1996 Honda Accord LX from North America - Comments

Shaft seal blew at 36K -- $400 in engine work. Radio module dangling from under dash. Light on shift column burned out -- shift squeaks after dealer replacement. Leaves in fan.

Dealer hung up the phone when I called for help (They had just done service on it). Honda reliability is very overrated. Scheduled service costs made this car very expensive. The engine problem right after the warranty expired was a nice touch.

I too had a shaft seal which blew at about 42,000 miles. The day I had it towed in, the recall notice came in the mail. The recall indicated that if you already had it repaired that you could get a refund of the repair and any towing costs.

I just bought a new 2000 Accord LX and it has spent the last 20 days at the dealer waiting for "ignition" parts.....I will never buy another car from Honda again. False claims all the way around!

I have had a/c problems since the car was new. It was in the shop 5 times with the problem. Now that the warranty is over it will cost me $400 for a new compressor. I will never buy Honda junk again.

It seems like you guys had major problems with your honda accord lx. The only thing I had problems with was the balancer shaft seal that blew out and oil was everywhere. I paid like almost 600.00 to fix it and I was refunded 500.00 back from honda a few months later. I bught my car with 63,000 miles in 1998 and now it has 136,668 miles on it and it is in great condition. I never really had to replace anything on my car. put it this way as long as you chage the fluids like you are suppose to the car will run perfect. honda makes great cars and they are constantly improving the reliabilty of there cars. American cars are not reliable and always have issues especially chevy and dodge and ford ofcourse. They don't maintain value either. The only american vehicles I give props to are the SUV's like the tahoe, suburban, yukon they are great vehicles. They only make good trucks.. I think honda needs to make trucks I wonder what it would be like.

I have a 1996 Honda accord LX. Ever since I bought the car

it has had AC problems. I have replaced the compressor three times and it is still not working right. This is my first and last Honda.