I am in between buying an 2002 Honda Accord. Just got approval for loan and the owner tells me engine light came on. Took to Honda dealer and had a test ran. It was the evaporator condenser. I have no idea what this does. Looked it up. A/C and heating. Okay. $200 to fix there at dealer. Is this worth fixing? Or is it something can be done on own, with little to no difficulties?How difficult is replacing the evaporator condenser on a 2002 Honda Accord?AC evaps and condensers are not tested to show on the engine light, be very careful on this because it sounds messed up. engine lights show sensor faults only. The only way a condensor would cause a engine light to come on is if the fan did not work and allowed the vehicle to overheat, which would set a fault for temp too high not evap bad.How difficult is replacing the evaporator condenser on a 2002 Honda Accord?How about paying the dealer a hundred dollars to find ALL the problems, and giving you an estimate on all the parts and labor?
Take that total off the selling price (it will be more than 200.00.
Max price should be 17,000How difficult is replacing the evaporator condenser on a 2002 Honda Accord?I wouldnt buy unless Honda did the job, and it passed other tests like a thorough VIN search w/ about 3 services other than Carfax which settled a class action suit for its inaccuracies %26amp; omissions around 2007.
I'd have Honda run the car's VIN, Vehicle ID Number, vs their proprietary database of Alerts, Advisories, Recalls, etc.
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US Dept of Justice's MV Title Info System: http://www.vehiclehistory.gov/nmvtis_faq鈥?/a> Title info %26amp; more, $2 to $7 from contractors associated w/ DoJ. Check for updates.
http://www.autocheck.com/consumers/conte鈥?/a> Title check
MV title laundering: 鈥淪ubsequently, [vehicles declared lemons] were either retitled across state lines with apparently clean titles or were placed 鈥榠n auction.鈥?鈥? http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/lemon/prelimrpt.h鈥?/a>
VIN cloning [Vehicle ID Number]. http://www.zimbio.com/Crime,+Background+鈥?/a> . Low-level perps busted, crooked used-car dealers walk.
http://www.autocheck.com/consumers/resou鈥?/a> Title definitions
2007: Carfax agrees to reimburse customers to settle a class action law suit brought against it for it鈥檚 omissions %26amp; inaccuracies. http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/20鈥?/a>
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Dont buy anything w/o reading Consumer Reports, CR. http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/index鈥?/a> A non-profit testing organization. Free site for basic info. Also @ libraries %26amp; bookstores.
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Honda ranks #1 in Consumer Reports for 2011. Subaru, Toyota, Volvo %26amp; Ford follow in order.
BMW and Mercedes were down-rated for reliability, with Mercedes in 10th place.
GM %26amp; Chrysler were 12th %26amp; 13th.
Vehicles were rated for performance, reliability, fuel efficiency and other factors.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424鈥?/a> Wall St Journal.
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