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#6417 of 13114 A/C Filter by bd21 Dec 10, 2003 (3:49 am)
Your A/C filters should have been changed twice already, so I can guarantee they are pretty much clogged right now. I did mine when my car was two years old with 24,000 miles and they were pretty dirty. You have to remove the glove box and the lower part of the passenger dash. There are many screws to remove and a bracket too, just to get those two filters. It took me over an hour and I'm a pretty good mechanic. If you are not at least a fair mechanic, then I recommend you pay to have it done. There is a chance you could set off the airbag, if you are not very careful or damage your dash in the process. Good luck.
#6418 of 13114 A/C filter.......air bag by mikefm58 Dec 10, 2003 (4:35 am)
Just disconnect your negative battery cable so you don't accidentally set off the air bag. BD21 is right about all the screws. When I got done with mine I had 2 left over.
#6419 of 13114 Thanks! by greggo1 Dec 10, 2003 (6:12 am)
Thanks guys.
#6420 of 13114 A/C filter by bodble2 Dec 10, 2003 (5:20 pm)
Isn't it kind of stupid of Honda to design a item that needs replacing, to be so cumbersome to get at?!
#6421 of 13114 Cabin Air Filter by rcc8179 Dec 10, 2003 (6:07 pm)
I don't know if the 1998-2001 Accord is similar to the 2003, but it does not require removing the glove box in the 2003. Perhaps Honda got a lot of complaints if the earlier models did require significant disassembly.   With the 2003: 1. Open glove box 2. Disconnect damper on right side of glove box. 3. Push in on both sides of the back of the glove box to get past the catch point. The glove box will then pivot down. 4. Remove the air filter and replace.
#6422 of 13114 my 2¢ for sarakay by frozennorth Dec 10, 2003 (9:09 pm)
I sympathize with you. Up here, old rusty Hondas can be bought for less than $100 [I have 1 in my driveway but its a 5 speed]. Have you checked local auto wreckers to see what a used tranny would cost? [just a guess-$200 for tranny & $300 to put it in?] Wrecking yards around here are almost giving away parts from these cars because there is no market for them any more. Many offer a 30 day guarantee. Your price for the suspension is bang on. My 86 has just over 157,000 miles on it & I've had it since brand new. It looks & runs almost like new. I'm pulling parts off the rusty one then junking it.
#6423 of 13114 90 Accord LX Auto with 140K by lastwraith Dec 11, 2003 (3:27 am)
I posted a while back and got some great input, just looking for some suggestions again. After owning 2 tired GM products, the Honda has been a relative pleasure. Having said that, I have these issues with it:   1) Lately, whenever I engage the turn signals the Speedometer briefly drops to 0 and the Tach goes pretty crazy, bouncing up and down seemingly in time with the turn signal. 2) Only in cold weather really, the car does not register park on the dash (no lighted box around P) and the key will not come out, since I guess it still thinks I am in a running gear. Also, engaging reverse seems to take longer and I dont always get a lit box around that for quite some time. 3) When its really really cold out, there is a clunk from the passenger side front wheel. Frozen strut or something? It usually stops after the car has been going for a bit. 4) It runs 70mph at about 3000rpm. I dont think it used to run up the rpms that quickly. 5) Sometimes at idle (only after a cold start) the rpms fluctuate up and down since the idle speed kicks up and down. The fluctuation gets faster until ultimately it stops entirely when the engine is warm. Sounds like someone is revving it, but obviously no one is.   As a side note, I replaced the TCU with a salvage yard pull (from a yard I always have gone to), but that was back in late summer when I posted about the car not finding any gears beyond 2nd and flashing a sport-shift warning light. Problems 1 and 4 are new, the others i have had since before the TCU replacement. I listed them in decreasing order of importance.   Thanks guys!
#6424 of 13114 Re: 90 Accord LX Auto with 140K by chucko3 Dec 11, 2003 (9:12 am)
It sounds like my 89 Accord. The car is old. 1. Haven't seen this yet. 2. Happened couple times last winter (under extremly cold weather). Start the car again, shift it out of Park, then shift back to Park. See if the Park light comes on. 3. Yes, on a few occasions under cold weather. 4. 70 mph at ~3k RPM. That's what my car has. 5. Saw it a couple times too.   That's why I want to have my (old) car warmed up a bit longer in the winter before driving it.
#6425 of 13114 lastwraith by imidazol97 Dec 11, 2003 (9:32 am)
"After owning 2 tired GM products..."   Sounds like your Honda is getting tired too!
#6426 of 13114 clunk sound by occupant1 Dec 11, 2003 (6:58 pm)
if you hear a whirr or a clunk in a late model Accord right when you first get started, it's either the fuel pump kicking on, or if you mean it does the clunk as you start moving, that would be the anti-lock brakes system testing itself. If your foot is lightly on the brake as you start moving, you'll feel a small pulsation at the same time you hear the clunk

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