2003 Honda Accord Consumer Discussions

Honda Accord (2003-2007) Maintenance and Repair

Where is the engine number located in the 7th generation Hondas

Written by: obi3ice on Nov 23, 2009 03:13 AM

Please i need your helps ASAP. I need to know where the engine number for the 2003 accord is located. Also Can someone tell me how many digits/numbers they are for the engine number. Thanks. TL Read More...

Honda Accord VCM

Re: 2008 Honda Accord VCM Burns Oil [elliott2]

Written by: wayne21 on Nov 15, 2009 01:57 PM

When I bought my honda new, I was told by a number of people that if you ever have any problems with it it will be a transmission. I had several put in mine. (I also had some seat belt recalls and things like that, but no big deal on that.) Honda lost a class action lawsuit that required them to fix transmissions from 1998-2002, but I was unaware the problem ran into 2003. ... Read More...

2008 Honda Accord VCM Burns Oil

Written by: elliott2 on Nov 15, 2009 04:04 AM

Haven't seen any statistics of "the handful of owners that find tremendous fault with Honda's VCM". Is this taken from Edmunds.com, combined with Consumer Reports blog site, LemonAuto.com, etc.? Or, is there another web site that provides such statistics? Anecdotal conjecture? That would be great if there's a good source for the statistics on auto problems. ... Read More...

Honda Accord (2003-2007) Maintenance and Repair

Re: 2005 Honda Accord DX - buy or not ? [bav_fan07]

Written by: elroy5 on Nov 11, 2009 03:13 PM

The previous generation (2003-2006) was probably one of the worst generations of Accords in years. I would like to know what is wrong with my 03 Accord? That is not apparent to me. Read More...

Re: Worst Accords in Years? [bav_fan07]

Written by: thegraduate on Nov 11, 2009 06:30 AM

The previous generation (2003-2006) was probably one of the worst generations of Accords in years. What makes you say that? That generation went to 2007, for the record... I think it was one of the best. It had a roomy interior without being a land-barge in exterior size. It was light for its class, making its engines feel like they produce more power than they did. ... Read More...

Re: 2005 Honda Accord DX - buy or not ? [nrcanada]

Written by: bav_fan07 on Nov 10, 2009 05:58 PM

It's hit or miss. Honda's quality is no where near what it used to be. Honda is living off "word of mouth" and loyal customers from the past. If you go to many car complaint websites, you'll see that there are more Honda complaints compared to many other manufacturers. The previous generation (2003-2006) was probably one of the worst generations of Accords in years. ... Read More...

DTC P0420

Written by: sockpuppet1969 on Nov 09, 2009 07:27 PM

My 2003 Accord had been displaying a diagnostic trouble code P0420 - Catalyst Efficiency Below Threshold (Bank 1). I had the catalytic converter replaced to the tune of $1,000 only to have the malfunction indicator light come back on when the weather got cold again. A search by my mechanic on ALLDATA turned up a service bulletin (03-063) dated September 23, 2003. ... Read More...

Re: Spark plugs for 2003 Honda Accord [elroy5]

Written by: blufz1 on Oct 04, 2009 06:07 PM

My '02 had the platinums. They were spec'd to change at 105k. I changed 'em at 90k and 2 of them were tight. 6 year change interval in the future for me. Honda may have switched to iridiums in '03. I just don't want to take a chance on seized plugs. Read More...

Re: Spark plugs for 2003 Honda Accord [blufz1]

Written by: elroy5 on Oct 04, 2009 10:34 AM

I just put back what came out. I'm pretty sure the original plugs are Iridium tipped. The platinum plugs have the same part #, but are not "long life" 100k mile plugs. If I was going to replace the original iridiums with platinum, I would not do it until 100k miles. Read More...

Re: Spark plugs for 2003 Honda Accord [elroy5]

Written by: blufz1 on Oct 04, 2009 09:04 AM

I'm not the wrench that you are,E. I therefore practice "defensive wrenching". I just put back what came out. Lol. Enjoy the race. Read More...