10.0
really awfulTypical Repair Cost:
$2,833.00
Average Mileage:
86,846 miles
Total Complaints:
6 complaints
Most common solutions:
- needs new engine (2 reports)
- not sure (2 reports)
- replace engine heads (1 reports)
- value replacement and head kit (1 reports)
engine problem
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2009May 01
Accord LX 2.4L
- Automatic transmission
- 44,800 miles
2003 Honda Accord sedan LX 2.4 44800 miles. My wife went out to start the car one morning and nothing just this weird noise. I had it towed to my mechanic. He tested it and the engine had no compression. He looked into it more and the timing chain had came off of the tensioner and caused engine damage. 4 values were bent. It was a real pain in the ass. It cost us $2000 to get this fixed and he said this is a known issue with those engines. So nothing broke, it is just a sh*tty engine.
I would like Honda to step up and pay for some of this repair. It is a Honda for god sake, 44000 miles it is just getting broken in. I am going to call Honda and open a case with them and be a real pain in there ass for a couple months until I get to talk to the right person and will make this right. If you need to do this here is the number to call 1-800-999-1009 and you will need the VIN# of the car you are calling about.
2009Mar 21
Accord DX 2.4L 4banger
- Automatic transmission
- 80,276 miles
Well, I think the mileage and problem say it all. I bought a Honda because I wanted a car I could drive for 200,000 miles before getting another one. Something I could give to one of the kids at around 100k miles knowing they would have descent transportation for the next three or four years. Well, at 80k miles, I am looking at replacing the engine. I feel like I've been scammed by the "legendary dependability" propaganda that has become the accepted truth regarding Honda performance. Well, I for one no longer believe it. The strange thing is, I had no warning. I just started up the car, was about to pull out of my drive way and it stopped. There was no noise at all. No clunk or clank. No grinding sound. No tapping. Nothing. It just stopped dead as if it had been hit by an EMF or something. two different mechanics have told me the timing chain went and likely damaged the engine in the process but know one has actually opened it up to try to confirm the diagnosis. One said he will tear it down for $500 but I have to wonder if the timing chain could have broken w/o causing any collateral damage !!??? Anyway, it appears the going rate for replacing the engine is about $3,500. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. I'm considering asking the shop to replace the timing chain and see what they find while they're in the process.
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2008Dec 20
Accord EX 2.4L
- Automatic transmission
- 100,000 miles
My 2003 went through 3 quarts in about 80 miles without signs of leaking or smoke and destroyed the motor. It had just turned 100,000 miles. It has lost about a quart in 1500 miles until then. It is at the dealer and since I am a mechanic I have no receipts for the oil changes which is something they requested.
2008Apr 14
Accord
- Automatic transmission
- 133,000 miles
Dealer first replaced the thermostat and now they are telling me it is the engine. That the head is bent or messed up due to the car running hot. This car has only run hot one time about six months ago when a truck on the interstate dropped something that punctured by radiator and the dealer mechanic at that time said the only damage was I needed a new radiator and I concurred. Now, because of the dealer's inexperience my warranty has expired and I have to pay $3,000 for a new engine. I don't understand. I am confused, can this car run hot without the radiator loosing fluid and the temperature gauge not revealing it. What is it that the manufacture not telling the consumers.
2008Feb 26
Accord EX 4 cyl
- Automatic transmission
- 113,000 miles
I have been taking my Honda to piedmont Honda in Anderson sc for 3 years for all my service work.Just recently in January It was time for me to have major service done to and a oil change. I had that done and I also complained about that I've heard a knocking noise coming from my engine. The gentleman that wa the adviser had informed me that the noise came from low on oil and by putting oil in it fixed the problem. So in February exactly a month ago my car stop working and I had noticed just right before it cut off I heard the same exact knocking noise that I had informed the service department about. So I had it towed to a near by mechanic that fix on Hondas and they told me that I lost pressure so they told me that I need a new engine. So that pissed me off knowing that I never let anybody look or even touch my car except for the dealership despite that many people warned me of not taking it to the dealership.But I put my trust and hard earn money in to keeping my car up. By doing what I was advised to do by the dealership service department. So got my car told to the dealership cause I feel that they are responsible for the neglect of my car. And they confirmed that I need a new engine too. But I am pissed of because I had informed them of the noise I had heard and even to go a little further than that my records showed that prior to that visit the in August and September of last year that I was in there getting a oil change back to back and I had complained about that too cause of the 3 years I had been going there that was the first time that I had come in there to do an oil change. But of course I trusted them on what they advise because they are the experts not me. So I need help on getting some help for replacing my engine cause I am a single mother and going to school full time and I work full time. So that means that I can't afford to replace a engine. Thats why I was keeping the up keep on my car and getting anything that they had advised me on getting fix so I want have to come to a major problem where I can't afford. So basically I was DAMN if didn't and damn if I did.
Someone PLEASE HELP ME on this situation.
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2006Feb 04
Accord EX V6
February 2006, My accord lost control on a slippery road (no apparent reason), which put me into a 360. As I was in the 360, the engine shut off. It was surprising that a normal, manic driving road during rush (Columbia, MD), that no one was around when this happened. I think God had them stopped at a light somewhere.
Michael K.
Centreville, VA, USA
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