From I hear the early 2000's Jettas weren't bad. I'm not the car guy in my family, thats my brother. If you don't mind me asking, what year was the Accord? My father has had 2 or 3 Accords (I remember an early 90's which was totaled, and his current '99) and my mother has a 2010 or 2011 Accord Coupe and they haven't had any problems.