How Reliable Are Civics?
 

Hi Everyone,

I was thinking about buying a 1997 Honda Civic. I know honda are reliable cars, but would like to know first hand how your Civic has treated you.
I Civic I plan to buy has 100K on it, how much longer do you think it will last if I do normal maintenance on it. Does anyone have problems with their Civic, if so, at what mileage does it start happening. Also, what would you pay for a 1997 Honda Civic EX with 100K on it?.

Thanks,

RE: How Reliable Are Civics?
 

I have a 97 civic EX with 151k miles on it and it still runs fine, I havn't had any problems with the engine but it realy depends on if it was taken care of by previous owners. Mine wasn't taken very good care of so I have some minor things that I had to repair and it still works great so I would say that they are very reliable.

RE: How Reliable Are Civics?
 

i bought a 96 honda civic hx, it was my first civic, easy to mod, fix whats wrong if anythang, but it had 88,000 miles on it i give 5,500 for it and put 50,000 miles on it in a year. it was a good car but i put coilovers on it drog it like 3in and it was a rough ride and it jared some wires around, long story short the pastenger side window quit workin i changed the motor didnt work so i sold it for 2,000. big bad mistake!!

RE: How Reliable Are Civics?
 

my civic 1990 ran perfect and still would except that i crshed it, never ever had any engine trouble.

RE: How Reliable Are Civics?
 

did the previous owner conduct regular maintenance on the civ? if so it should run well into the 200,000mi. range as long as u continue to take care of it. go on kellybluebook.com and check to see what u should pay for it.

RE: How Reliable Are Civics?
 

i am the second owner of my civic. very well maintand. 180,000 and still going strong.

RE: How Reliable Are Civics?
 

Original owner of my 97 with 250,000 miles, replaced my transimission last year.

RE: How Reliable Are Civics?
 

Just bought a 96 Civic EX coupe about a month ago with 105,000. Had the timing belt, water pump, spark plugs, spark plug wires, distributor cap, oil filter, belts and all 4 tires changed. I bought the car for $2,300 and spent a little over $1,000 in maintainence. The car runs GREAT. I've already put on close to 4,000 miles on the car.

Before I bought my Civic, I read a lot of reviews and Civics are one of the most reliable cars around if not the most reliable. I guess as long as you take care of it, it will last you over 200,000 + miles.

Good luck!

RE: How Reliable Are Civics?
 

at 200K....and plan to run it forever....

RE: How Reliable Are Civics?
 

107k... 00 ex. only done the timing belt, plugs and wires. brakes. normal stuff.