Hey everyone, I am brand new to this forum and am looking for some experienced opinions. I am looking at buying an S2000 in the very near future, and so far my number one pick has been a year 2000 with 22k original miles. When I checked it out in Consumer Reports, they scored every year of the S2000 very highly, except the year 2000 model had a poor score for the engine category. I looked further into consumer opinions on Edmunds.com and it was mentioned that the year 2000's had some engine problems that Honda addressed in later years. Can anyone comment on this? I need for this car to be very reliable, as this is a car I have wanted for a very long time and will be my daily driver. Thanks everyone and God bless.

 

daily drive:
the s2000's dont do snow well. i know some peeps drive them in the winter.

 

I had an '00 model for five years and 70,000 miles and had no engine problems at all.

Most people with a '00 model would probably say that their transmission was the issue (1-2 grind; clutch buzzing; etc).

Honda put out TSB's to address those tranny issues a few years ago.

I'm a bit surprised at the 'poor' rating on the engine.

 

I have a MY00 with 124,XXX miles and haven't had any major problems. Only thing I had to replace so far is the timing chain tensioner which is a wear and tear component. Clutch buzz doesn't harm the transmission in any way so there's nothing to worry about.

 

Year 2000 engines are fine, they are no different from the 2001 engines, and only some oil banjo bolts changed for 2002.5-2003 (I think 2003 might have gotten an updated oil pump too).