Faults:

Lots of rattles and squeaks; brakes replaced three times, blown head gasket, interior and exterior trim falling off, paint peeling.

General Comments:

I bought the car because of all the hype about Honda quality, but there are too many problems. The four cylinder is grossly underpowered and the styling is bland. I miss my Malibu!

Faults:

The driver's seat was squeaky, and was fixed under warranty.

A Ball joint was replaced under warranty, due to a rattle that was probably due to very bad roads where I live.

General Comments:

A good appliance car. It is very comfortable, very reliable, and hassle-free to own.

The handling is outstanding, the car is surprisingly agile for such a large car.

The automatic shifts very smoothly.

The engine is very smooth if not overly powerful or economical, but more than adequate for normal service.

Excellent ergonomics, especially the big and intuitive radio and climate control buttons.

I drove a new 2004 recently, but was unimpressed with the ergonomics, seats and and overall comfort compared to my 2002.

A bit boring, but overall an excellent car to own if you like hassle-free, comfortable transportation.

I chose the Accord, even though an older design, over the 2002 Camry and I don't regret it. After 70,000 km it's still trouble-free.

Faults:

My Accord EX now has just over 8,000 miles and rattles like a 5 years old car. The headliner, driver and passenger windows and doors, and dashboard all rattle any time. Sometimes even it makes me hard to find out from where the noise is coming!

The worst thing I have experienced, when I went to my Honda dealer (Curry Honda, NY) for this problem, they just told me they are not hearing any such noise! So they cannot fix it.

General Comments:

The build quality of this car is unacceptable.

Faults:

The silver paint has peeled from both the front and rear bumpers. We suspected the rear bumper when a stock boy slid a 25 pound cardboard box into the car and peeled off some of the paint. The front bumper problem became obvious after going through a car wash. The dealer has repainted the front bumper, but refused to repaint (under warranty) the rear bumper because they claimed it was caused by customer abuse. The last trip through the car wash has taken another chunk of silver paint from the rear bumper, so we are waiting on word from the customer service rep.

We are now hearing that Honda may have had problems with silver paint in 2002.

General Comments:

We are very satisfied with the over all reliability, performance and economy of the car.

The stability seems to leave a little bit to be desired, but I am suspicious of the original tires. We had replaced the originals with snow tires for the winter and I believe the handling improved. We just swapped back and the stability problem seems to have returned.