Honda Car Owners Speak Up!

[Mosh]

I will say this. We dont work on them EVER for major failures, unless just a owners major neglect.
I have a 91 accord with 270K on it No major work. It is THE CHAMP.

If you are going with a CRV, some of the Mid to late 2000 models had a AC compressor problem (google it). The cases would just blow apart. About a 1300$ repair. The driveshaft U joints are not replaceable, as of the last I knew, and if one goes bad, the complete driveshaft is about a grand,but I have never seen one go bad yet.
Other than that, Ball joints, timing belt, waterpump and plugs every 100K plus routine fluid changes.
Brakes go about 30-40K depending on driving habbits.
I am all for supporting American Products, but the friggin Hondas are great vehicles. Almost any of them.

[andrew j hyman]

I have a 2004 Elment with 70,000 on it LOVE it. Great in the snow !!!! We had over 5 feet of snow this year! Just jump in and go! They even make lift kit for them, It is unreal in the snow. Flip the seat up in back Put a small bike in there no worries. In the winter i carry my Honda Snow blower in there .. They just kick butt

[honda250sx]

I took a serious look at the Element. Then when I started crunching numbers they told me there was a nationwide recall on the steering column. Parts are projected to take 2+ months to come in. The vehicles cannot leave the lot. At least not in NYS. Looks like CRV it is.

[Dirtcrasher]

I had bought and paid off early a 1994 Honda Accord EX. We never had one single issue with it and she went on to 200K miles; Then she heard a tranny noise and decided to trade it in for a Saturn. I told her that may have been a mistake, but that car was very good to her.....

BTW - OT, but those items didn't show up today either. Now I'm scared the USPS lost them..........................

[Louis Mielke]

Issues or not I still recommend toyota. Sticky gas pedals don't scare me. Toyota is still a great vehicle.

[honda250sx]

Issues or not I still recommend toyota. Sticky gas pedals don't scare me. Toyota is still a great vehicle.

Lou, fair enough.

However I sat in and drove a RAV4 and then drove the CR-V. Quality and overall feel of the honda was far superior in my opinion.

[Louis Mielke]

Lou, fair enough.

However I sat in and drove a RAV4 and then drove the CR-V. Quality and overall feel of the honda was far superior in my opinion.

Also fair enough, I won't argue with you that Honda fit and finish is higher quality than the toyota. But still $ to $ donut to donut, toyota is still a consideration.

[tecat-z]

Call me old school or whatever. But i can't bring myself to buy a foreign vehicle(new or used) when we build great cars and trucks right here in the US. I know the reasons are many on both sides, but i've bought 4brand new cars and truck in the last 10 years and ALL have been built in a US assembly plant. My truck was built close to me in Fort Wayne In. I always try and support this country any way i can. It does make a difference to someone working for a paycheck. And the pride i still have for the USA, and products we manufacture.

[honda250sx]

Call me old school or whatever. But i can't bring myself to buy a foreign vehicle(new or used) when we build great cars and trucks right here in the US. I know the reasons are many on both sides, but i've bought 4brand new cars and truck in the last 10 years and ALL have been built in a US assembly plant. My truck was built close to me in Fort Wayne In. I always try and support this country any way i can. It does make a difference to someone working for a paycheck. And the pride i still have for the USA, and products we manufacture.

Ed I hear ya. I have been in a multitude of countries and a multitude of industry leading manufacturing area's installing the top of the line CNC equipment for the last five years. The practices of yesterday in the detriot jugernaut world are just that, yesterdays news. Just the otherday I was in a Magna Powertrain facility in NY and watched a 3 pallets of brand new transmissions for HD's and Powerstrokes fly off a fork truck. I proceded to run over and see if everything was okay. I asked the union operator if he needed anything. He told me " Its break time bud, not my fault these are junk now." Mean while I had been observing this guy fly around with pallets and driving excessive. I see the neglect where ever I go, chevy, magna, john deere, caterpillar. Its common practice. Me buying american is not going to solve the problem were in now. Infact this little honda is built by americans in Marysville, Ohio where Honda has ALOT going on there.

Don't get me wrong there are still alot of awesome products we manufacture. I see alot of it here in NY. I spend alot of time on CNC's in Remington Arms facility here where they make alot of firearms. I spend alot of time in Kodak Eastman in Rochester where at one time it was the largest machine shop floor in the world and they ground the Hubble Telescope lenses in. Moog aviation and aerospace products, east aurora, ny, if it wasn't for them a company like Boeing might not fly and the B-2 might not have either. Lot of cool stuff still happens here. It's way more than someone's chevy or ford.

[andrew j hyman]

Hi have not heard about a recall. Crv is great too. When i bought my honda look all small 4X4 Jeep ect. For the money honda was best Under 20,000 , you can flip the back seats up quick and load it in.

[ridendirty]

I have a 2008 Honda Fit and best part about it... our ATC70 fits in the back hatch with the seats down. We bring it up to Jersey to play around on with my neice and we dont have to drive the truck! Perfect fit. I did just get my recall notice in the mail for the window switch but thats the first problem in over two years. Good Luck, cant go wrong with a Honda.

[ilmoakw]

Get a Toyota Matrix! Ya can't stop them.... hehehe.. get it?