1994 Honda Accord LX review from North America

My first problem was when the left front wheel came off the car while traveling down the highway at 65 MPH. This happened just a couple months after I bought the car, with about 60,000 miles on it. The wheel hub had failed. I had to replace the entire axle assembly, plus the rotor and the front brakes, along with the left front quarter panel and wheel-well liner. That cost me about $2500.

After that, the exhaust system began self-destructing. I eventually replaced every component aft of the manifold, many of them more than once. For some reason, I could only get about 3-4 months out of a muffler, and there was a noise at the junction of two exhaust pipes which just would not go away, even after they were replaced.

The ABS actuator failed around 105,000 miles. Since that was about a $2000 fix, I decided to just live with it.

The power antenna sounded like a garbage disposal packed with shrapnel.

At around 120,000 miles, the vehicle began to rust out around the rear wheel arches. I've noticed this same problem on most of the '94-'95 Accords I've seen since.

When I parked the thing at 158K, the transmission was balking on the 2nd-to-3rd shift. And yes, I *did* change the fluid and filter, more than once.

This car was fun to drive, but my word, it was expensive to operate. I know most Hondas are trouble-free and that's why people pay a premium price for them, but my '94 Accord was definitely NOT worth what I paid for it.