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Lomac 08-11-2009 09:58 AM

2003 Honda Accord EX
 
Thinking of picking up a 2003 Honda Accord EX coupe (full load w/manual transmission) with roughly 100,000km's on the clock. I've a friend with an '05 Accord EX sedan and I know she hasn't had much in the way of problems with it (asides from a dead battery the day she picked it up from the dealership), but I was wondering what are some common issues with this generation and the 4cyl engine in particular. Anything that I should be wary of? Any common electrical issues? Anything like VW's and their plastic window regulators?

TIA.

Mugen EvOlutioN 08-11-2009 10:05 AM

should be pretty solid


maintenance wise cant compare to VW, it is basically a maintenance free car other than the basics

!Aznboi128 08-11-2009 10:07 AM

i got a 03 accord

since its a manual theres basicly NOTHING to worry about
go to v6performance.net for more info

more or less its a solid car

Lomac 08-11-2009 10:12 AM

^^ I'm assuming there'd be basic info at v6performance because anything regarding the v6 is useless as I'm looking at a 4cyl. This'll be my long distance family hauler... the MX6 is still going to be my performance car... lol.

!Aznboi128 08-11-2009 10:20 AM

nope theres quite a bit on there about 4cylinders as well
i got a k24 on my 03 accord ex-l auto tho....

fyi honda's having a sale right now so if you wanna get the hfp (honda factory performance) kit or anything give them a call thye can get stuff for cheap

keifun 08-11-2009 11:23 AM

well thats good you're not getting the 6th Gen. accord 98-2002 in Auto. I have 3 friends who have that car and all got transmission problems once their car was over 100K kms.

!Yaminashi 08-11-2009 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by k-fever (Post 6542403)
well thats good you're not getting the 6th Gen. accord 98-2002 in Auto. I have 3 friends who have that car and all got transmission problems once their car was over 100K kms.

Part of the reason why I got rid of mine. Sometimes it would slam hard into gear if I took off from a stop light. Other times it would hesitate to change gears and would rev up pretty high, then change

!Aznboi128 08-11-2009 12:24 PM

^ and my 6th gen has no problems ahhaha

I love! my 6th gen accord and I love my 7th gen as well
6th gen only has the auto problems.... for some
7th gen same auto problems ask min he's somewhere on this forum

Gh0stRider 08-11-2009 12:24 PM

its a tank!

!Yaminashi 08-11-2009 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aznboi128 (Post 6542500)
^ and my 6th gen has no problems ahhaha

I love! my 6th gen accord and I love my 7th gen as well
6th gen only has the auto problems.... for some
7th gen same auto problems ask min he's somewhere on this forum

Didnt you tell me your 6th gen had the tranny replaced before?

too_slow 08-11-2009 12:30 PM

I was looking for a 5spd Accord EX last year in August. I ended up with a 6 only because the Mazda6Sport is a hatchback (but looks like a sedan on the outside). You can fit tons of crap in this thing, and it's got awesome road manners on the Coquihalla highway. Oh, you also get a rev-happy 220hp V6 with a 5spd manual that burns regular gas (vs a not so rev-happy 4cylinder on the Accord when you're trying to crawl up the Coquihalla hwy!)

too_slow 08-11-2009 12:31 PM

Oh I forgot to mention, when I was looking at Accords, I can only find an unmolested LX model for what I paid for my Mazda 6 GT..

!Aznboi128 08-11-2009 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Draft (Post 6542507)
Didnt you tell me your 6th gen had the tranny replaced before?

yea... I'm on my 3rd but the 3rd is always the strongest! Honda warranty FTW

SoulCrusher 08-11-2009 02:44 PM

*subscribed

TypeRNammer 08-11-2009 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by too_slow (Post 6542515)
I was looking for a 5spd Accord EX last year in August. I ended up with a 6 only because the Mazda6Sport is a hatchback (but looks like a sedan on the outside). You can fit tons of crap in this thing, and it's got awesome road manners on the Coquihalla highway. Oh, you also get a rev-happy 220hp V6 with a 5spd manual that burns regular gas (vs a not so rev-happy 4cylinder on the Accord when you're trying to crawl up the Coquihalla hwy!)

I find that the clutch engagement on the mazda 6 v6 is very tricky to get it right, especially when the A/C is on.

It's not too bad of a car though, I'll admit that:thumbsup:

JV6 08-11-2009 07:41 PM

meh depend on how u drive and maintain it, i'm still on my original auto tranny at 220,000 km

smk 08-11-2009 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aznboi128 (Post 6542500)
^ and my 6th gen has no problems ahhaha

I love! my 6th gen accord and I love my 7th gen as well
6th gen only has the auto problems.... for some
7th gen same auto problems ask min he's somewhere on this forum

wow we must be lucky then... 150000km on our original tranny still :D
1998 i4 EX

!Yaminashi 08-12-2009 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smk (Post 6543340)
wow we must be lucky then... 150000km on our original tranny still :D
1998 i4 EX

I dont think the i4 transmissions were problematic

Mugen EvOlutioN 08-12-2009 08:39 AM

only the V6 tranny has problem

same with 99-01 TL

02-03 gen TL tranny has been better

smk 08-12-2009 10:10 AM

That is good news

RabidRat 08-12-2009 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mugen EvOlutioN (Post 6543675)
only the V6 tranny has problem

same with 99-01 TL

02-03 gen TL tranny has been better

same as the CL-S tranny? buddy's sister has had the same symptoms mentioned above - banging into gears and holding gears to very high rpms haha

!Aznboi128 08-12-2009 10:21 AM

it's
TL 99-03
accord 98-05 v6 ONLY
CL 01-03
odyessy 99 -00(for those who got the 200hp 3.0L)

all those cars used the same j30a2/a4 and have the same stupid tranny

the people with 4 bangers would be free! because due to their lack of power and torque, I was told that the tranny in our cars were used a while ago with honda's 4 cylinder cars where theres much less power, and when the v6 came they shove the same tranny in to save money and to have more problems.....

however that been said for accords
00-01 had slight better tranny which they offer a 10 year warranty on
02 said the problems were all fixed and shouldn't have a problem so just the basic 5 year power train


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