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CarComplaints.com Notes: The 1998 Honda Accord suffers from widespread transmission failure, peeling paint, & subframe rust. We recommend avoiding this model year like the plague.
The transmission begins slipping & eventually has to be replaced, typically soon after 100,000 miles & with a repair cost of over $2,000.
Peeling paint has also been a huge issue for these Accords. Most of the complaints are with darker paint colors -- especially green & blue.
Subframe rust near the front passenger side wheel has become a problem recently, due to the poorly positioned A/C drain hose directly above that area. Repair cost to the subframe is over $2,000.
8.2
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $2,490
- Average Mileage:
- 108,650 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 126 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- repaint entire car (66 reports)
- not sure (33 reports)
- Honda should fix/repaint or reimburse owners for lost value (15 reports)
- to keep me as a honda owner i want re-embursement (5 reports)
- Honda paid to repaint the entire car (4 reports)
- repaint only roof and hood (2 reports)
body / paint problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I am so embarrassed by my car. The inside is perfect but the outside--ewww!
I have a few repairs that I need to do right now but I am just going get a new car because I can't put all this money into my car and have it still look like crap on the outside. I just can't justify paying $3k or more to paint my car when it has close to 200,000 miles on it. It is a great car and has been good to me but the outside is just so awful I can't drive it anymore. I thought that maybe I didn't wax my car enough until I realized this is such a common problem. I thought I was going to buy another Honda--I don't think so. Class action anyone??
- Stephanie B., Cardiff, CA, US