Faults:

The igniter went bad in the distributor at about 60,000 miles. Radiator went bad at about 150,000 miles. Replaced front axles at about 175,000 miles. Bearing in the distributor went bad at about 190,000 miles. Have only had to do the brakes on the front of the car twice, and once on the rear. Everything else has been preformed as required in the owners manual.

General Comments:

This car has been the best car I have ever had. Has given me little trouble over the years and cost of maintaining it has been really low. This car drives very nice and is built very well.

Faults:

The key switch broke about on 200,000 miles so I keep the key in the ignition at all times and lock the door with my spare key.

Sometimes, it acts like it doesn't want to start so I gently tap the gas and it starts right up.

The CV Joints are starting to pop.

General Comments:

This car has been a very good car. It has 223,600 miles on it without having a timing belt replaced or anything that I know of. The transmission does well to be as old as it is. I am very proud of the usage that I have gotten so far out of the car. I will check into another Honda as soon as this one fails to ever run again.

Faults:

The car had some serious issues a year after I purchased it. The steering got weird around 140,000 miles and I thought it might have been an alignment issue -- but the passenger side front wheel literally fell off the car as I turned a corner. I heard a "CLUNK!" and then the car just dropped. Got that repaired... NOT cheap.

Shortly thereafter, the stereo quit working. I had to bang on the dashboard several times in order to convince to come back on. My right hand hurt for a solid year cause I was smashing on the dashboard 5 times a day.

At 170,000 miles the electrical system in the car got shifty and I had no interior lights and eventually I had issues with the headlights and the heater/AC. Then, the battery abruptly died -- somehow because of this issue, I was told. I brought it to a Honda dealership to get all of that repaired. Not cheap.

At 179,000 -- the grand finale -- upon driving to a friend's house the transmission flat out died. I had no transmission issues prior and it did not give any warning. It simply dropped dead. While I considered having the transmission replaced, I was told by the garage holding onto it that the alternator had died in the meantime (as the battery was dead and it was a NEW battery). So, I was looking at over $3000 worth of work on a 9 year old Accord. I paid to have someone come and tow it to a junkyard. I thought Hondas were famous for lasting forever?

General Comments:

I had a real attachment to the car. So, while I had serious issues with the car when I had it... I still miss it and wish it hadn't behaved like such a dud. I would still own it if it hadn't been for the transmission/alternator problem.

It handled nicely and I LOVE the sound that a late 80's/early 90's Honda makes when it's backing up. There is no other sound like it.

I liked the way the interior was set-up, everything was easy to see and use.

Though I was very disappointed in the mechanical and electrical problems, I do not regret owning the car.