08-09-2015, 08:09 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-09-2015, 08:15 AM by Radio Fixer.)
The trouble for me is the survey is only over 3 years, the last two Hondas have been kept 10 years. One, an Accord only had normal servicing and a drivers door lock in over 100K miles. The other a Civic with 60K miles never had more than services. It even had the original battery and this was a short trip car.
It would have been nice if Honda had come higher up the list and I don't know why? Maybe the CD player stopped working or the reversing lights etc which we wouldn't know as we never use them. I never even turn the radio on yet alone all the Bluetooth stuff. Maybe its these things that get reported as faults? You never see many broken down so that must mean something.
Anyway, we stick with them as they have always been excellent (over 30 years owning them) and if you pick one with a big enough engine "exciting" in that they accelerate well, steer well and just are good to drive.
If you ever get to the Caribbean as we did to St Lucia, the island is full of older Japanese ( Toyota people carriers and vans are very popular) so maybe JD should do a 10 year or 20 year survey there. Not that would help to sell new cars
The latest one, the new Civic with every extra, bought a year old, is a bit scary compared to previous models because there is so much electronics. A friend just retired from Ford's research and dev. said it will be relays that let cars down in the future but Honda have always been good at those so I'm hopeful
Gary
It would have been nice if Honda had come higher up the list and I don't know why? Maybe the CD player stopped working or the reversing lights etc which we wouldn't know as we never use them. I never even turn the radio on yet alone all the Bluetooth stuff. Maybe its these things that get reported as faults? You never see many broken down so that must mean something.
Anyway, we stick with them as they have always been excellent (over 30 years owning them) and if you pick one with a big enough engine "exciting" in that they accelerate well, steer well and just are good to drive.
If you ever get to the Caribbean as we did to St Lucia, the island is full of older Japanese ( Toyota people carriers and vans are very popular) so maybe JD should do a 10 year or 20 year survey there. Not that would help to sell new cars
The latest one, the new Civic with every extra, bought a year old, is a bit scary compared to previous models because there is so much electronics. A friend just retired from Ford's research and dev. said it will be relays that let cars down in the future but Honda have always been good at those so I'm hopeful
Gary
