[ZeroBalance]

Interesting responses all. I did a quick Kelly Blue Book last week just to see and the car has already lost $5,000 to $7,000 from sticker with less than 2200 miles on it. I'll hang on to it and see for myself how it is in reliability, but if it proves to have issues, I will take the loss and trade it in on a Camry. But for now I am hoping for the best. Of all things, and I think I mentioned this in my first post, reliability matters most to me.

 

[Honda2014]

Interesting responses all. I did a quick Kelly Blue Book last week just to see and the car has already lost $5,000 to $7,000 from sticker with less than 2200 miles on it. I'll hang on to it and see for myself how it is in reliability, but if it proves to have issues, I will take the loss and trade it in on a Camry. But for now I am hoping for the best. Of all things, and I think I mentioned this in my first post, reliability matters most to me.

I think the drop in KBB value of our cars has everything to do with used car market has been put on downward pressure ever since it reached the peak of its insanity. It is always bound to happen, and has little (if at all) to do with the reliability of the car itself. The release of the new gen. in general, doesn't help the resale of the outgoing gen. either, so there is that. I've checked out the 11th gen. 1) just because I was curious of the new car and 2) I was curious what the dealership would offer vs. other vendors. I've seen a drop of like $6k myself in the matter of a few months too (from 33k to around 27k). The 11th gen is nice, but in my opinion, there isn't a whole lot to worry about. The new upcoming Camry will probably have a better chance of blowing the Accord outta water, which will definitely have an impact on the current Accord's resale, but whether it'll have the same magnitude of impact on the resale of our cars remains to be seen. Of course, if that does happen, Honda's response to that is what I'm waiting for.

In terms of reliability, generally with the Accords, if there isn't major issue mechanically with the model by its second year, there likely won't be major issue with yours either. Even if there was, chances are Honda would have solved / reached resolutions that would have ensured owners of their cars are taken care of. I don't recall seeing many serious issues with regard to the 2.0t / 10AT at all, other than a few questionable posts about the 2.0t and a few posts that did report problems. I also remember seeing someone posted here with 10G 2.0t reaching 200k miles with just regular maintenance (it was a 2019 if I remember correctly a while back too). I only have 40k on the car so far, no mechanical issue whatsoever either. So generally speaking, it seems to be fine so far and I have no real concern with regard to its reliability in the near term. If in doubt with its long term reliability, I'd consider getting the Honda Care extended warranty. I got it a while ago because I'm most likely keeping the car long term now.

 

[ZeroBalance]

I think the drop in KBB value of our cars has everything to do with used car market has been put on downward pressure ever since it reached the peak of its insanity. It is always bound to happen, and has little (if at all) to do with the reliability of the car itself. The release of the new gen. in general, doesn't help the resale of the outgoing gen. either, so there is that. I've checked out the 11th gen. 1) just because I was curious of the new car and 2) I was curious what the dealership would offer vs. other vendors. I've seen a drop of like $6k myself in the matter of a few months too (from 33k to around 27k). The 11th gen is nice, but in my opinion, there isn't a whole lot to worry about. The new upcoming Camry will probably have a better chance of blowing the Accord outta water, which will definitely have an impact on the current Accord's resale, but whether it'll have the same magnitude of impact on the resale of our cars remains to be seen. Of course, if that does happen, Honda's response to that is what I'm waiting for.

In terms of reliability, generally with the Accords, if there isn't major issue mechanically with the model by its second year, there likely won't be major issue with yours either. Even if there was, chances are Honda would have solved / reached resolutions that would have ensured owners of their cars are taken care of. I don't recall seeing many serious issues with regard to the 2.0t / 10AT at all, other than a few questionable posts about the 2.0t and a few posts that did report problems. I also remember seeing someone posted here with 10G 2.0t reaching 200k miles with just regular maintenance (it was a 2019 if I remember correctly a while back too). I only have 40k on the car so far, no mechanical issue whatsoever either. So generally speaking, it seems to be fine so far and I have no real concern with regard to its reliability in the near term. If in doubt with its long term reliability, I'd consider getting the Honda Care extended warranty. I got it a while ago because I'm most likely keeping the car long term now.

I think you are right about the used car market. I've been trying to keep up with it to some degree just out of curiosity. I hadn't thought about the new gen causing a decline in the value of my car but that makes sense.

This being my first Honda, I did get an extended warranty. Also, I do take to heart what you and others have said about the Accord as you and others have experience with them. So that is good to hear.

I just had the first oil change done at just under 2200 miles. Necessary? I did some research on it and some say yes and some say no and I say I wouldn't know. I can afford the $66 (turns out I get two free anyway), and for the peace of mind, it's worth it. From here on out I will do every 5,000 or 6 months.

I should get the years out of the extended warranty as I don't expect to put that many miles on the car in that period of time. But I definitely want to keep this car long term. That was the idea in mind when I got it.

 

[MisterHooman]

I think you are right about the used car market. I've been trying to keep up with it to some degree just out of curiosity. I hadn't thought about the new gen causing a decline in the value of my car but that makes sense.

This being my first Honda, I did get an extended warranty. Also, I do take to heart what you and others have said about the Accord as you and others have experience with them. So that is good to hear.

I just had the first oil change done at just under 2200 miles. Necessary? I did some research on it and some say yes and some say no and I say I wouldn't know. I can afford the $66 (turns out I get two free anyway), and for the peace of mind, it's worth it. From here on out I will do every 5,000 or 6 months.

I should get the years out of the extended warranty as I don't expect to put that many miles on the car in that period of time. But I definitely want to keep this car long term. That was the idea in mind when I got it.

Before the maintenance minder, the general rule of thumb (in my opinion) was anywhere between 5,000-7,500 miles or 1 year. With the maintenance minder, I would say whenever the maintenance minder tells you an oil change is needed or 1 year.

As far as the initial oil change, it is no longer necessary in modern vehicles to change the initial break-in oil early. Treat the initial oil change like any other oil change. Just change it when the maintenance minder says so or 1 year.

 

[next1cruise]

I bought my 2018 Honda Accord 2.0T EX-L new. I've had a minor glitch in the adaptive cruise control system that was resolved with a software update and a recall for body control system resolved with a software update. Yesterday I received a recall notice from the NHTSA for an issue with the seat belt buckle. I've found the car to be very reliable.

 

[trunkmonkey1954]

Consumers Reports reliability ratings are most valuable when you're looking at older vehicles to purchase. I like to see how they're holding up after 6 or 7 years but don't care what they say about any new car. Taking care of a dozen older vehicles ranging from 2003 to 2014 I can tell you we pick them based on the CR data. CR is the source of our knowing not to buy a jeep or a fiat 500 EVER, for example. My life is easier the more Toyotas and Hondas we own, lately trending towards more Toyotas in our fleet. But the nature of their listings is such that the decades long head gasket failures on Subarus wasn't in their data because it mostly would occur past the 7 year endpoint of each models listing. They do, by the way, indicate when they have insufficient data to make a call.