Customer Reviews

Honda Accord, 2003-2005 (Haynes Automotive Repair Manual)

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Like other reviewers have mentioned, this manual doesn't have the highest quality pictures (similar to black and white newspaper), but it's not terrible, either. The pictures aren't razor sharp, but you can still see what's going on.

While the manual gives some good step-by-step instructions, it helps to know a few things about car maintenance and have some confidence in your own ability to begin with.

I've used this as a reference for some basic maintenance tasks, and all-in-all, it's good to have around. If you're going to do car maintenance, for $15, just get it. It pays for itself after one use, even if it serves as a secondary source of information.

Personally, my method is to use a combination of online research (some sites have good pictures) as well as this manual.

When I approach a particular task I've never done before, I first read what the manual says a few days in advance. I think it over carefully, look up some websites with pictures and variations of the instructions, visualize what needs to be done in my head, and then I get the parts I need and perform the actual work.

I just received my copy of this book and I don't find anything wrong with the photos like many other reviews posted here. This is my second Haynes book, the first one is Honda Civic 1984 thru 1991 which I have used extensively for my '89 Civic Wagon 4WD. I used it to do some major maintenance work and the photos were worse than this one. I also supplemented that with an official manual and additionally looked up things I did not quite understand on the internet. I look forward to using this manual in the same way - and if I do decide to get as involved in maintenance as with the Civic I would probably spring for the official Honda manual as well for $75. My experience with the official manual for the Civic Wagon is that it was obtuse at times compared with Haynes which is more down and dirty. The paper is recycled newsprint of a slightly lower grade than the printing for the Civic manual of a few years ago, but so what it will help soak up and camouflage the oil smudges better than white bond paper. This is not a poetry book, it's a car repair reference manual - just buy it and learn - you will have no regrets, especially for this price.

Purchased this for my Wife's car. It covers the basics adequately, though the print quality is poor making the photos difficult to make out. It doesn't cover much beyond the basics, and is a poor comparison to the manufacturer's manuals I've picked up for other Honda vehicles.

I think the book itself would be quite good except that the photos in the book are of very poor quality.

Some photos are superb, giving the reader easy visual understanding.

There are however many many photos that are so poor (washed out in the ink and lacking definition) that it leaves the reader very confused with the written dialogue. I think part of the problem is the poor quality of the paper in the repair manual.

There seems to have been a printing malfunction during production.

Amazon's service on the other hand was superb as always. Thank you.

Like the other reviewers I found the photos in this manual unacceptable. First the paper it's printed on is some horrible recycled junk that is only fit for text. Second the black and white photos (all are B&W) almost all have poor lighting and contrast. They may have looked good on the computer when they were editing it but by the time they were printed cheaply on cheap paper they are completely unacceptable. There also aren't enough photos in some cases. They show you a close up of something but you have no idea what general region the item is located.

This book ahas everything you need to know about your honda accord. Use it all the time to diagnose and repair problems

Like many auto repair manuals, this one assumes the reader has a lot of experience and knowledge. I needed to replace the right drive shaft. I spent hours trying to get the hub nut off and the ball joint separated. Much of my time was used looking up suggestions on the internet until I found something that worked. The manual simply says take them off with no real indication how. It's a decent how-to manual, but you'll need the help of the internet or a friend who knows what he's doing.

Great company to offer these books used at such a discounted rate. Item showed no real signs of it's previous use.

Not useful as a replacement to the owner's manual or as a replacement for the Honda shop manual for the Accord. Not what I wsa looking for.

I bought this book to do the cv shafts on my wifes Accord and had to look at about four different chapters to see exactly what I needed to do. I am experienced in working on my vehicles and consider myself to be mechanically inclined. I didnt like having to look through the book and I have used better manuals. I agree that the pics could be way better