Comments on: 2009 Honda Jazz Review

By: StevoLegato

StevoLegato — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:31:37 +0000

Our 2005 Jazz now two weeks out of the extended warrantee we bought has a worn out gearbox bearing after a sedate $129,000 kms. We sold our Mazda 121 after it had done 290000kms and only because it was not airconditioned. Apparently Honda issued a Technical Service Bulletin to replace these and extended the warrantee to 6 or 7 years but Honda Australia will not honour this. Aparently the 3 year warrantee ran out at the end of three years before hitting the 120,000kms mark but the extended 2 year warrantee was only good for 2 years or 40,000 kms and since we reached the three years limit before reaching 120,000kms the extended warrantee was only good for the 40,000 past where the 3 year warrantee ran out. I doubt I would buy another Honda.

By: ZZZ

ZZZ — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:04:10 +0000

I drive a 1996 Civic – over a 190K kms – “so far so good…” The Jazz looks like a practical utility around town. Hopefully VSA is on its way.

By: Nan Ling

Nan Ling — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:00:37 +0000

Hey, does CVT have reliability issues compared to a standard automatic transmission. Before you cut me down; I am not a petrol head…just inquisitive!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:39:06 +0000

Can’t understand all the worries about stability control, most of the roads in most of Australia are bone dry most of the time, we lived there for 8 years and noticed how many 4×4 monsters never left Sydney (with or without stability control, hill descent, lockable diffs etc.) but people were still happy to pay a fortune for all those gizmos.

I now live in the UK and have driven a Jazz for about 4 years now without any drama, great commuter car which gives great mpg and gobbles up an amazing amount of stuff in the boot and even more with the rear seats down. Toyota, Mazda and Ford certainly don’t have a model to match the Jazz in the UK and Europe, it has won the J D Power car owners satisfaction survey almost every year since it was introduced – bulletproof engines and total reliability with only the rear wheel bearing problems to mar its reputation. It’s also selling very well in the USA (as the FIT) as they downsize from their gas guzzlers. And remember, the Jazz is built as an very frugal commuter / everyday car – so there shouldn’t be any moans when it wont do 0-100KM in 6 seconds, or overtake uphill with 4 people on board

By: FrugalOne

FrugalOne — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:41:02 +0000

Was on the haonda stand at the MMS and happened to run into a haonda dude employee who does their engineering.

VSC is on the way for the Jazz, *About* May this year

Cheers

F-0

By: shane

shane — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:58:42 +0000

I don’t know why people are banging on about torque and horse power when your talking about a little hatch, you buy a car like this for ecconomy and so you can carry more than a sedan, plus its incredibly reliable and has a great interior for the price.

By: Cello

Cello — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:16:28 +0000

I love my new Jazz 1.5 VTI Manual.
It’s very smooth and sooooooo economical.

I’ve just noticed a strange running liquid noise, almost like a drain pipe, from the engine when I rev it though. Does anyone know what the heck that is?

By: Bruno

Bruno — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:56:50 +0000

I am constantly amazed at how good the Australian driving public is, especially those who don’t believe that stability control helps them.

Nearly every person who doesn’t believe in stability control believes that they can control a car in every circumstance. Half the wheels on a bitumen road, the other half on gravel, for example. Swerving to avoid someone or something on the road. (Yes, stability control won’t help in every circumstance, but it helps in most).

So, do these same people have no ABS brakes, because they can brake better than ABS? No airbags, because they are that good at driving?

I’d prefer to avoid an accident, rather than have one, and stability control helps in keeping the odds in my favour. Stability control is being mandated by the United Nations, as it is that useful in reducing the road toll.

Get a grip of yourselves, or are you already doing that….

By: Leo

Leo — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:17:35 +0000

I bought the new JAzz two weeks ago. The car is excellent and far better than corolla and mazda 2. We did test drive of these other two models before purchasing and the difference is amazing. Well done honda!

By: Oz.

Oz. — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:22:00 +0000

*Except of course^ Not “Exempt”