This one goes into the nit pick file for the Accord, a folder which gets used a lot since there really isn't anything seriously wrong with this car. My complaint has to do with the shifter, specifically its tendency to go right into third gear. The detent is so smooth you hardly notice that you've slipped right past "Drive" and into "D3". I usually don't figure it out until I go to parallel park and after pushing the lever two slots forward I find myself sitting in neutral...
It's a pretty minor annoyance, but I wouldn't doubt it accounts for some of the car's less than impressive mileage figures.
cob says:
08:45 AM, 08/31/06
That is the same way the shifter in my mom's 1996 Accord works. You can toggle between N-OD-D without pressing the button and the detents are not real solid. All the other cars I have driven only allow the toggle between N-OD. You have to press the button to get the shifter out of OD to D. Once you are in D it will toggle back to OD without pressing the button but to get it back down to a lower gear you still have to press the button. BTW the shifter in the new accord looks exactly the same as the 10 year old model only the bezel trim is a different shape and pattern.
frontier2k7 says:
02:55 PM, 09/ 3/06
I notice this even on my 2K4 so maybe Honda doesn't care by having a "take it or leave it" attitude..... :(
That 2k7 Camry is looking better every year!