What are common problems with this vehicle? I've been looking for my first car and seeing that every car has its faults. I wanted a Charger, then a ILX, then Mazda3. I want a fast four door that will be reliable and last for 10 years plus.
First car & fast four door seems a bit risky, in my opinion.
It’s in your best interest to look for a cheap beater as your first car, maybe an old Corolla or Civic (both of which should be plenty fast with a manual transmission).
What are you available options?
What do you mean by risky? I've been driving my parents Suburban LT for years now and I'm currently driving my brothers 2014 Tc or is the car risky? Cars I wanted are listed above minus some SUV's.
I take back risky, in that case. I was under the impression you’re a new driver. Are those the vehicles that are available for sale? Avoid the automatic V6 Accord like the others have mentioned.
Yeah I could have worded that better. What's up with the automatic transmission? How likely is it to break? How much does it cost to fix it? Those are just cars I'm interested in.
If you want the 2017 Honda Accord V6, go with the V6 coupe mated to the 6-speed manual transmission. Realize the V6 engine mated to the 6-speed automatic transmission (it doesn’t matter if sedan or coupe) has cylinder deactivation (or what Honda calls VCM or Variable Cylinder Management) which can potentially wear out/damage the engine over time. But the V6 mated to the 6-speed manual (only offered on the coupe, however) does NOT have VCM. If you end up getting the automatic, just make sure the previous owner was diligent with engine oil changes every 5,000 miles (the VCM needs clean oil to function properly), and then I would disable it via aftermarket.
As for issues that was the last year of that generation (model years 2013-2017 make up that generation) so it will be the most refined/bugs worked out. See below for issues some owners have reported:
https://www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/Accord/2017/
https://www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/Accord/
If it has automatic transmission, it has issues. Avoid the car.
That generation of Accord was from model years 2013-2017, and OP is looking at 2017. In those 4/5 years (especially by last year of that generation), did Honda not fix the 6-speed AT issues?
https://www.cashcarsbuyer.com/honda-accord-transmission-problems/#om
Unfortunately no. They still had the tranny issue.
Where is your source? The link below indicates 2003 that was really an issue:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.torquenews.com/1083/shopping-used-honda-accord-which-years-and-trims-avoid/amp
Also, no newer complaints of those issues on more recent model years on carcomplaints:
https://www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/Accord/
Oh that’s nothing, certainly it should be checked out by mechanic before someone buys it and transmission oil change should be done every 40,000 miles max but this does not appear as a systematic issue on the V6 accords for that generation (certainly not 2017 model year for that matter).
If you compare that one with 2018 model year, it shows that the 2017 model year has tranny issues. The other things ng is about the V6 and as Scotty always says, the higher engine power in the V6 Hondas make the tranny to be more defective than the i4 engines. I agree it should be checked by a mechanic but I would not risk it.
But how often does an Accord V6 AT have a problem? How much to replace it?
It depends on how well they have been taken care of and how hard they were driven. They are not too bad but they are weak point of V6 Honda cars. The rebuild cost could be above couple housand dollars.
@yaser Here we go again...going off of that baseless website. I don't recall scotty referring to this website you're always referring to? Please do not comment on that which you have no experience or knowledge with.
The 6-speed in the 9th gen accord are PERFECTLY fine. The J35Y1 and J35Y2 are robust cars.
People included myself boosting these cars with 400+ whp, holds up perfectly fine.
Early model 5-speed autos weren't good, Honda improved after 2007+.
The ZF 9-speed is the only newest transmission that had issues, honda stopped using that in the odyssey for example.
First of all, if you really have an opinion, say it without attacking to people. secondly, I refered to Scotty's opinion on Honda AT weak point in the V6 engine which everyone knows is a fact. And also, if you personally do not like the website, do not use it. It is as simple as that.
How did I attack you now? You just took my response personally...I am saying you cannot just strictly rely on that site. You are replying to these questions people ask based on one site that is very questionable. You haven't answered if Scotty ever cites that website, I genuinely need to know if he does so I am aware (source/link please)
Like I mentioned in that other thread, atm the site is saying the "best vehicles" are a GMC safari, Volvo xc90, and a VW golf...what?!
If you do not know the answer to a question, just simply don't reply.
That which you have genuine experience and knowledge about, then only respond.
It's just common sense and avoids ambiguity.
FYI those Honda v6 autos he talked about are the early model transmissions, before 2007.
I'm curious that in which video did he exactly say that?
And one more thing: Did Scotty approve any review website? I don't remember but if you know about it, let us know so we can refer to that one if it is good.
Why are you trying to beat around the bush now? Lol Can't answer my question...
Take a deep breath, Yaser, this will pass, hopefully.
Sure @Doc. You are right.
I believe this model still used a timing belt, not a timing chain
That is correct, the V6 has a timing belt, while the Inline-4 had the timing chain.
https://www.pattypeckhonda.com/blog/does-the-honda-accord-have-a-timing-belt-or-timing-chain/
Both manual and automatic are reliable cars. If you get the auto, I would disable VCM. Don't forget about the timing belt every 105k miles.
Lots of aftermarket tuning support available too for these cars.
The day time LED running lights go bad prematurely and you have to replace the entire light assembly which are like $800 each. Now Honda says they will replace them at no charge up to 10 years from original purchase date so that helps.
Not a huge deal but is an issue with these vehicle
If its in your budget definitely consider a Lexus. Expensive cars but definitely reliable (preferably models made in Japan, the new ES is made in USA)
