Summary:
Honda... Why waste your time?
Faults:
Where do I begin? I had the car for a year and only got 120,000 miles out of it! What a waste of my money!
I drive 4,000 miles per week, and after 42,000 miles the leather started to rip, oil started to leak, and at 90,000 miles, the fan would sometimes not engage. That is just the beginning.
I spent 9,000 dollars in the first 30,000 miles. I had a loner for 4 weeks, and Honda wouldn't budge on warranty fixes. I spent so much money on that car, by the time I traded it in, I only had a $13,000 budget. I bought a Kia Spectra. At 250 miles, the master cylinder needed to be replaced. Kia's spectacular warranty and excellent service fixed it. That was the only problem I had with it. Had it just short of 3 years and put on over 625,000 miles.
I currently own a 2007 Kia Optima with just over 200,000 miles. Leather is perfect. Only problem so far was the timing chain broke at 7,000 miles. Kia's wonderful warranty kicked in again, and they replaced the engine! I will never buy anything else again.
Honda... why do they waste their time?
General Comments:
The engine had exceptional power. I still feel that my Optima's 4 cyl is nicer.
The trans was pretty smooth shifting.
Seats were extremely uncomfortable.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 8th August, 2008
11th Aug 2008, 12:11
Considering that Accords are now manufactured here in the U.S., you can say bye-bye to quality and dependability. Honda of Japan decided to forego their reputation by allowing outsourcing. Sorry about your car.
14th Jan 2013, 00:30
Out of curiosity, what kind of work requires you to drive 4,000 miles per week? This comes out to roughly 600 miles per day, or 10 hours of driving. Unless you are a professional driver, there is something going on here.
14th Jan 2013, 15:52
Having had experience (all bad) with an 80's Honda built in Japan and an 80's Mazda built in Japan, I won't even look at another car that isn't made in the U.S. by an American-owned company. I don't buy into the ad-generated myth that Japanese cars are better. Not one of our domestic vehicles has ever required a repair before 100,000 miles, and several easily made over 200,000 miles with virtually no repairs. Only one of our imported cars even made 100,000 miles.
