Stampie (FS)
Stampie (FS) UltimaDork
6/24/20 6:54 p.m.

So my nephew has a hand me down car in the topic.  He sends me a video worried about the timing belt.  Only problem is he's pointing at the serpentine belt.  Yeah not a car guy but I love him.  My dad doesn't know when the timing belt was changed last.  We all know these autos suck.  I told him to get the timing belt done and if the trans fluid smelled/looked good then leave it alone.  Anything else you'd tell your college aged nephew to do?

Dusterbd13-michael (Forum Supporter)
Dusterbd13-michael (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
6/24/20 6:56 p.m.

Get the water pump done too. Same with lower radiator hose. 

Alignment and brakes looked at.

yupididit
yupididit UberDork
6/24/20 7:04 p.m.

Lol I have a similar vintage Accord. I think the timing belt was done lol. I'm just gonna drive it in the ground devil

Stampie (FS)
Stampie (FS) UltimaDork
6/24/20 7:12 p.m.

In reply to yupididit :

Yeah I told him that if the trans went out to leave it on the side of the road and take a bus home.

Stampie (FS)
Stampie (FS) UltimaDork
6/24/20 7:13 p.m.

In reply to Dusterbd13-michael (Forum Supporter) :

Ok water pump and hose.  I'll be able to look at it in person in a few weeks so I'll check the alignment and brakes.

mr2s2000elise
mr2s2000elise SuperDork
6/24/20 9:37 p.m.

We dumped our 01 auto 4 cyl, crank windows and all, at 268K miles, at the Salvation Army donation program. Everything original, and was maintenance only. 

I thought only the V6 accords/oddy/TL trannies of that generation were made of glass. 

Didn't know 4 cyl had the issues too.

penultimeta
penultimeta HalfDork
6/24/20 11:31 p.m.

I know that Honda recommends a timing belt and water pump every 100k. On my old ‘02 accord I had it done twice: once at 100k and again at 200k. I wanted to get it to 300k, but a patch of black ice had other plans. The autos are pretty garbage, but they suit their purpose and a watchful eye can prevent a lot of the grenading that seems to be everywhere on the internet. FWIW, I’ve owned about a half dozen Hondas from the glass trans era and never had a problem. Anecdotally, my parents, relatives, and a few friends also have never had an issue with the auto box.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s not  a good version of an automatic and compared to Honda’s manual boxes are severely lacking in precision and feel. 

Fueled by Caffeine
Fueled by Caffeine MegaDork
6/25/20 9:28 a.m.

my dad has one with 270k on it.  Just traded it in on a CRV.  Sure the transmission broke, but a cheap replacement was avaialbe and he kept driving it.  

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