Honda Jazz GD (2001-2007) Questions & Answers

Hi Rob, I had 2006 manual Jazz. It was great so I bought 2009 manual Jazz. I still have that one, nearly 200k and going strong. I also bought 2017 Jazz auto and it is rubbish. I will never buy a Honda again. Hope this helps. Bruce

I am sorry I have no idea as I don't have the same problem.

Nope.

the transmission is one of the items I have no problems with I believe if you take it to a service agent someone with experience I suggest Kmart Tire Auto I have both my cars
serviced by them I find them reasonable priced and not trying to make a mountain of cash out of you as they do not own the store and they will give you the same experience as any qualified honest mechanic and if you need to leave the car they are always in a convenient location as to public transport or shopping centres they can and I believe will
give you an honest answer I have used them for 15 years at least on many cars and utes their great excellent honest service at a reasonable price I say all this and I have no interest in the stores I only use them to service my vehicles

Hi, In answer to your Honda Jazz jerking occasionally on acceleration, I am guessing the same thing has occurred to you car as happened to mine . A lot of service departments (NON HONDA) are not aware that the GLI Jazz has 8 spark plugs, 4 in front and 4 in the rear. The service guy might have neglected to change these at the rear as they are hard to get at and also hard to see., I would change them at about every 40,000kms. This was my problem, replacing them fixed my jerking Jazz perfectly. If you have done around 250,000 kilometers then I would agree that the coils need replacing, which would be available at a Honda dealership, or an auto electrician, I hope this helps,,, regards from Simmo

My parents have an 02 jazz old but goes like a rocket and had a fault where it would just stall took it to the mechanic to run test and he said could not fault the car but it may be coils breaking down.advised it would probably be best to change the coils and plugs $1500 .so he changes the oil and charges me for that which i had just done unbelievable and charges me for that. 2 days later i had time and decided to check the plugs myself they were damn tight, they had not even been removed and checked . Went to Super cheap bought 8 plugs $39 and changed the old ones which were absolutely stuffed and never checked.Fixed the fault .But whats really irritated me was i took this to ultra tune thinking that with all there analysers they would have been able to see the spark was almost non existent.end result i would never go back there again.

No i would think more like 1500 even in excellent condition
As they say tell them there dreaming

I would be very wary of the CVT problem that occurs with this model. I have a 2004 model and Honda fixed CVT problem at 80km and the problem has re-occurred at about 125km. Just had my 140km check, got CVT oil replacement and so far,shudder is minimal, however, I was told Honda unlikely to do much if anything due to age of car. I would also say that $5500 is way overpriced.

Itd still bev worth that. Sold a vti cvt with 186000 km, two months ago for 4500 to the first person that looked at it. If the cvt shudders, change the fluid. ONLY use Honda fluid!!! You'll need to drain and refill 4 times. Not cheap but worth it.

Carsales.com.au would be the place to value it from what is on sale there, but if it has up to date log books or you get a satisfactory inspection done go for it.

It seems close to what I would expect to pay. If the bodywork is in good condition, and all mechanical repairs / maintenance is logged, then I would be looking at a price of between $6000 - $6400 .
Also - rego - how long has that to go before renewal ? If not long, then use that as a bargaining tool, as it will cost you approx $700 to register.

Cvt, constantly variable transmission, the type of auto they had.

I think the cvt could also be the cyntrivocal joint thats connected to the front wheels

No. They are CV constant velocity joints.

I was told that you had to get a dealer to reset something if you disconnect the battery so when we had a battery replaced for the first time we paid the nice man at Honda somewhere between $50 and $100 to plug our car into his computer and press a button. This battery subsequently failed 12 months later so we had the RACQ change it (as they had fitted the faulty one) and this man had never heard of cars having to have anything reset if you take the battery out.
We therefore didn't the second time around but I guess it's up to the individual as to whether you want to take the gamble! Hope this helps :)

no it does nothing other than reset your radio channels and time. Removed mine many a time

My Honda service department told me if you disconnect the battery it will reset the computer to factory. Then start the car without any load (turn everything off) and run it for 20 minutes before driving.

Hi.
If it's what I think it is, and you have an auto gearbox, you'll need work done on that - at the cost of a few hundred dollars. Type it in Google and you'll see that loads of people have had it and apparently in some countries they've been recalled. When it happened to my Jazz however, Honda (through their dealer) claimed to never have heard of the problem and charged me for the rework.
If yours isn't an automatic then disregard the above!

no, it is not right. Honda Australia and dealers want you to pay for their faulty cvts while consumers in other countries can get much better services. Honda Australia is only interested in their profits not its customers.

I have had a 2005 jazz VTIs with CVT since 2007, had 14k when purchased, now has 165k, just change the CVT fluid more regularly - with the genuine honda fluid, at about 30k intervals, or if you feel a slight shudder starting off, its an easy job to change the fluid, drain it/fill it - thats it. The car has been trouble free apart from a set of coil packs causing rough running at light throttle. Some aftermarket coil packs from Amazon, about $120 for 4 delivered, fixed the issue and improved fuel economy. Very good car to own.