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2005 Accord ... Should I?
My lease is nearly up on my 2002 Accord. I've been leasing accords for
8 years now. But this last one had some issues ... it needed a new transmission (and even the new one is showing some early symptoms of trouble). The brakes also wore down at about 25K, earlier than any other Accord I have owned (though I can't be sure it wasn't my driving). I've been a loyal Accord driver for many years ... any reason not to consider the 2005 model? Has Honda finally fixed the Accord transmission problems? |
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 12:12:45 -0500, DaveR
> wrote: >My lease is nearly up on my 2002 Accord. I've been leasing accords for >8 years now. But this last one had some issues ... it needed a new >transmission (and even the new one is showing some early symptoms of >trouble). The brakes also wore down at about 25K, earlier than any >other Accord I have owned (though I can't be sure it wasn't my >driving). > >I've been a loyal Accord driver for many years ... any reason not to >consider the 2005 model? Has Honda finally fixed the Accord >transmission problems? Our 2003 EX V-6 has been flawless for 30,000 miles. No, take that back. Did have a right-rear strut replaced under warranty last year. It started leaking. Transmission is as good or better than any car we have ever owned, including Mercedes. Love the car. Dick |
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DaveR wrote: > My lease is nearly up on my 2002 Accord. I've been leasing accords for > 8 years now. But this last one had some issues ... it needed a new > transmission (and even the new one is showing some early symptoms of > trouble). The brakes also wore down at about 25K, earlier than any > other Accord I have owned (though I can't be sure it wasn't my > driving). > > I've been a loyal Accord driver for many years ... any reason not to > consider the 2005 model? Has Honda finally fixed the Accord > transmission problems? The early pad wear (on the rears) is a common complaint with the current model, but partially is determined by driver habits. On the other hand, it's easy to fix and the dealer has to make money from something. Just another small part of car ownership. I had an '90 Integra that made it 105,000 miles on all the original pads, though. Nice. My gf (now wife) also had a '90 Integra, but she burned through pads every 30,000. They've probably got the tranny problem licked too. Reportedly the 2006 mid-model change will revise quite a bit of the exterior -- that would dampen my interest somewhat, but if your lease is up, ya gotta do something regardless. JM |
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 10:42:57 -0700, Dick <LeadWinger> wrote:
>Our 2003 EX V-6 has been flawless for 30,000 miles. No, take that >back. Did have a right-rear strut replaced under warranty last year. >It started leaking. Transmission is as good or better than any car we >have ever owned, including Mercedes. Love the car. Oh yeah, that reminds me. I did have something replaced under warranty on the front end, some kind of stabilizer bar that was worn and caused a clunking noise. I was wondering if this represented a trend in lower quality for the Accords, or if I just got unlucky with my 2002... |
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On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 12:19:11 -0500, DaveR
> wrote: >On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 10:42:57 -0700, Dick <LeadWinger> wrote: > >>Our 2003 EX V-6 has been flawless for 30,000 miles. No, take that >>back. Did have a right-rear strut replaced under warranty last year. >>It started leaking. Transmission is as good or better than any car we >>have ever owned, including Mercedes. Love the car. > >Oh yeah, that reminds me. I did have something replaced under warranty >on the front end, some kind of stabilizer bar that was worn and caused >a clunking noise. I was wondering if this represented a trend in lower >quality for the Accords, or if I just got unlucky with my 2002... I have seen no essential difference in quality between our '99, which never went back for repair, and our '03 which went back once. Both great cars. The '03 is just a lot "greater." :-) Dick |
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Our '04 Accord makes a crunching sound when going over speedbumps. The
dealer says it's a leaking strut and will be replaced. The sound started when the car was a few months old. Everything else about the car was great. Can you trash Honda quality because of one bad part? Tim :>>Our 2003 EX V-6 has been flawless for 30,000 miles. No, take that :>>back. Did have a right-rear strut replaced under warranty last year. :>>It started leaking. Transmission is as good or better than any car we :>>have ever owned, including Mercedes. Love the car. :> :>Oh yeah, that reminds me. I did have something replaced under warranty :>on the front end, some kind of stabilizer bar that was worn and caused :>a clunking noise. I was wondering if this represented a trend in lower :>quality for the Accords, or if I just got unlucky with my 2002... : I have seen no essential difference in quality between our '99, which : never went back for repair, and our '03 which went back once. Both : great cars. The '03 is just a lot "greater." :-) : Dick |
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Who is trashing Honda? Certainly not me. If you actually read my
posts you will see that I love the car. Dick On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 18:07:45 +0000 (UTC), Timothy Kong > wrote: >Our '04 Accord makes a crunching sound when going over speedbumps. The >dealer says it's a leaking strut and will be replaced. The sound started >when the car was a few months old. Everything else about the car was great. >Can you trash Honda quality because of one bad part? > >Tim > >:>>Our 2003 EX V-6 has been flawless for 30,000 miles. No, take that >:>>back. Did have a right-rear strut replaced under warranty last year. >:>>It started leaking. Transmission is as good or better than any car we >:>>have ever owned, including Mercedes. Love the car. >:> >:>Oh yeah, that reminds me. I did have something replaced under warranty >:>on the front end, some kind of stabilizer bar that was worn and caused >:>a clunking noise. I was wondering if this represented a trend in lower >:>quality for the Accords, or if I just got unlucky with my 2002... > >: I have seen no essential difference in quality between our '99, which >: never went back for repair, and our '03 which went back once. Both >: great cars. The '03 is just a lot "greater." :-) > >: Dick |
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Early pad wear is a result of the TCS, turn it off and you will find that
the pads last longer and the car performs better. > wrote in message oups.com... > > DaveR wrote: >> My lease is nearly up on my 2002 Accord. I've been leasing accords > for >> 8 years now. But this last one had some issues ... it needed a new >> transmission (and even the new one is showing some early symptoms of >> trouble). The brakes also wore down at about 25K, earlier than any >> other Accord I have owned (though I can't be sure it wasn't my >> driving). >> >> I've been a loyal Accord driver for many years ... any reason not to >> consider the 2005 model? Has Honda finally fixed the Accord >> transmission problems? > > The early pad wear (on the rears) is a common complaint with the > current model, but partially is determined by driver habits. On the > other hand, it's easy to fix and the dealer has to make money from > something. Just another small part of car ownership. I had an '90 > Integra that made it 105,000 miles on all the original pads, though. > Nice. My gf (now wife) also had a '90 Integra, but she burned through > pads every 30,000. > > They've probably got the tranny problem licked too. Reportedly the > 2006 mid-model change will revise quite a bit of the exterior -- that > would dampen my interest somewhat, but if your lease is up, ya gotta do > something regardless. > > JM > |
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On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 04:28:31 GMT, "PMS" > wrote:
>Early pad wear is a result of the TCS, turn it off and you will find that >the pads last longer and the car performs better. How do you turn it off? It seems TCS comes on automatically when needed, i.e. when the car is skidding. I have on occasion turned it on manually when driving in slippery conditions, but otherwise I let the car deal with it. |
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"DaveR" > wrote in message
... > On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 04:28:31 GMT, "PMS" > wrote: > >>Early pad wear is a result of the TCS, turn it off and you will find that >>the pads last longer and the car performs better. > > How do you turn it off? It seems TCS comes on automatically when > needed, i.e. when the car is skidding. > > I have on occasion turned it on manually when driving in slippery > conditions, but otherwise I let the car deal with it. The TCS button turns it off. |
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