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                                                                  EXECUTION COPY



                       AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORPORATION,
                                   as Seller,




                                       and




                        AMERICAN HONDA RECEIVABLES CORP.,
                                  as Purchaser




                         RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                          Dated as of December 1, 2003






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                                          ARTICLE ONE

                                          DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01       Definitions...............................................................1
Section 1.02       Other Definitional Provisions.............................................2

                                          ARTICLE TWO

                                   CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES

Section 2.01       Conveyance of Receivables.................................................2
Section 2.02       Representations and Warranties of the Seller and the Purchaser............3
Section 2.03       Representations and Warranties as to the Receivables .....................6
Section 2.04       Covenants of the Seller..................................................10

                                         ARTICLE THREE

                             PAYMENT OF RECEIVABLES PURCHASE PRICE

Section 3.01       Payment of Receivables Purchase Price....................................10

                                          ARTICLE FOUR

                                          TERMINATION

Section 4.01       Termination..............................................................11

                                          ARTICLE FIVE

                                    MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 5.01       Amendment................................................................11
Section 5.02       Protection of Right, Title and Interest to Receivables ..................11
Section 5.03       Governing Law............................................................12
Section 5.04       Notices..................................................................12
Section 5.05       Severability of Provisions...............................................12
Section 5.06       Assignment...............................................................12
Section 5.07       Further Assurances.......................................................12
Section 5.08       No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies...........................................13
Section 5.09       Counterparts.............................................................13
Section 5.10       Third-Party Beneficiaries................................................13
Section 5.11       Headings.................................................................13
Section 5.12       Seller Indemnification...................................................13
Section 5.13       Merger, Consolidation or Assumption of the Obligations of the Seller.....14
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                                    SCHEDULES

Schedule A - Schedule of Receivables........................................A-1




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     This Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2003, is
between American Honda Finance Corporation, a California corporation, as seller,
and American Honda Receivables Corp., a California corporation, as purchaser.

     In consideration of the premises and mutual agreements herein contained,
each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the
benefit of the Owner Trustee:

                                  ARTICLE ONE

                                   DEFINITIONS

     Section 1.01 Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following
words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

     "Agreement" means this Receivables Purchase Agreement and all amendments
hereof and supplements hereto.

     "Closing Date" means December 16, 2003.

     "Cutoff Date" means December 1, 2003.

     "Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2003, between the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.

     "Indenture Trustee" means The Bank of New York, as indenture trustee under
the Indenture.

     "Issuer" means Honda Auto Receivables 2003-5 Owner Trust, a Delaware
statutory trust.

     "Owner Trustee" means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, as owner
trustee under the Trust Agreement.

     "Purchaser" means American Honda Receivables Corp., in its capacity as
purchaser of the Receivables under this Agreement, and its successors and
assigns.

     "Receivables Purchase Price" means $1,014,782,483.60 less agreed upon
securitization-related fees, costs and expenses.

     "Sale and Servicing Agreement" means the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of December 1, 2003, among American Honda Receivables Corp., as seller,
American Honda Finance Corporation, as servicer, and the Issuer.

     "Schedule of Receivables" means the schedule of receivables attached as
Schedule A hereto.

     "Seller" means American Honda Finance Corporation, in its capacity as
seller of the Receivables under this Agreement, and its successors and assigns.

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     "Servicer" means American Honda Finance Corporation in its capacity as
servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and its successors and assigns.

     "Trust Agreement" means the trust agreement dated November 18, 2003, as
amended and restated on December 16, 2003 between American Honda Receivables
Corp., as depositor and the Owner Trustee.

     "Trustees" means the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee.

     "Warranty Receivable" means a Receivable purchased by the Seller pursuant
to Section 2.03(c).

     Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions.

     (a) All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall
have the defined meanings used in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

     (b) The words "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar
import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section, subsection and
Schedule references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections,
subsections and Schedules in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified;
the term "proceeds" shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable UCC; and
the word "including" means including without limitation.

                                   ARTICLE TWO

                            CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES

     Section 2.01 Conveyance of Receivables.

     (a) The Seller hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise
conveys to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser hereby purchases from the Seller,
without recourse (subject to the Seller's obligations hereunder), all of the
right, title and interest of the Seller in, to and under the following:

         (i) the Receivables listed in the Schedule of Receivables and all
     monies due thereon or paid thereunder or in respect thereof (including
     proceeds of the repurchase of Receivables by the Seller pursuant to Section
     2.03(c)) on or after the Cutoff Date;

         (ii) the security interests in the Financed Vehicles;

         (iii) any proceeds of any physical damage insurance policies covering
     the Financed Vehicles and in any proceeds of any credit life or credit
     disability insurance policies relating to the Receivables or the Obligors;

         (iv) any proceeds of Dealer Recourse;

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         (v) the right to realize upon any property (including the right to
     receive future Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a Receivable
     and have been repossessed by or on behalf of the Issuer; and

         (vi) the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.

     (b) In connection with the foregoing conveyance, the Seller agrees to
record and file, at its own expense, one or more financing statements with
respect to the Receivables now existing and hereafter created for the sale of
chattel paper (as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC as in effect in the State
of California) meeting the requirements of applicable state law in such manner
as is necessary to perfect the sale of the Receivables to the Purchaser, and the
proceeds thereof (and any continuation statements as are required by applicable
state law), and to deliver a file-stamped copy to the Indenture Trustee of each
such financing statement (or continuation statement) or other evidence of such
filings (which may, for purposes of this Section, consist of telephone
confirmation of such filings with the file stamped copy of each such filings to
be provided to the Purchaser in due course), as soon as is practicable after
receipt by the Seller thereof.

     In connection with the foregoing conveyance, the Seller further agrees, at
its own expense, on or prior to the Closing Date (i) to annotate and indicate in
its computer files that the Receivables have been transferred to the Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) to deliver to the Purchaser a computer file or
printed or microfiche list containing a true and complete list of all such
Receivables, identified by account number and by the Principal Balance of each
Receivable as of the Cutoff Date, which file or list shall be marked as Schedule
A to this Agreement and is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this
Agreement and (iii) to deliver the Receivable Files to or upon the order of the
Purchaser.

     The parties hereto intend that the conveyance hereunder be a sale. In the
event that the conveyance hereunder is not for any reason considered a sale, the
Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser a first priority perfected security
interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the
Receivables, and all other property conveyed hereunder and listed in this
Section and all proceeds of any of the foregoing. The parties intend that this
Agreement constitute a security agreement under applicable law. Such grant is
made to secure the payment of all amounts payable hereunder, including, without
limitation, the Receivables Purchase Price.

     Section 2.02 Representations and Warranties of the Seller and the
Purchaser.

     (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser as of the
date of this Agreement and the Closing Date that:

         (i) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is a corporation duly
     organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
     State of California, and has power and authority to own its properties and
     to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such
     business is presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and shall
     have, power, authority and legal right to acquire, own and sell the
     Receivables.

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         (ii) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as
     a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary
     licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease
     of property or the conduct of its business (including the servicing of the
     Receivables as required by the Sale and Servicing Agreement) shall require
     such qualifications.

         (iii) Power and Authority. The Seller shall have the power and
     authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms;
     and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement shall have
     been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action.

         (iv) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
     binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with
     its terms, except as enforceability may be subject to or limited by
     bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or other
     similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and
     by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability
     shall be considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

         (v) No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller
     of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
     this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof shall not conflict
     with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor
     constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the
     articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller, or conflict with or
     breach any of the material terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or
     without notice or lapse of time) a default under, any indenture, agreement
     or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it may be
     bound or any of its properties are subject; nor result in the creation or
     imposition of any lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of
     any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than this
     Agreement); nor violate any law or, to the knowledge of the Seller, any
     order, rule or regulation applicable to it or its properties of any court
     or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other
     governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or any of
     its properties.

         (vi) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending
     or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened against the Seller, before
     any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or
     governmental instrumentality (i) asserting the invalidity of this
     Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the
     transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (iii) seeking any
     determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of the Seller,
     would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its
     obligations under this Agreement.

     (b) The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Seller as of the
date of this Agreement and the Closing Date that:

         (i) Organization and Good Standing. The Purchaser is a corporation duly
     organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
     State of California, and has power and authority to own its properties and
     to conduct its business as such

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     properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted,
     and had at all relevant times, and shall have, power, authority and legal
     right to acquire, own and sell the Receivables.

         (ii) Due Qualification. The Purchaser is duly qualified to do business
     as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary
     licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease
     of property or the conduct of its business shall require such
     qualifications.

         (iii) Power and Authority. The Purchaser shall have the power and
     authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms;
     and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement shall have
     been duly authorized by the Purchaser by all necessary corporate action.

         (iv) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
     binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance
     with its terms, except as enforceability may be subject to or limited by
     bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or other
     similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and
     by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability
     shall be considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

         (v) No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance of this
     Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
     Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof shall not conflict with,
     result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute
     (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of
     incorporation or bylaws of the Purchaser, or conflict with or breach any of
     the material terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice
     or lapse of time) a default under, any indenture, agreement or other
     instrument to which the Purchaser is a party or by which it may be bound or
     any of its properties are subject; nor result in the creation or imposition
     of any lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such
     indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than this Agreement); nor
     violate any law or, to the knowledge of the Purchaser, any order, rule or
     regulation applicable to it or its properties of any court or of any
     federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other
     governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Purchaser or any
     of its properties.

         (vi) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending
     or, to the knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against the Purchaser,
     before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal
     or governmental instrumentality (i) asserting the invalidity of this
     Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the
     transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (iii) seeking any
     determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of the Purchaser,
     would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Purchaser of
     its obligations under this Agreement.

     (c) The representations and warranties set forth in this Section shall
survive the sale of the Receivables by the Seller to the Purchaser and the sale
of the Receivables by the Purchaser

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to the Issuer. Upon discovery by the Seller or the Purchaser of a breach of any
of the foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering such
breach shall give prompt written notice to the others.

     Section 2.03 Representations and Warranties as to the Receivables.

     (a) Eligibility of Receivables. The Seller hereby represents and warrants
to the Purchaser as of the Cutoff Date that:

         (i) Characteristics of Receivables. Each Receivable (A) shall have been
     originated in the United States by a Dealer for the retail sale of the
     related Financed Vehicle in the ordinary course of such Dealer's business,
     shall have been fully and properly executed by the parties thereto, shall
     have been purchased by the Seller from such Dealer under an existing
     agreement with the Seller, shall have been validly assigned by such Dealer
     to the Seller in accordance with its terms and, to the best knowledge of
     the Seller, shall have been sold by a Dealer without fraud or
     misrepresentation, (B) shall have created or shall create a valid,
     subsisting and enforceable first priority security interest in favor of the
     Seller in the related Financed Vehicle, (C) shall contain customary and
     enforceable provisions such that the rights and remedies of the holder
     thereof shall be adequate for realization against the collateral of the
     benefits of the security, (D) shall provide for level Monthly Payments
     (provided that the payment in the first or last month in the life of the
     Receivable may be minimally different from the level payment) that fully
     amortize the Amount Financed over its original term and shall provide for a
     finance charge or shall yield interest at its APR, (E) shall provide for,
     in the event that such Receivable is prepaid, a prepayment that fully pays
     the Principal Balance and includes accrued but unpaid interest at least
     through the date of prepayment in an amount calculated by using an interest
     rate at least equal to its APR, (F) shall have an Obligor that is not a
     federal, state or local governmental entity and (G) is a retail installment
     contract.

         (ii) Schedule of Receivables. The information set forth in the Schedule
     of Receivables shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the
     opening of business on the Cutoff Date, and no selection procedures
     believed to be adverse to the Securityholders were utilized in selecting
     the Receivables from those motor vehicle receivables of the Seller which
     met the selection criteria set forth in this Agreement.

         (iii) Compliance with Law. Each Receivable and each sale of the related
     Financed Vehicle shall have complied at the time it was originated or made,
     and shall comply at the time of execution of this Agreement in all material
     respects with all requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws,
     and regulations thereunder, including usury laws, the Federal
     Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit
     Billing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection
     Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty
     Act, Federal Reserve Board Regulations B and Z, state adaptations of the
     National Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and other
     consumer credit, equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws.


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         (iv) Binding Obligation. Each Receivable shall constitute the genuine,
     legal, valid and binding payment obligation in writing of the related
     Obligor, enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms,
     except as enforceability may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy,
     insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or other similar laws
     affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and by general
     principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability shall be
     considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

         (v) No Bankrupt Obligors. According to the records of the Seller, as of
     the Cutoff Date, no Obligor is the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.

         (vi) Security Interest in Financed Vehicles. According to the records
     of the Seller, as of the Cutoff Date, no Financed Vehicle has been
     repossessed and not reinstated and immediately prior to the sale,
     assignment and transfer thereof, all necessary steps shall be taken so that
     each Receivable shall be secured by a validly perfected first priority
     security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Seller as
     secured party or all necessary and appropriate action with respect to such
     Receivable shall have been taken to perfect a first priority security
     interest in such Financed Vehicle in favor of the Seller as secured party.

         (vii) Receivables in Force. No Receivable shall have been satisfied,
     subordinated or rescinded, nor shall any Financed Vehicle have been
     released in whole or in part from the lien granted by the related
     Receivable.

         (viii) No Waivers. No provision of a Receivable shall have been waived
     in such a manner that such Receivable fails to meet all of the other
     representations and warranties made by the Seller herein with respect
     thereto.

         (ix) No Amendments. No Receivable shall have been amended in such a
     manner that the number of Scheduled Payments has been increased or that the
     related Amount Financed has been increased or such Receivable fails to meet
     all of the other representations and warranties made by the Seller herein
     with respect thereto.

         (x) No Defenses. No facts shall be known to the Seller which would give
     rise to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, nor shall
     the same have been asserted or threatened, with respect to any Receivable.

         (xi) No Liens. To the knowledge of the Seller, no liens or claims shall
     have been filed, including liens for work, labor or materials relating to a
     Financed Vehicle, that shall be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate
     with, the security interest in such Financed Vehicle granted by the related
     Receivable.

         (xii) No Defaults. Except for payment defaults continuing for a period
     of not more than 30 days as of the Cutoff Date, no default, breach,
     violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any
     Receivable shall have occurred and no continuing condition that with notice
     or the lapse of time would constitute a default, breach, violation or event
     permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable shall have
     arisen;

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     and the Seller shall not have waived any of the foregoing except as
     otherwise permitted hereunder.

         (xiii) Insurance. Pursuant to the Receivables, each Obligor has been
     required to obtain physical damage insurance covering the related Financed
     Vehicle and the Obligor is required under the terms of the related
     Receivable to maintain such insurance.

         (xiv) Good Title. It is the intention of the Seller that the transfer
     and assignment herein contemplated, taken as a whole, constitute a sale of
     the Receivables from the Seller to the Purchaser and that the beneficial
     interest in and title to the Receivables not be part of the debtor's estate
     in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the
     Seller under any bankruptcy law. No Receivable has been sold, transferred,
     assigned or pledged by the Seller to any Person other than the Purchaser,
     and no provision of a Receivable shall have been waived, except as provided
     in clause (viii) above; immediately prior to the transfer and assignment
     herein contemplated, the Seller had good and marketable title to each
     Receivable, free and clear of all Liens and rights of others; immediately
     upon the transfer and assignment thereof, the Purchaser shall have good and
     marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens and rights
     of others; and the transfer and assignment herein contemplated has been
     perfected under the applicable UCC.

         (xv) Lawful Assignment. No Receivable shall have been originated in, or
     shall be subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale,
     transfer and assignment of such Receivable under this Agreement or pursuant
     to the transfer of the Securities shall be unlawful, void or voidable.

         (xvi) All Filings Made. Both the Seller and the Purchaser,
     respectively, have caused or will have caused, within ten days of the
     Closing Date, the filing of all appropriate financing statements (including
     UCC filings) necessary in the appropriate jurisdictions under the
     applicable law to give the Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected
     ownership interest in the Receivables.

         (xvii) One Original. There shall be only one original executed copy of
     each Receivable.

         (xviii) Chattel Paper. Each Receivable constitutes "tangible chattel
     paper" as defined within the meaning of the applicable UCC.

         (xix) Additional Representations and Warranties. (A) Each Receivable
     shall have an original maturity of at least 12 months and not more than 60
     months and, as of the Cutoff Date, a remaining maturity of not less than 7
     months nor greater than 58 months; (B) each Receivable shall provide for
     payment of a finance charge or shall yield interest calculated on the basis
     of an APR ranging from 1.90% to 17.09%; (C) each Receivable shall have had
     an original principal balance of not less than $1,307.00 nor more than
     $50,438.78 and, as of the Cutoff Date, all of the Receivables shall have an
     average unpaid principal balance of $17,840.92; (D) each Receivable was
     originated on or after May 29, 1999 and on or prior to August 28, 2003; (E)
     each Financed Vehicle

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     shall be a new or used Honda or Acura motor vehicle; (F) the Obligor under
     each Receivable had a current billing address in the United States as of
     the Cutoff Date; and (G) no Receivable shall have a Scheduled Payment that
     is more than 30 days past due as of the Cutoff Date.

         (xx) Possession of Documents. The Servicer has in its possession all
     original copies of the agreements that constitute or evidence the
     Receivables. The agreements that constitute or evidence the Receivables do
     not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged,
     assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Indenture
     Trustee (pursuant to and as provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement
     and the Indenture). All financing statements filed or to be filed against
     the Seller in favor of Purchaser and assigned to the Indenture Trustee in
     connection herewith describing the Receivables contain a statement to the
     following effect: "A purchase of or security interest in any collateral
     described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the
     Indenture Trustee."

     (b) Notice of Breach. The representations and warranties set forth in this
Section shall speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, but
shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the
Purchaser and any subsequent assignment or transfer pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. The Purchaser, the Seller, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or
the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, shall inform the other parties
promptly, in writing, upon discovery of any breach of the Seller's
representations and warranties pursuant to this Section which materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders in any Receivable.

     (c) Repurchase of Receivables. In the event of a breach of any
representation or warranty set forth in Section 2.03(a) which materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders in any Receivable and unless
the breach shall have been cured by the last day of the second Collection Period
following the Collection Period in which the discovery of the breach is made or
notice is received, as the case may be (or, at the option of the Seller, the
last day in the first Collection Period following the Collection Period in which
such discovery is made), the Seller shall repurchase such Receivable. In
consideration of the purchase of any such Receivable, the Seller shall remit an
amount equal to the Warranty Purchase Payment in respect of such Receivable to
the Purchaser and shall be entitled to receive the Released Warranty Amount. In
the event that, as of the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement, any
Liens or claims shall have been filed, including Liens for work, labor or
materials relating to a Financed Vehicle, that shall be prior to, or equal or
coordinate with, the lien granted by the related Receivable (whether or not the
Seller has knowledge thereof), and such breach materially and adversely affects
the interests of the Noteholders in such Receivable, the Seller shall repurchase
such Receivable on the terms and in the manner specified above. Upon any such
repurchase, the Purchaser shall, without further action, be deemed to transfer,
assign, set-over and otherwise convey to the Seller, without recourse,
representation or warranty, all the right, title and interest of the Purchaser
in, to and under such repurchased Receivable, all monies due or to become due
with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof. The Purchaser, the Issuer, the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, shall execute such
documents and instruments of transfer or assignment and take such other actions
as shall reasonably be requested by the Seller to effect the conveyance of such
Receivable pursuant to this Section. The

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sole remedy of the Purchaser, the Issuer, the Trustees or the Securityholders
with respect to a breach of the Seller's representations and warranties pursuant
to Section 2.03(a) or with respect to the existence of any such Liens or claims
shall be to require the Seller to repurchase the related Receivables pursuant to
this Section.

     Section 2.04 Covenants of the Seller. The Seller hereby covenants that:

         (a) Security Interests. Except for the conveyances hereunder, the
     Seller will not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or
     grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any Receivable,
     whether now existing or hereafter created, or any interest therein; the
     Seller will immediately notify the Purchaser of the existence of any Lien
     on any Receivable and, in the event that the interests of the Noteholders
     in such Receivable are materially and adversely affected, such Receivable
     shall be repurchased from the Purchaser by the Seller in the manner and
     with the effect specified in Section 2.03(c), and the Seller shall defend
     the right, title and interest of the Purchaser in, to and under the
     Receivables, whether now existing or hereafter created, against all claims
     of third parties claiming through or under the Seller; provided, however,
     that nothing in this subsection shall prevent or be deemed to prohibit the
     Seller from suffering to exist upon a Receivable any Lien for municipal or
     other local taxes if such taxes shall not at the time be due and payable or
     if the Seller shall currently be contesting the validity of such taxes in
     good faith by appropriate proceedings and shall have set aside on its books
     adequate reserves with respect thereto.

         (b) Delivery of Payments. The Seller agrees to deliver in kind upon
     receipt to the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (if other
     than the Seller) all payments received by the Seller in respect of the
     Receivables as soon as practicable after receipt thereof by the Seller.

         (c) No Impairment. The Seller shall take no action, nor omit to take
     any action, which would impair the rights of the Purchaser in any
     Receivable, nor shall it, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or
     the Sale and Servicing Agreement, reschedule, revise or defer payments due
     on any Receivable.

                                 ARTICLE THREE

                      PAYMENT OF RECEIVABLES PURCHASE PRICE

     Section 3.01 Payment of Receivables Purchase Price. In consideration of the
sale of the Receivables from the Seller to the Purchaser as provided in Section
2.01, on the Closing Date the Purchaser agrees to pay the Seller an amount equal
to the Receivables Purchase Price. The Receivables Purchase Price shall be paid
in the form of (i) $1,003,561,572.79, the net cash proceeds from the public
offering by the Purchaser of the Notes and (ii) $11,220,910.81, being deemed
paid and returned to the Purchaser as a capital contribution.


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                                  ARTICLE FOUR

                                   TERMINATION

     Section 4.01 Termination. The respective obligations and responsibilities
of the Seller and the Purchaser created hereby shall terminate, except for the
indemnity obligations of the Seller as provided herein, upon the termination of
the Issuer as provided in the Trust Agreement.

                                  ARTICLE FIVE

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     Section 5.01 Amendment.

     (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Purchaser and
the Seller, without the consent of the Securityholders, to cure any ambiguity,
to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any
other provision herein or to add any other provision with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement; provided,
however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to
the Purchaser delivered to the Indenture Trustee, adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the Securityholders.

     (b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Purchaser
and the Seller with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the consent of the
Holders of Notes evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes and the consent of the Holders (as such term is defined in the Trust
Agreement) of Certificates evidencing at least a majority of all the percentage
interests evidenced by the Certificates, for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
this Agreement.

     Section 5.02 Protection of Right, Title and Interest to Receivables.

     (a) The Seller, at its expense, shall cause this Agreement and/or all
financing statements and continuation statements and any other necessary
documents covering the Purchaser's right, title and interest to the Receivables
and other property conveyed by the Seller to the Purchaser hereunder to be
promptly recorded, registered and filed, and at all times to be kept recorded,
registered and filed, all in such manner and in such places as may be required
by law fully to preserve and protect the right, title and interest of the
Purchaser hereunder to all of the Receivables and such other property. The
Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts
for, any document recorded, registered or filed as provided above, as soon as
available following such recording, registration or filing. The Purchaser shall
cooperate fully with the Seller in connection with the obligations set forth
above and will execute any and all documents reasonably required to fulfill the
intent of this subsection.

     (b) In the event that the Seller makes any change in its name, identity or
corporate structure which would make any financing statement or continuation
statement filed in accordance with Section 5.02(a) seriously misleading within
the meaning of Section 9-507(c) of the UCC as in effect in the applicable state,
the Seller shall give the Purchaser not less than 5

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days prior written notice of any such change and shall, within 30 days of such
change, execute and file such financing statements or amendments as may be
necessary to continue the perfection of the Purchaser's security interest in the
Receivables and the proceeds thereof.

     (c) The Seller will give the Purchaser prompt written notice of any
relocation of any office from which the Seller keeps records concerning the
Receivables or of its principal executive office and whether, as a result of
such relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing
of any amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation statement or
of any new financing statement and shall execute and file such financing
statements or amendments as may be necessary to continue the perfection of the
interest of the Purchaser in the Receivables and the proceeds thereof.

     Section 5.03 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, and the obligations, rights and remedies
of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.

     Section 5.04 Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally
delivered at or mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, in the case
of (i) the Purchaser, to American Honda Receivables Corp., 700 Van Ness Avenue,
Building 300, Torrance, California 90501, Attention: President; (ii) the Seller,
to American Honda Finance Corporation, 700 Van Ness Avenue, Building 300,
Torrance, California 90501, Attention: President; and (iii) the Indenture
Trustee, The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street, 8th Floor West, New York, New
York 10286, Attention: Asset Backed Securities Unit--Honda 2003-5; or, as to any
of such Persons, at such other address as shall be designated by such Person in
a written notice to the other Persons.

     Section 5.05 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall for any
reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions
or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions and terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity
or enforceability of the other covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement or any amendment or supplement hereto.

     Section 5.06 Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by the
Purchaser or the Seller except as contemplated by this Section and the Sale and
Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that simultaneously with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the Purchaser shall assign all of its right,
title and interest herein to the Issuer, which in turn, will pledge its rights
to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders as provided in
Section 2.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to which the Seller hereby
expressly consents. The Seller agrees to perform its obligations hereunder for
the benefit of the Issuer and that the Indenture Trustee may enforce the
provisions of this Agreement, exercise the rights of the Purchaser and enforce
the obligations of the Seller hereunder without the consent of the Purchaser.

     Section 5.07 Further Assurances. The Seller and the Purchaser agree to do
and perform, from time to time, any and all acts and to execute any and all
further instruments required or reasonably requested by the other party hereto
or by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee more fully to effect the purposes of
this Agreement, including, without limitation, the

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execution of any financing statements, amendments, continuation statements or
releases relating to the Receivables for filing under the provisions of the UCC
or other law of any applicable jurisdiction.

     Section 5.08 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no
delay in exercising, on the part of the Purchaser, the Issuer or the Seller, any
right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof;
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or
privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies,
powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exhaustive of any
rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

     Section 5.09 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, (and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of which
shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.

     Section 5.10 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement will inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, both of which shall be considered to
be third-party beneficiaries hereof. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, no other Person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

     Section 5.11 Headings. The headings herein are for purposes of reference
only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any
provision hereof.

     Section 5.12 Seller Indemnification.

     (a) Purchaser, Issuer and Securityholders. The Seller shall indemnify and
hold harmless the Purchaser, the Issuer and the Securityholders from and against
any loss, liability, expense or damage suffered or sustained by reason of any
acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions arising out of activities of the
Seller pursuant to this Agreement or as a result of the transactions
contemplated hereby, including, but not limited to, any judgment, award,
settlement, reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs or expenses incurred in
connection with the defense of any actual or threatened action, proceeding or
claim; provided, however, that the Seller shall not indemnify the Purchaser, the
Issuer or the Securityholders if such acts, omissions or alleged acts or
omissions constitute negligence or willful misconduct by the Purchaser, the
Issuer or the Securityholders.

     (b) Trustees. The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Trustees from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages
and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or
liability arose out of, and was imposed upon the Trustees through the
negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Seller in the performance of
its duties under this Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of its
obligations and duties under this Agreement.

     (c) Taxes. The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Purchaser and any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of the
Purchaser from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against
any such Person with respect to the transactions

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contemplated herein and in the other Basic Documents, including any sales, gross
receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license
taxes and costs and expenses in defending against the same.

     Section 5.13 Merger, Consolidation or Assumption of the Obligations of the
Seller.

     (a) The Seller shall not consolidate with or merge into any other
corporation or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, unless:

         (i) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the
     Seller is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the
     properties and assets of the Seller substantially as an entirety shall be
     organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state
     thereof or the District of Columbia, and, if the Seller is not the
     surviving entity, shall expressly assume, by an agreement supplemental
     hereto, executed and delivered to the Purchaser and the Indenture Trustee,
     in form satisfactory to the Purchaser and the Indenture Trustee, the
     performance of every covenant and obligation of the Seller hereunder and
     shall benefit from all the rights granted to the Seller hereunder; and

         (ii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Purchaser and the Indenture
     Trustee an Officer's Certificate of the Seller and an Opinion of Counsel
     each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and
     such supplemental agreement comply with this Section and that all
     conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have
     been complied with.

     (b) The obligations of the Seller hereunder shall not be assignable nor
shall any Person succeed to the obligations of the Seller hereunder except in
each case in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.06 and this Section.






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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.


                                         AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORPORATION,
                                         as Seller

                                         By: /s/ Y. Takahashi
                                            ------------------------------------
                                         Name:   Y. Takahashi
                                         Title:  President


                                         AMERICAN HONDA RECEIVABLES CORP.,
                                         as Purchaser

                                         By: /s/ Y. Takahashi
                                            ------------------------------------
                                         Name:   Y. Takahashi
                                         Title:  President


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                                                                      SCHEDULE A

                             SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES

                   Omitted -- originals on file at the offices
             of the Seller, the Purchaser and the Indenture Trustee









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