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From: dsn@rochester.UUCP (Dana S. Nau)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Honda Information
Message-ID: <14234@rochester.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Dec-85 19:57:35 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 26 19:57:35 1985
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In article <34800010@hpfcmp.UUCP> jimh@hpfcla.UUCP writes:
>
>I am seriously considering the purchase of a 1986 Honda Accord
>Hatchback.  It seems like a great car (both quality and styling)
>for the money.
>
>Any Honda experiences out there you would like to share; either good, bad, or
>indifferent?
>
>
>Jim Haselmaier                           Hewlett-Packard
>...{ihnp4|hplabs}!hpfcla!jimh            Ft. Collins, Colorado


I have a 1984 Honda Accord hatchback.  I bought it primarily because of
Honda's reputation for making reliable cars--but I've been quite
disappointed.  The car has not been at all reliable.  It was in the shop 10
times during the first year, with a variety of disorders.

The most serious disorder was the following:  intermittently, the car would
get into moods where the motor would stall repeatedly (say, 5 or 10 times,
every time I came to a stop sign) when the motor was cold.  I took it to the
dealer four times (under warranty) about this problem.  The last time, I
thought they had cured it, but it came back again last fall.  It disappeared
again after a few weeks.

As another example, the cruise control--which the dealer had replaced once
under warranty--has begun malfunctioning again.

If I had it to do over again, I would get something else.
-- 
-- Dana S. Nau (dsn@rochester)
   from U. of Maryland, on sabbatical at U. of Rochester