1989 Honda Accord EX 1.6 petrol from Finland

Summary:

A good looking car

Faults:

Front brakes.

Front springs.

General Comments:

Reliable, comfortable and economic car. Steering is light and the engine is still running smoothly, giving no hints about getting old. Compression pressures are still at setup value and exhaust gas values are perfect. Starts well in cold wind and weather.

Some rust and oil leakage however. Replaced some consuming parts, windscreen, exhaust pipe, cooler and front springs. Gas tank hatch was frozen once in the gas station, and did not open. By using an hear dryer, it was opened.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 13th May, 2001

1989 Honda Accord LXi 2.0 from North America

Summary:

Well designed, poor manufacturing - lemon

Faults:

1. Clutch at 106,000 (compression ring/flywheel broke clean through).

2. Ball-joint failure at 109,000 (front lower left suspension arm, main ball joint) - lucky me... only going 15mph when it happened!

3. Replaced the engine at 135,000 (main bearing bolt broke on cylinder #2 @ approximately 4000rpm, jacked up the whole crank assembly).

General Comments:

Car was well taken care of before I got it.. I've taken good care of it - I just got stuck with a lemon... both the clutch problems were related to a defect in the steel, the main bearing bolt on the crank was either defective, or over-torqued.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know

Review Date: 29th March, 2001

23rd Jun 2001, 21:06

Someone didn't take care of that car... and I have 200 people to back me up - www.3geez.com.

20th Dec 2001, 08:01

Make that 301.

1st Sep 2003, 20:20

Before you blame the manufacturer, do some research on the car, and sure it hasn't been abused. Cars are like kids, they grow up based on how you treat them.

1989 Honda Accord LXI 2.0 FI from North America

Summary:

Good car... it don't owe me a lick

Faults:

Air conditioning system had to be rebuilt, but hey 165,000 miles and still going strong.

Routine maintinance is a breeze. I do all my own work and this car is gonna go over 250,000... knock on wood.

General Comments:

I have always owned Honda cars and have to say that they are well built and last well if you take care of them. Change the oil every 3,000 miles, transmission fluid every 25,000 miles and don't forget to rotate those tires. Two thumbs up... but hey the AC system sucks... this is the second one I owned that I had to replace the darn thing.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 24th February, 2001

1989 Honda Accord LX 2.0L 4-cylinder from North America

Summary:

Best mid-priced family sedan

Faults:

Transmission needed some lubrication and tweaking, but nothing surprising or unusual.

General Comments:

Excellent reliability! Simply amazingly reliable, and a wonderful delight to drive and be with wherever I go; its consistent performance and great, great value make it a total recommend.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 19th February, 2001

1989 Honda Accord LXi from North America

Summary:

A car that does not live up to the hype of reliability

Faults:

Everything that could go wrong with an engine and transmission. I had to replace the engine once and the transmission 3 times.

General Comments:

This car handled well, weak engine and unreliable.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No

Review Date: 22nd January, 2001

2nd Feb 2001, 00:26

1988 Honda Accord LXi, bought it used @ 107,000 mile, just had the tranny done @ 227,000, now at 235,000.

I love this thing! I'm thinking about restoring it. I've just added a new performance exhaust from the flex pipe back, K&N and stereo system.

No I'm not a teen, this is my daily driver. Any comments send to Blazingsaddle1@msn.com

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1989 Honda Accord EX 2.0 petrol from UK and Ireland

Faults:

Nothing in 5 years and 40000 miles.

General Comments:

Refined ride and handling. Reasonably quiet. Very reliable.

Steering and brakes may be too light for some drivers.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 28th August, 1997