Radiator
Steering Rack
CV Joints
Transmission Shudder
Overheating
Wiper Switch
Speedometer
Power Windows.
Hondas are often equated with perfection and quality, but they missed a step with the 1986 model. For a car with just 112,000 miles on it, there was a lot wrong with it. Not just abuse. All Power windows were out. The Transmission slams into 2nd.
The power steering felt funny. Extremely light at Parking lot speeds and heavy on the highway. The headlight switch was worn.
These are things that happen on a domestic car after 100k miles. Even my 1995 Saturn at over 100K miles seems better built than the Honda.
On the plus side the engine ran well, and had plenty of pep.
It was a good looking car with the pop up headlights. Probably drove nice when new, but fell apart at an un-Honda like 100K.
The reason your Honda did that is because it was poorly maintained. They do not do that under normal wear and tear.
Also the engine was not 1.8 liter, it was 2.0.
Yeah, with my 86 Honda accord the only major thing on it that needed to be fixed was the cv joint, power steering and a small miner fuel leak, all from normal where and tear.
I only paid $200 for it and it runs like new. Every thing works like new except the radio antenna won't go down, the driver side mirror needs replaced and the e break needs tightened up, but nothing big. I'm working on completely restoring mine.
The one you had was never properly taken care of. Remember if you take real good care of it, it will last a long time.
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