my 03 was over heating in traffic, fan would come on way to late 3/4 up the gauge, and not do much, turn off, and the temp would still read even higher, near the red.
Installed a muzzy fan and a honda accord temp sensor. Now the fan comes on dead at 1/2 and stays at 1/2 then the fan shuts off with the temp slightly lower.
A simple cheap fix, worked wonders.
JAM