Would you buy a used Honda Civic that had no maintenance done?
Has 100,000 miles. Only things done were synthetic oil/filter change and air and cabin filters. Spark plugs, ATF, brake fluid, etc never done. Has timing chain.
Would you still buy it or would it have problems due to no maintenance being done?
State the asking price.
If the price is right, i doubt it will need any more maintenance than anything else high mile, brake job is probably coming.
I believe that everything else would be OK up to 100,000 miles, so I would buy it and do everything.
I would be expecting the owner to be offering it at a very low price.
I'd definitely pull the ATF dipstick to see if the ATF was brown or black and smelled burnt. Take a pass if it is.Take the oil filler cap off to make sue the inside of the motor looks clean and not black and tarnished up.Spark plugs are easy to change. Since you don't mention the year or price you're on your own for other advice.
I read the owner's manual for my mother's Toyota on maintenance schedule for transmission fluid. There was no scheduled transmission fluid change ever. It only mentioned that if the car was driven strenuously a lot that you might consider it. If it was me, I would get a transmission flush for the car because that changes 100% of the fluid as opposed to changing the fluid which only gets about 2/3's of it. I would double-check that first though because I have heard people say it's just better to leave those transmission alone. It's not like with my Chevy van where I definitely change tranny fluid as part of the maintenance.
I'm not to worried about brake fluid or power steering fluid. I would probably put new antifreeze in the radiator, but I wouldn't be overly worried that it has caused a problem to this point.
With many cars, 100,000 miles is the recommended mileage for new spark plugs although I would personally do mine sooner even if 100,000 miles was recommended. I'd do new spark plugs and spark plug wires in the car.
I'd start using something like Valvoline synthetic oil for high mileage vehicles. It has added lubricants to help keep seals from drying out. I don't know if it is super important, but it's probably a bit better than regular synthetic motor oil. Might as well since you are changing the oil anyways.
Tires should be balanced and rotated about every 8,000 miles. I bought my tires from Walmart. They include lifetime balancing and rotating for free. Lots of places do that.
Hondas have the highest resale value of just about any vehicle. You will find plenty of them for sale with 200,000 miles for a couple thousand dollars. Honda has a better resale value than Toyota.
There are lots of factors to consider like does the car have a cracked cylinder head, and are they trying to pass a lemon on to you? Is it highway or city miles? Without knowing all of that, my answer is yes I would buy the car, but it is a risk because of the high miles. It is one of the better risks to take on a car with 100,000 miles. Put a new air filter in it. Batteries die after about 5 or 6 years or whatever. Starters fail at some point. So there will be things go on it eventually. You just need good luck.
How many Hondas for sale nationwide on AutoTrader.com with over 200,000 miles? 1,691
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/Used+Cars/Honda/Jacksonville+FL-32099?endYear=2018&listingTypes=used&makeCodeList=HONDA&maxMileage=200001&searchRadius=0&showcaseOwnerId=564561&sortBy=derivedpriceDESC&startYear=1981&Log=0
Mazda was 149 if you want to check. Great search engine at their website:
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/?Log=0
Not unless i checked it out first
This guy asks this question over and over. No front brakes can last 100,000 miles.
This guy asks this question over and over. No front brakes can last 100,000 miles.
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