1999 Honda Accord V6L from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

At 90,000 km the transmission needed to be rebuilt.

At 100,000 the master cylinder needed replacing.

The steering wheel deteriorated dramatically and needed replacing.

The leather seats and arm rest have deteriorated extremely quickly.

I bought the car with low kilometres, after people advising me about the Honda quality.

Mechanically (other than the transmission) and electrically the car is very reliable.

Smooth and soft ride.

Must be a US built Honda as US built stuff is never good quality!

They all break, it don't matter what it is or where its made. They all cost money.

1999 Honda Accord EXVL here. I have 150,000 miles on the original transmission and it is just as great as it was at 40,000 miles. The reason our transmission has not gone out is because we change the fluid every 35,000 miles instead of every 90k like the manual states. Only other problems have been bulbs burning out at random times, a wheel bearing, a ball joint, timing belt, and alternator. This is all pretty much maintenance in my opinion other than the alternator which is a known defect on the V6 Accords of this time so they put Denso motors into the newer ones. I do not get why people are having so many problems with the transmission? Perhaps it is from neglect? My uncle has a 1999 Odyssey with 150k and it has no troubles either with the transmission and it downright outweighs my Accord.

I would guess that at least 70% of trans problems are related to maintenance issues 10% to misuse and the rest to defects. I'm not counting trans that never goes beyond 100K like Ford/Mazda trans from a decade ago that was never designed to last long. Problems are the "lifetime" oil or the ludicrous 100K change interval they put on many trans. This is not a problem for Honda alone most manufacturers did the same. Running 10 years and 100K on the same trans oil? Who are they kidding. I've drained trans fluid from many cars that are completely broken down. People have jerky shifting and all kinds of problems and they say that they've got a brand new car after trans oil change. For many it's to late especially those running low on trans oil for an extended period. Just expensive repairs will do the trick. So change the trans oil at no longer than 3years/30K. That'll take away many problems.

My Car was serviced every 10,000km, I did not ask the dealer to change the fluid, I expect that to be done according to the service schedule by the dealer. I have had anotehr mechanic tell me that the transmission problem is inherant in this model. And yes its built in the USA.