bechard wrote:
> I have a 2003 Accord that was a lease car I bought at around 30K in mileage.

I would follow the severe service guide in the manual with the following
extra precautions:

Flush brake lines once every two years, regardless of mileage. Many
European cars have this as a standard maintenance item and I feel that
it helps greatly extend the life of the master cylinder and calipers by
clearing accumulated moisture from the system.

Change auto tranny fluid every 30,000 miles. Honda and just about every
other company says it can go longer, but on modern vehicles it seems
that expensive automatic transmission failures are much more common than
are expensive engine failures. New tranny fluid every 2-3 years seems a
very small price to pay for extra safety margin.

Finally, change out the engine coolant at the same interval as the
tranny fluid. Make sure to use real Honda fluid, not some generic
substitute.

Dealers often add really bogus stuff like "fuel injection treatment"
which means throwing a can of solvent in the fuel tank. Watch out for
that nonsense.


YMMV,
John