Originally posted by: Samus
I had a 90 Honda Accord years ago (1998-2001) and it was the biggest piece of crap I ever owned.
Purchased with 93,000 miles, sold at 114,000 miles
List of things that went wrong:
starter switch
vehicle speed sensor unit (VSU, these fail like clockwork between 107k and 109k)
2 fuel injectors about 10,000 miles apart
A/C compressor
sway bar link pins
two ball joints, one on each side, about 10,000 miles apart as well
inner tie rod
rotors (which are pressed on and take hours or hundreds of dollars to change out)
rear wheel cylinder (drum brake)
front axle boots both ripped during me owning the car, axles cost $100/ea and take an hour each minimum to install
various electrical problems related to bad grounds or faulty wiring
It goes on. I knew the original owner, and it didn't give them as much trouble as it did me, but then again they gave me the car for $1000 as I was starting school and needed something. I have never had such an undependable vehicle. This thing stranged me twice, and broke down on me almost killing me once (the nail in the coffin, sold it the next week) when a ball joint failed while cruising about 35mph causing the front of the car to collapse to the street almost causing an accident. The entire steering knuckle assembly came apart and it cost $400 in parts to get the vehicle drivable again.
DO NOT BUY A 90-93 HONDA ACCORD. BUY A TOYOTA OR A MAZDA IF YOU NEED A DEPENDABLE JAPANESE CAR.
