2005 Honda Accord Luxury review from Australia and New Zealand

Interior trim has come adrift.

Shattered Dreams.

If potential Honda Accord buyers think they are purchasing a quality Honda product of yesteryear they will be sadly disappointed. The Thailand sourced vehicles are in my opinion not manufactured to the same standard regardless of what Honda may say in their advertisements. Potential buyers should look for:

Doors that are poorly aligned with the body,

Doors that are hard to close,

Drive train vibration through the steering wheel and body,

Leather steering wheels with warped components,

and poor fitting interior panels around the transmission tunnel.

I am very disappointed with the overall quality of my Honda Accord. The overall level of fit and finish is very poor. In addition, the level of road noise and vibration transmitted through the vehicle is totally unacceptable. Honda is living off its past legacy.

Buy another one – NO WAY. Should you – NEVER!

My vehicle was delivered with a component rattling inside the FR door. In addition, the same door required considerably more force to close it securely. During the first service I requested both faults to be rectified. The dealer blamed the company who tinted the windows for the loose component. The dealer stated that the force required to close the door was normal as the door seals on Honda vehicles are tight. I then asked to have the other three changed to match the now good one. Dealer solution: move the door further out of alignment.

A couple of months after purchase a roughly triangular shaped plastic panel located where the front passenger’s right leg would come in contact with the centre console – RHD vehicle – came adrift. Boy was I pleased I paid the premium by purchasing a Honda. I would put it back on and it would come adrift again. The fit of the panel on the other side is just as poor. However the panel has an extra screw which prevents it from coming adrift. A closer inspection by me revealed that it was a design/manufacturing fault. I knew a Honda dealer could not fix the problem. I informed Honda Australia of the problem. Honda Australia thanked me for informing them of the problem and basically said – good bye.

On the next service I informed the dealer of the problem with the plastic panel. I was informed by the service staff that the problem had been rectified by replacing a missing pin. Further investigation by me at a later date revealed that staff had drilled an additional hole into the console to enable the panel to be moved to the rear of the vehicle approximately three millimeters. Basically, the dealership unashamedly lied to me to protect the brand.