Honda Car Forum

Greetings all,
I have been a Honda owner since 1985. I first bought a civic and since have
bought 2 Accords. I have bought my last!! I am tired of the high cost and
maintenance of these over rated cars. I bought all of them new and did all the
scheduled maintenance. The horror stories I could tell. From transmission to
paint problems and all are costly. The latest problem is a driver side door
that won't open. I take it to the dealer and they tell me it will cost over
600 to fix. It seems the door latch broke. I have owned cars for many years
and have never has such a costly problem with a door latch. These are just
cheaply made over priced pieces of rolling metal and I have had enough of them.
No more hondas for me.
Regards,
John

"JOHN MORFD" <johnmorfd@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20030902135928.17757.00000461@mb-m01.aol.com...
> Greetings all,
> I have been a Honda owner since 1985. I first bought a civic and since
have
> bought 2 Accords. I have bought my last!! I am tired of the high cost
and
> maintenance of these over rated cars. I bought all of them new and did
all the
> scheduled maintenance. The horror stories I could tell. From
transmission to
> paint problems and all are costly. The latest problem is a driver side
door
> that won't open. I take it to the dealer and they tell me it will cost
over
> 600 to fix. It seems the door latch broke. I have owned cars for many
years
> and have never has such a costly problem with a door latch. These are just
> cheaply made over priced pieces of rolling metal and I have had enough of
them.
> No more hondas for me.
> Regards,
> John

I'd agree with you on the paint. After ten years of washing and waxing, my
89 Accord's black pearl faded off the roof and hood.

I have had no engine/tranny problems, but am facing the usual PITA small
problems associated with a car I've been driving for the past 15 years.

I'll give Honda an "A" on my ride. I'd buy another Accord, but nothing rides
like a late '80s Honda Accord.

I was driving a '76 VW Scirocco before the Honda. What an ungodly piece of
trash. The Honda is a breath of fresh air even at 15 years.

Tom

On 02 Sep 2003 17:59:28 GMT, johnmorfd@aol.com (JOHN MORFD) wrote:

>Greetings all,
>I have been a Honda owner since 1985. I first bought a civic and since have
>bought 2 Accords. I have bought my last!! I am tired of the high cost and
>maintenance of these over rated cars. I bought all of them new and did all the
>scheduled maintenance. The horror stories I could tell. From transmission to
>paint problems and all are costly. The latest problem is a driver side door
>that won't open. I take it to the dealer and they tell me it will cost over
>600 to fix. It seems the door latch broke. I have owned cars for many years
>and have never has such a costly problem with a door latch. These are just
>cheaply made over priced pieces of rolling metal and I have had enough of them.
> No more hondas for me.
>Regards,
>John


I've been a Honda owner since 1982 and haven't had any problems with
my cars. The only money I've put into them is normal maintenance
(oil/lube, timing belt, etc).

So why did you buy the other two Honda's if you hate Honda?
"JOHN MORFD" <johnmorfd@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20030902135928.17757.00000461@mb-m01.aol.com...
> Greetings all,
> I have been a Honda owner since 1985. I first bought a civic and since
have
> bought 2 Accords. I have bought my last!! I am tired of the high cost
and
> maintenance of these over rated cars. I bought all of them new and did
all the
> scheduled maintenance. The horror stories I could tell. From
transmission to
> paint problems and all are costly. The latest problem is a driver side
door
> that won't open. I take it to the dealer and they tell me it will cost
over
> 600 to fix. It seems the door latch broke. I have owned cars for many
years
> and have never has such a costly problem with a door latch. These are just
> cheaply made over priced pieces of rolling metal and I have had enough of
them.
> No more hondas for me.
> Regards,
> John

On 02 Sep 2003 17:59:28 GMT, johnmorfd@aol.com (JOHN MORFD) wrote:

>Greetings all,
>I have been a Honda owner since 1985. I first bought a civic and since have
>bought 2 Accords. I have bought my last!! I am tired of the high cost and
>maintenance of these over rated cars. I bought all of them new and did all the
>scheduled maintenance. The horror stories I could tell. From transmission to
>paint problems and all are costly. The latest problem is a driver side door
>that won't open. I take it to the dealer and they tell me it will cost over
>600 to fix. It seems the door latch broke. I have owned cars for many years
>and have never has such a costly problem with a door latch. These are just
>cheaply made over priced pieces of rolling metal and I have had enough of them.
> No more hondas for me.
>Regards,
>John


Since you are saying good-bye to Honda's, I would say you need to
purchase a circa 1990s Ford Taurus. Then, after a few years, report
back!


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On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 02:18:55 GMT, Curtis Newton
<cnewton@remove-me.akamail.com> wrote:

>On 02 Sep 2003 17:59:28 GMT, johnmorfd@aol.com (JOHN MORFD) wrote:
>
>>Greetings all,
>>I have been a Honda owner since 1985. I first bought a civic and since have
>>bought 2 Accords. I have bought my last!! I am tired of the high cost and
>>maintenance of these over rated cars. I bought all of them new and did all the
>>scheduled maintenance. The horror stories I could tell. From transmission to
>>paint problems and all are costly. The latest problem is a driver side door
>>that won't open. I take it to the dealer and they tell me it will cost over
>>600 to fix. It seems the door latch broke. I have owned cars for many years
>>and have never has such a costly problem with a door latch. These are just
>>cheaply made over priced pieces of rolling metal and I have had enough of them.
>> No more hondas for me.
>>Regards,
>>John
>
>
>Since you are saying good-bye to Honda's, I would say you need to
>purchase a circa 1990s Ford Taurus. Then, after a few years, report
>back!

It would be interesting to hear more about his paint problems. In my
experience, Honda paint jobs are industry leading (within their price
range of course).

If I see another Chrysler product that is 3 years old with peeling
paint....
GM is marginally better.

Let me see if I have this right ..

You have been a Honda owner for nearly 20 years, buying Honda after Honda
with each one of them being awful cars that kept falling apart and costing
you ridiculous money - and you kept on buying them.

Therefore, there are three conclusions possible:

1. Since you were a school boy, for no sane reason, you can't help buying
products you hate over and over again.

2. Honda was giving you the cars for free, and as a word of thanks, you log
into newsgroups to complain about the high cost of repairs. You know --
those $30 Honda dealer oil changes

3. You are a troll.

--Monty

Visit the last oasis of sanity in Cyberspace:
www.sanitypages.com


"JOHN MORFD" <johnmorfd@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20030902135928.17757.00000461@mb-m01.aol.com...
> Greetings all,
> I have been a Honda owner since 1985. I first bought a civic and since
have
> bought 2 Accords. I have bought my last!! I am tired of the high cost
and
> maintenance of these over rated cars. I bought all of them new and did
all the
> scheduled maintenance. The horror stories I could tell. From
transmission to
> paint problems and all are costly. The latest problem is a driver side
door
> that won't open. I take it to the dealer and they tell me it will cost
over
> 600 to fix. It seems the door latch broke. I have owned cars for many
years
> and have never has such a costly problem with a door latch. These are just
> cheaply made over priced pieces of rolling metal and I have had enough of
them.
> No more hondas for me.
> Regards,
> John

I am hard-pressed to believe you'll find a more reliable car than Honda.

Maybe a more upscale Toyota model would be worth a try, just for the sake of
comparison to your Hondas.

I have other objections to Honda: Namely, the price and the fact that the
new Civics do not have 1.5 liter engines. (They're 1.7 liter.) So after a
lot of research, when my 1991 Civic finally dies, I have thought of trying a
Toyota Echo. By this time and with any luck, Toyota will make a "luxury"
version of the Echo for a thousand bucks more and I won't have to live with
the "plasticy" interior.

I suspect most dealer service departments (and not just Honda's) are little
better and sometimes worse than private shops when it comes to competence.

"JOHN MORFD" <johnmorfd@aol.com> wrote
> Greetings all,
> I have been a Honda owner since 1985. I first bought a civic and since
have
> bought 2 Accords. I have bought my last!! I am tired of the high cost
and
> maintenance of these over rated cars. I bought all of them new and did
all the
> scheduled maintenance. The horror stories I could tell. From
transmission to
> paint problems and all are costly. The latest problem is a driver side
door
> that won't open. I take it to the dealer and they tell me it will cost
over
> 600 to fix. It seems the door latch broke. I have owned cars for many
years
> and have never has such a costly problem with a door latch. These are just
> cheaply made over priced pieces of rolling metal and I have had enough of
them.
> No more hondas for me.
> Regards,
> John

> I have other objections to Honda: Namely, the price and the fact that the
> new Civics do not have 1.5 liter engines. (They're 1.7 liter.) So after a
> lot of research, when my 1991 Civic finally dies, I have thought of trying
a
> Toyota Echo. By this time and with any luck, Toyota will make a "luxury"
> version of the Echo for a thousand bucks more and I won't have to live
with
> the "plasticy" interior.

scion.

What year is your car? What REAL problems id you fix at what cost? And why
at dealer?

The only service issue I have with Honda is their weak brakes that warps too
easily. They never do well in braking distance measurement tests either.


"JOHN MORFD" <johnmorfd@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20030902135928.17757.00000461@mb-m01.aol.com...
> Greetings all,
> I have been a Honda owner since 1985. I first bought a civic and since
have
> bought 2 Accords. I have bought my last!! I am tired of the high cost
and
> maintenance of these over rated cars. I bought all of them new and did
all the
> scheduled maintenance. The horror stories I could tell. From
transmission to
> paint problems and all are costly. The latest problem is a driver side
door
> that won't open. I take it to the dealer and they tell me it will cost
over
> 600 to fix. It seems the door latch broke. I have owned cars for many
years
> and have never has such a costly problem with a door latch. These are just
> cheaply made over priced pieces of rolling metal and I have had enough of
them.
> No more hondas for me.
> Regards,
> John