1993 Honda Accord LX from North America - Comments

I got the car for $1,500, of course I thought a good deal and I thought I would have the vehicle for A WHILE, as this is an infamous Honda... yeah right, a year later the transmission went at a sad 124,000 miles. Car was not abused, very well maintained, clean engine, passed inspection beautifully a few months ago. Also, the car would stall and shut off for no reason... great in the middle of traffic, (WITH a new battery, even mechanic couldnt figure out) this is in addition to the dying transmission. I'm thankful I avoided a would-be accident by rolling out of traffic and letting the sidewalk stop me. NOT FUN.

I guess its OK if you want to play a game of chance and hope you got the "good" transmission, plunk down some money. Because I could have had a serious accident when the car shut off on the highway (twice, and I just read other online reviews where the car did the same thing, also a friend's 90's Honda did the same thing) when it comes to something that dangerous, I think I will stick with Toyotas or something that has no horror stories attached. I am very dissapointed, almost lost my job because of the strange situations this car put me in. Also, car fogs up VERY fast... sometimes so bad de-fogger didn't work in time and I had to drive with my head stuck out the window to make sure I can pull out into traffic. I never thought I would consdier my Dad's old GM Buick Century more reliable than a Honda.

If you would have done your research, you would have found that the 1989 to 1993 Accords have a problem with their automatic transmissions. So I'm not surprised this happened to you. As for the fogging, if you have air conditioning, use it, and it will help a great deal!

The car was not abused? how would you know when you got the car with 100,000 plus miles on it. I don't find the accord trannys to be bad during those period of time as the other person stated I have 2 friends with more than 200,000miles on their cars and there transmissions are still running great.

I have 287k Miles on my Original 1991 Accord LX Automatic Transmission. I only ever use Genuine Honda ATF Fluid, and I do change it every 5k Miles. I also do not abuse my Vehicle. I am off to Australia this year with all the money I have saved on Car Payments and doing my own Maintenance.

"I only ever use Genuine Honda ATF Fluid, and I do change it every 5k Miles"

You'd couldn't afford to eat if you were really changing the gearbox oil that often, bearing in mind what it costs (unless you mean 50k)

My 1990 Accord had a transmission what was going out. A former Honda mechanic remembered there was a recall on them - 1990 only. Seems the United States assembly plant forgot a set of washers on the bolts that hold a certain gear on its shaft. After many miles of whining in first gear it began to give great horrible noises. Well, the mechanic searched for the "recall kit" that had it's own part number and found that it was no longer stocked in 2005. But, he was able to order everything separately. The gear was replaced, this time with all the right fasteners. Good as new. The old gear was busting up in fragments. Never had that kind of trouble with my made-in-Japan Civics.