:

I love my car regardless of all that has gone wrong.

Talons have a lot of room for audio improvements.

Performance wise, I am very pleased. The Talon is a genuine Honda smoker.

If you take good care of a Talon, a Talon will take very good care of you.