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ACCLUDE
01-20-2004, 02:35 AM
Title says it all.
Here's yur chance to vent about anything that you don't like about Accords.
My only two complaints are:
1. Rear wheel well rust - Honda knew about this and actually made some changes to try to prevent it, but it did not help too much as the hideous rear wheel wall rust is very common on the older Accords
and
2. Front plastic inner fenderwells comming undone at high speeds - I posted a thread about this on the old forum and it turned out to be a fairly common issue with fellow Accord owners. If Honda spent an extra few cents to a dollar on each Accord developing some better mounting or even different material, this could be prevented. It's unsafe when they come undone and get sucked in your wheel/brakes and could potentially cause an accident.
Other than that, I'm totally satisfied with Hondas product. What about you guys?
robfrmny
01-20-2004, 08:16 AM
honda are to easy to steal and joe with a screw driver and steal a honda not just accords. the locks use the same internal design from car to car then made.
vasponger
01-20-2004, 10:34 AM
stupid smallness, i barely get to fit in it, its abilty not to heal itself ahh shit i cant say anything bad about it
i treat mine like shit,
drive 2k miles past oil change, and no o2 sensor for a couple days, no pvc valve...... shifting my auto...... and she puts up with me :D like a champ
Riceguy07
01-20-2004, 08:24 PM
Only thing i hate is my freak'n brake rotors wrap like crazy, i've already had'm fix'd 2 times in the past 6 months. Not to worry tho, got the BREMBO ones coming, won'm today. And between my 15" and exhaust a lot of stuff rattles. Now a ? for you ACCLUDE, how hard, long, and how much does it take to replace a timing belt, i think mine is due.
bcramer915
01-22-2004, 03:42 PM
my complaints are as follows....
-wheel wells....we'll all know that stuff....
well i guess thats about it really...
-only other complaints are i guess just bad luck....why do u have to runinto such bad luck when u start messing w/ ur car...it seems like im getting into one after another thing....eh thats it
custom90
08-18-2004, 06:36 AM
I could be just me, but I hate changing the oil. Whatever frickin honda genious decided it was better to mout the damn oil filter sideways ought to have his ass kicked. Is it that hard to put it straight up and down. I always seem to make a mess with my 90. maybe its just me.
vasponger
08-18-2004, 07:52 AM
you havnt even bothered doing the fuel filter yourself have you?
ehh maybe not have the same problem just saw ya had a 4thgen
AccordEx
08-18-2004, 09:25 AM
they need tiptronic trannyfor automatics, the one where you can shift and dont have to worry about your tranny going out
custom90
08-18-2004, 07:01 PM
Anything and everything that has gone wrong I have fixed myself, sometimes witht the help of my dad. Hes been a mechanic for pretty much his whole life. And yes Ive done the fuel filter, pain in my ass. An hours worth of work for one stupid filter.
sleepy_accord
08-18-2004, 09:14 PM
the wheel well thing happend to me at 115mph so that sucks, rotors warp, and have you ever asked how much it is to replace them?
spray004
08-19-2004, 12:17 PM
FWD and no power. Oh yeah, power windows that roll up at .0008 inches/hr.
AccordEx
08-19-2004, 05:28 PM
I've noticed that on older Accords, mine does it pretty fast
zorins96accord
08-19-2004, 07:26 PM
Lets see here...
1. Power windows going to slow, but pretty much fixed them with some silicon spray
2. The same wheel well problem.
and 3. The worst thing of all is not being able to figure out what the deal is with this stupid idle fluxuation problem....
besides that I keep beating the hell out of her and she always comes back with the love, I think my car is into pain or something no idea....
Accord_VTI-S
08-21-2004, 01:40 PM
It sounds like the US edition accords were not made as strong as the Australian editon as the only thing I have to complain about is the central locking mechanisims sound like they jam sometimes and a faulty pcv valve that blew the crank seal
as for the plastic wheel wells, ive had my accord off the clock and no problems they are still there
Envious_Accord
08-21-2004, 06:29 PM
i have no complaints with my new 01 accord my 95 windows were to slow and fender piece fell out at 90 and got melted to shit lol :D
AllShowNoGo
08-21-2004, 08:17 PM
wheel well cover..replaced it twice..$45 a piece
acrdrcer4
08-23-2004, 01:04 PM
-ya im goin to have to say the rust (easy to fix by grinding out all the rust and putting body filler in and getting it repainted)
-the fender well plastic comin out. I wasnt even goin fast and it flew out of the bottorm of my car.
-windows dont go up sometimes and if they do they go real slow
sleeper485
08-25-2004, 07:29 PM
no lsd, multi link suspension with "anti-seize" bolts{yeah right}, fender wall collapse, gotta pay somebody to press your rotors off, SLAVE VALVES SUCK {im up to three now in two different cars}, bad window regulators matched with crap weather strip turns into black rubber vagina lip smaking against your window on the interstate, weak windsheild wiper that wraps around and hits your driver side window and scratches paint, previous owners{dont you hate findin the crap they did in your car?} and how the temperature controls are all cables, so if you put the retaining clip on wrong, no heat or A/C, and im done.
AllShowNoGo
08-26-2004, 03:45 PM
defroster sucks...God bless my Accord.
custom90
09-06-2004, 04:19 PM
My accord and I have an agreement. I fix something, she breaks something else. Were kinda like a team. I think im the one getting screwed.
5thGenLX
09-10-2004, 07:52 PM
lets see...complaints... well its not a sports car so i cant complain about that...its not a luxury car so i cant complain about those issues either...only two things i can think of are the warping rotors, which has only happend once in the 7 years its been around and two, the column between the front and rear right door thingy next to your head as you drive, well everytime i accelerate it rattles like a mother, actually its somewhat quiet but i still it. something from below is rattling up the frame and i mean to fix it but i dont know what it is yet...and oh yeah, wasn't a fan of having a cassette player, but i bought a cd/mp3 player so its no prob :)
AllShowNoGo
09-10-2004, 07:54 PM
defroster sucks and warping rotors..
dysthymia
09-29-2004, 02:39 PM
happened to me at 115 mph...
...but i had it ghetto tied...but still...the damn thing ripped my wire harness in half and all my electrical shit bugged out. it wasnt hard to fix, just hadda resplice all the wires.
Been a long time peeps!!!! Yo Pat... SUP MAN!!!!!!???????!?!?!?!?!?!?
My number one complaint is ease of theft, and my second is the rusting rear quarter panel, right in front of the rear tires.
How have things been out here Lude? Still holding things down on the technical side out here?
Title says it all.
Here's yur chance to vent about anything that you don't like about Accords.
My only two complaints are:
1. Rear wheel well rust - Honda knew about this and actually made some changes to try to prevent it, but it did not help too much as the hideous rear wheel wall rust is very common on the older Accords
and
2. Front plastic inner fenderwells comming undone at high speeds - I posted a thread about this on the old forum and it turned out to be a fairly common issue with fellow Accord owners. If Honda spent an extra few cents to a dollar on each Accord developing some better mounting or even different material, this could be prevented. It's unsafe when they come undone and get sucked in your wheel/brakes and could potentially cause an accident.
Other than that, I'm totally satisfied with Hondas product. What about you guys?
evol90accord
10-08-2004, 06:57 PM
The #1 Top reason why I hate my car, and I'm surprised no one else has said this......
The COST of PARTS! Anything aftermarket (IE NOT OEM) doesn't work or fit right, and the dealership makes a living from f*ckin you in the ass!
Other than that, nice to see you guys again. I've been gone for like a year. How's it going Pat? Justin? Nice to see some familiar faces still around (metaphorically speaking)!
blanquito96accord
10-11-2004, 05:35 PM
Agree 1000% on getting raped by the dealer...door moulding clips were a joke! I have one main problem and its the god awful vibration as I am driving. Doesnt do it all the time but its bad when it does. Oh and the windows are mad slow...my friends are half way down the parking lot time I get my windows up!
scott963point2
10-21-2004, 02:05 AM
Here's my one major complaint. The first time the car warms up, as I'm going down the road, the car misses for just one second and shudders. I guess it's when my electric fan kicks on. It's a significant loss of power I can feel @ highway speeds. Does anyone else experience this?
Oh, and here's one more. Of course, not enought power!