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.
3.9
definitely annoying
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
30,822 miles
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The car will just die going down the road, it will restart most of the time, it will happen without any notice. It can happen in a parking lot or going down the highway.
Entire vehicle shut down, engine, radio, power steering, power brakes, as if key turned off. At a 4 way stop, moving into intersection, halfway through a right turn. When failure occurred, the car shut down with sudden loss of power, could not steer or brake properly, car crossed oncomming traffic lane ending up on wrong side of road. Restarted okay, ran for 2 seconds then failed again. Restarted again after 10 minutes and ran long enough to get home 2 miles then towed to dealer. Dealer cannot find root cause, reproduce the failure, and he does not consider it a safety issue. We cannot drive it thinking it may happen again with potential lethal consequences.
Engine quits periodically (at least once a week) when coasting with the clutch in. Dealers who have serviced car have been told, have looked for problem, could not find cause. Has done this since purchased new.
- Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA
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Car stalls while driving and all power is lost (no power steering, brakes, etc). There is no warning (I.e. the car doesn't buck or hesitate - it justs shuts off and all power is lost). It was a big problem twice when going around a turn, because I didn't have the power steering or brakes. Real big possibility that someone eventually will be hurt if problem persists.
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- Fairfax, VA, USA