My first car was a Honda Civic from the 80's and it was an awesome car that lasted over 400K miles with the original engine & transmission. My mom & dad drove Accords, one was a '79 and another was from the 80's like my Civic and they performed well and lasted over 200K miles. My wife & I have purchased two Honda Accords recently that have both failed in ways that are about as expensive to repair as the value of the cars in good working condition. The 02 started slipping in 2nd and 3rd gears and would require a new transmission, and this '99 that we just bought started pumping its oil into the cooling system due to a cracked block and will require a new engine. This is ridiculous (and expensive) we've always recommended Honda's, and maintenance by Honda dealerships to our friends, but now we're definitely turned off to Honda's unless Honda restores our faith in their cars by helping with the repairs on these two that we recently purchased!

I have been looking up problems with cracked blocks in Hondas and I can't believe how prevalent the problem is. My car may have a lot of mileage on it but I've had two Mazda's with over 200,000 miles that still run without problems. I bought a 2009 Honda Accord and am now worried about that one ending up with a cracked blocked. I thought Honda was a reputable, quality car but based on all the problems with cracked blocks, even on new Honda's, I won't buy another one. Especially since Honda has known about the problem and never issued any notices or recalls, I don't trust them.