If you want your Honda Accord's oil pan to last as long as the engine it's
bolted to, make a firm commitment, now, to always have your oil changed at a
Honda dealership. The cost is the same - sometimes less - than at the quick
oil change stores, and the Honda dealer will always change the 5 cent zinc
washer on the drain plug, something the oil change stores will never do.
Your Honda Accord has an aluminum alloy oil pan with a steel drain plug, and
the zinc washer, which is quite deformable compared to the aluminum alloy,
protects the drain hole threads from stretching (and, eventually, stripping)
when the plug is snugged up; when the threads have stripped, that's it for
your $400+ oil pan. The false economy and dubious convenience of quick oil
change stores retired the original oil pan on my 1988 Honda Accord at about
60,000 miles (changing oil every 5,000 miles); the oil pan on my mother's
1995 Honda Accord was done in at 40,000 miles (roughly the same change
frequency).