ACCORD CRAP

I have had to bring in my 2004 LX for transmission problems for the
third time. These cars are crap, don't buy them! There are a whole
pile of people with trannie issues on 2001-2005s. And to top it off
there is a 250,000 car airbag recall! I used to have a 98 Accord and
never had these problems. Now I would be better off buying a Malibu -
the LT looks real good right now!

 

You say problems with the 01-05's, try the 98-05's!!!
Matthew

 

Didn't the '05s just hit the lots? And already there are lots of
people with trannie issues? What kind of problems are people having
with '05 trannies?

bb

 

TROLL

PLUNK

 

Technically, that's "ploink". And there's no need to holler, even if
you be a newbie.

bb

 

An EX transmissions are a lot better. Honda keeps the good
trannies from those who don't see the value of paying
extra more.

 

trade it then!


Tom

 

How dare you mention Accord and Malibu in the same breath, please trade
your Accord for the Malibu. And stay away from Honda forever You block
head.

 

Thanks for the advice and I think I will follow it. GM's quality is
supposedly much better now. What am I supposed to do? Ask for an EX
transmission to be put into my LX? I'm putting a Malibu LT instead of
the crap LX in my garage.
I will not buy Honda again!

 

Let's not confuse matters any more than they are. Same transmission in both
cars. I'll stick with my 5 spd Prelude.

 

My dad actually test drove one of those Malibus, because he wanted to
get a second car to drive to work and back, about 100mi/day (he wants to
keep the 04 EX-V6 as a family car without a lot of mileage). The Malibu
handles so badly on the highway, he literally got scared of it. Above
75mph it will become so unstable that it will try and change lanes by
itself, and it feels like it's going to flip in every turn.

And if you're thinking my dad does not know how to drive, you're wrong.
He drove for a living in Europe, and he has about 2 million miles
experience.

Go ahead, you'll really enjoy the Malibu.

Cosmin

 

Sounds like absolute bullshit to me , I had a Malibu rental in Flordia for a
week and while it wasn't as refined as an Accord or Camry, it seemed like
completely servicable vehicle . I had no problems driving it at 80MPH + on
I-95. Never got the feeling it was going to " flip " in every turn , and the
car never changed lanes by itself. Perhaps the example your dad drove was
possessed by evil spirts or something..................

-Dana

 

Well, that's what my dad told me after he test drove it. He may have
exagerated a bit, but here's my experience with the Malibu. I drove the
previous model for 750mi straight (Toronto-Montreal and back in one day)
and I had pretty much the same feeling. This was a brand new Malibu (at
the time) with only 3000mi on board.

The car definitely does not like driving in a straight line, even
without any wind. Without constant adjustment from the steering wheel it
will wander around the lane or change lanes by itself. To make matters
worse, it gets easily blown around by the wind.

I tried driving it faster than 80mph, and while it can do it, it is
exhausting because it can't stay in one lane. But it won't go much
faster, because it has a speed limiter at 105mph. If you hit the
limiter, it will suddenly drop to 90mph, and it takes ages to get it
back up to 105. But this is irrelevant, because it is stable only below
75mph.

And the cornering is horrible. It won't flip, but the body roll
definitely makes it feel like it. The stock tires are soft and have no
grip. It was too easy to make it slide in the corners.

In case you're wondering, at the time I was driving a 94 Accord EXR,
which is by no means a sports car. But it accelerated, handled and
braked like a Ferrari when compared to the Malibu. You obviously have
different requirements of how a car should drive. The Malibu may be fine
it you like driving in the slow lane along with the trucks. Otherwise,
get a different car.

Cosmin

 

Agree with "bull." Sounds like an unprep'ed car! Put in a warranty
complaint, take it to a better dealer or search out a good independent with
good alignment equipment. Check the VIN #s too. You could have a
"reconstructed" vehicle that was damaged in shipment to the dealer (no one
would ever know). Definitely NOT Marlibu behavior .. .

Bill

 

Our local paper advertised the 2004 Malibu's as starting at under 10k a
local Chevy dealer. Pretty cheap -- looks like a "throw away" car.

 

IMO,you get what you pay for.

 

Cosmin N. is correct about the Malibu wandering all over the road and
requiring constant (and tiring) steering input to keep it going straight
down the road. I know because my wife and I have had a 1997 and currently
own a 1998 Malibu. The main reason why I bought a 2004 Accord is because of
the poor quality of the Chevy. I've own lots of Chevy's in the past but the
'98 was my last. Damn Mickey Mouse brake design, failure of the lower
intake gasket, leaking water pump, transmission leak, wheel bearing
failures, fan control problems, premature corrosion on window trim, etc.,
etc. Expensive JUNK.

 

"TWW" wrote in message

They're the same, mechanically. No good to put an
EX tranny into an LX. An EX (referring to the overall car) is
design with better performance in mind. The Engine is a lot
stronger which helps. The transmission computer may also
play a part in shift schedule.

 

in europe all the us cars are known for 4 things:
- they are big
- they handle like a ship at sea
- their badly fuel economy
- they are badly put together (rattles)

marcel
the netherlands
driving a '99 honda civic 1.5 vtec-e

(last E stands for economic which means 17 km/litre or aprox 40 mls/gallon)

 

that kind of built quality is killing gm europe too
a lot of european customers buy the much cheaper and more reliable korean
junk

marcel