I have had the opposite experience. I have owned 1990 Civic, 1991 Civic,
1994 Integra, 1995 Integra and 2000 Maxima SE. All hondas were pretty
much trouble free (I have 145,000 miles on 1994 Integra now). The
troubles I had with Hondas/Acuras were mostly rattles which have been
nothing compared to Maxima. I have had light switches failure,
cassette/CD player failure, window switch failure, problems with struts
and lots of rattles. Front rotors on this car are constant source of
problem. In 40,000 miles rotors have been replaced once and turned three
times.

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Khalid
khalid AT gonehiking DOT org


Dell <wry26@comcast.net> wrote:
> Don't know about the other brands but since 1986 I have owned a 1986 Honda
> Accord SEi I4 coupe, a 1996 Accord EX I4 Coupe, a 1992 Nisan Maxima SE,
> and a 2004 Maxima SE. Bought them all new new, drove them all at least
> 93,000 miles (except the latest Max which now has 32,000). IMHO all four
> were/are really good cars but the Maximas were significanly more trouble
> free than the Hondas. Not talking about little trim problems but things like
> leaking struts, failed radiators, failed ABS.

> Cars mostly driven in New England. Combined both long trips 3000 miles or
> more and city driving.

> "Don Allen" <w9cw@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1e2c3acf83b36cc0989683@netnews.insightbb. com...
> > In article <nCbwf.549$Hd4.308@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.ne t>,
> > tomboy83@yahoo.com says...
> > > Since I was originally writing about Honda and Mitsubishi, I thought I'd
> put
> > > in my input on how I feel it compares and if anyone has different
> feedback,
> > > by all means let me know. Below is what I think the reliability and
> quality
> > > factor is like:
> > >
> > > Honda
> > > Toyota
> > > Subaru
> > > Nissan
> > > Mazda
> > > Hyundai
> > > Mitsubishi
> > > Daewoo
> > > Isuzu
> > > Suzuki
> > > Kia
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > I would agree with your ratings with some slight tweaks. I think Honda
> > and Toyota should be both share the Number 1 position. I'm not sure on
> > the Nissan and Mazda positions though, as both have had their share of
> > reliability and build-quality problems lately. Hyundai's reliability
> > and build-quality has improved tremendously, and I'm not too sure they
> > couldn't move up a notch or possibly two. This manufacturer is really
> > improving its product significantly with each model launch, and they've
> > been reliable except for this first USA model back in the '80s - the
> > Excel. And, I wouldn't place Daewoo ahead of those below it. If
> > anything, Daewoo should be on the bottom. Since Hyundai-corporate
> > bought Kia, cash strapped Kia has improved also. Take a careful look at
> > the 2005/2006 Spectra and you will see what I mean. As a side-note, my
> > son has a 1996 Galant ES sedan with over 130K on the clock, and he
> > hasn't had any problems. It was built at the Bloomington-Normal,
> > Illinois Mitsu plant.





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