2002 Honda Accord EX sedan from North America - Comments

A leased piece of junk.

Front end problems since new. Alignment has been done three times by different shops and it still pulls and burns up outside left front tires. Clunking noise in front end since new - struts, control arms etc... replaced by dealer two different visits - less clunk, but still there.

Drivers door panel moves in and out when drivers window goes up or down. Female service writer at Pottstown Honda says "they all do that". My Mother-in-law and neighbor have the same Accord and their's don't. Remember it's a lease. Pottstown Honda will get it back just as they gave it to me.

Asked Pottstown Honda to check a noise that sounded like a dust shield scraping on left turns. Rotated just the front two tires and returned car and "found nothing wrong". Returned car to dealer after Honda Motors Area Rep gave OK and then they found problem with dust shield and fixed it.

In cold weather: instrument cluster rattles and buzz's, windshield creaks, gas pedal sticks, idles high and low until warm.

If you come accros a silver 5 speed EX Accord four door, think twice my lease is up in June '05. I can't wait to get rid of this car. I know that I have a lemon, but my dealer experience compounded the bad car with less than favorable service results.

Some Accords are made in Japan, some are made in Ohio. Your logic and facts are flat out wrong.

It's a rather big assumption to assume that the reason your vehicle had some issues was because it was assembled in the USA.

I guess it's just politically correct to put down your own country.

I don't think blaming your car's problems on your country is a good idea. Try finding exactly where it was manufactured. Like the above statements, it's manufactured either in Ohio or Japan.. so if it was made in Japan and not in the U.S.A you have just added to the stereo type that american made is bad when in fact it is not.

My father ran a massive company, had all Dodge trucks, we ran those vehicles into the ground and beat them up. Every Dodge he had was excellent.

Now I have friends that own Hondas and Toyotas, and they are great most of the time, but there are some cons to every pro that can be mentioned as well as any car.. so please don't add to this stereotype that American made is bad when in fact each car has its problems. Not every car off of any assembly line, regardless of where it is from, is going to be 100% perfect. It should be for the price we pay for new or even used Hondas (it's outrageous how they hold their value so well, but they have so many problems) but sadly not every car is going to be manufactured tight.

I agree with the original poster. I have owned Japanese made Honda's and American made ones. The American assembled cars are junk in comparison to their Japanese counterparts. When you shop for a Honda make sure the VIN starts with a J.