This Honda Accord Has Over 1 Million Miles! Here’s The Secret To Getting It There! 

Besides maintenance, 1 other trick for longevity is to resist the urge to upgrade after 100k+ miles.. At least for me

Those 2.2L engines were pretty bulletproof with proper maintenance. What's even more amazing is making it that many miles without being crashed

31 transmission fluid changes. Right there is something most people don't even bother with, or understand its importance. Cool video, and a testament to a quality car being properly cared for and maintained. Way to go Honda.

Japanese cars from the 90s era were pure excellence. Whether it was a Honda, Toyota or Nissan you couldn’t go wrong. The Accord lead the way. Still the 1994 Acura Legend will always be my favorite. It was the car I dreamed about in those times.

I had a 92 Accord. When I sold it ,it had 310,000 miles on it. Everything was original and had never been replaced and still worked. The AC was even original and still worked well in the southern heat.

In a world where everything seems disposable (including people) it's really nice to have a vehicle that's manufactured with QUALITY AND DURABILITY. My 2013 Accord has 245K on it. Excellent cars. ..

This was identical to my first car. I drove it until it had 550k miles on it and was forced to sell it when the transmission had a capacitor fail and take out several resistors on the transmission circuit board. We tried to swap the transmission control board, but it was to late. The transmission got stuck in 2nd and a new board didnt fix it. We let it go in 2014 and saw it driving down the road a few years ago and flagged down the buyer. He has over 776k miles on it and said it was the best car he has ever owned. Let us know the transmission needed to be replaced, but it was perfect after that.

Golden era Honda. Super fun cars with great cabin visibility and reliable to go along with a great looking car.

My friends parents still rocking their 91 accord and it still looks pristine. Best part, it's had over 400K miles and no major malfunctions thanks to meticulous normal maintenance.

I wish we could buy that exact model here in 2023. We need a car with this level of practicality today and I'm surprised there isn't a car sold today that has really captured the essence of what this car had, with its balance of economy, fun and room. I had a 1992 LX in navy with a gray cloth interior, and I wish I'd kept it longer than the 5 years I had it. It would probably still be running for me today.

That Accord's carbon footprint is absolutely miniscule! These were truly "green" cars. Build 'em once, and keep them going.

A buddies 1994 Honda has 800,000+ miles. No major issues. Regular maintenance to the exact mile. Incredible. Zero car payments for over 30 years. He calculated the car payment savings. $3.4 million in his bank account. He always laughed at the narcissist idiots making car payments on new cars giving their money away to the bank every month. He was right. Now a rich multimillionaire. ✅

I bought an '89 Accord as a commuter that had well over 200k on it. My wife expected the worst and called the car "Drop Dead Fred" expecting it to be a maintenance nightmare. I sold the car three years later when we moved out of state for the same price I bought it for, and it never failed me, not once.

Maintenance cost are inexpensive compared to a car payment. Let’s give Joe a big “that a boy”! Safe driving is a big part of the equation. Driving that much in one vehicle without a major accident says a lot!!

He put a lot of time and love into this car. That Accord definitely rewarded him.

Frequent and regular fluid changes particularly for the engine has always been the key to longevity. 🙂

Early 90s Japanese trio were pinnacle of durability

I had the same 1990 Accord, sold in 2014. 300k plus miles. Same color as car shown. Motor mounts were common since vacuum operated rear. Amazing reliability. The interior on these cars are amazingly durable. The cloth seats never looked severely worn, even in the intense Phoenix heat. The car has an amazing greenhouse with superb visibility and a lightness and that made the car very ‘tossable’ and enjoyable to drive.

I still own my first car since March 1987. My 1981 Ford Capri 2.8 injection it is still in perfect condition I have put 34,000 miles on it there is currently 76,000 miles on it. A long way short of a million miles ! Honda engineering is incredible !

A car is good as the person who owns it, this gentleman is a legend.

In the early 2000s, I worked in prepress at a printing company where we did a lot of printing for the Honda Marysville Auto Plant, where this car was built. I remember one issue of the plant newsletter had an article about this very car. I immediately recognized Joe's name and picture in this video. The car looks just as good now as it did 20 years ago. Glad to see Honda bought the car back from him, and that they're keeping it in good shape. It had already turned 1M miles 20 years ago - looks like they bought it soon after and have only put a couple thousand miles on it since then. Great video, gents!

I remember back in the day all of my dad’s side of the family had a CB7 Accord around the same time. We had two in the Laguna Gold color. My favorite was our 93 SE with the gold emblems, leather interior, spoiler and sunroof. There’s something nostalgic about them. I want another one!

Mine was 1990 Honda Accord LX - the same color. I had over 300k miles when a friend (truck driver) borrowed it and ruined it. He rotated the ignition key 360 degrees and engaged the engine and started simultaneously unable to turn it all off. He drove back like that and we disconnected the battery and unplugged some wiring but engine died soon after having developed leaks and other issues; sold it to junk yard! God - I miss my car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! p.s. Beside driving across the US I drove it to Canada and Mexico as well - the car NEVER BROKE DOWN!!!

The CB Accord was one of those brilliant late 80's, early 90's Hondas produced in their golden era. Well designed, well made, very reliable and very stylish.

This car belonged to “Million Mile Joe”. Joe LoCicero. I don’t think he worked for Honda. I think he did car inspections (maybe for an insurance company) and travelled all over the place. As a car guy I love seeing something like this. Great video.

i can also vouch for those cars. i had a 1992 Honda Accord EX. Absolutely an amazing car. Bought it for 1,000 and figured if it lasted me a year i'd be good with it. The thing lasted me like 7 years! i never had to do a single thing to it. i did some suspension work to it because i was autocrossing it. Not a single rip or tear in the seats, no cracks in the dashboard. Honda truly made them insanely great back in the early 90s. i was so sad when it got totaled. i would have kept on driving it with almost 300,000 miles on it

Here to pay respects to my ‘93 Honda Accord 10th Anniversary Edition. Absolutely wonderful car.

My 2008 accord coupe V6 just crossed 190,000 and still drives great!

That's a clean Honda

Still think this Accord and Legend of the same era are such nice cars. Super reliable too. Love it.

I loved my 1982 Honda Accord Sedan 2nd generation 5 speed! They were all still made in Japan at that time.

I had a 1992 Honda accord bought it from it’s original owner with 48,000 miles I drove it for over 10 years it only broke down one me ones that it needed a distributor module and a tune up wires plugs I never replaced timeing belt or anything other the tires oil changes sold it with 190,000 miles and it ran great with no issues whatsoever loved that car especially being my first car it was black and beige interior fully loaded I think it was the SE or EX i can’t remember which one but it had leather interior

Those 1990's Accords were great cars. My grandparents had a 91 that lasted them for years. I love those older first generation Accords. Love the round glass headlights.

I currently have a 90 Accord EX, 323k miles! Got it from a one owner family who dealer maintained it with 220k and drove it since. Amazing car.

A 91 accord LX was my first car. It belonged to my grandma and she got it brand new. It was amazing, I love that it even has the hubcaps. Mine was dark grey. I didn't know what I had back in 05 when I let it go.

It looks brand new! Whoever did the recent maintainence and parts replacements knew their stuff!

love those old accords, I remember turning the ac off and it would go faster up a hill lol

This was the best generation of the Accord in my opinion. I’m saddened to imagine how many of these were sent to the scrapyard after 100k miles because the driver wanted the next shiny car.

Living close to Suzuka in Japan. When Honda was the fastest engine for formula one, I was doing part time job for part of Honda racing. Had a chance to drive this Accord in Suzuka. Was a stick shift and really nice.

Can’t say that all Hondas are this reliable. By the time our 2011 Honda Odyssey hit 100k in 2019, it needed a lot of work and it had a perfect service record.

I liked that generation of Accord. I doubt a new one with a CVT transmission could go that many miles on a original transmission.

My mom had a car like this... a special place this one is for me. Great vid.

Such a touching story. My '97 is at about 355,000 miles (I make a vid every 25k miles if you want to see). I have some people that think I am crazy for taking it cross country all the time, but it hasn't really let me down! (I did have a sensor go, but overall pretty good)

I had that exact car in the 1990's. Great car, had over 220,000 miles when I traded it in. Still ran great. The only thing I can recall having repaired was a leaking fuel injector and the cooling fan motor.

My 92 Accord just hit a little over 60,000 miles and I still have the original window sticker.

I had a 92" as my first car in 2005 and I want another one now. Really comfortable and the visibility through all the windows is something I miss.

Cabbies here had no issues putting a couple of million kilometers on our 4.0L Ford Falcons here down under, all comes down to maintenance.

Great engineering from Japan. Honest thoroughness. Great virtues to share with the world.

My first car in 2000 was a 1994 Accord EX. I loved that car. It was so well taken care of before I got it and I had it through 2006.

I love the profile of this model. The 90's were great for car profiles.

I helped my then gf, now wife, get a 1999 accord lx in 2009. It was in pristine condition on the showroom floor of the dealer with 21,042 miles. We still own it and it has been my commuter car for many years now. I did put a set of coil overs on it and some ultra light wheels to make it more fun to drive, but I’m going to be returning it to a more stock form soon since my commute has gotten worse and I actually bottom out over some areas if I’m not careful. Old Honda reliability was a thing of beauty. I hope they get back to that. Great video guys!

I worked for a handful of dealerships in Maine what seems like a long time ago. I knew Joe and remember when the car turned over a million miles. It is cool to see this car and the story resurfaced on the internet.

Most impressive is that it's not a pile of rust. There are virtually no cars from that era in the midwest because even if they can survive mechanically they have oxidized down to the tires.

It's all about how and where you drive you car, mostly highway miles make a huge difference vs just driving locally. My 98 Accord with less than 200k miles had transmission fixed twice and now it has a major oil leak that will need another engine. Mostly city, bumper to bumper use.

Proud owner of a 2002 accord owned by a 90 year old lady. Only 115k miles but it runs like an absolute champ. Super nice to drive and with new fuel injectors I get better than advertised MPG. (30 advertised I get 31-32). Bucks very time I drive it, it blows me away.

17 Accord V6 here. Attempting to take this dying breed to a milli as well. Oil change every 3K, Trans fluid every 15K, brake fluid every 30K, meticulously cleaned every day. 🥃

My father had two of them, in Poland in the early 90's. At first european 2.0i 16v, than 2.2 Aerodeck from the States (i still remember the dealers name from the sticker- Jacobs Twin Honda Chicago :-). Both with manual gearboxes. Awesome cars,

My 2012 Honda fit sport has almost 400K (I use it for delivery of auto parts every day for 5 years)doing oil change once a month average.if I keep the job I’ll probably hit 1 million she’s still going strong never left me on the side of the road,in the Arizona summer she’s gonna probably need new paint by then is my only worry.

Dude, hats off to the mechanic who maintained the car. Good job.

RIP Million Mile Joe, Reached a million miles in Fall 2011 and unfortunately passed away in 2016, I'm sure he'd be proud to know the car is still being recognized.

I had one of these and loved it! The only problems I had with it were the steering rack needing replaced and the rusting rear quarter panels. No other issues! It had over 200K miles on it when I sold and I immediately had seller's remorse. Shoulda kept it.

This is my favorite generation of Accord! I'm still inspired by a 1990 Accord EX. The wheels, glass headlamps, exterior/interior design IMO was just perfect, except for the auto-sliding shoulder seatbelt. I'm kicking myself for not buying a 1990 EX in Champagne w/ Burgundy velour interior, 5 spd manual, it had 25,000 original miles and the couple was asking $3,450! (back in 2016) my wife wasn't hearing it at the time.

Still my dream car. My Dad had one back in '92 and after that I felt in love with it. Maybe I will buy finally one in the future. Regards from Germany.

90s Japanese autos were of a different breed. I appreciate those who keep their vehicles well maintained.

My first car was a 1992 Accord... gorgeous car and had a lot of fun in it. Now I have my grandparents' old 1993 Accord SE and it is in mint condition pretty much! The Hondas from this era were the best they ever made imo.

This is my favorite generation of Accord. Simple three-box styling. Worth mentioning is a million mile car is comfortable to drive as well.

These single overhead cam engines are amazing for reliability even in the 5th gen!

My dad had a 91 accord midnight blue. The paint was peeling so bad before he finally got rid of it. Im impressed with this one.

I’ve always loved this gen Accord. I remember watching the videos when Joe hit 1M miles. I’ve had six accords (including three 7th gen currently) and love them. I still want one of this gen but they are getting hard to find in decent shape.

My 96 Ranger 2.3 is getting there. 800,000K. A few clutches, timing belts, but nothing else expensive. The 2.3 is immortal

We have a 93 accord with 300,000 miles and still drive it with no problems

Great car, always liked the Accords. Sadly we don't have them in Europe since around ten years anymore. But 4 valve technic wasn't anything new or high tech in 1990. The first 4 valve engine was build in 1913 by Opel. And they started to be in production in the late 70's at Opel.

I had a 88 Accord Hatchback 4 spd. Great car, super tight. Put 200,000 on it and sold it. Everything worked like new. Probably the best Honda I've ever owned except for my 98 CRV that was also bullet proof when I sold it in 2017. Also had multiple civics and a element. I don't think newer Hondas are close to the same reliability. But nothing is these days.

I drove the automatic + 5 speed manual back in early 90s. Loved the 5 speed manual. Currently, I am 1st owner of a 2005 accord EX 5 speed.

Awesome. I have over 210,000 miles on a 2006 Toyota Matrix and it still runs like new. Also, it's a Northeast car and I always garden hose salt off the underside ASAP.

I wonder how many times people told him you're putting too much money into that car😂.......good for him!!! Awesome.... think of all the money he saved

TFL Classics is definitely my favorite TFL channel!

My 92 LX has 424K and still rolling. I'm the second owner for the past 25+ years and love it.

I love my 2020 2.0T Accord and this is also one of my favourite design too 2 and 4 doors. I had a 4 doors 1992 integra and 1993 Accord 2 doors. Now I have 2020 2.0T 10 speed Accord 4 doors and 2023 Integra Elite a spec Canada 🇨🇦 version MT. I love them along with others in garage

I couldn't believe my Explorer made it past 100k miles, then it rewarded me when the suspension/control arms on every wheel collapsed at 142k

My toyota camry 2004 is at 389k and still going strong and drives almost new.

I'm owning one since 1992 2.0 Exi manual transmission still running in perfect condition and pick up is fantastic. Almost 31years anniversary the most popular and long lasting impressive elegant sporty look.

Somewhere where Soichiro Honda is now.., he smiles that his hardwork nourished and grew well as one of the best automotive brands. This accord was the start of success

I was a tech at a Honda dealership for short stint and the one parts guy owed three Accords that got over 600k mi. I believe one was over 1M mi as well. He was very particular with maintenance which is key.

I had a 91 Accord EX. I hated the 4 spd auto trans on it. It shifted poorly often. Ultimately, it met its demise with an elk.

The late 80s through mid 90s accords and civics were some of my favorite cars ever. The 1993 Honda Accord EX would still be awesome today.

Considering this car is from Northeast region, there's no rust from road salt. That's amazing.

Its 80% highway miles. That explains it all. Still very admirable. Hey Dodge or GM or ford, can you make sedans like a civic/accord or a Toyota Corolla/Camry? Nope never not a chance

I'd like to see a 1.5t Accord with CVT accomplish this!

This is inspiring! I learned to drive a manual on my best friend at the times 93 Accord, man we had some memories eith that thing, ir was a tank. Cracked the block and radiator at like 150k or something and had it swapped. I currently own a 2001 civic with 222,442 miles on it and it does seen to be jusr one thing after abother, all minor, just a lot if tinkering around with it so far. Most I have done so far is replaced akl 4 struts from after market coilovers to oem ride height . Tip: MAKE SURE TO HAVE REPLACEMENT BOLTS PRIOR! Ss youll most likely have to cut the rear bolts out which is where im at now lol. I have torched them, used a whole can of WD-40, I have a breaker bsr and an impact. So the front two are finished. Now it looks like i have a trunk and back seat loaded full of stuff kol. Ordered new oem bolts today, cant wait but ive challenged mysekf to see how far i can get this thing.

Great video. My Dad bought a 1991 Honda Accord EX when I was a kid brand new and drove that car until 2017 when it finally gave up the ghost. He absolutely loved that car, I learned to drive on that car, and he was depressed for months after it died. He had a 60 total mile daily commute for work his entire career and put just over 426,000 miles on the car and the motor pooped out. He could have put a new engine in it but by this point the car need quite a bit of work in other relms and he decided to just finally send it off to the junkyard. He replaced it with a 2017 Honda Accord V6 touring and hopes to have that car until he dies.

The owner must be also one heck of a safe driver, being able to dodge traffic accident after all these decades.

I had a black 1990 sedan. Always wanted a wagon one of these 👌

Man this car looks really good. A lot examples I saw on online marketplace looks suitable only for landfills. The Honda Accord SM4 model I think still is the best looking Accord to this day.

That car is clean af!

Glad you guys showed this car, I really don't see cars of today lasting like that simply because of all the computerized components in them, the motor & trans probably would but not all the electronics.

My 89 accord dx has 499,585 miles on it right now

Awesome! I'm driving a 2002 Honda Civic LX 5 speed. Bought it new at the end of 02. We've been together for twenty years. Oil changes a couple times a year. I don't drive much. These days its rural driving. Car saves me a fortune every month, if you think about it. Hoping for many more years together.

I Wish i Still Had My 91 Accord EX..With Neuspeed Springs an a Sweet Mid Wing it Handles Like a Dream... ❤❤❤❤❤❤

So cool. I have an ‘05 Accord with a meager 155,800 miles. I replaced the starter with a friend about 500 miles ago but that’s been it so far. I’m hoping to keep it for a loooong time. I just wish Honda kept the glass headlights from the early 90’s! Mine are cloudy, I need to clean them