1992 Honda Accord LX from North America - Comments

The car had some serious issues a year after I purchased it. The steering got weird around 140,000 miles and I thought it might have been an alignment issue -- but the passenger side front wheel literally fell off the car as I turned a corner. I heard a "CLUNK!" and then the car just dropped. Got that repaired... NOT cheap.

Shortly thereafter, the stereo quit working. I had to bang on the dashboard several times in order to convince to come back on. My right hand hurt for a solid year cause I was smashing on the dashboard 5 times a day.

At 170,000 miles the electrical system in the car got shifty and I had no interior lights and eventually I had issues with the headlights and the heater/AC. Then, the battery abruptly died -- somehow because of this issue, I was told. I brought it to a Honda dealership to get all of that repaired. Not cheap.

At 179,000 -- the grand finale -- upon driving to a friend's house the transmission flat out died. I had no transmission issues prior and it did not give any warning. It simply dropped dead. While I considered having the transmission replaced, I was told by the garage holding onto it that the alternator had died in the meantime (as the battery was dead and it was a NEW battery). So, I was looking at over $3000 worth of work on a 9 year old Accord. I paid to have someone come and tow it to a junkyard. I thought Hondas were famous for lasting forever?

I had a real attachment to the car. So, while I had serious issues with the car when I had it... I still miss it and wish it hadn't behaved like such a dud. I would still own it if it hadn't been for the transmission/alternator problem.

It handled nicely and I LOVE the sound that a late 80's/early 90's Honda makes when it's backing up. There is no other sound like it.

I liked the way the interior was set-up, everything was easy to see and use.

Though I was very disappointed in the mechanical and electrical problems, I do not regret owning the car.

You are the only person in this entire website who has had Transmission issues with a 1992 Honda Accord. You mention that the transmission died. Well maybe you should not have thrashed the living daylights out of it by backing up so fast as your review stated. I myself have just put 50k miles on my 1992 Accord LX and I have some problems obviously, but not complete component failures because I respect the age of my vehicle and drive with some degree of mechanical sympathy. I also only ever use genuine Honda ATF Fluid, I believe that helps. Young aggressive drivers should basically go out and buy a stickshift.

I think the comment that the transmissions don't fail on these is nonsense. I am having idling issues with my 89 Civic with 90,000 Miles. And yes, I do change the plugs every 12-15,000 miles. Otherwise it's been solid for the time I have had it. 40,000 Miles. But to make it sound like this person was rough with this car is ridiculous. I have to turn my engine off to get the CD Player to play CD's that it won't play while the car is running. Then it will play the Disc. These are not the most unbelievable cars on the road that everybody thinks they are. And more recently they have had many transmission problems. Check the reviews for Acura's made between 98 and 03. I also think the transmissions are picky, and you should change the transmission fluid every 20,000 miles. They don't like to upshift all the time.

Your lucky that an almost 19 year old car is on the road. And complain about its factory radio? And then say it has some tranny problems? What is going on here?

I just bought a 92 Honda LX with 138K miles- it runs pretty good only after 100 miles of purchase the transmission just went out. Anybody have any idea how much one cost to get replaced?

Well, I have the exact same car and I just replaced mine for about $1400. By the way this was after a little over 210,000 miles. These cars are really reliable. For example, in my case, I bought this car two years ago from an older woman who seemed to know absolutely nothing about taking care of a vehicle. When I went to change the transmission fluid after I bought it, the mechanic asked if it'd ever been changed. The car was at about 190,000 then and it ran, although with a hiccup in the tranny (auto) between 2nd and 3rd, for about a year before it finally gave out. I got it replaced and have had no problems since, just regular maintenance. Not to say its the best car you could buy, but for the 3g's I did spend on it, I'd say it was very worth it.

A car is not an appliance.