General Maintenance for 2003 Accord
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General Maintenance for 2003 Accord - 4/14/2006 5:16:00 PM
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hyungwou85
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I got my used Accord 2003 4dr 4cyl about 3 months ago. It was Honda certified used vehicle and had 24150 miles on it.
Now it has about 28150 miles and I'm thinking of having general maintenance.
I know I gotta change the engine oil, but is there anything what I have to change or replace? Please give me some advices or tell me your advices for a rookie driver?
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RE: General Maintenance for 2003 Accord - 4/14/2006 5:57:07 PM
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deserthonda
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do the 30,000 mile service,,,,,,
oil and filter every 3 to 3.5k
tranny fluid if AT every 15 k use Honda ATF-Z1 fluid if manual ......every 30k
air filter .............. every 15k
brake fluid flush ...... every 30k
cabin air filter ......... every 15 k or at least once a year
rotate tires ..............every 7.5 k
cooalnt ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,at 45k and every 30k after that..
spark plugs...............platinum plugs every 60k.........regular plug every 30k
some people might not agree with this ,, but trust me, you follow this schedule and your car will last you a long time
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RE: General Maintenance for 2003 Accord - 4/14/2006 8:50:42 PM
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lightshow
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nope completely agree
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RE: General Maintenance for 2003 Accord - 4/14/2006 11:55:04 PM
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WheelBrokerAng
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If everyone followed your maint sch Honda would'nt have to make cars anymore cause they'd last for many many Moons..I follow a sch like you posted and that's gottin me 234,000 miles out of my car...
WheelBrokerAng...Thanks Desert for that post...
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ORIGINAL: deserthonda
do the 30,000 mile service,,,,,,
oil and filter every 3 to 3.5k
tranny fluid if AT every 15 k use Honda ATF-Z1 fluid if manual ......every 30k
air filter .............. every 15k
brake fluid flush ...... every 30k
cabin air filter ......... every 15 k or at least once a year
rotate tires ..............every 7.5 k
cooalnt ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,at 45k and every 30k after that..
spark plugs...............platinum plugs every 60k.........regular plug every 30k
some people might not agree with this ,, but trust me, you follow this schedule and your car will last you a long time
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RE: General Maintenance for 2003 Accord - 4/15/2006 6:20:07 AM
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hyungwou85
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can you guess how they will cost about??
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RE: General Maintenance for 2003 Accord - 4/15/2006 9:29:12 AM
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RTexasF
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I agree except for two things:
changing oil @ 3-3.5K is a waste of perfectly good oil. Those intervals made sense twenty years ago but not today. Any regular oil will easily go 5K, synthetics up to twice that or more with a used oil analysis.
The spark plugs on that car are irridum, not platinum. They should be changed @ 100K
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RE: General Maintenance for 2003 Accord - 6/8/2006 7:39:10 PM
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tk0329
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I agree with RTexas. Doing these maintenance items early is mentally satisfying,but quite a waste.The metallurgy,and chemical people got together to develop the anti freeze,and 100,000 is ballpark. You can check it every year with a PH meter. Honda Anti freeze is about 8.3 out of the container. When it starts dropping into the high 7's,change it.
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