This price is 116.8 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $2162
Fair price: $2765
High price: $3367
MPG: 20 mpg city / 28 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Beige
Color: New Dark Green Pearl Metallic
Dealer: Randy Cavender Motorcars
Mileage: 153,697
Year: 1998
Ownership Cost for 1998 Honda Accord (EX V6 Sedan)
Estimated: $35543 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1172
$562
$492
$445
$398
$3069
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1625
$1674
$1732
$1802
$1883
$8716
Maintenance
$2763
$2205
$1033
$701
$2291
$8993
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$355
$355
$355
$355
$355
$526
Total Ownership Costs
$8343
$7122
$6161
$6007
$7910
$35543
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2998.832712
Displacement CI: 183
Displacement L: 2.998832712
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 200.00
Engine KW: 149.140000
Engine Model: J30A1
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 1C: 4,001 - 5,000 lb (1,814 - 2,268 kg)
Make: HONDA
Manufacturer: HONDA OF AMERICA MFG., INC.
Manufacturer Id: 988
Model: Accord
Model Year: 1998
Plant City: Marysville
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Ohio
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: EX
Transmission Speeds: 4
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: EX-V6
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1995
AIR BAGS
THE SRS LIGHT CAME ON WHEN MY WIFE WAS ON A TRIP FAR FROM HOME. WHEN SHE RETURNED, I TOOK THE CAR TO MILTON MARTIN HONDA. THEY PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER, BUT COULD FIND NO FAULT CODE. THEY RESET THE SRS LIGHT, BUT IT CAME ON AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. THEY HAD SAID THAT WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THEY OFTEN HAD TO REPLACE THE AIR BAG COMPUTER. I CHECKED THE NHTSA WEB SITE AND FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL FOR 1995 HONDA ACCORDS FOR AIR BAG PROBLEMS (NHTSA ITEM NUMBER SB041021). I ALSO FOUND A HONDA TSB ON THE PROBLEM (SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER HON/A90). FINALLY I FOUND A LARGE NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS IN THE NHTSA DATABASE BY OTHER OWNERS OF 1995 HONDA ACCORDS. CONSEQUENTLY I CALLED HONDA OF AMERICA AT 1-800-999-1099 AND SPOKE TO NICOLE ROYER AT EXT. 124157. SHE PROMISED TO CALL ME BACK WITHIN 3 DAYS WITH FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT HONDA PROPOSED TO DO ABOUT MY PROBLEM. SHE HAS THUS FAR FAILED TO CALL BACK 6 DAYS LATER, AND ALL I CAN REACH IS HER VOICE MAIL WHEN I ATTEMPT TO CALL HER. IT IS CLEAR FROM THE RECALL, THE TSB, AND THE LARGE VOLUME OF COMPLAINTS THAT HONDA HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAGS IN THE 1995 ACCORD WHICH THEY SEEM UNWILLING TO DEAL WITH DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL SAFETY-RELATED COMPONENT. I HOPE THAT NHTSA INSTITUTES AN INVESTIGATION AND COMPELS HONDA EITHER TO RECALL THE 1995 ACCORDS FOR THIS PROBLEM OR AT LEAST PAY FOR REPAIRS WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS. I OWN 3 HONDAS WHICH I BOUGHT BECAUSE OF HONDA'S OUTSTANDING REPUTATION FOR RELIABILITY AND HONESTY, BUT I AM BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED AT THEIR APPARENT LACK OF CONCERN ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY VERY DAMAGING PROBLEM. I WOULD REMIND THEM AND NHTSA OF THE FORD/FIRESTONE CASE IN WHICH A KNOWN SAFETY PROBLEM WENT UNACKNOWLEDGED UNTIL A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WITH INJURIES AND FATALITIES OCCURRED. SURELY HONDA WOULD NOT WISH TO EXPERIENCE SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS.
1998
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE ENGINE COMPLETELY BLEW OUT ONE DAY. I WAS ON THE WAY TO WORK AND THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION UNDER MY HOOD. HONDA PUT IN A RE-BUILT ENGINE AND I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE THEN. A FEW MONTHS LATER...THE PAINT GRADUALLY STARTED TO FADE AWAY ON THE ROOF. IT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE AND WILL GET MUCH WORSE. IT IS A 1998 HONDA!! THIS STUFF SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING!
