2008 Honda Accord Long Term Owner's Review

This is a long term, 10 years to be exact, review of my 2008 Honda Accord LX 4 cyl sedan. I will go over the basic overview of the car, what I like & dislike, what I have done to the car and my overall opinion. The key to this review is that it isn't a first impression or a review after a few months or year or two... this is a LONG term review after having the car 10 years!

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[whiskeytango]

Beast of a sedan and one of the most beautiful design ever. Still looks relevant after 16 years later. Keeping the one I have forever.

[mohamedhussein]

I have the same car... but when I saw your with tint windows it looked soooo good... I made a appointment the next day to get tint windows

[whattheheck]

I had a 2008 Accord EX-L 4 cyl sedan in 2012-2013, it was my first car. It was Nighthawk Black Pearl with a black leather interior. I've been interested in car safety my whole life, wear my seat belt religiously, have been to 2 real life IIHS crash tests when I was a teenager ('09 Hyundai Genesis front offset and '09 Dodge Journey front offset) and didn't learn how to drive until I was 19 because I wanted to make sure I was good and ready. When I was looking for my first car, I knew I wanted an 8th generation Accord, I saw the crash test ratings and the crash test footage and it all looked great! Of course, safety wasn't my only concern, I looked up the reliability, quality, I rode in a few before I got mine, there was nothing I could find wrong with the car. It was as if Honda had built the perfect car... of course, something like a Mercedes S-Class would be technically better but few can afford them.
Then April 22, 2013 came. A Chevy Impala barreled right into the driver's door of the Accord going probably 40 mph. The side curtain airbags and side airbags that I considered a must have feature leapt into action in less than 1/50 of a second and covered the window and chest area before my mom could get thrown to the side of the car. My mom means the world to me, the sweetest person in the entire world and that car saving her life in that split second was amazing. She literally walked away with a couple bruises in a crash where she could have been seriously hurt or worse in a car that barely met the safety standards of 2008. Honda really cares about safety and the 8th generation Accords are some of the safest cars of their era and are still very safe for today's standards. I got a 2011 Accord EX-L w/Nav V6 sedan, White Diamond Pearl with a tan leather interior to replace the '08, it's got about 147, 000 miles on it and is still going strong after over 7 years. I plan on getting the 11th generation Accord whenever it comes out as my next car.
People say an Accord is reliable, durable, comfortable, has easy to use controls, is easy to drive but the best endorsement I can give the Accord is that it can SAVE YOUR LIFE if the worst happens.
August 8, 2020 5:22 am

[Ghost-mytr]

Man I absolutely love my 09 Accord! 178k miles and it still drives strong! It's my work horse when I'm not driving my Infiniti Q50.

[lockeeckol]

I have a 2011 and at 370, 000 miles now. I drove cross country and went through many long driving adventures. Looking to upgrade to a newer year.

[abdulhadihamidon]

Thanks for the review sir. Mine is a JDM Accord 2.4 with 130kmiles on it. Still doing very well for a 10 years ride 👍

[luccicorp]

I enjoyed this review. It's 3 years after you made it, but it has really been helpful.

I am going to check out a 2009 honda accord tomorrow.

[jyothikarnavar]

I too own a 2008 honda accord 2.4 AT Elegance in India. It has done 102000 kms now. Most of the issues you said are in my car too. Front doors rattle and vibrate (outer panels) while closing. Rear bearings are very noisy now. I work in Dubai and i bought all new shocks (kyb), wheel bearings (ntn), window weather strips (taiwan) and many other parts for my car from here and carrying it to India this week. Hopefully the car will ride smoother as earlier with all these new parts on. Also, i like wat u did for the lower part of front bumper. I will do the same as it is irritating for me to see such a big opening.
I love my car and it is excellent to drive. I get almost 12kms/ltr of gas. Thanks for this good video.

[airborne]

Purchased a 2008 EX-L, with 157, 000 miles two years ago. Love the vehicle. It had a single owner who maintained it well. I did have to replace the center armrest padded cover. It was easy.

[Don_Gotti_HLL]

Just bought a 2009 ex-l with only 51k miles on it. I really appreciate your review and some things that I need to look out for. Great video!

[ryanr]

I just got a 2008 Accord with 42k miles on it and it looks absolutely identical to yours, same color and same trim level. So far I love it!

[CMKR]

I just brought one today! Same color as yours with 64, 000 miles. I sooo love it!! Thanks for this very informative video!!

[jmikhael]

I had the same leaking problem with power steering pump and i replaced with new one from autozone 5 months ago with no problem. The issue in my opinion is the starter you have to take off many parts to reach it so if you have bad starter you have to tow your car because you can't reach it and hit it to make it start temporary.

[daveclark]

I've got a 2010 V6 coupe with 130K. The power door lock actuators started going out. Since I had to pull the door panels off anyway, I bought some new speakers (Infinity, though anything will be any improvement over the weenie stock Honda speakers) and a $40 box of Amazon sound deadener and just did all 3 at once. Sounded night and day better. So I pulled up the back seat, the trunk panels and carpet, laid down the rest of the sound mat and ran wiring for 8" Pioneer sub which tucks to the right side of the trunk. The whole ride is quieter and the tunes are much improved.

[SenorMrZonE]

This was a boost of motivation to get a 2012 accord. Right now I have an 02 civic. It still works, just not like it use to. I abuse it, raced for 2 years with a messed up transmission, let it sit for 6 months, had crappy mechanics, oh my goodness. This car is still kicking, just have a problem with the head because people dont know how to put them back together apparently. Looking for a new car already because the repairs for the shocks that went out 2 years ago, the paint, and the head, its alot. Too much money. I would because I've had it for 10 years, and I still love my civic, but... I gotta let her go man.😢😢😢😭😭😭

[bigrayskitchen]

5:40 Mine didnt start making this noise till after 330k miles. Pretty sure its just worn out pullys.

[jboyce]

I've owned my 2008 Accord for 13 years going through Canadian winters, lots of salt ice etc. No doubt it will be on my next buy list it really has been a great car.

[Santi_fernandez-_-]

This car are amazing, after I got 2012 with supposedly 90k miles, found out 3 months later that the guy got it from PA rolled back the miles, so it had 187k miles, NJ missed it, well 2 years later the car still going no problems, it have now 220k miles, only thing I do is flush trans fluid every 6 months, 3 quarts and trans will not shake making people think is the motor mount, spark plugs or fuel pump, injectors, also power steering noise pump I fixed changing the fluid.

[haikalkhairuddin]

I own same car like yours. Mine is 2.4 ivtech year 2008 with 157k km mileage. But not experience yet the grinding sound.

I live in saudi arabia and this car perform well on riyadh road 💪

[MrAnderson]

The cold start grind is either the TCT or VTCA. Just changed both with my uncle and it fixed the issue.