This deal is profitable. The price is 2.4 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $3320
Fair price: $3997
High price: $4673
MPG: 23 mpg city / 30 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Ivory
Color: San Marino Red
Dealer: Scott Select - Used Cars
Mileage: 92,410
Year: 2002
Ownership Cost for 2002 Honda Accord SE
Estimated: $34117 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1153
$553
$484
$438
$392
$3020
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1472
$1516
$1569
$1632
$1705
$7894
Maintenance
$2763
$1914
$932
$544
$2291
$8444
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$352
$352
$352
$352
$352
$522
Total Ownership Costs
$8168
$6663
$5888
$5672
$7726
$34117
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2261.414832
Displacement CI: 138
Displacement L: 2.261414832
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: In-Line
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 148.00
Engine KW: 110.363600
Engine Model: F23A4
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: 2002
Other Engine Info: ULEV
Plant City: Marysville
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Ohio
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 4
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: EX
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND ENGINE REVS HIGH WHILE CAR DOWNSHIFTS INTO WHAT FELT LIKE FIRST GEAR AND VIOLENTLY SLOWS DOWN. THIS ALMOST PUT ME THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. ANY ATTEMPTS I MADE TO SPEED UP OR MAINTAIN SPEED JUST CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO SLIP AND LAG UNTIL FINALLY THE CAR JUST ACTS LIKE ITS IN NEUTRAL. I TURN OFF THE CAR AND START IT UP AGAIN, IT DRIVES FINE ALL THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AND CHARGE THE $100 DIAGNOSTIC FEE. I DRIVE IT OFF THE LOT AND IT IMMEDIATELY STARTS SLIPPING BETWEEN 2-3 GEARS AND DOWNSHIFTING; SO I DRIVE IT RIGHT BACK INTO THE SHOP AND THEY SAY THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED. TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT RUN ROUGHLY $5000. CAR IS AT 85,000 MILES, ALL MAINTENANCES AND 3000-MILE OIL CHANGES PERFORMED, CAR HAS REQUIRED MANY VISITS TO THE SHOP FOR MALFUNCTIONING ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND PROBLEMATIC BRAKES. HONDA CLAIMS ALL RECALLS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED, INCLUDING A RECALL FOR A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION PART THEY NEVER REPLACED WITH A WORKING PART. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMS ME I AM ABLE TO DRIVE HOME GRANTED I CAN DEAL WITH SOME SLIPPAGE OF GEARS, IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY, I WOULD BE DEAD RIGHT NOW, AND I DO A LOT OF HIGHWAY DRIVING. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET TO CORRECT THIS FAILURE, I BELIEVE HONDA SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND REPLACE THESE DANGEROUSLY FAULTY PARTS IN ALL OF ITS VEHICLES. *KB
2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
DRIVER SIDE SEAT SHAKES/MOVES WHEN ACCELERATING OR APPLING BRAKES, THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRACK BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE SLUGGISH AND THE LEFT WIPER WAS VERY NOISY AND LEFT STREAK ON THE WINDSHIELD, THE GLOVE BOX DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY, THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO THE BELT BEING TWISTED/CURLED, THE LEFT REAR DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY, FOG LIGHTS WERE OUT OF FOCUS, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED.*AK *NLM