Comments on: 2009 Honda Jazz VTi-S Review

By: Jess. p

Jess. p — Tue, 31 May 2011 03:19:16 +0000

I am looking for a car. I really like the look of a Honda Jazz. It’ll be my first car that i have bought. Does any one have any info on it that mght put me off…Also does it have any clearance…I live in a rural location in the hilly region….I need a car with clearence! Thanks Guys

By: James

James — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:58:21 +0000

If you need the help of ESP to drive an 88kw car then you shouldn’t be driving at all!

By: TARUN

TARUN — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:49:11 +0000

not bad

By: stew

stew — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:03:05 +0000

hey Allan i just hit the 100,000 ks . my jazz has a flat spot in low revs . i was thinking fuel filter .
any advice would be great . cheers .

By: buttons

buttons — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:13:49 +0000

hi there guys i got rid of my 5.0 ltr statesman two years after the fuel spiked the first time just drove it in to honda got sweet fa for it cut my losses and bought a new jazz 06 vti 5 speed i was heartbroken and relieved and excited at the same time, i saw a sticker on the back window of a car once it was a stick figure bent over with a bowser nozzle inserted up his butt and underneath was” assume the position” and thats how i felt every time i filled up , ive been road racing honda motorcycles for over ten years and all parts come from hrc in japan many times i have done things my way i thought yeah i can do that. i have rebuilt my engine many times over due to my distrust of many for no real reason except that i had listened to the people who ran every one down who actually knew these engines and thinking that i knew better i proved to myself after blowing engines and sending myself over the bars and breaking many bones time and time again at tracks up and down the east coast i decided i would allow some one who knew to help me, hrc make the perfect part and are sold with no warranty because of blokes like me who thought they knew, there is a reason for regular services on these great little cars oil does not last and i would rather a trained eye run over it to pick up any tiny things before they turn into bigger things yes it could be the new first year apprentice with the warm milk moustache who could be part of the service and i guess that he would be supervised but at least if there is a mistake i can take it back they have a record to show what has been done and that is securty and confidence and resale , i just purchsed a new kawasaki zx10 1000cc road bike and was told by head mechanic 1000 k up to 4000 rpm then 1000k up to6000 rpm k then 1000k up to 8000 rpm as hard as it was thats what i did and many of the blokes who i told what i was doing said thats bullshit you dont have to do that you just do 500 k and flog it ,well i suppose these blokes will probably never own these things for long enough to worry obout the side affects of incorrectly running in a new motor it will be someone elses problem i have bought many bikes which were supposed to have rebuilt engines and this and that yeah the engine was rebiult with the same parts ….. i love speed performance and have had no end of fun in my jazz it is a well engineered bog standard comfortable sure footed nimble lttle( as my construction work mates call it)” girls car” and dont care if fuel goes to 2.50 a litre i have speed reliability comfort and the back up of honda nunda to keep it at its best .. my grand prix bikes need new oil in engine and suspension regularly why because like most oils they loose viscosity know what that is and what happens… anyway im 46 now and only bought my first new car two years ago i have spent my life buying every body elses problems … anyhow thought id share all that with you untill next time just do what needs to be done by the people who know these cars..honda……. my regular mechanic for last 15 years does not get to work on my jazz he works on my truck trowell machines pumps mulcher but jazz goes to honda cheers all buttons

By: allan

allan — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:12:01 +0000

The Honda Jazz is really a great little car and economical however, what you save on running costs you need to save to pay for servicing. The 80K service will cost you in access of $900:00 and what the general public is not told, is that most of the cost is just for changing the fuel filter, which is located underneath the center console. To facilitate ease of access, you have to also remove the seats. You wouldn’t want to fill up with dirty fuel just after a filter change because it will cost you another $550:00 plus the towing costs from wherever you might break down if applicable. Shame the fuel filter is not as accessible as the oil filter and the air filter. Access to a vital serviceable component such as a fuel filter should be given more consideration by the designers and or the manufacturers. The Honda CRV is worse still; As`well as an expensive fuel filter change, the brake master cylinder has to have a service kit put through it every 40K. I have been in the car game for decades and what concerns me is this; It takes me anywhere from two and a half to four hours to comprehensively and genuinely service a car, yet some dealers can manage to service a greater number of cars each day with only one qualified mechanic assisted by two or three know-it-all school leavers. I find it rather ironic that the majority of cars sold today are sold because of the attraction of fuel saving and emission control aspects and consumers are led to believe they will be blessed with ecenomical cars. Yes, we are helping to keep the air cleaner and unfortunately, our pockets empty. Perhaps more consumers should take the time to ask a dealer when buying a car about service costs and why. Would also be a blessing and a relief if proof of servicing was available. With the technology that is available today, surely designers could come up with some form of indication that a service has been done, after all, they have utilized technology to indicate to you when a service is due. All this reminds me of my poor late wife who used to make me drive her 40 Kms for the sake of saving $5 bucks on the weekly shopping.

By: Russell

Russell — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:38:16 +0000

I have just purchased a second hand 2004/5 1.3 L Jazz for my daughter and she loves it! Personally I love the CVT transmission and space for a small car, however Honda want $906.00 for the 80K service! Outrageous. If they want my loyalty they will have to do better than that when I book it in, and it needs a handbrake refit, free of charge on a Honda recall. Apparantely some roll backwards down hill with the handbrake on and the car in park. Otherwise we a happy with the purchase and saved $10k on the new on road price.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:19:45 +0000

Unfortunately Honda has removed the best feature of the previous Honda Jazz models – the 5 and 7 speed CVT transmissions. The 7 speed CVT from the VTi is a wonderful high-tech transmission, which once you have become familiar with allows for very smooth acceleration, precise RPM & throttle control, engine braking and extremely good fuel economy – features unmatched by a standard automatic transmission.

The deletion of the CVT’s from the 09 model represent a significant step backward in my opinion. Probably done to make the car cheaper. Honda has also quietly dropped the EBD along the way, and since being sourced from Thailand from late 2005 the build and finish quality has been slipping, with the new model being no exception.

The first 2002 honda jazz was not a cheap car at around $24 000 for the cvt VTi. The new Jazz is now a much cheaper car, with a reduction in safety features, efficiency and quality being the sacrifice.

By: Markus

Markus — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:35:04 +0000

I´m from austria (old europe) and the new Jazz/Fit is just now presented to the marked here. I still own a 2004 GD13 (made in japan), and it´s allmost a good car to life with. The weakest point of my Jazz are the running costs – my serviceman once called it japanese Ferrari. The car gets totaly overpaid here, the 100hp 1.4 incl. VSA and glass roof is priced at €20000 (AU$ 38000), for this money I can get a VW Caddy Life, a full seven seater. Honda europe has service intervals once a year, but there are many cars to service every 24 or even 36 months. A single Jazz service is near twice as expensive as for competitive european cars, so this is a serious problem for me, and holds me from buying a new one, as made in china holds me too. I see no problem to extend service to more than two years, with newer oil and good air & oli filters it could be done once in a car life, as they don´t have to do anything else Cheers

By: eh179driver

eh179driver — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:48:35 +0000

Its interesting reading the comments on the short servicing intervals. The new Mazda6 interval is still 6 months or 10’000kms. It is something that Mazda should be reviewing. The Sante Fe disel is only 7’500kms. The dealers when asked said that you can stretch it to 15’000kms but would not give a direct answer when I asked if this would effect the warranty. Maybe I am being cynical here but is this just another way of proping up the profitability of the dealer networks? $500 to $600 per year for the average annual service bill (at 15’000kms) seems a lot to me. Plus you start to get into issues surrounding warranty if you don’t follow the requirements.