2008 Honda Accord LX from North America - Comments

Rear brake pads wore out completely at 23,000 miles for a car that is driven gently on country roads for 80 miles a day with few stops. Front pads are at about 80%. Have seen lots of complaints on the intranet and filed with NHTSA. Dealer says Honda changed the brake bias so that the rear brakes do most of the work, but I am highly skeptical. This is the first year for a new rear brake design. I think it's just poorly engineered. Front and rear pads on my wife's 2 Hondas have gone well beyond 40K miles.

Wipers smeared the window almost from new. I was stupid enough to go to the dealer thinking it was covered by the warranty. They put new wipers inserts on for $24 and said it was a wear item. Next time, will do my own, with high quality wipers for 1/2 the price.

Enough rattles to make a baby happy. Dealer fixed a bad rattle in center console and another in the glove box. Once it's off warranty, I'll use the Italian approach to creaks and rattles....just turn up the music.

Drivers seat sometimes slips off the seatback lockdown unexpectedly, dropping back 2 or 3 notches. It's scary when you're driving along in traffic and this happens.

AC compressor also vibrates at idle.

Will have the dealer look at both the seatback and AC before the car goes off warranty.

Car is like white bread. Does its job, but nothing more. The car does not raise my pulse.

The seats are comfortable, the car rides smoothly, and the fuel mileage is OK. I get between 23 and 25 mpg on country roads, and have gotten 27 mpg on trips.

The styling is interesting. I like the car from most angles, except looking at the car from the rear where the curves fail miserably. Once Honda makes changes in future years, I'm afraid this will look dated very quickly.

I love the color. Called polished metal, but really a dark gray.

Take care of it properly and there will never be any problems. It's called a Honda for a reason.

This sound exactly like the excitement one gets shopping for a toaster or steam iron. It's amazing to find an absolute absence or passion to drive. Get to work... point it home, cash a paycheck. I work very hard and look forward to having my second largest investment be more fulfilling to own, enjoy.

Quality of life with a quality automobile you really enjoy being in, vs a disposable appliance seems a lot happier buy.

I sincerely hope you have better luck with your Honda than we did with ours. Rattles and a "tinny" feeling were just the beginning. It went through brake pads three times as fast as any of our domestics ever did, and required constant repairs. We now drive only Ford and GM. No problems with them in 9 years thus far.

2004 Accord LX, bought new February 2004, 145K, NO PROBLEMS. We will keep this car until it falls apart.

"This is my dependable ride to get to work. Will keep it until there are problems, then dump it"

This title doesn't really make sense to me. Wouldn't you drive any car until it starts having problems and then "dump it"? Why say that about a Honda, or any car for that matter. Isn't that an obvious statement? Maybe I missed something!

I dumped ours too at 36000 miles or 3 years when the warranty expires.

"I dumped ours too at 36000 miles or 3 years when the warranty expires."

Awesome! When did you do that? I'd love to be the guy who gets your car when your done with it. A nice dependable vehicle with such low mileage is a rare find.

"I dumped ours too at 36000 miles or 3 years when the warranty expires"

Okay, this makes no sense. Did you "dump" it at 36,000 miles or 3 years? It says you dumped it meaning it is done and gone, but then you go on to say when the warranty expires meaning it hasn't yet. Something is amiss here!