Hey guys. I Have a 2004 Honda Accord 2.4L 5spd. Recently my Maintance required light came on and i know how to reset it and all. My question is, would you say its necessary to do all the thing Honda Manual recommends for 20,000 miles?

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2004 Honda Accord 4dr 5Speed
Injen Short Ram
Honda 17" wheels and Sumitomos coming soon

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by YRMed85 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hey guys. I Have a 2004 Honda Accord 2.4L 5spd. Recently my Maintance required light came on and i know how to reset it and all. My question is, would you say its necessary to do all the thing Honda Manual recommends for 20,000 miles?</TD></TR></TABLE>
What does your manual say is necessary at 20,000 miles?

I have a '99 5spd, the maintenance schedule for the 6th generation was based on multiples of 7,500 miles. The 15,000 list was just an oil/filter change, tire rotation, brake inspection, and some other inspections.

 

prevenative medicine is now considered by doctors to be the best way to fight off disease

 

go by the "serious duty" or "extreme conditions" schedule. i think this includes a trans flush along with the engine oil.

what's up with only changing the engine oil filter every 15,000 miles, though? i don't quite get that. don't most synthetics outlive the filter?

 

A quick rule of thumb;
To maintain your warranty coverage, I wouldn't give the dealer an excuse for denial of warranty repairs for lack of maintaince.
Have it done.
You can even do it yourself, if you're so inclined.
But you better keep not only Repair Orders, but records AND reciepts, just to prove you've done it.

P

 

you should replace the cabin filters every 15k

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deserthonda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you should replace the cabin filters every 15k </TD></TR></TABLE> true that but from what ive heard accords are a bitch to replace...altimas are easy tho

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Vanilla Sky &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">go by the "serious duty" or "extreme conditions" schedule. i think this includes a trans flush along with the engine oil.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yeah, I would also recommend that too, considering daily driving (stop and go traffic, hard accelerating) is thought to be severe conditions nowadays.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Vanilla Sky &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what's up with only changing the engine oil filter every 15,000 miles, though? i don't quite get that. don't most synthetics outlive the filter?</TD></TR></TABLE>
I change mine with EVERY oil change. I watched a drifting video w/ a friend and someone in Japan asked the drivers/techs a question about changing TRANSMISSION fluid....they stated to ALSO change that along w/ engine oil & filter. But couldn't that be construed as overkill?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deserthonda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you should replace the cabin filters every 15k </TD></TR></TABLE>
Doesn't Honda recommend every 30k?

 

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Doesn't Honda recommend every 30k?</TD></TR></TABLE>

every 15 k ........<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by drivinaway367 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> true that but from what ive heard

accords are a bitch to replace...altimas are easy tho </TD></TR></TABLE>

they are not that bad. takes about 15 minutes , hardest thing is to remove glove box which is no big deal at all

 

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pdf how to change your cabin filter
for
98
http://www.carquest.com/produc...r.pdf

is the 98 and 5th gen accord the same as far as instructions for cabin filter replacement?


Modified by businessmanph at 11:49 AM 9/10/2005

 

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is the 98 and 5th gen accord the same as far as instructions for cabin filter replacement?
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The 5th gen didn't have an ac filter. 6th and 7th gen are set up different.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deserthonda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you should replace the cabin filters every 15k </TD></TR></TABLE>
Here's what Honda says: (had to look it up to be sure)
The dust and pollen filter should be replaced every 30,000 miles (48,000 km) or 24 months, whichever comes first. Replace the filter more often if the airflow is less than usual, or if the vehicle is driven in areas that have high concentrations of soot from industry or diesel powered vehicles.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Chiovnidca &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Here's what Honda says:...</TD></TR></TABLE>It's that way for my '99 LX (6th generation). Though at 30,000 it was such a pain to replace (plus it looked clean to me) that I didn't replace it at 60,000, I'll replace it again at 90,000 miles.

It's possible that 7th generation states every 15,000 miles. I hope they redesigned it so it's easier to change...