Abs sensors (warning light comes on occasionally)
Penta's are made of cheese so check wheels for buckles.
paintwork is quite soft so stone chips will be normal
clutch normally lasts over 90k if treated well.
Handbrake / rear calipers sometimes stick though can be that the pads need removing and cleaning so they slide.
Tyre wear - some have camber issues and wear tyres on inner edges.
large flat doors so watch for damage / poor repairs
Other than that, they are superb cars, for the performance its pretty economical, my 04 was £245 RFL and got over 17,000 miles on a set of rear tyres - 14,000 on fronts.
Ditto this on the whole.
My ABS/VSA light used to come on about once a week. It would reset if I turned the car off and on again. It hasn't come on for about 4 months. It'll probably come on tomorrow now I've said this
. Most of the time, it's a £5 switch that connect to the brake pedal giving incorrect readings.
Don't have Pentas so couldn't comment, but have Epsilon alloys. They aren't painted, but diamond cut and lacquered. They corrode proper bad. Mine leak about 4 PSI a month now as a result of the corrosion and look ****** awful. I'll be replacing them with aftermarket alloys in the not too distant future.
Paintwork is weak. I live on the south coast and Seagull poo has ravaged my car. in the right light you can clearly see many, many burns in the paint from bird poo. There are plenty of stone chips too. Quite honestly the car could probably do with a respray. It's the Indigo Blue (like a purple/blue). I think it might be one of the weakest paint colour options. Still looks great at a glance though
.
regards the clutch, I bought my car with 33K on the clock and had to replace the clutch at 45K. Possibly my bad :blush: .
The rear brakes
will seize eventually. Preventative measure, get the rear brake hoses and pistons replaced before 75K in my opinion. It's not earth shatteringly expensive.
I've had no issues with the tyres wearing prematurely but have heard of this on other cars.
The tourer gets through roll bar bushes and drop links. Couldn't comment on the saloon. My tourer also had a snapped front roll bar. Don't know if that's common.
The DVDROM drive in the sat nav dies eventually. Mine went at about 50K. You can clean it (don't use a disc lens cleaner at all costs - dismantle and do by hand) but it will only delay the inevitable. When it goes your Honda dealer should remove and send away to Alpine or another independent specialist who can repair it. Mine cost me £220-£250 I forget the exact amount.
Otherwise I think most things have been fairly standard. Brakes, Discs, an O2 Sensor on the exhaust. For the age, it's to be expected.
Honestly despite what might seem like a fairly big list here, it's a wonderful car and when you consider the amount of toys and luxuries that go into the 2.4, that's not a lot of things going wrong. They're wonderful cars. I truly love mine. It was just serviced and the only issues were a number plate lightbulb and the rear wiper replacing. The car's 8 years old. That's pretty good reliability right there.
