Driver door "key cylinder" faulty around 68,000. You have to work it to open the car. Not that big of a deal to me.
Plastic interior is cheap feeling, cracked in the trunk area when my wife dropped some furniture on it. I would crack too if she dropped that heavy edge on me!
SRS light came on for no reason. I just need to take it in to have it turned off.
Check engine light comes on maybe once every 9 months for about a day then goes off again. Seems to happen on other Honda models. I think they just want you to take it into the Honda dealer and make him a little extra cash.
Interior is a little loud.
My wife and I love this car. The best gas mileage we have managed to get out of it was around 29 mpg (and that was going through the Ozark mountains!). We just put a hitch on it to tow a smaller boat we bought.
It has enough pickup for me and is a joy to drive. We are big Honda/Toyota/Nissan fans, and this one fits right in with our expectations of a good automobile.
I really don't know what all these other people are so mad about. Does seem a little weird that everyone outside the US had excellent things to say, and the Americans didn't like it. If you want something with more power, a heavier gas-guzzling rock crawler that will last about 50,000 miles, buy an American car. If you want reliability and a quality built automobile at a reasonable price- buy something with a Japanese name on it (excluding Mitzubishi). Most Hondas/Toyotas/Nissans are manufactured here anyway.
The new Nissans from 2002 and onwards are not reliable at all- especaially the Altima, and sentra 4cyl models. Mitsubishi makes great cars too.
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