This deal is profitable. The price is 13.4 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $3937
Fair price: $4619
High price: $5300
MPG: 21 mpg city / 30 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Beige
Color: Gold
Dealer: UM Autos
Mileage: 128,185
Year: 2003
Ownership Cost for 2003 Honda Accord LX V-6
Estimated: $36787 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1759
$844
$739
$668
$598
$4608
Insurance
$1463
$1514
$1567
$1622
$1679
$7845
Fuel
$1529
$1575
$1630
$1696
$1772
$8202
Maintenance
$2763
$2045
$1046
$815
$2291
$8960
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$481
$481
$481
$481
$481
$713
Total Ownership Costs
$8972
$7172
$6350
$6263
$8029
$36787
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st & 2nd Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 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: 240
Engine KW: 178.9680
Engine Model: J30A4
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: 2003
Other Restraint System Info: Seat Belt (Rr center position)
Plant City: Marysville
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Ohio
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: LX-V6
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
I OWN BOTH A 2004 ACCORD EX V6 COUPE AND NOW A 2005 EX V6 SEDAN WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFTER COMPLETELY MISSES THE "D" POSTITION AND MOVES INTO "D3" WHEN SHIFTING FROM EITHER "PARK OR NEUTRAL MODES", AS THOUGH THAT IS THE CORRECT POSITION TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING! THIS IS NOT A NORMAL CONDITION TO OPERATE A VEHICLE. THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT "DETENT" POSITION TO SECURE THE SHIFTER INTO THE "D" POSTION. IT SIMPLE SLIPS BY THE "D" MODE RIGHT INTO "D3"! EVERY OTHER AUTO TRANSMISSION CAR I'VE OWNED REQUIRED EXTRA EFFORT TO BYPASS THE "DRIVE" POSITION TO PLACE THE SHIFTER INTO ANOTHER(LOWER) GEAR SETTING. OPERATING EITHER OY MY VEHICLES IN THIS MANNER MAY EVENTUALLY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION, ENGINE OR BOTH. IT MAY EVEN CAUSE SOME UNFORESEEN TRANSMISSION BEHAVIOR AFFECTING DRIVABILITY.HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS CONTACTED AND THEIR SUGGESTION WAS TO BE "MORE CAREFUL" IN SELECTING THE GEAR SHIFTER POSITION. THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A VERY SUBSTANTIAL SOLUTION TO AN OBVIOUS MECHANICAL PROBLEM (SHORT COMING). *AK
2003
ENGINE
I BOUGHT MY HONDA FROM THE DEALERSHIP 06/23/12, 1 OWNER COMPLETELY SERVICED THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP THEN TRADED IN AT SAME DEALERSHIP. WHEN BOUGHT IT HAD 101,793 MILES, TIMING BELT WAS DONE AT 90K AND POWER STEERING PUMP. NOT EVEN MONTH LATER I HAD TO REPLACE THROTTLE BODY. I'VE ALWAYS FELT SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AFTER BOUGHT CAR. ON 11/10/2012 OUT OF NO WHERE WHEN I WAS GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY MY CAR STARTED TO DOWN SHIFT REALLY HARD, WAS JERKING WHILE DRIVING AND THEN WAS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR, LUCKILY I WAS LESS THAN A MILE FROM MY HOUSE SO I DROVE HOME THEN PARKED IT AND NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ON. THE NEXT MORNING (TODAY) CALLED A FRIEND WHO WORKS ON HONDAS AND HE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS VERY DIRTY AND PRACTICALLY GONE. DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK TWICE AND TRANSMISSION WAS WORKING FINE. THEN LATER DROVE ABOUT 8 MILES AND STARTED HARD DOWN SHIFTING AND WAS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. THEN PARKED AND TRIED TO PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE AND IT NOT MOVE ACTED LIKE WAS IN NEUTRAL. PUT IT IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF THEN STARTED IT AGAIN AND PUT IT INTO REVERSE, REVERSE NOW WORKED. AFTER THAT I HAD MY FRIEND LOOK UNDER THE HOOD AT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND IT WAS PRACTICALLY EMPTY AGAIN. SO I WENT TO THE STORE GOT MORE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND PUT SOME IN AND TRIED TO DRIVE BACK HOME. EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 8 MILES THEN IT STARTED TO HARD DOWN SHIFT ALL OVER AGAIN. AFTER ANOTHER 3 MILES THE CAR COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FINALLY CAME ON ALONG WITH THE ABS, TSC, AND THE LIGHT SHOWING I WAS IN DRIVE STARTED FLASHING. SO I PULLED OVER AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND EVERYTHING WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING, INCLUDING THE LIGHT INDICATING I WAS IN DRIVE EVEN THOUGHT I WAS IN PARK AND THE PARK GEAR LIGHT WAS ON. SO I TURNED OFF MY CAR, SAT FOR A MIN THEN RESTARTED. DRIVING SLOW NEEDED TO STOP AND BRAKES STARTED TO GO OUT. *TR
