1995 Honda Accord LX from North America - Comments

I have had 87 accord 93 accord 92 accord and I just bought a 95 accord with 71000 miles on it. I am a guy who had all of these cars since I was 18. and I admit that I do not take care of cars. all of them had last me to 200,000 miles. the 87 finally gave out in 2000. as I said I did not take very good care of the car and did not change the timing belt when needed so that is what finally did her in. my next one was the 93 and that car was great. other than the exhaust rusting and needing fixied that was all of the problems I had with that. I ran that into a telephone pole one late night. like I said I am pretty rough on cars. that one had been though diches and everything else imaginable and untill I hit the pole it was like new. the 92 ran all the time, but I didn't take care of this one and after years of squeaking the wheel fell off. I understand that this is my fault for not maintaining the car. now I just bought a 95 accord. it is in unbealeaveable shape and it has 71000 on it. I plan on having this one a while. and now that I am a little older and I don't have to drive at 100 mph all the time I think this will last. 7-8-9 years from now I will buy another accord. they are the best cars out there.

I have a 95 accord LX and I have blown a rod replaced the engine and now since everyone has the family member who says i'll help and does a half job and well that's were I'm left off to retrace his steps and find every bolt and make sure that it will ever turn over and now I think some one stole my computer that big box under the dash unless I am wrong any help would be grateful. So anybody that knows hondas can you help???

Softbutch_420@yahoo.com.

Do not let your family touch your car. This world does not need another mystery Honda that will eventually make it to the hands of someone who will use this site to say it is a bad car. Go to a reputable mechanic and have them fix that rod.

If you could still buy a brand new Honda Accord/Civic still being made in Japan I would buy one. I have bought them new continuously every few years or so for over 20 years. You may find like I have that when you go for a new one they are just not the same anymore. I have had too many problems starting at 30,000 miles on my last ones. My older Accords actually new at the time were so far superior. If I had an older one with reasonable mileage I would not sell it. The ones I traded in I wish I kept now. As you may notice I was a diehard Honda owner.

If a car breaks it is broken. Saying who fixes it after it fails is not mysterious. There are many "tuners" out there that can build a vehicle better than it was new in their own garage. I feel I can do as much if not more than an average garage... shops may be limited on time with many vehicles that they may be less attentive with and get out the door as quickly as possible. Its my car and I would rather do permanent solutions with its repairs... if the mfr has recalls and known defects do everyone a favor, drop the brand loyalty and be impartial with your comments.

There is no reason an engine should or would throw a rod unless the owner is too ignorant or abusive to the engine. oil starvation (all engines burn oil, even if they're brand new) plus trying to "race" a weak econobox gas miser engine will easily burn rod bearings, eventually breaking a rod. cars aren't maintenance free. ignorant owners are the reason for unreliable import cars. domestics, well what can you do. I own a 21 year old bmw 3 series with over 160k, and it's in much better condition than most any car older than 3 years. also have a '95 accord lx that the wife drives, has about 180k. if you are not the ignorant type of owner, and you're buying a used car, assume the previous owner was until proved otherwise.

When looking at a car, pop open the oil fill cap. is it clean inside the valve train? or does it look like a sludgy, black, brown, maybe orange mess? sludge only forms from degraded oil, and will be evident. check the dipstick, if it is milky, well, blown head gasket or cracked block. check the radiator, is the coolant clean or dirty/rusty/oily? if you have one available, conduct a quick compression check. all the above can be done in less than 10 minutes, and will give you a pretty good idea of what the engine looks like internally. bad compression is usually caused by oil starvation or degradation, which excessively wears the piston rings, hence more oil consumption and loss of power, because your tight-tolerance import engine now has tolerances like a 1972 chevy bolt-crunching big block. oil...it's an amazing thing. that's my 2 cents.