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I hate to tear into the engine of a car that has only 86k miles on it.
Any advice on engine overheating or how to verify that it is a blown head gasket????
Thanks
You would be selling an unbelievable deal at $10,000.
normal position. It does not do this often and seems to do this in groups of two and when making a turn. The thermostat has been replaced twice, the fan control has been replaced, and so has the temperature guage sensor. Any suggestions?
In the case of the '95, you open the hood, and remove a set of screws from a plastic housing. Then, allegedly, you can simply pull the housing for the light out. I did eventually do it, but I can tell you that I cursed more than once. It is in there quite snuggly and took a bit of work to get it out. Once you get to that point, getting at the bulbs is pretty simple.
For what it's worth, I would suggest replacing all the bulbs, and doing it on both sides of the car at the same time. From my perspective, the pain of getting the housing out, and "learning" how hard you have to force it in order to get it to budge is high enough that you might as well replace all the bulbs and get it over with for the next few years.
Good luck.
Trying to read as many posting as I can, I have noticed the price difference from Canada.
Just an example I am looking to replace my daughters '89 Legend with a '92 at 120,000Km which is equivalent to approx 75K miles, excellent condition asking price 11,950 Canadian or approx 7500 US.
I also had an '87 ( my sons, 340,000 km or 212,000Kmiles ) sold it to a guy 6 months ago who is using it to deliver pizza ( still on the road ).
I also have a '90 Legend ( absolutely no rust ) 305,000 km or 190,000 Kmiles and every time I am looking at new cars I have a hard time justifying a purchase of the new one.
Regards,
Webby
Also, the left rear window does not work. Has anyone had this problem and tried to replace the motor? I assume the dealer would want well over $200 to fix...
Thanks for the help. Actually when I crawled under the left front bumper, I found that the turn signal bulb was just out of it's plastic socket, and was actually lighting. I thought I had been under there before. Anyway, I just screwed the thing in and presto, turn signal works, and I remember to always check things twice, thrice etc.
The kids have taken the Legend back to college, oil and filter changed by their dad.
Later,
Ed Smith
My daily commute consists of a mostly interstate 70-mile roundtrip. After reading many of the entries on this board, I am learning that it is not uncommon to drive Legends beyond 200,000 miles. I need a car that is reliable and with manageable maintenance costs. Could someone please let me know what other big ticket maintenance or repair issues I should expect if I do buy this Legend? I would also welcome any advise and opinions as to whether this would be a relatively safe choice (in terms of upcoming expenditures). In other words, will I end up spending lots of money every month just to keep it running?
The current owner is asking $8,000 for the 1994 Legend LS. The interior is in very good condition.
Sorry for the length of the message. Thank you for any advice, opinions and suggestions.
Has anyone had success resolving this?
An Acura will bring more costly repairs then a domestic car would but the key is not to bring your vehicle into an Acura dealer and have them place all new parts into the repair.
I had to replace the Transmission on mine at 110,000 miles and that was less then $1200 for a lifetime warranty on a used trans (They guys down at Acura said this repair would be around $3000 to rebuild with new parts of course!).
To get to your question of should you budget a lot of money to keep a Legend running I would say NO! Besides my little transmission spoof I have spent nothing on the car other than Oil, Gas, Carwashes and a handful of air filters!
Hope this suggestion helps people in here ...
CYA
Has the trunk release control located in glovebox been disabled?
mrdosguy-A '95 Legend GS with 130k miles has plenty left in it thanks to the great Honda/Acura reliability record. Has all of the required maintenance has been done(timing belt and water pump are the two most important)? If so, you shouldn't have too much to worry about. The most common problems for the Legend occur in the cooling system. The stock radiator has a plastic tank that has a bad habit of cracking. Other than the cooling system, not many things usually go wrong. Enjoy your car!
mrdosguy-Glad that I could help!
Richard
Thanks
Richard
- same issue with my 1993 Legend L
- glove box switch and fuses are OK
Thank you so much in advance.
Richard
http://forums.prod.legend.org/html/
http://www.acura-legend.com/vbulletin/
Enjoy.
fivo
Some of these things were under warranty, but no longer. I keep telling myself the cost to maintain it is still better than paying for a new car that cannot equal the quality of this one. I hope I'm right.
Thanks
I am having starting problem with my 93 legend and would like to seek some opinions from you legend savvy.
It only happens once a while. When that happens, the dashboard is dead with no lights, I don't hear the ignitor clicking sound. I found some corrisons (accumulations) on the the + cathod of the battery. Once I clean up the corrison and reconnect the battery, I can start the car without any problems. The only thing bothers me is that the corrison comes back again in a couple of months. Then I have to clean it again. I checked all the fuses and fuses are fine, plus my battery is a brand new one. What could cause this problem?
My legend runs great except this problem.
Thanks in advance for your comments!
Paul
Regardless, I still like the car. I, too, go to independent repair shops as the dealer is charging $90/hr and local shops charge $60-65/hr. Some shops will let you buy the parts and they will put the parts in for you. Just be sure you order the correct parts and know the part you're ordering. One company has great deals on parts on the internet and it's called www.rockauto.com. Enter the code 7551 in the "Please tell us how you heard of us" line of the shopping cart and you'll get a 5% discount on your order. Their prices are much better than carparts.com even with any possible discounts carparts offers.
Oh, one more thing. Another issue I have is the catalytic converter heat shield. It used to rattle all the time especially shortly after the car was started. You could only hear it when the windows were open. The local shop fixed it by bending the shield a little bit.
Is this true in general? Does anyone know of a way to make a transmission showing signs of trouble last much longer? I just started using Prolong Transmission Treatment to try to help it.
Thanks,
Dan
Did you order your power antenna kit from rockauto.com ? How long did it take to replace ? Did you run into any snags ?
Thanks,
fivo
95 GS
I only replaced the power antenna, not the motor. I bought the antenna from the dealer for about $75 as finding a good aftermarket antenna is not worth the time. The process took me 30 min. start to finish.
The most important part is to use extreme caution (I used an old thick bath towel around the lip) when trying to unscrew the lip where the antenna goes in. If you do it wrong without a towel or other protection, you'll have scratched paint. I think it has 2 notches and needle nose pliers will work. You need two people to install the antenna, one to operate the radio power and one to try to perfectly get the plastic notches of the antenna to catch perfectly inside the antenna hole. It may take several attempts before you're successful.
The Acura dealer was going to charge me $125 for labor to install it. Ha!
Some of you might want to check out Edmunds.com's Used Power Shopper either to list a used vehicle or to look for one available in your area.
I hope everything works out for you.
Pat
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Boy, I wish I had never given up my '90 Legend! Was offered a company car at the time and made the rational, economic choice then - just dumb in hindsight.
Anyway, '90s go for $3-6k depending on the mileage and condition. One with only 30k miles would probably command more but it's still 12 years old and a lot of folks are turned off by vehicles that old.
I have a friend who's a sales rep at my local Acura dealer - if you want, I'll ask him what these vehicles go for at dealer auctions and what he gets for ones on their used car lot. Let me know any questions you may have.
The Wiz