1997 Honda Accord LX from North America - Comments

Drivers side door beginning to rust.

Condenser fan motor went at 55,000 miles. That motor cost 300 bucks to replace.

The engine is noisy. I can hear it clicking from inside the engine. It's much louder than my old 1994 pontiac grand prix. At 2000 rpm it produces a vibration that is pretty annoying.

The transmission also makes hard shifts. Sometimes it can make you lurch forward.

Also the bumper on this car is made or the cheapest plastic possible. It cracked by someone hitting the car parking.

Drivers window is extremely slow and the switch to control the front passanger window never worked since I got the car.

Though the engine is pretty quick for its size, it is pretty noisy. I came across a few Honda accords and they all make the same noise. This is unacceptable.

I like the styling of this car and it drives pretty nice. The interior is not ugly and is comfortable.

I think Honda reliablity means it won't die which is like most cars on the road.

Too many little things wrong.

Should have listened to dad "Buy a new car with a warranty or a complete piece of junk"

Wow, I wasn't sure we were talking about the same car! I have a 1997 Accord with the V-6 with 210,000 miles (original transmission).

I have only had a few problems with this car. Cheap gas (Mapco, BP) has caused the engine light to come on and it costs about $50 to have them turn it off. I find the leather to be thin, compared to a friend's Mercedes leather.

Other than that, this car is a trooper. This past winter, I can't tell you how many rear wheel drive BMWs I passed stranded on the side of the road.

I would most definitely purchase another one.

I have to agree with the comment that the bumper can crack easily when impacted. I've replace my bumper 4 times in 4 years, but the time that really ticked me was when it was when someone backed into it in a parking lot. The other 3 times I was rear-ended.

As for the windows being slow, this just means the mechanism in the door needs to be cleaned. Can't speak for the right window.

Sounds like this car has been bought used as I'm quite sure that the right window would have worked if it was new and that if it didn't that the dealer would have handled it.

Well of course you can pass RWD beemers in the snow, seeing as you have FWD and they have RWD, no weight over the drive wheels tends to be a problem you know...

When I lived in Germany (1998-2000), I owned a 1983 BMW 525e that did just fine in the snow, one of the few German 4-speed Automatics. Note that a 1983 BMW 5 series is much smaller than a '97, and probably lighter. 100 pounds of sand in the trunk worked wonders, as long as you didn't make any stupid maneuvers on slippery roads. I see plenty of 4 wheel drives, rear and front wheel drives in the ditch or stuck. In America and Europe. It's not always the car, but how you drive it.