1993 Honda Accord LX from North America - Comments

Brake rotors warped at least once a year.

Head gaskets.

Manifold faskets.

Fuel pump.

Water pump.

Transmission jolted the whole car while downshifting.

Absolutely no power or acceleration whatsoever, compares to the Dodge Onmi/Chevy Chevette.

Weak engine, can't take abuse. Like any Honda, push it a little and it will overheat and fail.

Engine will not stay timed.

Climate controls have failed at least 3 times.

Honda's quality is way overrated. The sheet metal on this car is so thin, you could lean on it and dent it. This car was pampered and still couldn't seem to run right.

This is one of the worst performing cars I've ever driven. It's pretty embarrassing to get blown away at the stoplight by a Chevy Celebrity.

Ride and handling were OK. Fairly roomy and comfy interior too.

I've had every sensor possible break on the motor, again and again and again. I'd take my first car, (a '65 Falcon), any day over this rice burning loser-mobile. It was a car that ran well, drove well, put up with abuse and never failed me.

Your car must be an exception. Hondas are extremely reliable and wet all over American models and even German models. I have driven Honda engines and they take so much stick it is unnatural, even when abused and not maintained. Why are there so many old Honda models on the roads - in fact why are there so many old Japanese cars on the road? Simple - they are far more reliable generally than other manufacturers! By the way - I am not Japanese - just that I'm not blinded by patriotism.

Someone must have been brought up on the farm using old Chevy and Ford trucks to haul things in. Honda is one of the top vehicle manufacturers of the world. With one of the top selling cars in Japan, Europe, and in the United States as well, Honda proves its name to be trustworthy. I have a 1993 Honda Accord EX Coupe, stick shift, stock. I dare any stock Chevette, Celebrity, whatever to get beside me thinkin that Honda is unreliable. It is obvious that you don't know how to drive a foreign car. I'm just glad to hear you at least knew how to steer properly with such sensitive steering the Accord has, so that you didn't wreck and damage such a fine ride. I have had my Accord for over a year now and through all the seasons it seems to be a great car, and I haven't had maintenence done to it once. Except adding a few mods to it.

Wow it seems that there are some really bitter americans that can't get past the fact the the japanese auto industry and aboslutly taken over the domestic market. If they are so bad then what are all the top selling vehicals world wide from japanese companies. Oh and if you want a well made domestic vehical look closely on who accually built it. A lot of domestic small cars are accually contracted out to japanese comapanies such as honda and toyota. Take for instanse the new pontiac Vibe...It's a Toyota matrix lol...the engine that powers a chevy geo...the same engine that powers the toyota echo. Think about it and stop being ignorant... ignorance breeds stupidity.

I've had two Honda accords and both of them ran really well. There are plenty of old honda accords on the road. For example, I have an 88 honda accord. the engine is original, suspension is original, the tramsmission is original, and guess what, all I've done to the car was oil changes and tune-ups. So get off the american pride, and be real with yourself. If that is one of Americas number one selling cars, how do you think it got its name. Japanese cars also have much more style. American cars, I have to admit have much more power, but look how fast they breakdown. Those cars are built with power to make up for its poor quality. Japanese Cars Forever.

I don't know why you think so highly of Chevy's, in my experience they are highly unreliable cars that constantly break down. My honda accord is a great car, the few repairs we've had to make on it were minor and not too costly. Any car with over 100,000 miles on it is going to have some problems so I'm not sure why you're complaining about that. Maybe if you didn't abuse your cars and race them, they would be more reliable. It's not uncommon for people who do street racing to burn up their motors and drop their tranny's, consumer cars aren't meant to be treated that way. You admitted yourself you abused your accord, don't blame the manufacture, blame the owner.

Just to let Honda people know YES Honda's are not perfect by any means!!! For just the 92 Honda Accord - 2 major recalls; first on the distributor failing, causing the car to stop running, and second, the seat belts that they installed were not up to the governments safety guidelines, and were coming apart in accidents (took them 2 years to recall them!)

Also, just for this one model, there are 91 Technical Service Bulletins for known problems. Other years and models are similar.

Put the American car builders on the same labor benefits as the foreign car manufacturers (Why are the labor unions letting the foreign car companies get away with it?), that are putting together their cars in this country (while actually manufacturing them elsewhere) to avoid the import tax. GM & Ford would see the extra revenue going into the new cars to make them even better then their foreign counterparts as it was before. (Much of the technology for todays cars were developed in this country and then taken by the foreign manufacturers).

Honda and Toyota also design some cars here in the US, so to take their business away is redundant to saving the American Economy. Please look at it in the 21st century worldview, and not the industrial revolution eye!

I own a 92 Accord and sure it`s not perfect, but none-the-less, I just love my car.

I paid $500.00 for it, and replaced the engine with a 93 motor, and it runs better than when I bought it. I still have a ways to go before it gets to the way I want it to run. I say this even after I have invested about $3,000.00 into it.

It does not burn gas or oil, and these days that is a very big deal. I`ll take a foreign car any day over the now copy-cat American cars.

Honda are one of the most reliable car manufacturers in the world and have proven their reputation well. I have a 1993 Honda Accord with 2.2 VTEC and believe me my Honda has outrun many bigger engine cars on the stop lights and even on the highway, so I dare any Chevy Celebrity on the stop lights. I think your car must be a lemon car.

Original poster here to set the record straight. Let's see here, how is a 1993 Honda Accord with a 2.2 Liter Wimpy Vtec 130 HP 160 LB/FT of torque going to beat a 1990 Chevy Celebrity with 135 HP and 185 LB/FT of torque? The cars weigh about the same, the Chevy may be even a bit lighter. The answer is, the Honda doesn't stand a chance. This was my car (93 Accord), and I tried it. Oh let me guess, maybe the VTEC didn't kick in?

Even with a manual, you'd lose. And even the old 2.5 Liter 4-cyl in the Celebrity back in the 80's was far more reliable than Honda's motors, although I will admit that engine was deathly slow.

Just because it says VTEC under the hood, Honda owners think they've really got something. I traded this 93 Honda off 4 years ago (thankfully) for a 1996 Oldsmobile Delta 88 LSS and have never been happier. More power, better gas mileage, no problems.

And BTW, this 1993 Accord bit the dust at 166,000 miles. I ran into the guy who bought it at the grocery store, and he was disgusted with it from day one. Head finally cracked and wrecked the motor. One of many Hondas that never lived up to its hype.

In response to original posters comment:

So you think the Chevy Celebrity is a better car because it can beat a Honda Accord in a stoplight drag race... who cares!! If you really want a fast car... then buy a fast car because neither of these are fast cars. But, if you want a reliable car, buy a Honda.

I have owned two Honda Accords, and have put over a 150,000 miles on between the two of them, and all I've ever had to do was get regular scheduled tune ups and change the oil. OK, so once in a while someone gets a lemon Honda, but when you consider this model as a whole, they are much better quality than any model of Chevy ever hoped to be.

To the Original Poster:

The 1990-93 Accords engines never had VTEC. They did come with a very nice motor however. 140hp and 142ftlbs, pretty decent for a 2.2L with such good mileage.

There are many examples that are pure garbage; but luckily, so many were sold that you can still find some pristine examples today.

I just picked up a 1992 EX-R and it is a beauty. I regularly get apprx 32mpg in the city. Yeah, they have rust issues; quite expected after 17 years of service. Like any machine, maintenance is key here.

(Bad maintenance + bad driving) *habits = bad experience.

Check out www dot CB7tuner dot com; a forum dedicated to 1990-93 Honda Accords. Cheers.

-lokuputha.

^^^^ you my friend are correct, the original engine in a 90-93 Accord (CB7) was indeed an F22. The engine the other guy was referring to that was 2.2 with VTEC was an H22. It may not be the fastest car, but it's more than what you need to drive daily. When putting two cars up against each other, you need to look at every single aspect. It's not even worth it, there are too many factors involved. Honda makes good reliable cars, point blank. They may not be the ONLY reliable car, but they were and still are as reliable as they were back then. Maybe even more so.