Honda Jazz Questions & Answers (page 2 of 2)

Sorry mine is a 2014 one. If yours had a digital display panel, you may find beneath the panel the control for air. An aircon sign is at the bottom corner closer to wheel side (in Australia). You can push the sign to turn it off. There are fan and other options signs separate from aircon. All the signs can be directly pushed on as using a touch screen.

Mine is the climate control and doesn't have the dials, we just bought a Yaris and we can just have the vents open on that so I know what you mean. Cheers.

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.

This is not an answer other than to say that after a service Honda North could not find a problem with the car but they did record the details. My only other negative report is that touch screens are even more dangerous than mobile phones in my opinion. I also have a recent CRV and it is a much safer car to drive as it does not have a touch screen but it does have a reversing camera.

It seems like you need to take the car to a auto electrician workshop to see if they can help you

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Not sure but I drive it and I'm a guy.

It is consider quite big for those small car if you come to Nissan March or Suzuki Swift.

Our 2009 VTi-S Jazz is a VUV (Versatile Use Vehicle). ‘One small car, has more uses than any other small car’, means ‘broad clientele’.

(What’s your priority? What you think of the car while you’re driving it, or what you think other people might be thinking?) (See my initial comments?) Nissan Micra is the car targeted at the ‘young, female buyer’; looks like a handbag in profile, has 17 internal pockets, 4-speed auto only. Back to back, a Suzuki Swift vs a 1.5 Honda Jazz, the Suzuki feels gutless. If handling is highest priority, probably late-model Ford Fiesta?

The Jazz’ advantages are: versatility, headroom, excellent braking, robust build, engine reliability, economy is good, ‘origami seating’, adequate handling, comparable performance. Nothing else will take five fairly tall adults, carry a surfboard, or two tall pot-plants, or have a fold-flat floor, doors open to nearly 90 degrees, or have 3 child-anchor points. A good one could last through several ‘life changes’.

If you drive a pink car then maybe you are right. I also own a late model CRV and I am happy to drive either car.

This is quite normal with any car. When you need to stop on a 'hill' just put your parking brake on, then slowly release it when you are ready to move forward again.

its called gravity. some cars have an anti roll back feature, eg subaru, maybe try one of them.

Gravity

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.

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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.

The current Jazz has a six year warranty on rust. Take it back immediately and demand that it be fixed.

My sisters 02 model had a slight amount of rust in the hatch are. We have had 3 jazzes in our family and there will be more in the future we LOVE them!

The manufacturing of the Jazz between 2008 to 2011 was done in Thailand. I feel that the build quality of these cars in this year range were a bit inferior compared to the later models which were built in Japan.

One of the build issues was that it is prone to rusting around the door edges and areas where water would run through when you wash a car or after rain. The Japan built models carry the Vibe and Vibe-S badges. I feel these are the ones you should be opting to buy when it comes to purchasing a second generation Jazz.